Jean Marie Tibbitts Matthews

West Point, UT- Jean passed away peacefully on Jan. 20, 2019. She was born Jan. 30, 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Orrin Gessel Tibbitts and Ethel Marie Call Tibbitts. She was the oldest child and only daughter of her parents.  She loved being the back-up mom to her four brothers.

After her junior year, she worked at Brighton Girls Camp and spent the summer as a counselor.  She loved the adventure and helping young women.  This is where her nickname “Tibby” came from. She graduated from Davis High School in 1955.

She was called to serve in the New England States Mission. She was given a leadership role of Supervising Sister and also served as a secretary in the mission home.  She stayed in close contact with many missionaries, companions, friends and families. This is where she met her eternal companion David Harold Matthews. They later married in the Salt Lake Temple on Dec. 20, 1963.

Dave and Jean raised their family of 7 children in West Point, Utah. She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, serving where ever she was needed.  She loved being a wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her husband, David of West Point, Utah, children, Todd (Cindy) of Sandy, Utah, Terry (Jenny) of West Point, Utah, Tina (Eric) Forsgren of North Salt Lake, Utah, Tami of West Point, Utah, Travis of Laredo, Texas, and Trisha (Joshua) Sims of Palmer, Alaska.

She will be greatly missed by her grandchildren, Race and Maya Matthews, Isabella Matthews, Andee, Matthew and Benjamin Forsgren, and Shane, Isla and Cora Sims. She is also survived by her brothers Robert (Bonnie) Tibbitts of Bountiful, Utah, Dean (Susan) Tibbitts of Kaysville, Utah, Alan (Joan) Tibbitts of Bountiful, Utah, and sister-in-law Barbara Tibbitts (Gary) of South Jordan, Utah. 

She enjoyed gardening, reading books, little children, genealogy, music, animals, treasure hunting and most especially, her large and extended family. Traveling and visiting with people brought great joy to her life and she made friends easily.  She visited many countries where her children had served missions. 

Jean’s family is happy that she in now reunited with her parents, grandparents, brother Gary and little son, Kurtis Troy (Troy Boy) Matthews.

A viewing will be held on Friday, Jan. 25,  from 6 – 8 pm at the West Point Chapel, 3488 W 300 N, West Point UT 84015. Funeral Services will be on Saturday, January, 26 at 11 am with a viewing from 9:30 – 10:30 am at the West Point Chapel.  Interment will be at the West Point Cemetery.