 1924 - 2011 (87 years) Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Emma Melva Reese |
| Birth |
18 Sep 1924 |
Topaz, Bannock, Idaho, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
12 May 1944 |
LOGAN |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCB-B9B |
| Death |
23 Oct 2011 |
Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
29 Oct 2011 |
Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
 Submit Headstone Photo |
| Person ID |
I159409 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Thomas Edwin Reese, b. 26 Jan 1887, Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 17 May 1974, Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States (Age 87 years) |
| Mother |
Emma Sessions, b. 25 Mar 1887, Chesterfield, Caribou, Idaho, United States d. 12 Aug 1961, Tremonton, Box Elder, Utah, United States (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Jan 1913 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F40667 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Lynn Howell Jensen, b. 19 Mar 1926, Woodruff, Oneida, Idaho, United States d. 7 Nov 1949, Tremonton, Box Elder, Utah, United States (Age 23 years) |
| Marriage |
12 May 1944 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F40665 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
| Family 2 |
Othie Harold Young, b. 25 Jun 1913, Seymour, Webster, Missouri, United States d. 18 Feb 2005, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States (Age 91 years) |
| Marriage |
12 Dec 1955 |
Mountain Home, Elmore, Idaho, United States |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Divorced |
Dec 1966 |
| Family ID |
F40666 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
| Family 3 |
Delbert Howard Birks, b. 5 Jul 1923, St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States d. 20 May 1994, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
30 Jan 1969 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F40656 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 18 Sep 1924 - Topaz, Bannock, Idaho, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 12 May 1944 - LOGAN |
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 | Marriage - 12 May 1944 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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 | Marriage - 12 Dec 1955 - Mountain Home, Elmore, Idaho, United States |
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 | Marriage - 30 Jan 1969 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 23 Oct 2011 - Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 29 Oct 2011 - Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Obituary:
Emma Melva Reese Birks, 87, of Sandy, Utah, passed through the veil surr o unded by her loving family on October 23, 2011.
She was born 18 September 1924 in Toponce, Bannock, Idaho to Thomas Edw i n Reese and Emma Sessions Reese, the sixth of eight children.
She married Lynn Howell Jensen on 12 May 1944 in the Logan LDS Temple . H e died just five 1/2 years later in an automobile accident, leaving h er b ehind with three boys and another on the way. She later married Othi e You ng and was blessed with a little girl. They later divorced and sh e marrie d Delbert Howard Birks.
Her passion was her family and her faith, having served five missions f o r The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She loved to read, c ro chet, and road trips to see her family.
She is survived by sons, Thomas Lynn Jensen (Ina), Eldridge Jay Jensen ( S heri), Roddy H. Jensen (Elizabeth), and Dell Andrew Jensen (Julia); dau gh ter, Susannah Bagley (Cleve); thirty-two grandchildren; ninety-three g rea t-grandchildren; and sisters, Edna Hyer and Eva Loraine Hutchinson. S he w as preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, two brothers, an d fou r sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 29, 20 1 1 in the Sandy Central Stake Center, 1050 East Galena Drive (9750 South ) . Friends may call from 9:00-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the ch ur ch.
Graveside services will be held at 4:00 p.m. in the Hyde Park, Utah Ceme t ery.
Published in the Deseret News on October 27, 2011.
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