Ione Draper Memmott
July 12, 1930 - April 6, 2016
Ione Draper Memmott 1930 - 2016 Memmott, Ione D.--Draper, UT-Age 85, Ione died on April 6, 2016 in Draper, UT. She was born July 12, 1930 in McGill, NV to Vera Domgaard and Howarth Draper, and was the second daughter out of six girls. Ione was born at the start of the Great Depression and helped out on the family farm in Chester, UT. Lessons learned from these hard years on the farm taught her frugality and to make something from nothing. She married Clark Memmott on May 19, 1949. She loved children and taught for over 30 years in the LDS primary. When Clark died in 1988, she went back to work as a teacher’s aid in the preschool at Vineyard Elementary in Orem, UT and retired at age 77. Working with disabled and autistic children at Vineyard was the greatest joy of her life. She is preceded in death by her husband, Clark Memmott and son, Dean Memmott. She is survived by sisters: Phyllis Greenhalgh and Linda Rose; children: James (Marilyn) Memmott, Carrie Sanchez, Jerald Memmott, Nancy Memmott, Sherrie (Roger) Memmott-Harding, and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 11:00 am, Monday, April 11, 2016 at the LDS church located at 1020 East Sunburn Lane (11600 South)Sandy, UT with a viewing held the same morning from 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM at the church. Interment will be the same day at 2:00 pm, at the Vine Bluff Cemetery in Nephi, UT.
Ione Draper Memmott 1930 - 2016 Memmott, Ione D.--Draper, UT-Age 85, Ione died on April 6, 2016 in Draper, UT. She was born July 12, 1930 in McGill, NV to Vera Domgaard and Howarth Draper, and was the second daughter out of six girls. Ione... View Obituary & Service Information