Jean Bybee Syrett, age 93, beloved mother, grandmother, sister and matriarch of Ruby's Inn, passed away December 4, 2010 at Ruby's Inn, Bryce Canyon City, Utah. She was born August 3, 1917 to Levi Marion & Ella Riding Bybee in Tropic. The third of 14 children, Mom helped raise her younger siblings, learning how to be a wonderful mother from her mother's example.
Mom graduated from Tropic High School. After graduating she worked at the canning factory in Spanish Fork. Returning to Tropic, Mom started working at Ruby's Inn about 1937. She cleaned rooms, waited tables, and filled in where needed, including tending Carl and Thelma Syrett's children.
After Carl's first wife Thelma died of pneumonia, leaving him with four small children, Carl and Jean were married November 19, 1940 in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they reared Carl's four children, and the six children born to them. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She helped raise Doug's sons, Bret and Eric when they came to live with their father.
The family lived at Ruby's Inn from the day school was out for summer until Thanksgiving. During the fall, she would drive the children back and forth to Panguitch each day for school until the children were old enough to drive.
Mom always opened her home in Panguitch to extended family. Many relatives stayed in our home whenever they needed to be close to family in the hospital and while they were recuperating during and after medical treatment.
Mom worked along side of Carl managing Ruby's Inn, cooking, cleaning, waiting tables, and working in the post office. During Mom's years at the inn she developed many cherished friendships over the years with employees and guests.
Mom was active in the LDS church and held many positions. She and Carl were avid temple workers and served as temple coordinators for the Panguitch North Ward. She served as a visiting teacher, and in the Escalante Stake Young Women Organization.
To honor her, Ruby's Inn was incorporated into Bryce Canyon City on her 90th birthday in 2007. The certificate was signed on her birthday by then Lt. Governor Gary Herbert.
When Carl retired they traveled extensively, together with his sister Armeda and her husband LeGrande, friends Tom and Lucille Barlow, and other friends. Some of Moms favorite trips were going to Alaska with Dad and Doug in the motor home, and traveling to Florida with Jim and Helma Excell to bring Rod home when he competed his mission.
They moved to St. George making it their second home until Dad passed away September 27, 1993. Mom then moved back to her hometown of Tropic.
Mom had a strong testimony of the Gospel and loved to read her scriptures. She sat at her desk and read her scriptures daily until she was unable to do so.
Mom, like her mother, always offered to feed anyone that came to see her. She was a good cook, and always had plenty for extras at the table. The children were always welcome to bring their friends to dinner with no warning.
Mom is survived by: children, Arthur (Vicki), MonDell (Florence), Roderick (Kathern), Frederick (Tonya), Shauna (Blaine) Anderson, Karleen (Dean) McInelly; daughter-in-law, Beverly Marshall; 80+ grandchildren, 145+ great-grandchildren, 15+ great-great-grandchildren. Siblings: Clyde R (Della) Bybee, Ella Bybee, Erma (Jim) Clarke, Giovanna (Lynden) Sudweeks, Mary Shumway, Mark (Chloeen) Bybee, Sandra (Terry) Ward.
Preceded in death by parents; husband; children: Carl Alvey Syrett, Mary, Ellis, & Janet LeFevre, Craig & Dawnetta Rutledge, Douglas Syrett, and Robert Levi Syrett; two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren; siblings: Walden, Cyril, Frank, Clive, June, and Erna Casebolt.
Funeral services will be held Monday, December 13, 2010 at 12:00 Noon in the Tropic LDS Ward Chapel where friends may call after 10:00 a.m. at the ward chapel. Burial will be in the Panguitch Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com
The family wishes to thank the staff at Kolob Regional Care Center in Cedar City, Dr. Marshall, Beaver/Panguitch, Utah Hospice, Priscila and Lani Afu, Allyson Sudweeks, Renon Bybee and daughters; and all the friends and family that took time out of their busy lives to stop by and visit with Mom during her long stay at Kolob.
In lieu of flowers, Mom requested donations to the Tropic LDS Ward or General LDS missionary fund
Mom graduated from Tropic High School. After graduating she worked at the canning factory in Spanish Fork. Returning to Tropic, Mom started working at Ruby's Inn about 1937. She cleaned rooms, waited tables, and filled in where needed, including tending Carl and Thelma Syrett's children.
After Carl's first wife Thelma died of pneumonia, leaving him with four small children, Carl and Jean were married November 19, 1940 in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they reared Carl's four children, and the six children born to them. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She helped raise Doug's sons, Bret and Eric when they came to live with their father.
The family lived at Ruby's Inn from the day school was out for summer until Thanksgiving. During the fall, she would drive the children back and forth to Panguitch each day for school until the children were old enough to drive.
Mom always opened her home in Panguitch to extended family. Many relatives stayed in our home whenever they needed to be close to family in the hospital and while they were recuperating during and after medical treatment.
Mom worked along side of Carl managing Ruby's Inn, cooking, cleaning, waiting tables, and working in the post office. During Mom's years at the inn she developed many cherished friendships over the years with employees and guests.
Mom was active in the LDS church and held many positions. She and Carl were avid temple workers and served as temple coordinators for the Panguitch North Ward. She served as a visiting teacher, and in the Escalante Stake Young Women Organization.
To honor her, Ruby's Inn was incorporated into Bryce Canyon City on her 90th birthday in 2007. The certificate was signed on her birthday by then Lt. Governor Gary Herbert.
When Carl retired they traveled extensively, together with his sister Armeda and her husband LeGrande, friends Tom and Lucille Barlow, and other friends. Some of Moms favorite trips were going to Alaska with Dad and Doug in the motor home, and traveling to Florida with Jim and Helma Excell to bring Rod home when he competed his mission.
They moved to St. George making it their second home until Dad passed away September 27, 1993. Mom then moved back to her hometown of Tropic.
Mom had a strong testimony of the Gospel and loved to read her scriptures. She sat at her desk and read her scriptures daily until she was unable to do so.
Mom, like her mother, always offered to feed anyone that came to see her. She was a good cook, and always had plenty for extras at the table. The children were always welcome to bring their friends to dinner with no warning.
Mom is survived by: children, Arthur (Vicki), MonDell (Florence), Roderick (Kathern), Frederick (Tonya), Shauna (Blaine) Anderson, Karleen (Dean) McInelly; daughter-in-law, Beverly Marshall; 80+ grandchildren, 145+ great-grandchildren, 15+ great-great-grandchildren. Siblings: Clyde R (Della) Bybee, Ella Bybee, Erma (Jim) Clarke, Giovanna (Lynden) Sudweeks, Mary Shumway, Mark (Chloeen) Bybee, Sandra (Terry) Ward.
Preceded in death by parents; husband; children: Carl Alvey Syrett, Mary, Ellis, & Janet LeFevre, Craig & Dawnetta Rutledge, Douglas Syrett, and Robert Levi Syrett; two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren; siblings: Walden, Cyril, Frank, Clive, June, and Erna Casebolt.
Funeral services will be held Monday, December 13, 2010 at 12:00 Noon in the Tropic LDS Ward Chapel where friends may call after 10:00 a.m. at the ward chapel. Burial will be in the Panguitch Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com
The family wishes to thank the staff at Kolob Regional Care Center in Cedar City, Dr. Marshall, Beaver/Panguitch, Utah Hospice, Priscila and Lani Afu, Allyson Sudweeks, Renon Bybee and daughters; and all the friends and family that took time out of their busy lives to stop by and visit with Mom during her long stay at Kolob.
In lieu of flowers, Mom requested donations to the Tropic LDS Ward or General LDS missionary fund
Jean Bybee Syrett, age 93, beloved mother, grandmother, sister and matriarch of Ruby's Inn, passed away December 4, 2010 at Ruby's Inn, Bryce Canyon City, Utah. She was born August 3, 1917 to Levi Marion & Ella Riding Bybee in Tropic. The third of 14 children, Mom helped raise her younger siblings, learning how to be a wonderful mother from her mother's example.
Mom graduated from Tropic High School. After graduating she worked at the canning factory in Spanish Fork. Returning to Tropic, Mom started working at Ruby's Inn about 1937. She cleaned rooms, waited tables, and filled in where needed, including tending Carl and Thelma Syrett's children.
After Carl's first wife Thelma died of pneumonia, leaving him with four small children, Carl and Jean were married November 19, 1940 in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they reared Carl's four children, and the six children born to them. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She helped raise Doug's sons, Bret and Eric when they came to live with their father.
The family lived at Ruby's Inn from the day school was out for summer until Thanksgiving. During the fall, she would drive the children back and forth to Panguitch each day for school until the children were old enough to drive.
Mom always opened her home in Panguitch to extended family. Many relatives stayed in our home whenever they needed to be close to family in the hospital and while they were recuperating during and after medical treatment.
Mom worked along side of Carl managing Ruby's Inn, cooking, cleaning, waiting tables, and working in the post office. During Mom's years at the inn she developed many cherished friendships over the years with employees and guests.
Mom was active in the LDS church and held many positions. She and Carl were avid temple workers and served as temple coordinators for the Panguitch North Ward. She served as a visiting teacher, and in the Escalante Stake Young Women Organization.
To honor her, Ruby's Inn was incorporated into Bryce Canyon City on her 90th birthday in 2007. The certificate was signed on her birthday by then Lt. Governor Gary Herbert.
When Carl retired they traveled extensively, together with his sister Armeda and her husband LeGrande, friends Tom and Lucille Barlow, and other friends. Some of Moms favorite trips were going to Alaska with Dad and Doug in the motor home, and traveling to Florida with Jim and Helma Excell to bring Rod home when he competed his mission.
They moved to St. George making it their second home until Dad passed away September 27, 1993. Mom then moved back to her hometown of Tropic.
Mom had a strong testimony of the Gospel and loved to read her scriptures. She sat at her desk and read her scriptures daily until she was unable to do so.
Mom, like her mother, always offered to feed anyone that came to see her. She was a good cook, and always had plenty for extras at the table. The children were always welcome to bring their friends to dinner with no warning.
Mom is survived by: children, Arthur (Vicki), MonDell (Florence), Roderick (Kathern), Frederick (Tonya), Shauna (Blaine) Anderson, Karleen (Dean) McInelly; daughter-in-law, Beverly Marshall; 80+ grandchildren, 145+ great-grandchildren, 15+ great-great-grandchildren. Siblings: Clyde R (Della) Bybee, Ella Bybee, Erma (Jim) Clarke, Giovanna (Lynden) Sudweeks, Mary Shumway, Mark (Chloeen) Bybee, Sandra (Terry) Ward.
Preceded in death by parents; husband; children: Carl Alvey Syrett, Mary, Ellis, & Janet LeFevre, Craig & Dawnetta Rutledge, Douglas Syrett, and Robert Levi Syrett; two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren; siblings: Walden, Cyril, Frank, Clive, June, and Erna Casebolt.
Funeral services will be held Monday, December 13, 2010 at 12:00 Noon in the Tropic LDS Ward Chapel where friends may call after 10:00 a.m. at the ward chapel. Burial will be in the Panguitch Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com
The family wishes to thank the staff at Kolob Regional Care Center in Cedar City, Dr. Marshall, Beaver/Panguitch, Utah Hospice, Priscila and Lani Afu, Allyson Sudweeks, Renon Bybee and daughters; and all the friends and family that took time out of their busy lives to stop by and visit with Mom during her long stay at Kolob.
In lieu of flowers, Mom requested donations to the Tropic LDS Ward or General LDS missionary fund
Mom graduated from Tropic High School. After graduating she worked at the canning factory in Spanish Fork. Returning to Tropic, Mom started working at Ruby's Inn about 1937. She cleaned rooms, waited tables, and filled in where needed, including tending Carl and Thelma Syrett's children.
After Carl's first wife Thelma died of pneumonia, leaving him with four small children, Carl and Jean were married November 19, 1940 in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they reared Carl's four children, and the six children born to them. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She helped raise Doug's sons, Bret and Eric when they came to live with their father.
The family lived at Ruby's Inn from the day school was out for summer until Thanksgiving. During the fall, she would drive the children back and forth to Panguitch each day for school until the children were old enough to drive.
Mom always opened her home in Panguitch to extended family. Many relatives stayed in our home whenever they needed to be close to family in the hospital and while they were recuperating during and after medical treatment.
Mom worked along side of Carl managing Ruby's Inn, cooking, cleaning, waiting tables, and working in the post office. During Mom's years at the inn she developed many cherished friendships over the years with employees and guests.
Mom was active in the LDS church and held many positions. She and Carl were avid temple workers and served as temple coordinators for the Panguitch North Ward. She served as a visiting teacher, and in the Escalante Stake Young Women Organization.
To honor her, Ruby's Inn was incorporated into Bryce Canyon City on her 90th birthday in 2007. The certificate was signed on her birthday by then Lt. Governor Gary Herbert.
When Carl retired they traveled extensively, together with his sister Armeda and her husband LeGrande, friends Tom and Lucille Barlow, and other friends. Some of Moms favorite trips were going to Alaska with Dad and Doug in the motor home, and traveling to Florida with Jim and Helma Excell to bring Rod home when he competed his mission.
They moved to St. George making it their second home until Dad passed away September 27, 1993. Mom then moved back to her hometown of Tropic.
Mom had a strong testimony of the Gospel and loved to read her scriptures. She sat at her desk and read her scriptures daily until she was unable to do so.
Mom, like her mother, always offered to feed anyone that came to see her. She was a good cook, and always had plenty for extras at the table. The children were always welcome to bring their friends to dinner with no warning.
Mom is survived by: children, Arthur (Vicki), MonDell (Florence), Roderick (Kathern), Frederick (Tonya), Shauna (Blaine) Anderson, Karleen (Dean) McInelly; daughter-in-law, Beverly Marshall; 80+ grandchildren, 145+ great-grandchildren, 15+ great-great-grandchildren. Siblings: Clyde R (Della) Bybee, Ella Bybee, Erma (Jim) Clarke, Giovanna (Lynden) Sudweeks, Mary Shumway, Mark (Chloeen) Bybee, Sandra (Terry) Ward.
Preceded in death by parents; husband; children: Carl Alvey Syrett, Mary, Ellis, & Janet LeFevre, Craig & Dawnetta Rutledge, Douglas Syrett, and Robert Levi Syrett; two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren; siblings: Walden, Cyril, Frank, Clive, June, and Erna Casebolt.
Funeral services will be held Monday, December 13, 2010 at 12:00 Noon in the Tropic LDS Ward Chapel where friends may call after 10:00 a.m. at the ward chapel. Burial will be in the Panguitch Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com
The family wishes to thank the staff at Kolob Regional Care Center in Cedar City, Dr. Marshall, Beaver/Panguitch, Utah Hospice, Priscila and Lani Afu, Allyson Sudweeks, Renon Bybee and daughters; and all the friends and family that took time out of their busy lives to stop by and visit with Mom during her long stay at Kolob.
In lieu of flowers, Mom requested donations to the Tropic LDS Ward or General LDS missionary fund
Bio by: Ross Woolsey
Family Members
Siblings
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June Bybee
1913–1923
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Walden M Bybee
1915–1956
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Clive Fenton Bybee
1919–2008
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Cryil Bybee
1922–1926
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Levi Francis "Frank" Bybee
1923–1966
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Ella Bybee
1925–2013
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Clyde R. Bybee
1928–2012
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Erna Bybee Casebolt
1930–1995
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Erma Bybee Clarke
1930–2017
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Giovanna Bybee Sudweeks
1932–2019
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Mary Bybee Shumway
1934–2017
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Mark Bybee
1934–2017
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Sandra Adelia Bybee Ward
1941–2024
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