Mala Ann Higley Kappos' Obituary
Mala Ann Higley Kappos 60, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her husband and all of her children in Mountain Green on Aug 6, 2021. After a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
Mala was born on August 23, 1960 to Edwin and Afton Higley. Her siblings are Greg, Mark, Sasha, John, Matt and her foster sister Arlene. She was born and raised in Clearfield, Utah.
Mala attended Weber State College then transferred to BYU and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in social work. While attending BYU she met the love of her life, Mark Kappos, where they got married in the Salt Lake Temple on Aug 25, 1983. After marriage they lived in Clearfield, Layton, Uintah, and ended in Mountain Green.
Mala and Mark had five beautiful children. Andrew, Malena/Lance Andreasen, Cassie Molina, Kathryn/Matt Serrano, and Michal. Their grandchildren which they adore are Cache, Ben, Skylar, Kove, Riot, Archer, and Reign. Mala’s most loved and favorited job was being a mother. Mala excelled at this, and many people outside her family looked to her as a mother. She put her heart and soul into being a mother!
Mala had many church callings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which she loved. Her favorites were working with the young women and going to girl’s camp with her older two daughters. But mostly being the compassionate service leader. She was always the first to be in line to help someone in need or bring someone a meal.
Mala’s health problems unfortunately started just over 14 years ago when she had a massive stroke on June 28, 2007 making it unable for her to speak more than a few words. Most of the last eight years have been filled with pain for Mala. So finally now, she is pain free and has her speech back!!
Mala is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Mark, and two sisters-in-law Diane and Pam. Funeral services will be held at a LDS church in Mountain Green, on Saturday, Aug 14 at 11am. Address is 5378 W Old High Road, Mountain Green, Utah 84050. Viewings will be held on Friday, Aug 13 from 6-8pm and Saturday, Aug 14 from 9:30-10:45am.
We invite all to come to the funeral service who would like to. If for some reason you can not make it but would like to watch, we have a zoom link set up for you. The zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3725818715?pwd=SFN2Zk1qcnBvZGUzbnBYQzJOWW5KZz09 . Please contact Matt for questions or technical difficulties. Call or text 801-227-4287 or email [email protected] . If you haven’t used zoom before, you can contact Matt prior to Saturday for assistance.
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