Marjorie Louise Crooks

April 11, 1921 - April 11, 2016

Marjorie Louise Kest Crooks, 94, passed away Monday, April 11, 2016 of natural causes. She was born April 23, 1921 to Johannes Jacobus Kest and Catherine Van Der Weijden Kest in San Francisco, California. Marjorie was a graduate of Beauty School in California. She served an LDS mission to the New England States (1942-1943), where she met Elder Duane Crooks. They married May 25, 1946 in the Idaho Falls Temple and together they have 7 children. She served on the American Fork Cemetery Committee for 15 years. She saw the fulfillment of her vision for the cemetery with the erecting of the Pioneer Monument with its tribute to the founding families of American Fork and the creation of the scholarship fund. Marjorie is survived by her children; Randall Crooks, Brent (Rita) Crooks, Bruce Crooks, Catherine Crooks, Robert (Julie) Crooks, Lynette (John) Hamner and Vanessa (Jim) Boettcher; 31 grandchildren and 82 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, 3 sisters and 1 brother. Funeral Services for Marjorie will be held Monday, April 18th, at 11:00 am, at the Hillcrest 1st Ward, 949 North 540 West, American Fork, Utah, where a Viewing will be held prior from 9:30 to 10:45 am. Interment in American Fork City Cemetery, 600 North 100 East, American Fork, Utah. Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.