Elva Cheney Dewey, daughter of Clarence M. Cheney and Alice Leal Blackburn Cheney, passed away on September 20, 2009 of causes incident to age. She resided at 77 West 650 South in St. George, Utah at the time of her death.
She was born the second of ten children on June 24, 1916 in Sunnydell, Idaho. She married Lynn Merrill Dewey in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on October 7, 1941.
Elva was extremely active in the LDS Church, serving as Primary President, a teacher in the Relief Society, a counselor in the Relief Society Presidency, as the Jr. Sunday School coordinator for 10 years, an active Visiting Teacher and Sunday School and Stake General Secretary. Her greatest love, besides her family, was genealogy, serving for 25 years in the Extraction Program. She and her husband, Lynn, served an LDS Mission in the Charleston, West Virginia Mission.
She is survived by her five children: Renee (James Steven Richeson), Lavergne, Tennesse, Royce (Sherry Pennington), Highland, Utah, Marilyn (Kent Granat), Idaho Falls, Idaho, Vaughn (Beverly Thomas), Norman, Oklahoma, Lynell, Medford Oregon, 18 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Lynn and her daughter Sheryl.
She will be greatly missed.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the St. George Second Ward Chapel, 166 South Main Street, St. George, UT. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the Funeral Services in the Ward Building.
Interment will be in the St. George City Cemetery.
Published by the Metcalf Mortuary.
She was born the second of ten children on June 24, 1916 in Sunnydell, Idaho. She married Lynn Merrill Dewey in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on October 7, 1941.
Elva was extremely active in the LDS Church, serving as Primary President, a teacher in the Relief Society, a counselor in the Relief Society Presidency, as the Jr. Sunday School coordinator for 10 years, an active Visiting Teacher and Sunday School and Stake General Secretary. Her greatest love, besides her family, was genealogy, serving for 25 years in the Extraction Program. She and her husband, Lynn, served an LDS Mission in the Charleston, West Virginia Mission.
She is survived by her five children: Renee (James Steven Richeson), Lavergne, Tennesse, Royce (Sherry Pennington), Highland, Utah, Marilyn (Kent Granat), Idaho Falls, Idaho, Vaughn (Beverly Thomas), Norman, Oklahoma, Lynell, Medford Oregon, 18 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Lynn and her daughter Sheryl.
She will be greatly missed.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the St. George Second Ward Chapel, 166 South Main Street, St. George, UT. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the Funeral Services in the Ward Building.
Interment will be in the St. George City Cemetery.
Published by the Metcalf Mortuary.
Elva Cheney Dewey, daughter of Clarence M. Cheney and Alice Leal Blackburn Cheney, passed away on September 20, 2009 of causes incident to age. She resided at 77 West 650 South in St. George, Utah at the time of her death.
She was born the second of ten children on June 24, 1916 in Sunnydell, Idaho. She married Lynn Merrill Dewey in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on October 7, 1941.
Elva was extremely active in the LDS Church, serving as Primary President, a teacher in the Relief Society, a counselor in the Relief Society Presidency, as the Jr. Sunday School coordinator for 10 years, an active Visiting Teacher and Sunday School and Stake General Secretary. Her greatest love, besides her family, was genealogy, serving for 25 years in the Extraction Program. She and her husband, Lynn, served an LDS Mission in the Charleston, West Virginia Mission.
She is survived by her five children: Renee (James Steven Richeson), Lavergne, Tennesse, Royce (Sherry Pennington), Highland, Utah, Marilyn (Kent Granat), Idaho Falls, Idaho, Vaughn (Beverly Thomas), Norman, Oklahoma, Lynell, Medford Oregon, 18 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Lynn and her daughter Sheryl.
She will be greatly missed.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the St. George Second Ward Chapel, 166 South Main Street, St. George, UT. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the Funeral Services in the Ward Building.
Interment will be in the St. George City Cemetery.
Published by the Metcalf Mortuary.
She was born the second of ten children on June 24, 1916 in Sunnydell, Idaho. She married Lynn Merrill Dewey in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on October 7, 1941.
Elva was extremely active in the LDS Church, serving as Primary President, a teacher in the Relief Society, a counselor in the Relief Society Presidency, as the Jr. Sunday School coordinator for 10 years, an active Visiting Teacher and Sunday School and Stake General Secretary. Her greatest love, besides her family, was genealogy, serving for 25 years in the Extraction Program. She and her husband, Lynn, served an LDS Mission in the Charleston, West Virginia Mission.
She is survived by her five children: Renee (James Steven Richeson), Lavergne, Tennesse, Royce (Sherry Pennington), Highland, Utah, Marilyn (Kent Granat), Idaho Falls, Idaho, Vaughn (Beverly Thomas), Norman, Oklahoma, Lynell, Medford Oregon, 18 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Lynn and her daughter Sheryl.
She will be greatly missed.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the St. George Second Ward Chapel, 166 South Main Street, St. George, UT. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the Funeral Services in the Ward Building.
Interment will be in the St. George City Cemetery.
Published by the Metcalf Mortuary.
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