Our brilliant, beautiful, beloved Mary Ann Cannon Tollestrup, age 77, passed away in her home on August 9, 2013 from complications of a rare form of dementia.
Mary Ann was born February 27, 1936 in Salt Lake City to Theodore Lincoln Cannon and Dorothy McClellan Cannon. She was named after her two grandmothers, Mary McClellan and Ann Cannon.
Mary Ann was educated in the Salt Lake City school system, graduating from East High in 1954. Mary Ann attended the University of Utah, where she met Garn Tollestrup. They were subsequently married in December of 1957.
She delayed her education, choosing to be a stay at home mom. Mary Ann's great joy in life was her children and grandchildren. She was a doting, loving, mother, and grandmother and a second mother to her nieces and nephews. She always had a special place in her heart for them and loved them dearly. She had a great love for her family and heritage. In 1970, Mary Ann returned to school at the University of Utah, graduating with a B.A. degree in Anthropology.
Mary Ann spent countless hours in church and civic endeavors. She was a successful campaign manager for her legislative representative and participated as a delegate to many state and county conventions. She served as a volunteer in many capacities in the Salt Lake City School District, including P.T.A. President at Indian Hills Elementary and as a Docent at the Utah Museum of Natural History.
Mary Ann was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in many church callings within the Young Women's organization and the Relief Society, including President. She also loved her music director and Ward Choir director callings. She never undertook any position without giving 150% of herself. She was the personification of losing herself in the service of others.
After rearing her children, Mary Ann returned to school to get a PhD in Physical Anthropology at the U. of U., where she taught the subject she loved with enthusiasm, candor, and brilliance. Once while driving down a street, the driver of the car next to hers honked, rolled down his window, and yelled that he had been a student of hers and that it was the greatest class he had ever taken. She was approached many times in restaurants, stores, and various other places by former students with the same message.
Mary Ann bled crimson red. The University of Utah was a very important part of her life beginning in childhood when her Grandma Mary took her to see Madame Butterfly at Kingsbury Hall. It continued over the years as she attended many music and theater productions with family and friends at the U. Although Mary Ann delighted in the U's athletic prowess, most of all she was so very proud of the academic achievements of her beloved University of Utah.
Mary Ann was always soft spoken with a very positive and pleasant attitude and demeanor. She was the epitome of class, always very proper and correct, with a regal bearing.
Mary Ann is survived by her husband, Garn; daughters, Sammie (Stephen) Vanderpool and Linda (Michael) Hapsmith; and five grandchildren, Alexandra, Anthony, Jamie, Marli, and Monica. Preceded in death by her parents, brother, Ted Cannon; son, Tommy; and grandson, Morgan.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 17, 2013 in the Monument Park Ninth Ward Chapel, 1565 South Foothill Drive. A viewing will be held on Friday, August 16, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Lawn Mortuary, 2350 East 1300 South, and prior to the funeral at the church on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Interment at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from August 11 to August 16, 2013.
Mary Ann was born February 27, 1936 in Salt Lake City to Theodore Lincoln Cannon and Dorothy McClellan Cannon. She was named after her two grandmothers, Mary McClellan and Ann Cannon.
Mary Ann was educated in the Salt Lake City school system, graduating from East High in 1954. Mary Ann attended the University of Utah, where she met Garn Tollestrup. They were subsequently married in December of 1957.
She delayed her education, choosing to be a stay at home mom. Mary Ann's great joy in life was her children and grandchildren. She was a doting, loving, mother, and grandmother and a second mother to her nieces and nephews. She always had a special place in her heart for them and loved them dearly. She had a great love for her family and heritage. In 1970, Mary Ann returned to school at the University of Utah, graduating with a B.A. degree in Anthropology.
Mary Ann spent countless hours in church and civic endeavors. She was a successful campaign manager for her legislative representative and participated as a delegate to many state and county conventions. She served as a volunteer in many capacities in the Salt Lake City School District, including P.T.A. President at Indian Hills Elementary and as a Docent at the Utah Museum of Natural History.
Mary Ann was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in many church callings within the Young Women's organization and the Relief Society, including President. She also loved her music director and Ward Choir director callings. She never undertook any position without giving 150% of herself. She was the personification of losing herself in the service of others.
After rearing her children, Mary Ann returned to school to get a PhD in Physical Anthropology at the U. of U., where she taught the subject she loved with enthusiasm, candor, and brilliance. Once while driving down a street, the driver of the car next to hers honked, rolled down his window, and yelled that he had been a student of hers and that it was the greatest class he had ever taken. She was approached many times in restaurants, stores, and various other places by former students with the same message.
Mary Ann bled crimson red. The University of Utah was a very important part of her life beginning in childhood when her Grandma Mary took her to see Madame Butterfly at Kingsbury Hall. It continued over the years as she attended many music and theater productions with family and friends at the U. Although Mary Ann delighted in the U's athletic prowess, most of all she was so very proud of the academic achievements of her beloved University of Utah.
Mary Ann was always soft spoken with a very positive and pleasant attitude and demeanor. She was the epitome of class, always very proper and correct, with a regal bearing.
Mary Ann is survived by her husband, Garn; daughters, Sammie (Stephen) Vanderpool and Linda (Michael) Hapsmith; and five grandchildren, Alexandra, Anthony, Jamie, Marli, and Monica. Preceded in death by her parents, brother, Ted Cannon; son, Tommy; and grandson, Morgan.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 17, 2013 in the Monument Park Ninth Ward Chapel, 1565 South Foothill Drive. A viewing will be held on Friday, August 16, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Lawn Mortuary, 2350 East 1300 South, and prior to the funeral at the church on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Interment at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from August 11 to August 16, 2013.
Our brilliant, beautiful, beloved Mary Ann Cannon Tollestrup, age 77, passed away in her home on August 9, 2013 from complications of a rare form of dementia.
Mary Ann was born February 27, 1936 in Salt Lake City to Theodore Lincoln Cannon and Dorothy McClellan Cannon. She was named after her two grandmothers, Mary McClellan and Ann Cannon.
Mary Ann was educated in the Salt Lake City school system, graduating from East High in 1954. Mary Ann attended the University of Utah, where she met Garn Tollestrup. They were subsequently married in December of 1957.
She delayed her education, choosing to be a stay at home mom. Mary Ann's great joy in life was her children and grandchildren. She was a doting, loving, mother, and grandmother and a second mother to her nieces and nephews. She always had a special place in her heart for them and loved them dearly. She had a great love for her family and heritage. In 1970, Mary Ann returned to school at the University of Utah, graduating with a B.A. degree in Anthropology.
Mary Ann spent countless hours in church and civic endeavors. She was a successful campaign manager for her legislative representative and participated as a delegate to many state and county conventions. She served as a volunteer in many capacities in the Salt Lake City School District, including P.T.A. President at Indian Hills Elementary and as a Docent at the Utah Museum of Natural History.
Mary Ann was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in many church callings within the Young Women's organization and the Relief Society, including President. She also loved her music director and Ward Choir director callings. She never undertook any position without giving 150% of herself. She was the personification of losing herself in the service of others.
After rearing her children, Mary Ann returned to school to get a PhD in Physical Anthropology at the U. of U., where she taught the subject she loved with enthusiasm, candor, and brilliance. Once while driving down a street, the driver of the car next to hers honked, rolled down his window, and yelled that he had been a student of hers and that it was the greatest class he had ever taken. She was approached many times in restaurants, stores, and various other places by former students with the same message.
Mary Ann bled crimson red. The University of Utah was a very important part of her life beginning in childhood when her Grandma Mary took her to see Madame Butterfly at Kingsbury Hall. It continued over the years as she attended many music and theater productions with family and friends at the U. Although Mary Ann delighted in the U's athletic prowess, most of all she was so very proud of the academic achievements of her beloved University of Utah.
Mary Ann was always soft spoken with a very positive and pleasant attitude and demeanor. She was the epitome of class, always very proper and correct, with a regal bearing.
Mary Ann is survived by her husband, Garn; daughters, Sammie (Stephen) Vanderpool and Linda (Michael) Hapsmith; and five grandchildren, Alexandra, Anthony, Jamie, Marli, and Monica. Preceded in death by her parents, brother, Ted Cannon; son, Tommy; and grandson, Morgan.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 17, 2013 in the Monument Park Ninth Ward Chapel, 1565 South Foothill Drive. A viewing will be held on Friday, August 16, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Lawn Mortuary, 2350 East 1300 South, and prior to the funeral at the church on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Interment at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from August 11 to August 16, 2013.
Mary Ann was born February 27, 1936 in Salt Lake City to Theodore Lincoln Cannon and Dorothy McClellan Cannon. She was named after her two grandmothers, Mary McClellan and Ann Cannon.
Mary Ann was educated in the Salt Lake City school system, graduating from East High in 1954. Mary Ann attended the University of Utah, where she met Garn Tollestrup. They were subsequently married in December of 1957.
She delayed her education, choosing to be a stay at home mom. Mary Ann's great joy in life was her children and grandchildren. She was a doting, loving, mother, and grandmother and a second mother to her nieces and nephews. She always had a special place in her heart for them and loved them dearly. She had a great love for her family and heritage. In 1970, Mary Ann returned to school at the University of Utah, graduating with a B.A. degree in Anthropology.
Mary Ann spent countless hours in church and civic endeavors. She was a successful campaign manager for her legislative representative and participated as a delegate to many state and county conventions. She served as a volunteer in many capacities in the Salt Lake City School District, including P.T.A. President at Indian Hills Elementary and as a Docent at the Utah Museum of Natural History.
Mary Ann was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in many church callings within the Young Women's organization and the Relief Society, including President. She also loved her music director and Ward Choir director callings. She never undertook any position without giving 150% of herself. She was the personification of losing herself in the service of others.
After rearing her children, Mary Ann returned to school to get a PhD in Physical Anthropology at the U. of U., where she taught the subject she loved with enthusiasm, candor, and brilliance. Once while driving down a street, the driver of the car next to hers honked, rolled down his window, and yelled that he had been a student of hers and that it was the greatest class he had ever taken. She was approached many times in restaurants, stores, and various other places by former students with the same message.
Mary Ann bled crimson red. The University of Utah was a very important part of her life beginning in childhood when her Grandma Mary took her to see Madame Butterfly at Kingsbury Hall. It continued over the years as she attended many music and theater productions with family and friends at the U. Although Mary Ann delighted in the U's athletic prowess, most of all she was so very proud of the academic achievements of her beloved University of Utah.
Mary Ann was always soft spoken with a very positive and pleasant attitude and demeanor. She was the epitome of class, always very proper and correct, with a regal bearing.
Mary Ann is survived by her husband, Garn; daughters, Sammie (Stephen) Vanderpool and Linda (Michael) Hapsmith; and five grandchildren, Alexandra, Anthony, Jamie, Marli, and Monica. Preceded in death by her parents, brother, Ted Cannon; son, Tommy; and grandson, Morgan.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 17, 2013 in the Monument Park Ninth Ward Chapel, 1565 South Foothill Drive. A viewing will be held on Friday, August 16, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Lawn Mortuary, 2350 East 1300 South, and prior to the funeral at the church on Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Interment at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from August 11 to August 16, 2013.
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