Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend passed away peacefully on December 14, 2013 of natural causes.
Merlene was born March 21, 1923 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Victor Peck and Zenna Cluff Peck. She grew up on a farm on the Provo bench, and then moved, like so many during the depression, around to various locations, including California, before finally settling down in the Salt Lake Valley.
She graduated from South High in 1941, and married Bill Lodder on October 15, 1949. Bill and Merlene started in Salt Lake City, Bill working for Continental Baking Company and Merlene primarily as a mother and homemaker. They spent most of their life together in Holladay, in a house on Stratton Drive, where they raised three of their five beloved children, and where her view of the Salt Lake Valley was one of her favorite delights.
Merlene had an eye for beauty, and a love for all things beautiful. She was a talented artist in her own right, and left many prized paintings for her family to cherish for generations to come. Merlene was a fun-loving, spirited woman who never missed a chance to speak her mind. She was fiercely loyal, and treated her friends like her family, which is to say she loved them all. We love her, and will miss her greatly.
Merlene was survived by her sisters, Marba Hale, Pauline Hailes (Jack), and Lydia Cawlishaw (Paul); brother, Cluff Peck; sons, Jerry Bischoff (Mary), Butch Lodder (Annette), and Pete Lodder (Diane); daughter, LuAnn Zundel (Mike); step-daughter, Pat Lodder; seventeen grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, December 20, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary Chapel, 1950 East Dimple Dell Road (10600 South), where a viewing will be held one hour prior to the services.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on December 15, 2013.
Merlene was born March 21, 1923 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Victor Peck and Zenna Cluff Peck. She grew up on a farm on the Provo bench, and then moved, like so many during the depression, around to various locations, including California, before finally settling down in the Salt Lake Valley.
She graduated from South High in 1941, and married Bill Lodder on October 15, 1949. Bill and Merlene started in Salt Lake City, Bill working for Continental Baking Company and Merlene primarily as a mother and homemaker. They spent most of their life together in Holladay, in a house on Stratton Drive, where they raised three of their five beloved children, and where her view of the Salt Lake Valley was one of her favorite delights.
Merlene had an eye for beauty, and a love for all things beautiful. She was a talented artist in her own right, and left many prized paintings for her family to cherish for generations to come. Merlene was a fun-loving, spirited woman who never missed a chance to speak her mind. She was fiercely loyal, and treated her friends like her family, which is to say she loved them all. We love her, and will miss her greatly.
Merlene was survived by her sisters, Marba Hale, Pauline Hailes (Jack), and Lydia Cawlishaw (Paul); brother, Cluff Peck; sons, Jerry Bischoff (Mary), Butch Lodder (Annette), and Pete Lodder (Diane); daughter, LuAnn Zundel (Mike); step-daughter, Pat Lodder; seventeen grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, December 20, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary Chapel, 1950 East Dimple Dell Road (10600 South), where a viewing will be held one hour prior to the services.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on December 15, 2013.
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend passed away peacefully on December 14, 2013 of natural causes.
Merlene was born March 21, 1923 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Victor Peck and Zenna Cluff Peck. She grew up on a farm on the Provo bench, and then moved, like so many during the depression, around to various locations, including California, before finally settling down in the Salt Lake Valley.
She graduated from South High in 1941, and married Bill Lodder on October 15, 1949. Bill and Merlene started in Salt Lake City, Bill working for Continental Baking Company and Merlene primarily as a mother and homemaker. They spent most of their life together in Holladay, in a house on Stratton Drive, where they raised three of their five beloved children, and where her view of the Salt Lake Valley was one of her favorite delights.
Merlene had an eye for beauty, and a love for all things beautiful. She was a talented artist in her own right, and left many prized paintings for her family to cherish for generations to come. Merlene was a fun-loving, spirited woman who never missed a chance to speak her mind. She was fiercely loyal, and treated her friends like her family, which is to say she loved them all. We love her, and will miss her greatly.
Merlene was survived by her sisters, Marba Hale, Pauline Hailes (Jack), and Lydia Cawlishaw (Paul); brother, Cluff Peck; sons, Jerry Bischoff (Mary), Butch Lodder (Annette), and Pete Lodder (Diane); daughter, LuAnn Zundel (Mike); step-daughter, Pat Lodder; seventeen grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, December 20, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary Chapel, 1950 East Dimple Dell Road (10600 South), where a viewing will be held one hour prior to the services.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on December 15, 2013.
Merlene was born March 21, 1923 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Victor Peck and Zenna Cluff Peck. She grew up on a farm on the Provo bench, and then moved, like so many during the depression, around to various locations, including California, before finally settling down in the Salt Lake Valley.
She graduated from South High in 1941, and married Bill Lodder on October 15, 1949. Bill and Merlene started in Salt Lake City, Bill working for Continental Baking Company and Merlene primarily as a mother and homemaker. They spent most of their life together in Holladay, in a house on Stratton Drive, where they raised three of their five beloved children, and where her view of the Salt Lake Valley was one of her favorite delights.
Merlene had an eye for beauty, and a love for all things beautiful. She was a talented artist in her own right, and left many prized paintings for her family to cherish for generations to come. Merlene was a fun-loving, spirited woman who never missed a chance to speak her mind. She was fiercely loyal, and treated her friends like her family, which is to say she loved them all. We love her, and will miss her greatly.
Merlene was survived by her sisters, Marba Hale, Pauline Hailes (Jack), and Lydia Cawlishaw (Paul); brother, Cluff Peck; sons, Jerry Bischoff (Mary), Butch Lodder (Annette), and Pete Lodder (Diane); daughter, LuAnn Zundel (Mike); step-daughter, Pat Lodder; seventeen grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, December 20, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary Chapel, 1950 East Dimple Dell Road (10600 South), where a viewing will be held one hour prior to the services.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on December 15, 2013.
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