Marilyn D Mooney

August 31, 1928 - November 26, 2018

Marilyn Dunford Mooney passed away November 26, 2018 after a life full of love and service. She was born August 31, 1928 in Provo, Utah to Judge William Stanley Dunford and Zina Patterson. She attended elementary and secondary school in Provo and graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Education. Marilyn married her high school sweetheart Norman Mooney on her birthday, August 31, 1948 in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they lived, worked, played and raised their six children. They celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1998, a couple of years before Norman passed away. Marilyn taught kindergarten in the Provo School District for 32 years. A child once drew a picture of her and labeled it: “This is Mrs. Mooney and she loves kids.” She had a reverence for the sanctity of a child’s mind. Marilyn was a member of the Orchard First Ward and served in many positions. She loved being nursery music leader the best. She cherished that calling and cried when she was released. Marilyn took hundreds of pictures of family festivities and scrapbooked every event. She enjoyed the game Scrabble but was notoriously competitive. Her home was always decorated for each holiday with a multitude of art she and Norman crafted. Marilyn was an avid reader, sometimes reading multiple books simultaneously. Her love of books was passed on to her family and a book club was organized with her sisters, daughters, granddaughters and friends. Marilyn and her sisters visited every day at their “Pepsi Party” where they brought each other up to date on current events and family happenings. Her tradition of “Tuesday Lunch” where Sunday dinner leftovers were served was regularly attended by her sisters, children, nieces, grandchildren and grandnieces. Marilyn hosted a party on most holidays. Her Fourth of July party always had more than 70 family members attending. This year’s Fourth of July party was attended by 96. Marilyn loved America and was passionately patriotic. She will be missed. Marilyn has left us a great legacy. Because she lived her life in righteousness, we look to her to be our guardian angel. Marilyn was preceded in death by her husband Norman Mooney, her parents William and Zina Dunford and her brothers: Bill, Dean and Paul. She is survived by her two dearly devoted sisters, Diane Dunford Glasgow and Carol Dunford Jackman, her six children, Mary Lynn (Greg) Lewis, Shauna (Michael) Kawasaki, Patrice (Ken) Parker, Brent (Jayne) Mooney, Melissa (Steve) Jones, Dr. Todd (VaLynda) Mooney, 29 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 30, 2018 at 11:00 am at the Orchard First Ward, 670 East 800 North, Orem, Utah, where a Viewing will be held Thursday, November 29th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and prior to services on Friday from 10:00 to 10:45 am. Burial will be in the Orem City Cemetery. Thanks to Elevation Home Health and Hospice for attentive care and support these last few weeks. Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.