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Emma Melva Reese

Emma Melva Reese

Female 1924 - 2011  (87 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Initiatory (LDS) 12 May 1944  LOGAN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWCB-B9B 
    Death 23 Oct 2011  Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 29 Oct 2011  Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I159409  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Thomas Edwin Reese,   b. 26 Jan 1887, Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1974, Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Emma Sessions,   b. 25 Mar 1887, Chesterfield, Caribou, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1961, Tremonton, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 8 Jan 1913  Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F40667  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lynn Howell Jensen,   b. 19 Mar 1926, Woodruff, Oneida, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1949, Tremonton, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years) 
    Marriage 12 May 1944  Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F40665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2024 

    Family 2 Othie Harold Young,   b. 25 Jun 1913, Seymour, Webster, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 2005, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 12 Dec 1955  Mountain Home, Elmore, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Divorced Dec 1966 
    Family ID F40666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2024 

    Family 3 Delbert Howard Birks,   b. 5 Jul 1923, St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1994, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jan 1969  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F40656  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Sep 1924 - Topaz, Bannock, Idaho, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 12 May 1944 - LOGAN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 May 1944 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Dec 1955 - Mountain Home, Elmore, Idaho, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Jan 1969 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Oct 2011 - Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 29 Oct 2011 - Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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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.