| 1. | Margo Lynn Romney was born on 6 Jun 1935 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; died on 20 Dec 2019 in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Brighton, Livingston, Michigan, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: KW8D-MXR
- Initiatory (LDS): 2 Dec 1957, SLAKE
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DC-born, Michigan-raised, and California-educated and married, our dea r m other’s coast-to-coast life settled back in Michigan to raise, and b e nea r, her family. The influence and love of relatives seemed better th an coa stal beauty and temperate weather.
Her eight children were only eleven years apart, in girl-boy alternati n g order, guaranteeing much noise and friction and frustration for decad es . A desired familiarity and closeness of siblings close-in-age seeme d bet ter than less stress and lower anxiety.
She lived in the same relatively modest house almost her whole married l i fe, choosing a neighborhood with better schools, which left them in a h om e with less room than they would have liked. Giving her children the b es t start in life through an excellent education and a shared bedroom se eme d better than additional square footage and nicer furnishings.
Her last child is a Down Syndrome son, whom she kept in the home, and ca r ed for long after the others had left. Helping her seven older childre n l earn how to love and serve seemed better than avoiding the enormous s trai n and burden of a special-needs child.
She lived as a widow for almost fifteen years after the sudden death o f h er husband Larry. Keeping her faith seemed better than walking away , desp ite many unanswered petitions for reasons and comfort and strength .
She remembered birthdays and names and events and situations of an impre s sive number of people, especially among her own immediate and extende d fa mily. Knowing and bringing up these small details with so many seeme d bet ter than only thinking and talking about herself and her own challe nges.
All of our mother’s quiet acts and hidden sacrifices and tried faith a n d kind words and selfless living made her seem to us - despite her impe rf ections and weaknesses and flaws - just better. For which we have th e res t of our lives to be, and to live, better because of her.
Services for our mother Lynn will be held on Friday, January 3, 2020 a t 2 :00 pm at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley, 1007 W. South Jordan Parkway (1 060 0 So.) with a visitation prior to services from 1:00-1:45 pm.
Information from the Jenkins-Soffe Funeral Home.
Family/Spouse: Loren Grover "Larry" Keenan. Loren (son of Albert Bristol Keenan and Hazel Elizabeth Grover) was born on 10 Feb 1933 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; died on 8 Aug 2005 in Southfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States; was buried in Brighton, Livingston, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1935 - 2019 (84 years) 
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