Our Dear Grandma

My dear Grandma passed away last week . She lived a great life. She was so musically talented and had such a great voice. She and my Grandpa used to sing together. Grandma was always pulling out her instruments for us grandkids to play every time we came over. She was so sweet and was always thinking of everyone else. We love you Grandma and will miss you! I am so grateful though for the knowledge that I will be able to see her on the other side with our Grandpa.

Maurine Francis Malmberg

1924 ~ 2009

Maurine Francis Malmberg, 84, died Monday, March 30, 2009, in Orem, Utah. She was born July 22, 1924 in Lakeshore, Utah, to Samuel Evan and Barbara Ferguson Francis. She married Emil A.F. Malmberg, Jr. December 7, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He passed away November 29,1998.

Maurine graduated from Springville High School and attended BYU for a year then attending Foothill College. She really loved and enjoyed music and performed with various groups in California and Utah. She collected old sheet music and taught music in school. Her various interests included writing, poetry, history, art, dancing, and travel. She loved the mountains and enjoyed nature, and was involved in humanitarian aid with Deseret Industries putting together aid packets.She served a genealogy mission in Salt Lake City and worked as a tour guide at the Conference Center. Keeping up with her family was very important to her. She has been a temple worker for many years.

She is survived by her children: Denise Larsen, Payson; Robert Malmberg, Westminster, California; Karen Taylor, Kechi, Kansas; Richard Malmberg, North Richland Hills, Texas; Alan Malmberg, Flower Mound, Texas and Gary Malmberg, Mesa, Arizona. She is also survived by 23 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren, 4 brothers: Reed Francis, Rulon Francis, Samuel Francis, Evan Francis and 3 sisters: Lila Madsen, Marian Tenney and Carol Loveless. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister, Deon Francis, and 2 brothers, Marvin & Rell Francis.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 3, 2009, at Cascade Stake Center, 481 East Center Street, Orem, Utah. Family and friends may call from 11:45-12:45 p.m. prior to the services at the church. Interment will be held at the Spanish Fork City Cemetery.