On the day before Thanksgiving, November 25, 2020, the windows of heaven were briefly opened as Marva Esplin passed away into the loving arms of her husband Van, son Wayne and her parents. It was a long-awaited reunion for her.
Marva Winget was born on November 2, 1929 in Salina, Utah to proud parents Lynn Swindle and Helen Bagley Winget. As an only child, her birth and life was a great blessing to them. Although she was a depression baby, her parents always made sure she had her every need met. She grew up in the beautiful, rural community of Greenwich, Utah, surrounded by cousins who were like siblings to her. She loved the farm life and especially riding horses.
She spent her early childhood years attending school in her hometown and later went to Monroe to live with her grandmother Winget where she went to high school. Following high school graduation, she moved to Cedar City to attend Branch Agricultural College, now S.U.U. She met her future husband, Van Esplin, on a blind date. They had a beautiful courtship and were married in the Manti temple on September 8, 1948. After their marriage, they moved to Provo, Utah so Van could attend B.Y.U. A son, Wayne, was born during this time. Upon Van’s graduation, they returned to Cedar City where they remained the rest of their lives. Two more children, Karen and Ron were born in Cedar. Marva delighted in being a wife and mother and she served her family unselfishly each and every day. She returned to college and graduated in 1964.
She began a career with Utah State Extension Service as Iron County’s Home Agent. It was more than a job to her, it was her passion in life to be able to work with the youth in 4H and the adult programs. She drove many thousands of miles on the road to Logan for youth contests, conferences and trainings. Her career spanned 23 years and covered every inch of Iron County. Hundreds of lifelong friendships were made along the way. She also held membership in Delta Kappa Gamma, USU Emeriti, SUU Emeriti and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
Upon her retirement, Marva and Van went on some fun trips with the senior groups, but they always preferred the time they spent on Cedar Mountain at their cabin with family and friends. She loved getting together with her Relief Society friends for lunch and also her once a month birthday lunch group as well as her pinochle card friends.
Throughout her life, Marva was very proud of her membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In every calling she accepted, she gave her very best efforts and she gained many more lifetime friends. She especially enjoyed her “Mutual girls” and Relief Society sisters.
Marva enjoyed shopping, knitting, sewing, gardening, reading, cooking and many more hobbies. But her favorite way to spend her time was with her grandkids and great grandkids.
She is preceded in death by her husband Van, oldest son Wayne, parents, in-laws Henry and Lucy Chamberlain and all of Van’s sisters and brothers and their spouses. She is survived by her son Ronald Van and her daughter Karen (Ray) Bentley. Grandchildren and great grandchildren Roseann (Clayton) Campbell - Gage, CamBree, GalaXee and Colt. David Robert (Cheyenne) - Greysen.
The family wishes to give a very heartfelt thanks to Lynnette Hansen, Marva’s guardian angel nurse, Iron County Home Health and the many loving care givers to Marva by Beehive Memory Care. They all made her ending years of life comfortable and happy.
Private family funeral services will be Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 1:00pm at Southern Utah Mortuary. Services will be live streamed at www.sumortuary.com under Marva’s obituary. Interment will be held in the Cedar City Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary. Online condolences can be sent at www.sumortuary.com.
In lieu of flowers, Marva would wish that you find someone this holiday season that may need some help and do an act of service for them as she would like to do herself if she were here.
Marva Winget was born on November 2, 1929 in Salina, Utah to proud parents Lynn Swindle and Helen Bagley Winget. As an only child, her birth and life was a great blessing to them. Although she was a depression baby, her parents always made sure she had her every need met. She grew up in the beautiful, rural community of Greenwich, Utah, surrounded by cousins who were like siblings to her. She loved the farm life and especially riding horses.
She spent her early childhood years attending school in her hometown and later went to Monroe to live with her grandmother Winget where she went to high school. Following high school graduation, she moved to Cedar City to attend Branch Agricultural College, now S.U.U. She met her future husband, Van Esplin, on a blind date. They had a beautiful courtship and were married in the Manti temple on September 8, 1948. After their marriage, they moved to Provo, Utah so Van could attend B.Y.U. A son, Wayne, was born during this time. Upon Van’s graduation, they returned to Cedar City where they remained the rest of their lives. Two more children, Karen and Ron were born in Cedar. Marva delighted in being a wife and mother and she served her family unselfishly each and every day. She returned to college and graduated in 1964.
She began a career with Utah State Extension Service as Iron County’s Home Agent. It was more than a job to her, it was her passion in life to be able to work with the youth in 4H and the adult programs. She drove many thousands of miles on the road to Logan for youth contests, conferences and trainings. Her career spanned 23 years and covered every inch of Iron County. Hundreds of lifelong friendships were made along the way. She also held membership in Delta Kappa Gamma, USU Emeriti, SUU Emeriti and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
Upon her retirement, Marva and Van went on some fun trips with the senior groups, but they always preferred the time they spent on Cedar Mountain at their cabin with family and friends. She loved getting together with her Relief Society friends for lunch and also her once a month birthday lunch group as well as her pinochle card friends.
Throughout her life, Marva was very proud of her membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In every calling she accepted, she gave her very best efforts and she gained many more lifetime friends. She especially enjoyed her “Mutual girls” and Relief Society sisters.
Marva enjoyed shopping, knitting, sewing, gardening, reading, cooking and many more hobbies. But her favorite way to spend her time was with her grandkids and great grandkids.
She is preceded in death by her husband Van, oldest son Wayne, parents, in-laws Henry and Lucy Chamberlain and all of Van’s sisters and brothers and their spouses. She is survived by her son Ronald Van and her daughter Karen (Ray) Bentley. Grandchildren and great grandchildren Roseann (Clayton) Campbell - Gage, CamBree, GalaXee and Colt. David Robert (Cheyenne) - Greysen.
The family wishes to give a very heartfelt thanks to Lynnette Hansen, Marva’s guardian angel nurse, Iron County Home Health and the many loving care givers to Marva by Beehive Memory Care. They all made her ending years of life comfortable and happy.
Private family funeral services will be Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 1:00pm at Southern Utah Mortuary. Services will be live streamed at www.sumortuary.com under Marva’s obituary. Interment will be held in the Cedar City Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary. Online condolences can be sent at www.sumortuary.com.
In lieu of flowers, Marva would wish that you find someone this holiday season that may need some help and do an act of service for them as she would like to do herself if she were here.
On the day before Thanksgiving, November 25, 2020, the windows of heaven were briefly opened as Marva Esplin passed away into the loving arms of her husband Van, son Wayne and her parents. It was a long-awaited reunion for her.
Marva Winget was born on November 2, 1929 in Salina, Utah to proud parents Lynn Swindle and Helen Bagley Winget. As an only child, her birth and life was a great blessing to them. Although she was a depression baby, her parents always made sure she had her every need met. She grew up in the beautiful, rural community of Greenwich, Utah, surrounded by cousins who were like siblings to her. She loved the farm life and especially riding horses.
She spent her early childhood years attending school in her hometown and later went to Monroe to live with her grandmother Winget where she went to high school. Following high school graduation, she moved to Cedar City to attend Branch Agricultural College, now S.U.U. She met her future husband, Van Esplin, on a blind date. They had a beautiful courtship and were married in the Manti temple on September 8, 1948. After their marriage, they moved to Provo, Utah so Van could attend B.Y.U. A son, Wayne, was born during this time. Upon Van’s graduation, they returned to Cedar City where they remained the rest of their lives. Two more children, Karen and Ron were born in Cedar. Marva delighted in being a wife and mother and she served her family unselfishly each and every day. She returned to college and graduated in 1964.
She began a career with Utah State Extension Service as Iron County’s Home Agent. It was more than a job to her, it was her passion in life to be able to work with the youth in 4H and the adult programs. She drove many thousands of miles on the road to Logan for youth contests, conferences and trainings. Her career spanned 23 years and covered every inch of Iron County. Hundreds of lifelong friendships were made along the way. She also held membership in Delta Kappa Gamma, USU Emeriti, SUU Emeriti and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
Upon her retirement, Marva and Van went on some fun trips with the senior groups, but they always preferred the time they spent on Cedar Mountain at their cabin with family and friends. She loved getting together with her Relief Society friends for lunch and also her once a month birthday lunch group as well as her pinochle card friends.
Throughout her life, Marva was very proud of her membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In every calling she accepted, she gave her very best efforts and she gained many more lifetime friends. She especially enjoyed her “Mutual girls” and Relief Society sisters.
Marva enjoyed shopping, knitting, sewing, gardening, reading, cooking and many more hobbies. But her favorite way to spend her time was with her grandkids and great grandkids.
She is preceded in death by her husband Van, oldest son Wayne, parents, in-laws Henry and Lucy Chamberlain and all of Van’s sisters and brothers and their spouses. She is survived by her son Ronald Van and her daughter Karen (Ray) Bentley. Grandchildren and great grandchildren Roseann (Clayton) Campbell - Gage, CamBree, GalaXee and Colt. David Robert (Cheyenne) - Greysen.
The family wishes to give a very heartfelt thanks to Lynnette Hansen, Marva’s guardian angel nurse, Iron County Home Health and the many loving care givers to Marva by Beehive Memory Care. They all made her ending years of life comfortable and happy.
Private family funeral services will be Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 1:00pm at Southern Utah Mortuary. Services will be live streamed at www.sumortuary.com under Marva’s obituary. Interment will be held in the Cedar City Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary. Online condolences can be sent at www.sumortuary.com.
In lieu of flowers, Marva would wish that you find someone this holiday season that may need some help and do an act of service for them as she would like to do herself if she were here.
Marva Winget was born on November 2, 1929 in Salina, Utah to proud parents Lynn Swindle and Helen Bagley Winget. As an only child, her birth and life was a great blessing to them. Although she was a depression baby, her parents always made sure she had her every need met. She grew up in the beautiful, rural community of Greenwich, Utah, surrounded by cousins who were like siblings to her. She loved the farm life and especially riding horses.
She spent her early childhood years attending school in her hometown and later went to Monroe to live with her grandmother Winget where she went to high school. Following high school graduation, she moved to Cedar City to attend Branch Agricultural College, now S.U.U. She met her future husband, Van Esplin, on a blind date. They had a beautiful courtship and were married in the Manti temple on September 8, 1948. After their marriage, they moved to Provo, Utah so Van could attend B.Y.U. A son, Wayne, was born during this time. Upon Van’s graduation, they returned to Cedar City where they remained the rest of their lives. Two more children, Karen and Ron were born in Cedar. Marva delighted in being a wife and mother and she served her family unselfishly each and every day. She returned to college and graduated in 1964.
She began a career with Utah State Extension Service as Iron County’s Home Agent. It was more than a job to her, it was her passion in life to be able to work with the youth in 4H and the adult programs. She drove many thousands of miles on the road to Logan for youth contests, conferences and trainings. Her career spanned 23 years and covered every inch of Iron County. Hundreds of lifelong friendships were made along the way. She also held membership in Delta Kappa Gamma, USU Emeriti, SUU Emeriti and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
Upon her retirement, Marva and Van went on some fun trips with the senior groups, but they always preferred the time they spent on Cedar Mountain at their cabin with family and friends. She loved getting together with her Relief Society friends for lunch and also her once a month birthday lunch group as well as her pinochle card friends.
Throughout her life, Marva was very proud of her membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In every calling she accepted, she gave her very best efforts and she gained many more lifetime friends. She especially enjoyed her “Mutual girls” and Relief Society sisters.
Marva enjoyed shopping, knitting, sewing, gardening, reading, cooking and many more hobbies. But her favorite way to spend her time was with her grandkids and great grandkids.
She is preceded in death by her husband Van, oldest son Wayne, parents, in-laws Henry and Lucy Chamberlain and all of Van’s sisters and brothers and their spouses. She is survived by her son Ronald Van and her daughter Karen (Ray) Bentley. Grandchildren and great grandchildren Roseann (Clayton) Campbell - Gage, CamBree, GalaXee and Colt. David Robert (Cheyenne) - Greysen.
The family wishes to give a very heartfelt thanks to Lynnette Hansen, Marva’s guardian angel nurse, Iron County Home Health and the many loving care givers to Marva by Beehive Memory Care. They all made her ending years of life comfortable and happy.
Private family funeral services will be Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 1:00pm at Southern Utah Mortuary. Services will be live streamed at www.sumortuary.com under Marva’s obituary. Interment will be held in the Cedar City Cemetery under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary. Online condolences can be sent at www.sumortuary.com.
In lieu of flowers, Marva would wish that you find someone this holiday season that may need some help and do an act of service for them as she would like to do herself if she were here.
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