Evelyn Beck

Evelyn Williams Moon Beck peacefully completed her mortal mission July 15, 2005 at home. She was born February 18, 1921 in Cherry Creek, Idaho, the fourth child of Verlorum and Rachel Amelia Williams Moon. She graduated from Malad High School in 1938 and then attended Steven Henager College in Salt Lake City. She was working in Salt Lake when she met her sweetheart, Wayne Moore Beck. Wayne and Evelyn were married June 20, 1942 in the Salt Lake Temple. They were blessed with five children. In 1946 Evelyn and Wayne were called to serve a proselyting mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They sold all of their worldly goods and set sail with two small sons for Brazil. This mission began a lifelong love of and service to the Brazilian people. From 1963-1966 Wayne presided over the Brazilian Mission with Evelyn at his side. Callings took them back to Brazil from 1985-1990. Evelyn?s greatest joy was being a wife and a mother. Home was her heaven on earth and her favorite place to be. She lived a life full of service to her family and to her church. She served faithfully not only as a missionary, but also as a den mother, teacher, ward and stake Primary president, multiple times as Relief Society president, assistant matron of the Salt Lake Temple and matron of the So Paulo Temple. She served as a temple worker for 29 years completing her service in the Bountiful Temple in November 2004. Evelyn is survived by her husband, Wayne; children, Gary Elaine, Glendora, California, James Linda, Centerville, Susan Stapley Michael, Bountiful, David Robyn, Bountiful, and Curtis Carol, Centerville; 27 grandchildren, 3 of whom are serving LDS missions and 12 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by four sisters and one brother; Sybella Morris, Helen Buhrley, and Celia Smith Leland, all of Ogden, Utah, Ralene Nielsen Charles, South Jordan, and Verlin Moon, Cherry Creek, Idaho. Funeral services will be held Friday at 12:00 noon in the Bountiful Utah South Stake Center, 1250 South Main, Bountiful. Friends may call Thursday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 North Main, Bountiful and Friday from 10:30 to 11:30 am at the Stake Center. Burial will be in the Bountiful City Cemetery.