Delenna Bradshaw Mecham, 83, passed away May 5, 2005, at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo. She was born November 13, 1921, Hurricane, Utah, to Samuel and Mariam Ellen Bradshaw. After her mission, in Texas-Louisiana, 1942, she worked at the presiding Bishop's office in Salt Lake City. She later moved back to Orem to work on her parents farm. While working on a peach defuzzer she met her future husband, Orval Mecham. They married September 22, 1947, in the Logan Temple. She was a devoted mother and homemaker. Relatives and friends were always welcome in their home. Orval passed away in 1998.
Delenna graduated from Lincoln High as Valedictorian and attended two terms at Brigham Young University. She was involved in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many callings, including, Scouts, Young Women, Ward Relief Society President, Counselor in the stake Relief Society, and a temple worker at Mount Timpanogos Temple. She loved to grow flowers, make quilts, and loved to write letters, many of them.
She is survived by her children, son, James O. (Donna), Laramie, Wyoming, daughters, Janice (Eric) Sullivan, Vernal, Marilyn (Robert) Moore, Salt Lake City and a son, Brent B. (April), Sugar Land, Texas, 15 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers, Willard (Carole) Bradshaw, Provo, Robert Bradshaw, Orem and a sister, Mae Beth Luke, Kingston, Utah.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a brother, Samuel Rawl.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2005, in the Vermont 2nd Ward Chapel, 4th East 4th North, Orem. Family and friends may call Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem, and from 9:45-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the church. Interment will be in the Orem City Cemetery.
This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page B6.
Delenna graduated from Lincoln High as Valedictorian and attended two terms at Brigham Young University. She was involved in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many callings, including, Scouts, Young Women, Ward Relief Society President, Counselor in the stake Relief Society, and a temple worker at Mount Timpanogos Temple. She loved to grow flowers, make quilts, and loved to write letters, many of them.
She is survived by her children, son, James O. (Donna), Laramie, Wyoming, daughters, Janice (Eric) Sullivan, Vernal, Marilyn (Robert) Moore, Salt Lake City and a son, Brent B. (April), Sugar Land, Texas, 15 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers, Willard (Carole) Bradshaw, Provo, Robert Bradshaw, Orem and a sister, Mae Beth Luke, Kingston, Utah.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a brother, Samuel Rawl.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2005, in the Vermont 2nd Ward Chapel, 4th East 4th North, Orem. Family and friends may call Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem, and from 9:45-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the church. Interment will be in the Orem City Cemetery.
This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page B6.
Delenna Bradshaw Mecham, 83, passed away May 5, 2005, at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo. She was born November 13, 1921, Hurricane, Utah, to Samuel and Mariam Ellen Bradshaw. After her mission, in Texas-Louisiana, 1942, she worked at the presiding Bishop's office in Salt Lake City. She later moved back to Orem to work on her parents farm. While working on a peach defuzzer she met her future husband, Orval Mecham. They married September 22, 1947, in the Logan Temple. She was a devoted mother and homemaker. Relatives and friends were always welcome in their home. Orval passed away in 1998.
Delenna graduated from Lincoln High as Valedictorian and attended two terms at Brigham Young University. She was involved in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many callings, including, Scouts, Young Women, Ward Relief Society President, Counselor in the stake Relief Society, and a temple worker at Mount Timpanogos Temple. She loved to grow flowers, make quilts, and loved to write letters, many of them.
She is survived by her children, son, James O. (Donna), Laramie, Wyoming, daughters, Janice (Eric) Sullivan, Vernal, Marilyn (Robert) Moore, Salt Lake City and a son, Brent B. (April), Sugar Land, Texas, 15 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers, Willard (Carole) Bradshaw, Provo, Robert Bradshaw, Orem and a sister, Mae Beth Luke, Kingston, Utah.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a brother, Samuel Rawl.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2005, in the Vermont 2nd Ward Chapel, 4th East 4th North, Orem. Family and friends may call Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem, and from 9:45-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the church. Interment will be in the Orem City Cemetery.
This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page B6.
Delenna graduated from Lincoln High as Valedictorian and attended two terms at Brigham Young University. She was involved in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many callings, including, Scouts, Young Women, Ward Relief Society President, Counselor in the stake Relief Society, and a temple worker at Mount Timpanogos Temple. She loved to grow flowers, make quilts, and loved to write letters, many of them.
She is survived by her children, son, James O. (Donna), Laramie, Wyoming, daughters, Janice (Eric) Sullivan, Vernal, Marilyn (Robert) Moore, Salt Lake City and a son, Brent B. (April), Sugar Land, Texas, 15 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers, Willard (Carole) Bradshaw, Provo, Robert Bradshaw, Orem and a sister, Mae Beth Luke, Kingston, Utah.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a brother, Samuel Rawl.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2005, in the Vermont 2nd Ward Chapel, 4th East 4th North, Orem. Family and friends may call Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem, and from 9:45-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the church. Interment will be in the Orem City Cemetery.
This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page B6.
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