Created By Kath

 I usually have posts scheduled a week to ten days in advance, this past week that has been the only reason I had posts to share!

A week ago Monday I got a call from my older sister, I had expected her to say that our Mom had passed away since hospice had told us two weeks before that she would pass at any moment, instead, she said "Dad has passed away". He had passed away at 6:45 am. I was on the off-ramp of the freeway going to my sisters house when I got another call this time I was told "Mom has now passed" it was 11:00 am. 

The following is the obituary.

Floyd H and Marilyn Higginson Lundquist both passed away peacefully in their sleep the morning of Monday, August 31, 2020.

Floyd was born on September 24, 1932, in Burley, Idaho, and grew up moving between Idaho and Utah, working the farm with his father. He graduated from High school at 16. He enrolled at Kinman Business University in Spokane and graduated at 18 by attending both day and night classes. He taught at Link’s Business College in Boise at 18. He earned his degree from BYU in 1956 and started his career as an accountant.

Marilyn was born on March 20, 1936, in Boise, Idaho, and grew up in the Boise Valley. She graduated from High School with Honors. Marilyn was a gifted speaker, a talented painter, chorister, and pianist. She was the one that taught Floyd to oil paint. For a time in the late ‘70s early ‘80s, she owned her own store called That Yarn Place starting it in Provo, Utah, and later moving it to Orem, Utah. At times she worked other various jobs but her most important and valued “job” was being a mother.

Floyd and Marilyn were both active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints their entire lives and enjoyed serving in the Church. They were married on July 8, 1954, in the Idaho Falls LDS temple. Together they raised a family of 12 children, living in Idaho, American Samoa, and Utah. For 2 1⁄2 years, Floyd taught at the high school owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in American Samoa. Floyd worked as an accountant at Home Dairies in the Boise area, at BYU, and several other firms in Utah County until he retired in 2003.

They were known for their beautiful homes with yards that looked like they belonged on the cover of a magazine and beautiful paintings that now adorn the walls of their children and grandchildren’s homes.

Floyd spent the last several years of his life taking loving care of his wife, who suffered from early-onset dementia. He never wavered in his love and commitment. It would be difficult to imagine Floyd without Marilyn or Marilyn without Floyd. For 66 years they shared a life together, and it is only fitting that they left this life together. They always said they wanted to go home together. The Lord was kind and honored their desire.

They are survived by ten children, Jenna Marie (Christopher Jenkins), Jonathan H (Nancy Fry), Kathryn Grace (Michael Ricks), Martin Jay (Mary Nell Curtis), Daniel Tama, Anna Mary, Jared Paul (Jennifer Finch), Amy Laura (John Gilpin), Richard Earl (Jillyn Willden) and Allison (Anthony Anderson); thirty-three grandchildren and thirty-five great-grandchildren. They are also survived by Floyd’s four sisters, Lorraine Hulet, Beverly Albiston, Karen (Eugene Siddoway), and Sandra (Paul Grigg) and brother, Ronald (Ramona Iverson); and Marilyn’s two sisters, Linda (Bruce Walker) and Lisa (Daniel Jones).

They were preceded in death by their parents, William Earl and Verna Grace Harris Higginson and John F and Anna Leah House Lundquist; Marilyn’s sisters, Vea Joan Watson and Verna Jane Higginson; and her brothers, Jared Earl Higginson and William Jeffery Higginson; two children, Marilee Lundquist and Christopher David Lundquist; and three grandchildren, Daniel Scott Lundquist, Mikayla Danielle Gilpin, and Chad Russel Lundquist.

I mojo has been gone for the last week but today I'm feeling like I might be able to create something so check back tomorrow!