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Birth: Nov. 9, 1920 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Death: Jul. 24, 2007 Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Lorraine Whipple, age 86, passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at the Highland Cove Care Center after a long and valiant fight for life. She was born on November 9, 1920, to Charles Bacon and Eva Pearl Maw in Ogden, Utah.
She married Alma Virgil Whipple on February 2, 1942, in the Salt Lake Temple. He passed away in 1971 following a heart attack.
As a child, Lorraine loved being with and singing duets with her "Twinnie", dancing, and she also enjoyed school and was a straight "A" student. She later learned to play the piano and the Hawaiian steel guitar, and loved puzzles, board games and working in her yard. She was a homemaker for many years, and later worked as a secretary at West Lake Jr. High and Granger High, as well as for the LDS Primary General Board.
She was LDS, serving as president, counselor, teacher or secretary of many church organizations. She served a mission to the Massachusetts Boston Mission in 1974-75 and was an avid genealogist. Lorraine showed great strength, energy and tenacity in the midst of many physical problems. Lorraine was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was a member of the Jordan North 2nd Ward for several decades.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, July 28, 2007, at 2 p.m. at the Valley View Funeral Home Chapel, 4335 West 4100 South, where a visitation was held one hour prior to the services.
Graveside services followed at the Valley View Memorial Park where she was buried beside her beloved husband, Alma, and nearby her twin sister, Lavon.
REST IN ETERNAL PEACE LORRAINE.
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Parents:
Charles Lorraine Bacon (1889 - 1949)
Eva Pearl Maw Bacon (1890 - 1971)
Spouse:
Alma Virgil Whipple (1917 - 1971)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Valley View Memorial Park
West Valley City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Plot: Garden Of Gardena Section 3 Lot 14 Grave 7
Maintained by: SMSmith
Originally Created by: Ryan D. Curtis
Record added: Jul 26, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 20650504
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