Melvyn J. Horrocks
Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Melvyn J. Horrocks will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Mancos Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Interment will follow at the Webber Cemetery. Bishop Lyman Bayles will preside.
A visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning one hour prior to service time at the church.
Melvyn died Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center in Durango at the age of 65 after an extended illness. He was born Dec. 28, 1940, in Vernal, Utah, to Rodney Horrocks and Phoebe Hatch Horrocks.
He married Esther Sheldon in Durango Jan. 19, 1963. Together they celebrated 42 years of marriage and had six wonderful children. Melvyn and Esther lived in Alaska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Florida, Wyoming and for the last 19 years, in Mancos. He worked for Montezuma County as a heavy equipment operator for 19 years. He had to retire due to illness.
Melvyn was Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints twice in Mancos and once in Syracuse, Utah.
He held many positions throughout his life. His faith, hard work, good deeds and endurance are an imprint of a legacy passed on to his children, grandchildren and everyone his life touched. He will be missed greatly.
Surviving Melvyn are his wife, Esther, of Mancos; his children, Dorine Strom and husband, Rudy, of Cowley, Wyo., Kallie Hershberger and husband, Jimmy, of Mancos, Stacy Horrocks and wife, Michelle, of Pine, Colo., Vicki Arnold and husband, Doug, of Conifer, Colo., Abe Horrocks and John Horrocks, both of Mancos; his three brothers, Dwain Horrocks and wife, Barbara, Kent Horrocks and wife, Jane, and Neil Horrocks and wife, Lila, all of Utah; his sister, Sherene Goddard and husband, Pat, of Dolores; 16 grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Rodney and Phoebe Horrocks; a brother, Doyle Horrocks; and his sister, Gayla Zufelt.
Melvyn J. Horrocks
Funeral services for longtime Mancos resident Melvyn J. Horrocks will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Mancos Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Interment will follow at the Webber Cemetery. Bishop Lyman Bayles will preside.
A visitation has been scheduled for Saturday morning one hour prior to service time at the church.
Melvyn died Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center in Durango at the age of 65 after an extended illness. He was born Dec. 28, 1940, in Vernal, Utah, to Rodney Horrocks and Phoebe Hatch Horrocks.
He married Esther Sheldon in Durango Jan. 19, 1963. Together they celebrated 42 years of marriage and had six wonderful children. Melvyn and Esther lived in Alaska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Florida, Wyoming and for the last 19 years, in Mancos. He worked for Montezuma County as a heavy equipment operator for 19 years. He had to retire due to illness.
Melvyn was Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints twice in Mancos and once in Syracuse, Utah.
He held many positions throughout his life. His faith, hard work, good deeds and endurance are an imprint of a legacy passed on to his children, grandchildren and everyone his life touched. He will be missed greatly.
Surviving Melvyn are his wife, Esther, of Mancos; his children, Dorine Strom and husband, Rudy, of Cowley, Wyo., Kallie Hershberger and husband, Jimmy, of Mancos, Stacy Horrocks and wife, Michelle, of Pine, Colo., Vicki Arnold and husband, Doug, of Conifer, Colo., Abe Horrocks and John Horrocks, both of Mancos; his three brothers, Dwain Horrocks and wife, Barbara, Kent Horrocks and wife, Jane, and Neil Horrocks and wife, Lila, all of Utah; his sister, Sherene Goddard and husband, Pat, of Dolores; 16 grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Rodney and Phoebe Horrocks; a brother, Doyle Horrocks; and his sister, Gayla Zufelt.
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