Verna Ilene Wood Wall Obituary (1947 - 2016)

11/16/1947 ~ 4/27/2016 Verna Ilene Wood Wall was born in November 1947 to Mary Ethel Johnson Wood and Edward (Ted) Orlin Wood in Brigham City, Utah, where Ted and Mary owned a shoe shop on Main Street. Verna is also the name of a dear aunt on her father's side. Siblings include Donna Mae Wood White and Orlin Johnson Wood. Ilene was raised through her high school years in Brigham City, close to her dear great grandmother Clifford and great aunt Nellie, and aunts, uncles and cousins (the Valentines, Summers and Jones) and also working at BIFs and Maddox Ranch House. Ilene remained very fond of Brigham City and surrounding area, visiting when she could. She continued her education at Utah State University in Logan where she majored in English, which she taught for several years in public schools, including in Florida where she had moved with her husband Marty, whom she had wed at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City (later divorced). After returning to the Salt Lake City area, Ilene soon began employment at LDS Hospital in various administrative functions and retired from IHC after 30 years of service in 2011, though she continued to do volunteer work there until 2015. Ilene also served in the LDS Jordan River Temple from 2012 to 2014. She very much enjoyed books and movies and loved to travel, especially to glassware collector shows and to New York. Ilene moved to Jordan Valley Senior Housing in 2012 where she lived happily and with plenty of opportunity to socialize with wonderful people there until the effects of rapidly declining health took her as she slept in her apartment prior to an operation scheduled for that coming day. Mary and Ted, her parents, had helped instill a strong work ethic and order in Ilene as demonstrated by her insisting she still do her own laundry the day before she passed, even though she was sore and very tired. Before retiring for bed that last evening, she wondered/wished aloud when her mother and dad would come to visit her. We rejoice in their reunion! Ilene is loved and will be missed by many. Survived by her niece, Cindy Mae Wood; nephew, Marc White (Rochelle); and also great (and 3.9 great- great) nieces and nephews (Matti, Ryan, Kyle and Erik Edward and their families). Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at the Willard City Cemetery. Thanks to all who helped look after her during the past few trying years, particularly Bridger from IHC Home Healthcare. Funeral Home: Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary-Murray 4760 South State Street Murray, UT 84107