Sadie Maxine Wright Burgess, 84, loved and cherished wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away on June 5, 2015 in South Jordan.
Maxine was a Christmas gift to her parents, Benjamin Harrison Wright and Mabel Levone Degraffenried, having been born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1930, in Tuscumbia, Missouri.
She was married to Glen Taylor Burgess in the Salt Lake Temple for time and all eternity on June 16, 1961.
Maxine graduated from Jordan High School and then earned a teaching degree from Utah State University. Most of her teaching years were spent teaching kindergarten children.
She only briefly taught cooking and sewing in a classroom, but she excelled at those skills and used them to benefit her family for as long as she was able. She was an amazing hostess and enjoyed having friends and family around her as often as possible.
She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served lovingly in various capacities of the Relief Society, Primary, and Young Women organizations of the church, to name a few. Maxine also served a mission in the Great Lakes area.
Maxine is survived by children, Sherilyn (Rich) Williams, Galyn (Debbie) Burgess, and Kellene (Matt) Jellings; ten grandchildren, three sisters, numerous nieces and nephews, and other extended family and friends. She is preceded in death by her husband, Glen Burgess; parents, and two brothers.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Hillcrest First Ward Chapel, 8410 South 1000 East, Sandy. Friends may call at Goff Mortuary, 8090 South State Street (100 East), Midvale, on Sunday, June 7, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and Monday at the church from 9:45-10:45 a.m.
Interment: Alpine City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on June 6, 2015.
Maxine was a Christmas gift to her parents, Benjamin Harrison Wright and Mabel Levone Degraffenried, having been born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1930, in Tuscumbia, Missouri.
She was married to Glen Taylor Burgess in the Salt Lake Temple for time and all eternity on June 16, 1961.
Maxine graduated from Jordan High School and then earned a teaching degree from Utah State University. Most of her teaching years were spent teaching kindergarten children.
She only briefly taught cooking and sewing in a classroom, but she excelled at those skills and used them to benefit her family for as long as she was able. She was an amazing hostess and enjoyed having friends and family around her as often as possible.
She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served lovingly in various capacities of the Relief Society, Primary, and Young Women organizations of the church, to name a few. Maxine also served a mission in the Great Lakes area.
Maxine is survived by children, Sherilyn (Rich) Williams, Galyn (Debbie) Burgess, and Kellene (Matt) Jellings; ten grandchildren, three sisters, numerous nieces and nephews, and other extended family and friends. She is preceded in death by her husband, Glen Burgess; parents, and two brothers.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Hillcrest First Ward Chapel, 8410 South 1000 East, Sandy. Friends may call at Goff Mortuary, 8090 South State Street (100 East), Midvale, on Sunday, June 7, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and Monday at the church from 9:45-10:45 a.m.
Interment: Alpine City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on June 6, 2015.
Sadie Maxine Wright Burgess, 84, loved and cherished wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away on June 5, 2015 in South Jordan.
Maxine was a Christmas gift to her parents, Benjamin Harrison Wright and Mabel Levone Degraffenried, having been born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1930, in Tuscumbia, Missouri.
She was married to Glen Taylor Burgess in the Salt Lake Temple for time and all eternity on June 16, 1961.
Maxine graduated from Jordan High School and then earned a teaching degree from Utah State University. Most of her teaching years were spent teaching kindergarten children.
She only briefly taught cooking and sewing in a classroom, but she excelled at those skills and used them to benefit her family for as long as she was able. She was an amazing hostess and enjoyed having friends and family around her as often as possible.
She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served lovingly in various capacities of the Relief Society, Primary, and Young Women organizations of the church, to name a few. Maxine also served a mission in the Great Lakes area.
Maxine is survived by children, Sherilyn (Rich) Williams, Galyn (Debbie) Burgess, and Kellene (Matt) Jellings; ten grandchildren, three sisters, numerous nieces and nephews, and other extended family and friends. She is preceded in death by her husband, Glen Burgess; parents, and two brothers.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Hillcrest First Ward Chapel, 8410 South 1000 East, Sandy. Friends may call at Goff Mortuary, 8090 South State Street (100 East), Midvale, on Sunday, June 7, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and Monday at the church from 9:45-10:45 a.m.
Interment: Alpine City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on June 6, 2015.
Maxine was a Christmas gift to her parents, Benjamin Harrison Wright and Mabel Levone Degraffenried, having been born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1930, in Tuscumbia, Missouri.
She was married to Glen Taylor Burgess in the Salt Lake Temple for time and all eternity on June 16, 1961.
Maxine graduated from Jordan High School and then earned a teaching degree from Utah State University. Most of her teaching years were spent teaching kindergarten children.
She only briefly taught cooking and sewing in a classroom, but she excelled at those skills and used them to benefit her family for as long as she was able. She was an amazing hostess and enjoyed having friends and family around her as often as possible.
She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served lovingly in various capacities of the Relief Society, Primary, and Young Women organizations of the church, to name a few. Maxine also served a mission in the Great Lakes area.
Maxine is survived by children, Sherilyn (Rich) Williams, Galyn (Debbie) Burgess, and Kellene (Matt) Jellings; ten grandchildren, three sisters, numerous nieces and nephews, and other extended family and friends. She is preceded in death by her husband, Glen Burgess; parents, and two brothers.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Hillcrest First Ward Chapel, 8410 South 1000 East, Sandy. Friends may call at Goff Mortuary, 8090 South State Street (100 East), Midvale, on Sunday, June 7, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and Monday at the church from 9:45-10:45 a.m.
Interment: Alpine City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on June 6, 2015.
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