Lena Marie Higgs Obituary (1910 - 2007)

Lena Marie Reynolds Higgs CLINTON - Lena Marie Reynolds Higgs, 97, died December 20, 2007, in Ogden, Utah. She was born May 25, 1910, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. A twin, she was the daughter of Daniel Boone and Nellie A. Reynolds. Moving to Ogden in 1930, she worked and lived at the Utah School for the Death and Blind. She married Dr. Edgar Higgs on April 24, 1935, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They lived in Ogden until 1940, when they moved to a farm in Riverdale until 1943. She and the family traveled to Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico while Edgar was in the Air Force from 1943-46. They moved to Clinton in 1947, where she was a Davis County 4-H Leader for more than 35 years. She made 4-H a way of life in the Higgs home for most of those years while her children grew, as she opened the home to hundreds of children from the surrounding communities to teach them how to sew, refinish furniture, and other projects too numerous to mention. Lena was the Sunday School Organist in various Clinton Wards for over 25 years and was the Relief Society Organist for a few years later on. She lived there until 2000, when she moved to Peachtree Assisted Living Center in West Haven after Edgar passed away July 21, 1999. She has resided at ManorCare for the past three and a half years. After raising five children and helping Edgar in his dental office, Lena went to work for the US Forest Service in Ogden in 1957, and retired in 1975. She enjoyed her work there where the highlight of her job was maintaining the Intermountain herbarium. She loved to knit and crochet. She always had partially finished afghans with her until arthritis made it impossible for her to hold the needles. She is survived by her children, Florence (Garth) Moore; Ronald (Shareon) Higgs; Allen (Debbie) Higgs; Marie (Jim) Pyeatt; and Anna May (Dennis) Evans; 8 grandchildren, 5 step-grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, and one sister, Virginia Stanger. She was preceded in death by her husband, 6 sisters and 1 brother. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 27, 2007, at 11:00 am, at Myers Roy Mortuary, 5865 S 1900 W, Roy. Friends and family may call at the mortuary Wednesday, December 26, 2007, from 6 to 8:00 pm and Thursday prior to the service from 10 to 10:45 am. Interment, Aultorest Mausoleum, 836 36th Street. The family would like to thank Legacy HealthCare for their loving care. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.myers-mortuary.com. VisitationMyers Mortuary - Roy 5865 South 1900 West Roy, UT 84067 December 26, 2007 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ServiceMyers Mortuary - Roy 5865 South 1900 West Roy, UT 84067 December 27, 2007 11:00 AM CemeteryAultorest Memorial Park 836 36th Street Ogden, UT 84403 December 27, 2007 12:30 PM