Marvel Zoy Moffitt

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend Zoy passed away Nov. 6, 2018, at age 100 just shy of her 101st birthday. She was born in Fairview, Utah Nov. 14, 1917, to Bernard Englebert Christensen and Lydia Margaret Pritchett.

Zoy married Raymond Cook in 1938, they had two sons, Raymond Gene and Gary Leon. They later divorced.

Zoy married Andrew Jackson Moffitt Sept. 10, 1945, and was later sealed in the Ogden, Utah Temple July 11, 1981. They had two daughters, Marie and Margaret.

She found joy in her four children, grandchildren, her flower garden, crocheting, and camping.

She was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, embracing many callings. She served as Relief Society President while living in Green River and for several years loved name extraction work in family history. She had a deep, abiding faith and a strong testimony of Jesus Christ.

Zoy was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew 'Jack' Moffitt and her daughter Marie Medina Gonzalez (JR. and Leo) and survived by her children Raymond 'Gene' (Julia), Gary Leon (Cheryl 'Chic'), Margaret Hart (Jerry Edward); 19 grandchildren, 66 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. Her influence encompasses generations.

Funeral services will be Nov. 10, 2018, 2 p.m., at Larkin Sunset Lawn 2350 E. 1300 S. Salt Lake City. A viewing will be hosted Saturday prior to the services from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Interment will take place at Wasatch Lawn.

The family would like to send their thanks and love to all who cared for Zoy at the Star Valley Care Center in Afton.

 

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