Myrlene Evans Tippetts' Obituary
This is our mom. She loved us. She loved the people we brought home. It wasn’t a surprise to find out our friends would visit her. She would listen and love everyone. She was happiest when she was surrounded by her family and she cooked many family meals just so we would be there. She created many family memories by cooking meals, refining her favorite recipes and inviting everyone to come; and how could we resist.
Born on Wednesday, December 13, 1933 in Castle Gate, Carbon County, Utah. Myrlene was the third daughter of Oscar and Vivian Harris Evans and the middle child. Shortly after Myrlene was born, her mother suffered some health issues; so her grandmother brought her to Lindon and took care of her for quite some time. Because of this she bonded with her grandmother and loved being her companion on many excursions.
Eventually Oscar and Vivian moved their family and their home (literally) to Pleasant Grove, just down the street from Grandmother Harris’ home. Myrlene was thrilled to be so close to her Grandmother and spent much time with her.
As Myrlene grew she had a group of friends she loved to hang out with. They were known for the silly and crazy things they did. (i.e. imitating “all- star” wrestling)
Not long after high school, Myrlene embarked out into the world and went to Bryce Canyon to work at the lodge there. She made lifelong friends because that is what mom did, she collected friends.
Mom married young and moved to Alaska. She gathered lifetime friends there also. When that marriage ended she moved back to Utah with her young son and soon married Calvin J. Tippetts and his two young children. They were immediately a family of five. She loved everyone and built one big family-especially after five more children were added to make a bunch of us. Mom cooked and cleaned and cared for all of us.
Myrlene loves Jesus Christ and loved her fellow travelers in this world. She served everyone who was in need. It was hard to convince her that to serve she would need to receive once in a while too. Mom was very independent. After she broke her pelvis a year ago she was very anxious to get rid of her walker and her cane and get back to what she loved.
Mom labored much in the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was asked to be the president of everything: Relief Society, Primary and Young Women only to circle around and do it all again. She has said many times that her favorite calling was to teach the “Cultural Refinement” lessons in Relief Society. She loved having the opportunity to learn about people of the world and share the great things she learned with others.
Mom found the need to go to work after her youngest child started school. She worked for several years at Heritage Convalescent Center. There she shared her cooking passion and her skill for mentoring the young employees working with her. They loved her.
After retirement, she served for several years at the Mt Timpanogos Temple and loved being able to be there so much. Every Tuesday and Wednesday morning she would rise at 4:30 am to be there with a smile on her face. When she was going on a leave-of-absence so she could have a medical procedure, the spirit told her she would not be returning to serve there as a worker again. It was sad for her to realize this, so after her health improved, she continued every Wednesday as a patron spending six hours in the temple. Many ancestors will meet her and thank her for the service she gave them. She loved Jesus Christ and acknowledged that all she had came from Heavenly Father. She had great faith to move forward knowing that He would take care of her needs.
Mom made many of our clothes. She loved Mexican food and salmon. She invented her own recipes like her meat pie, her french bread or her pan full of homemade enchiladas. We all received Chex Party Mix for Christmas and buttery almond crunch. She would often go without so she could provide for us and though we didn’t appreciate it much then, we will love her forever for her example, sacrifice and perseverance on our behalf.
Mom not only survived cancer and 2020, but also spent many years with a mis-behaving heart. She walked again after breaking her pelvis and had a new (to her) valve put in her heart last June. When a CT scan was done they asked her about some broken vertebrae from years earlier; none of us knew when that happened including mom. She was the energizer bunny. We would point her in a direction and she would go.
Mom graduated from this life Friday, February 5, 2021 at her home of 55 years in Lindon. Myrlene is survived by her four siblings, her eight children, the children who have married into her family whom she claims as her own, her 24 grandchildren, 34 great-grands who will miss her dearly, and Atticus the cat who greeted her every morning.
We love you mom. Thank you for being our mom, grandma, great-grandma, sister and friend.
Delna E MacFarlane, American Fork; Joyce & Harold Winkler, Taylorsville; Lionel & Tana Evans, Duchesne; Clint & Eileen Evans, Garden Valley, Idaho
Janette Tippetts, Rigby, Idaho; Les & Margaret Tippetts, Salt Lake; Kevin & Rosie Tippetts, Orem; Terry & Curtis Harper, Provo; Kim & Angie Tippetts, Heber; Cindy & Dana Henriksen, Lindon; Steve & Heather Tippetts, Kearns; Melesa Tippetts, Lindon
There will be a private family viewing Monday followed by a graveside service at 11 am at the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery.
For those unable to attend in person we will stream the graveside service at:
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