She was born in Magna, Utah to Wallace and Evelyn Farmer on October 20, 1916. She graduated from Cyprus High School and attended a nurses training school in San Diego, California. She returned home and met the love of her life, DeWayne Charles Thorne. They were married on August 9, 1937 in Magna, Utah. They were later married for time and all eternity and sealed as a family on June 3, 1959 in the Salt Lake Temple. She and her husband were long-time residents of Kaysville. When DeWayne retired from Hill Air Force Base, they embarked on their missionary and temple service. Their five missions included North Carolina, Tonga, England, Philippines, and Colorado with interludes of being Temple Ordinance Workers at the Ogden and Bountiful Temples between each mission. Melba loved to take pictures and make scrapbooks. She also loved to do any kind of handi-work, including knitting, crocheting, and crafts. Many in her family were the recipients of her skills. She enjoyed sharing the things she had made with others. She also enjoyed canning the fruits and vegetables DeWayne grew.
Melba is preceded in death by her husband, DeWayne, her parents, a brother-in-law, and two great-granddaughters. She is survived by a sister, Beth Ahlquist of Magna, Utah; and two brothers, Wally Farmer of Kearns, Utah; and Darrell Farmer of Pueblo, Colorado. Also surviving are their children: Lynn (Ruth Ann), Syracuse, Utah; Dennis (Lee), Ogden, Utah; Rick (LaNita), Monument, Colorado; Larry (Judy), Bountiful, Utah; and Heitonga (Randy) Maynes, Riverside, California; 20 grandchildren; 59 grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the Rock Chapel, 2nd East and Center Street, Kaysville. Friends and Family may call on Sunday from 6:30- 8 p.m. at Lindquist's Layton Mortuary, 1867 North Fairfield Road and on Monday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Rock Chapel in Kaysville.
Interment: Kaysville City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on 9/12/2008.
She was born in Magna, Utah to Wallace and Evelyn Farmer on October 20, 1916. She graduated from Cyprus High School and attended a nurses training school in San Diego, California. She returned home and met the love of her life, DeWayne Charles Thorne. They were married on August 9, 1937 in Magna, Utah. They were later married for time and all eternity and sealed as a family on June 3, 1959 in the Salt Lake Temple. She and her husband were long-time residents of Kaysville. When DeWayne retired from Hill Air Force Base, they embarked on their missionary and temple service. Their five missions included North Carolina, Tonga, England, Philippines, and Colorado with interludes of being Temple Ordinance Workers at the Ogden and Bountiful Temples between each mission. Melba loved to take pictures and make scrapbooks. She also loved to do any kind of handi-work, including knitting, crocheting, and crafts. Many in her family were the recipients of her skills. She enjoyed sharing the things she had made with others. She also enjoyed canning the fruits and vegetables DeWayne grew.
Melba is preceded in death by her husband, DeWayne, her parents, a brother-in-law, and two great-granddaughters. She is survived by a sister, Beth Ahlquist of Magna, Utah; and two brothers, Wally Farmer of Kearns, Utah; and Darrell Farmer of Pueblo, Colorado. Also surviving are their children: Lynn (Ruth Ann), Syracuse, Utah; Dennis (Lee), Ogden, Utah; Rick (LaNita), Monument, Colorado; Larry (Judy), Bountiful, Utah; and Heitonga (Randy) Maynes, Riverside, California; 20 grandchildren; 59 grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the Rock Chapel, 2nd East and Center Street, Kaysville. Friends and Family may call on Sunday from 6:30- 8 p.m. at Lindquist's Layton Mortuary, 1867 North Fairfield Road and on Monday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Rock Chapel in Kaysville.
Interment: Kaysville City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on 9/12/2008.
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