Evetta Florence Jenkins Morales Ekins
1928 - 2021

❦ Early Life: Evetta was born January 11, 1928, in Vancouver, Washington, soon after, she and her family moved to southern California. She loved the beach, biking, and being with friends and her cousins in her youth.
❦ Life's Work | Service | Interests: Evetta attended Cerritos College where she obtained her cosmetology license, but World War II interfered with her plans. Her husband joined the United States Navy and she moved to Coronado Island in San Diego, California, where she worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" repairing fighter planes that had returned from combat.
❦ One of her close schoolmates introduced her to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and she and her family were baptized. In 1972, her son Jerry, and daughter, Sande, moved to Provo, Utah, to attend Brigham Young University and Evetta soon followed with her son, John.
❦ Evetta started her life over when she moved to Utah with enough money for one month and thankfully found a job at Brigham Young University press. At that time, printing was a male dominated industry but she was smart, strong, and worked her way up from the pre-press room to the front office where she retired.
❦ In 1973, she met the love of her life Stanford Ray "Tim" Ekins through a mutual friend and they were married August 6, 1973; they were later sealed on October 1, 1974. Evetta became a farmer's wife. They lived at the South Fork Ranger Station when they married and moved down into the valley on the farm in Pleasant Grove, Utah, after a few years. She was a member of the Manila 1st Ward, full of farmers and friends. For almost 50 years, she attended monthly luncheons with "the club", a group of farmers' wives and dear friends. Her last lunch was just one week before her passing with the remaining four members.
❦ Evetta loved the Church, hosting friends, musicals, and travel, but most of all she loved her family. Her life was defined by her endless service, sacrifice, and love of her family. Her grandkids and great grandkids were her love and joy and she made no apologies for spoiling them with Grape soda, cookies, candies, crepes aka "roll-ups", and more. She loved sleepovers at Grandma's house, going to the pool, and of course, going to Disneyland. She loved it when they could visit and play dominos where she suspiciously won an uncanny number of times. She lived her life full of service to the Church, serving in many callings, but most importantly, was simply a friend to all who would take time to visit, make a meal, or share a smile. She and her husband loved to attend the temple and her home was always filled with love.
❦ Evetta Florence Jenkins Morales Ekins, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away peacefully October 21, 2021, surrounded by family. Her heart and home were in Utah Valley and it is there she will be laid to rest next to her loving husband in the Provo City Cemetery. She was 93.
❦ Family Message: "We would like to thank Spring Gardens and Deana Rasmussen from Inspiration Hospice for taking such great care of Evetta."
❦ Survived By: Her son, John (Jeanette) Ekins; stepchildren: Cheryl (Jacob) Boone, Norman Ekins, and Dallin Ekins; 22 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.
❦ Predeceased By: Her loving husband, Stanford Ray "Tim" Ekins; her son, Jerry Morales; daughter, Sande Morales Montano; son-in-law, Cesar Montano; stepson, Duane "Dee" Ekins; her parents, and her siblings.
❦ Arrangements & Obituary: © 2021 | Olpin Family Mortuary
❦ Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
❦ Location: Manila Creek 8th Ward Chapel | Cedar Hills
❦ Interment: Provo City Cemetery

Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley