Ivy Worley Edvalson

Ivy Worley Edvalson, age 92, of Union died Monday, March 14, 2005 at her home. Viewing will be from 6 to 8 pm Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel and for one hour before the funeral at the church. The funeral will begin at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 19 at the Union Ward of the LDS Church. Burial and dedication of the grave will be at the Union Cemetery.

Mrs. Edvalson was born August 17, 1912, to John Prearson and Eleanor Larsen Worley in Mendon, Utah. She spent her early years in Arimo and Pocatello, Idaho and attended one of the first early morning seminaries of the LDS Church. She graduated from the University of Idaho, Southern Branch, in 1934, and taught 12 pupils and five grades in a one-room schoolhouse in Lund, Idaho. On June 11, 1936, she married Rulon Richard Edvalson in the Salt Lake City Temple. They made their home in Union. She was a member of the LDS Church and served in many capacities, as the teacher of an early morning seminary at Bellevue, Washington temple and at the Boise temple. After the death of her husband she moved to the home of her daughter, Eileen. She enjoyed taking care of her grandchildren and having them visit with her, reading.

Survivors include children and their spouses, Alice Edvalson of Salt Lake City, Utah, Eleanor and Kenneth Mowrey of Bothell, Washington, Eileen and Robert Bowles, Marvin and Nancy Edvalson and Wayne and Ruth Edvalson, all of Union, and Nadine and Roger Adams of Ephrata, Washington; 31 grandchildren; 51 great grandchildren; one great great grandchild and a brother, John Worley of Salt Lake City, Utah. Six sisters and a brother died earlier.

Memorials may be made to a local library or museum or to the Educate a Doctor Fund for the education of a young man from Africa studying at Eastern Oregon University in care of Izaak Edvalson, 1909 First Street, La Grande. (541-663-1962; [email protected] or http://wolongope.com)