Maureen Crandall Mallory

Maureen Crandall Mallory passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on October 22, 2009 from complications of leukemia. Mom was born February 1, 1931 in SLC to Martin Oscar and Ella Sims Crandall. She married Roy W. Mallory on June 28, 1954 in the Salt Lake Temple. They were lifelong sweethearts and best friends until Roy's death in 1997. We can only imagine their joyful reunion! Mom was raised in Twin Falls, Idaho. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1954 and continued to read and study throughout her life. Mom loved her children and grandchildren and gathered them around her often. Everyone loved to go to grandma's house and she cooked and served numerous meals to both family and friends. Mom was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She had an unwavering testimony of Jesus Christ which sustained her through the trials of life. Her life was an act of service both in the church and to her family, friends and neighbors. She was known for her wise counsel and for the comfort she extended to others. Mom is survived by her five children, Stephanie Castro, Greg (Sue), Lori Guerrero (Dave), Randy (Annette), and Rick (Mary), 21 grandchildren and great grandchildren, brothers Lentz, Richard, Elwin, and Ted Crandall and sisters Geraldine Goldsmith and Mary Jane Johnson. She is preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Robert and Ellis, and sister LaWana Whitehead. Mom we will miss you until we are all together again. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 27th at 12:30 p.m. in the Granite South Stake Center LDS Chapel, 2126 East Gyrfalcon Drive (10000 South). A viewing will be held in the chapel the evening before from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and again at 11 a.m. before the funeral service. Interment will be in the Utah Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Bluffdale, Utah.