Early Life: LaVina was born on May 1, 1931, in Alamosa, Colorado, the daughter of Clifford Gustavis and Birdie Ann Wilson Gibson. Her family moved to Durango, Colorado, when she was four years old; they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in December of 1941. She graduated from West High School.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: On January 28, 1949, LaVina started dating Parley P. Gunnell. He proposed to her by hiding her ring in the corsage he gave her for Easter. LaVina did not notice the ring, but her sister did! They were married on June 22, 1949, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together, they raised four sons: Gary Lee (Susan), Brent Leon (Donna), Kory Jay (Kathy) and Brad Devon (Pam). She has six brothers: Wallace (Beth), Clifford (Dorothy), Marvin (Bernice), Ronald (Karen), Russell (Cheri) and David (Connie); as well as three sisters: Norma (Leland), Barbara (Donald) and Edith (Norman). She loved and enjoyed her 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. LaVina Joyce Gibson Gunnell, wonderful mother, wife, sister and grandma, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2014, in American Fork, Utah. She was 83.
Survived By: Her four sons, three brothers: Wallace, Ronald, David; and her sisters: Barbara and Edith.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; husband, Parley; three brothers, one sister and a grandson, Eric.
Services: Edgemont 2nd LDS Ward
Obituary: Provo Daily Herald | 18 Sep 2014
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
Life's Work/Service/Interests: On January 28, 1949, LaVina started dating Parley P. Gunnell. He proposed to her by hiding her ring in the corsage he gave her for Easter. LaVina did not notice the ring, but her sister did! They were married on June 22, 1949, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together, they raised four sons: Gary Lee (Susan), Brent Leon (Donna), Kory Jay (Kathy) and Brad Devon (Pam). She has six brothers: Wallace (Beth), Clifford (Dorothy), Marvin (Bernice), Ronald (Karen), Russell (Cheri) and David (Connie); as well as three sisters: Norma (Leland), Barbara (Donald) and Edith (Norman). She loved and enjoyed her 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. LaVina Joyce Gibson Gunnell, wonderful mother, wife, sister and grandma, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2014, in American Fork, Utah. She was 83.
Survived By: Her four sons, three brothers: Wallace, Ronald, David; and her sisters: Barbara and Edith.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; husband, Parley; three brothers, one sister and a grandson, Eric.
Services: Edgemont 2nd LDS Ward
Obituary: Provo Daily Herald | 18 Sep 2014
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
Early Life: LaVina was born on May 1, 1931, in Alamosa, Colorado, the daughter of Clifford Gustavis and Birdie Ann Wilson Gibson. Her family moved to Durango, Colorado, when she was four years old; they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in December of 1941. She graduated from West High School.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: On January 28, 1949, LaVina started dating Parley P. Gunnell. He proposed to her by hiding her ring in the corsage he gave her for Easter. LaVina did not notice the ring, but her sister did! They were married on June 22, 1949, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together, they raised four sons: Gary Lee (Susan), Brent Leon (Donna), Kory Jay (Kathy) and Brad Devon (Pam). She has six brothers: Wallace (Beth), Clifford (Dorothy), Marvin (Bernice), Ronald (Karen), Russell (Cheri) and David (Connie); as well as three sisters: Norma (Leland), Barbara (Donald) and Edith (Norman). She loved and enjoyed her 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. LaVina Joyce Gibson Gunnell, wonderful mother, wife, sister and grandma, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2014, in American Fork, Utah. She was 83.
Survived By: Her four sons, three brothers: Wallace, Ronald, David; and her sisters: Barbara and Edith.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; husband, Parley; three brothers, one sister and a grandson, Eric.
Services: Edgemont 2nd LDS Ward
Obituary: Provo Daily Herald | 18 Sep 2014
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
Life's Work/Service/Interests: On January 28, 1949, LaVina started dating Parley P. Gunnell. He proposed to her by hiding her ring in the corsage he gave her for Easter. LaVina did not notice the ring, but her sister did! They were married on June 22, 1949, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together, they raised four sons: Gary Lee (Susan), Brent Leon (Donna), Kory Jay (Kathy) and Brad Devon (Pam). She has six brothers: Wallace (Beth), Clifford (Dorothy), Marvin (Bernice), Ronald (Karen), Russell (Cheri) and David (Connie); as well as three sisters: Norma (Leland), Barbara (Donald) and Edith (Norman). She loved and enjoyed her 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. LaVina Joyce Gibson Gunnell, wonderful mother, wife, sister and grandma, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2014, in American Fork, Utah. She was 83.
Survived By: Her four sons, three brothers: Wallace, Ronald, David; and her sisters: Barbara and Edith.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; husband, Parley; three brothers, one sister and a grandson, Eric.
Services: Edgemont 2nd LDS Ward
Obituary: Provo Daily Herald | 18 Sep 2014
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
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