Evelyn Louise Pugsley Monson Obituary (1907 - 2006)

To view a video tribute for Evelyn Louise Pugsley Monson, please click here. Evelyn Louise Pugsley Monson, our wonderful mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2006 in Sandy, Utah of natural causes. The oldest of 9 children she was born on May 18, 1907, to Phillip Roy and Louise Kunzler Pugsley in Salt Lake City and was raised on a large sheep ranch in Rosette, Utah. She attended elementary school in Rosette and graduated from LDS High School in Salt Lake City in 1926. She also attended Utah State University in Logan. In 1928 Evelyn was called to serve a mission for the LDS Church in North and South Dakota and Winnipeg, Canada. On September 24, 1934, she married Franklin D. Monson in the Salt Lake LDS Temple and they spent 62 happy years together until his death in 1996. She received her LPN degree in 1959 at 52 years of age and worked at the hospital and the nursing home in Blackfoot, ID giving loving care to the patients for many years. Evelyn loved and took great pride in her children and grandchildren and was always willing to help them in any way she could. She and her brothers and sisters stayed very close to each other throughout their lives and she enjoyed visiting and traveling with them. A lifelong member of the LDS Church, she served in many capacities both as a leader and a teacher, and was a Visiting Teacher for over 50 years. She and Frank enjoyed their calling at the Jordan River Temple and the friends they met there. She loved reading the scriptures and good books, and she crocheted beautiful afghans for her children and grandchildren. She always had a great love for people and had a special gift of compassion for others, especially those who were ill or in need. She had a strong testimony of the Savior and His teachings and has been an example of unconditional love for all of us. She is truly a beautiful and elect lady. She will be missed. Evelyn is survived by her children: Dee (Joyce) Monson, Salmon Idaho; DaLayne Woods, Blackfoot, Idaho; Roy (Karen) Monson, Murray; Dr. Roland Kay (Susan) Monson, Orem; and Richard Monson, Pocatello, Idaho; her brother, Dr. Richard (Carol) Pugsley, Pocatello; two sisters, Eloise (Charlie) Palmer and Bonnie (Frank) Hill, Tremonton; and a sister-in-law, Helen Pugsley, Centerville. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Frank; brothers, Rex, Phillip and Jay Pugsley; sisters, Edna Palmer and Klea Bishop; son-in-law, Ronald Woods; two granddaughters; two grandsons; and a great grandson. Friends may call Sunday, January 29, 2006 from 5:00–7:00 p.m. at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 South State Street, Murray. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 30, 2006 at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary at 11:00 a.m., with a visitation one hour before the services. Interment will follow in the Logan City Cemetery. Our heartfelt thanks to the staff at Beehive House at Creek Road for their kind and compassionate service to Evelyn for the past 10 years. They are all angels.