Elva Andersen Meyrick
July 23, 1913 - March 5, 2014
Elva celebrated well into the 101st year of her wonderful life. She was born in Spring City, Utah, and grew up with three younger brothers. She spent her youth studying violin and enjoying life in a small pioneer town during the early years of the last century.
She married Verl Meyrick on December 28, 1936, and together they embarked on a life of love and service to others. During the Depression years, their employment took them from Myton to a Duchesne Indian reservation and later, in 1944, to Murray where they built a house and remained residents for the rest of their lives. Elva enjoyed a career as a social worker for the state of Utah, and Verl was a school teacher and administrator.
Verl and Elva personified a remarkable era of courtesy, sophistication and gentility when women put on hats and gloves to shop at Auerbach's or enjoy a luncheon at the ZCMI Tiffin Room. A gentleman donned a sport jacket to go out to a restaurant. Couples enjoyed a cocktail before their Country Club dinner dance, and a host welcomed guests into a Yuletide-bedecked Salt Lake Avenues home wearing a velvet smoking jacket and silk ascot. Leisure meant devoting time and energy to civic organizations and community service. Together, they created Murray Fun Days and chaired the Days of '47 Youth Parade.
They traveled extensively and also lived in New York City for a time. Elva cherished days spent browsing the City's great art museums, evenings at the Metropolitan Opera or a Broadway theatre, and Bridge Club get-togethers with her lifelong friends.
Elva is survived by her daughter, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Elva and her family wish to express their gratitude to Dr. Peter Sundwall and the good people of Solstice Hospice and Home Instead for their professionalism, kindness and care.
A celebration of Elva's life will be held Sunday, March 9 at 4 p.m. at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 South State Street, Murray.
"I've lived a life that's full; I traveled each and every highway.
And more, much more than this, I did it my way."
Published in Deseret News from Mar. 8 to Mar. 9, 2014
July 23, 1913 - March 5, 2014
Elva celebrated well into the 101st year of her wonderful life. She was born in Spring City, Utah, and grew up with three younger brothers. She spent her youth studying violin and enjoying life in a small pioneer town during the early years of the last century.
She married Verl Meyrick on December 28, 1936, and together they embarked on a life of love and service to others. During the Depression years, their employment took them from Myton to a Duchesne Indian reservation and later, in 1944, to Murray where they built a house and remained residents for the rest of their lives. Elva enjoyed a career as a social worker for the state of Utah, and Verl was a school teacher and administrator.
Verl and Elva personified a remarkable era of courtesy, sophistication and gentility when women put on hats and gloves to shop at Auerbach's or enjoy a luncheon at the ZCMI Tiffin Room. A gentleman donned a sport jacket to go out to a restaurant. Couples enjoyed a cocktail before their Country Club dinner dance, and a host welcomed guests into a Yuletide-bedecked Salt Lake Avenues home wearing a velvet smoking jacket and silk ascot. Leisure meant devoting time and energy to civic organizations and community service. Together, they created Murray Fun Days and chaired the Days of '47 Youth Parade.
They traveled extensively and also lived in New York City for a time. Elva cherished days spent browsing the City's great art museums, evenings at the Metropolitan Opera or a Broadway theatre, and Bridge Club get-togethers with her lifelong friends.
Elva is survived by her daughter, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Elva and her family wish to express their gratitude to Dr. Peter Sundwall and the good people of Solstice Hospice and Home Instead for their professionalism, kindness and care.
A celebration of Elva's life will be held Sunday, March 9 at 4 p.m. at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 South State Street, Murray.
"I've lived a life that's full; I traveled each and every highway.
And more, much more than this, I did it my way."
Published in Deseret News from Mar. 8 to Mar. 9, 2014
Elva Andersen Meyrick
July 23, 1913 - March 5, 2014
Elva celebrated well into the 101st year of her wonderful life. She was born in Spring City, Utah, and grew up with three younger brothers. She spent her youth studying violin and enjoying life in a small pioneer town during the early years of the last century.
She married Verl Meyrick on December 28, 1936, and together they embarked on a life of love and service to others. During the Depression years, their employment took them from Myton to a Duchesne Indian reservation and later, in 1944, to Murray where they built a house and remained residents for the rest of their lives. Elva enjoyed a career as a social worker for the state of Utah, and Verl was a school teacher and administrator.
Verl and Elva personified a remarkable era of courtesy, sophistication and gentility when women put on hats and gloves to shop at Auerbach's or enjoy a luncheon at the ZCMI Tiffin Room. A gentleman donned a sport jacket to go out to a restaurant. Couples enjoyed a cocktail before their Country Club dinner dance, and a host welcomed guests into a Yuletide-bedecked Salt Lake Avenues home wearing a velvet smoking jacket and silk ascot. Leisure meant devoting time and energy to civic organizations and community service. Together, they created Murray Fun Days and chaired the Days of '47 Youth Parade.
They traveled extensively and also lived in New York City for a time. Elva cherished days spent browsing the City's great art museums, evenings at the Metropolitan Opera or a Broadway theatre, and Bridge Club get-togethers with her lifelong friends.
Elva is survived by her daughter, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Elva and her family wish to express their gratitude to Dr. Peter Sundwall and the good people of Solstice Hospice and Home Instead for their professionalism, kindness and care.
A celebration of Elva's life will be held Sunday, March 9 at 4 p.m. at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 South State Street, Murray.
"I've lived a life that's full; I traveled each and every highway.
And more, much more than this, I did it my way."
Published in Deseret News from Mar. 8 to Mar. 9, 2014
July 23, 1913 - March 5, 2014
Elva celebrated well into the 101st year of her wonderful life. She was born in Spring City, Utah, and grew up with three younger brothers. She spent her youth studying violin and enjoying life in a small pioneer town during the early years of the last century.
She married Verl Meyrick on December 28, 1936, and together they embarked on a life of love and service to others. During the Depression years, their employment took them from Myton to a Duchesne Indian reservation and later, in 1944, to Murray where they built a house and remained residents for the rest of their lives. Elva enjoyed a career as a social worker for the state of Utah, and Verl was a school teacher and administrator.
Verl and Elva personified a remarkable era of courtesy, sophistication and gentility when women put on hats and gloves to shop at Auerbach's or enjoy a luncheon at the ZCMI Tiffin Room. A gentleman donned a sport jacket to go out to a restaurant. Couples enjoyed a cocktail before their Country Club dinner dance, and a host welcomed guests into a Yuletide-bedecked Salt Lake Avenues home wearing a velvet smoking jacket and silk ascot. Leisure meant devoting time and energy to civic organizations and community service. Together, they created Murray Fun Days and chaired the Days of '47 Youth Parade.
They traveled extensively and also lived in New York City for a time. Elva cherished days spent browsing the City's great art museums, evenings at the Metropolitan Opera or a Broadway theatre, and Bridge Club get-togethers with her lifelong friends.
Elva is survived by her daughter, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Elva and her family wish to express their gratitude to Dr. Peter Sundwall and the good people of Solstice Hospice and Home Instead for their professionalism, kindness and care.
A celebration of Elva's life will be held Sunday, March 9 at 4 p.m. at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 South State Street, Murray.
"I've lived a life that's full; I traveled each and every highway.
And more, much more than this, I did it my way."
Published in Deseret News from Mar. 8 to Mar. 9, 2014
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