Merilyn Hortin McMIllan Obituary (1930 - 2015)

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Merilyn Hortin McMillan, age 84 returned home to her earthly and heavenly parents on Saturday January 10, 2015. She was born on March 28, 1930 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Reed Ephraim Hortin and Leah Elizabeth Jones living in Murray, Utah all of her life. She attended Arlington Elementary and Murray High School where she participated in many school activities and made many lifelong friends. She married and was sealed for time and all eternity to her high school sweetheart Raymond Neal McMillan in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on September 22, 1949. Merilyn became a nurse working at the Cottonwood Maternity Hospital in Murray, LDS Hospital, and Cottonwood Hospital. She graduated and received her surgical technician certification in 1963. She moved to Cottonwood Hospital when it opened and worked there until it closed in 2007. She was very proud to have worked there for over 44 years and loved her service there providing care for others. She brought a wonderful spirit of love and was respected by her coworkers for her wonderful sense of humor, dedication, and integrity. Her joys in life were her family, family vacations, holidays, and long drives with her husband. She was a devoted wife and a wonderful mother and grandmother. She was an active and faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many positions in the Relief Society, Young Women, and Primary organizations. She fulfilled a church service mission with her husband at the LDS Conference Center and enjoyed the wonderful people she served with and the interesting visitors she met from all over the world. Merilyn was loved by many for her willingness to share her knowledge and talents as well as her adventurous spirit. She was preceded in death by her parents and a stillborn daughter. She lost her dear husband Ray in 2014 after 64 years of marriage. She is survived by her four children; Susan (Gerald) Capps, Barbara (Kirt) Beckstrom, Lori (Van) Terry, and David (Jackie) McMillan; 16 beautiful grandchildren, and 28 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by three sisters; Jean (Gordon) Reynolds, Ann (Cal) Stringham, and Jone (Cal) Smoot. Funeral services will be held Friday January 16th, 2015, 12:00 noon at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley, 1007 W. South Jordan Pkwy (10600 South) in South Jordan, Utah 84095. Viewings will be held Thursday, January 15th from 5:30 – 7:30 pm and Friday January 16th from 10:30 to 11:30 am prior to the funeral service. Interment will follow at the Murray City Cemetery. The family would like to extend love and appreciation to Highland Cove Retirement Center for their loving care and service. Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com Funeral Home: Jenkins-Soffe South Valley 1007 W. South Jordan Parkway South Jordan, UT USA 84095