Marion Varlene Geddes

Varlene Cook Geddes
May 6, 1934-February 20, 2006

OGDEN - Marion Varlene Cook Geddes, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and
friend died Monday morning February 20, 2006 after a long and stoic battle
with cancer. Surrounded by her husband of 49 years and several of her
children, she died in Salt Lake City. She was preceded in death by her
parents, one sister, and one daughter, Elizabeth Marie Geddes. She is
survived by her 51 grandchildren, her husband Dr. Wilford H. Geddes of
Ogden, Utah and their twelve children: Marian Salmon (Brad), Layton, Utah;
Derald Geddes (Gina), Ogden, Utah; Da'nell Cannon (John), Boise, Idaho;
Diane Berlin (John), Orem, Utah, Debbie Geddes, St. Louis, Missouri; Ryan
Geddes (Jonnette), Zanesville, Ohio; Karen Garnett (Mark), Spearman, Texas;
Janette Neville (Todd), Ogden, Utah; Mark Geddes (Shelly), Ogden, Utah; Neal
Geddes (Kathryn), Lenexa, Kansas; Rachel Fuhriman (Andy), Zanesville, Ohio;
and Matthew Geddes (Sharlyn), Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is also survived by
four siblings: Barbara Chapman (Earl), Murray Utah; Donna Smith (Ellis),
Twin Falls, Idaho; Eugene Cook (Priscilla), Draper, Utah; and Annette
Hacking (Grant), Vega Alta, Puerto Rico;

Varlene was born May 6, 1934 to Delbert and Marion Cook in Ogden, Utah. She
married Wilford Hatch Geddes December 27, 1957 in the Logan Temple. After
graduating from BYU in 1955 with a degree in Elementary Education, she
taught school for two years. Winner of the BYU Heber J. Grant Oratory
Contest, she had a great gift for journalism and speech. She was active in
PTA and school volunteering, a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers,
and a dental receptionist at her husband's office. She had an inexhaustible
capacity to serve others. Her life's work and joy was centered in family
and she leaves a legacy of unwavering faith, hard work, and giving of self.
Her life and loving example of unselfishly caring for others is an
inspiration to her husband, children, and 51 grandchildren.

An active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints, she
recently served a full-time mission with her husband to the NYC South
Mission. She has also served as stake primary president, stake missionary,
teacher in numerous auxiliaries, ward music chairman, and other service
callings.

A pillar of strength to all who knew her, she will be greatly missed-but
her memory will live on in the heart of every family member and friend as
they remember her love of life and learning, her quiet grace and patience in
long-suffering, and her tremendous devotion to her family, faith, and the
Lord.

Friends may call at Myers Mortuary in Ogden on Friday, February 24 from
5:00-8:00 P.M., and from 9:30-10:30 A.M. at the Forty-first Ward L.D.S.
Chapel, 3254 Polk Ave. in Ogden on Saturday, February 25. Her funeral
service will be held there at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 25. Interment
will follow at the Willard Cemetery.
VisitationMyers Mortuary - Ogden
100 Monroe Blvd.
Ogden, UT 84404
February 24, 2006
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ServiceWaterfall Canyon Ward
3254 Polk Ave.
Ogden, UT
February 25, 2006
11:00 AM
CemeteryWillard Cemetery
Eastside of Main Street
Willard, UT 84340
February 25, 2006