Wilma (Taylor) Boone Obituary (2014)

Wilma Ann Taylor Boone was born January 9, 1926 in Fremont, Utah. She is the 8th child of William Gross & Emily Bell Duncan Taylor. She attended Fremont Elementary school & Wayne High School in Bicknell. She graduated from Healds Business College in San Francisco and also graduated from Granite High School in Salt Lake City. She married Jack Douglas Boone on July 22, 1946 and to this union 3 children were born. Jacqulynn, Douglas Keith and Nancy Ann Boone. She worked at the college while attending school. She worked for the division of Highways in Yuba City. Wilma and Jack moved to SLC in 1948 and when Doug was three she went back to work for 3M Company. She then worked for Streator Chevrolet and Foreign Study League. She typed a 400 page book on the Great Salt Lake under the direction of Wally Gwynn P.H.D. & Professor Cook of the U of U. She also helped compile a 487 page book on her Great Grand Father Chapman Duncan. Sports, baseball & dancing were her hobbies together with knitting crocheting & quilting. She has been active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints serving as secretary in the Sunday school, Primary Presidency. She also served as ward and stake sports director. After retiring she helped President Hunter get 90 million names on the church computer for genealogy work to be done. She is preceded in death by her husband Jack, parents William Gross & Bell, brothers Chap, Van & Dunk as well as her sisters Verna, Clay, Lela, Cheril & Baur Dee. Wilma & Jack have three children, ten grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held Monday December 15, 2014 at 11:00 am at the Bayshore LDS Ward house at 5899 Bayshore Drive in Stansbury Park, UT 84074. with a viewing Sunday, December 14th from 6 pm â€“ 8 pm also at the Bayshore LDS Wardhouse. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Wilma Ann (Taylor) Boone please visit our Sympathy Store.