Cheryl Rae Edvalson
“Our loving Wife, Mother and Grandmother”
Today is a celebration of an amazing woman. After a courageous and determined fight against pancreatic cancer, our dear wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend, Cheryl Rae Edvalson, passed peacefully through the veil on May 30, 2012.
She was born Cheryl Rae Peterson on January 2, 1956 to Elwood George and Myrna K. Peterson. At the end of summer, after graduating from Cyprus High School, she was sealed to her sweetheart, Douglas Eugene Edvalson, in the Manti Temple on September 6, 1974. Years later they were blessed to start a family. Family was always important to Cheryl and she made family time a priority. She believed eternal life is family life. She relished the chaos of Sunday dinners held every week with her family. It wasn’t important what the family was doing, or where we were, it was just important to be there and doing it together. She loved experiencing life through her grandchildren and loved to spoil them.
Cheryl was an active member in the LDS Church. She enjoyed her time serving in various capacities over the years, and strived to live a Christ-centered life. She will always be remembered for her generous and compassionate service. She strived to “Live Beyond Casual.”
She enjoyed cooking and reading recipe books and expressed her love through special meals and treats. Music was an intricate part of her life. She had the opportunity to sing in many choirs and groups, including a session of General Conference. This was a special way for her to share her sweet testimony of the gospel. She was our precious gift of wisdom, laughter, patience, gentle strength, and love. Throughout this battle with cancer, she remained happy and positive. She has cheerfully fought the good fight, kept the faith and came out victorious.
She is survived by her husband, Douglas, of West Valley; children: Ryan Edvalson of West Valley; Jennifer and Jason Hicks of Saratoga Springs; Trenton and Ashley Edvalson of West Haven; six grandchildren; parents Elwood and Myrna Peterson; and many other loving family members. She was preceded in death by her infant son, Gary David Edvalson.
As a family, and on behalf of Cheryl, we would like to thank all the doctors and medical staff at Utah Cancer Specialists and Intermountain Medical Center for your gentle touch, encouraging smiles and wonderful support. Your efforts and friendships have meant the world to us as we fought this cancer together as a family.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 11:30 a.m. at the Hunter Village Ward, 3450 South 6400 West. Viewings will be held Monday, 6-8 p.m. at McDougal Funeral Home, 4330 South Redwood Road and Tuesday at the church, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Interment, Redwood Memorial Estates.
The funeral was wonderful! My mother in law was such an amazing woman, she has touched so many lives. She had about 300 people come to the viewing and funeral. She really did know how to live out her testimony and was always so positive. So very blessed to have been able to call her mother and friend and hope that some day I can be like her.
Taegen every now and then will ask "Where is grandma?" I have been telling her with Heavenly Father and Jesus and she is at the age when they always ask Why? I just tell her because Heavenly Father and Jesus love her so much and missed her so they asked her to come back home. She was so cute, as we were getting out of the car to head into the church for the funeral she clapped her hands and said "yeah we get to see grandma!" I just love how much she loves her grandma, she will tell me every now and then that she misses her and I remind her that her grandma misses her to very much and loves her. I think it's great that she feels that way right now and to be honest I hope she will always feel that way because she is so young right now and I don't know if she will remember much but I hope that she will remember that her grandma made her feel so important. Cheryl really did dedicate her whole life to family! She truely was a saint and so much more, words cannot express nor explain who this woman really was, there is no word or phrase out there that is equally beautiful and wonderful as her. So to my mother and friend I love you so much and will never forget you and all that you do and your sweet testimony, til we meet again. xoxo
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Cheryl Rae Edvalson
“Our loving Wife, Mother and Grandmother”
Today is a celebration of an amazing woman. After a courageous and determined fight against pancreatic cancer, our dear wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend, Cheryl Rae Edvalson, passed peacefully through the veil on May 30, 2012.
She was born Cheryl Rae Peterson on January 2, 1956 to Elwood George and Myrna K. Peterson. At the end of summer, after graduating from Cyprus High School, she was sealed to her sweetheart, Douglas Eugene Edvalson, in the Manti Temple on September 6, 1974. Years later they were blessed to start a family. Family was always important to Cheryl and she made family time a priority. She believed eternal life is family life. She relished the chaos of Sunday dinners held every week with her family. It wasn’t important what the family was doing, or where we were, it was just important to be there and doing it together. She loved experiencing life through her grandchildren and loved to spoil them.
Cheryl was an active member in the LDS Church. She enjoyed her time serving in various capacities over the years, and strived to live a Christ-centered life. She will always be remembered for her generous and compassionate service. She strived to “Live Beyond Casual.”
She enjoyed cooking and reading recipe books and expressed her love through special meals and treats. Music was an intricate part of her life. She had the opportunity to sing in many choirs and groups, including a session of General Conference. This was a special way for her to share her sweet testimony of the gospel. She was our precious gift of wisdom, laughter, patience, gentle strength, and love. Throughout this battle with cancer, she remained happy and positive. She has cheerfully fought the good fight, kept the faith and came out victorious.
She is survived by her husband, Douglas, of West Valley; children: Ryan Edvalson of West Valley; Jennifer and Jason Hicks of Saratoga Springs; Trenton and Ashley Edvalson of West Haven; six grandchildren; parents Elwood and Myrna Peterson; and many other loving family members. She was preceded in death by her infant son, Gary David Edvalson.
As a family, and on behalf of Cheryl, we would like to thank all the doctors and medical staff at Utah Cancer Specialists and Intermountain Medical Center for your gentle touch, encouraging smiles and wonderful support. Your efforts and friendships have meant the world to us as we fought this cancer together as a family.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 11:30 a.m. at the Hunter Village Ward, 3450 South 6400 West. Viewings will be held Monday, 6-8 p.m. at McDougal Funeral Home, 4330 South Redwood Road and Tuesday at the church, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Interment, Redwood Memorial Estates.
The funeral was wonderful! My mother in law was such an amazing woman, she has touched so many lives. She had about 300 people come to the viewing and funeral. She really did know how to live out her testimony and was always so positive. So very blessed to have been able to call her mother and friend and hope that some day I can be like her.
Taegen every now and then will ask "Where is grandma?" I have been telling her with Heavenly Father and Jesus and she is at the age when they always ask Why? I just tell her because Heavenly Father and Jesus love her so much and missed her so they asked her to come back home. She was so cute, as we were getting out of the car to head into the church for the funeral she clapped her hands and said "yeah we get to see grandma!" I just love how much she loves her grandma, she will tell me every now and then that she misses her and I remind her that her grandma misses her to very much and loves her. I think it's great that she feels that way right now and to be honest I hope she will always feel that way because she is so young right now and I don't know if she will remember much but I hope that she will remember that her grandma made her feel so important. Cheryl really did dedicate her whole life to family! She truely was a saint and so much more, words cannot express nor explain who this woman really was, there is no word or phrase out there that is equally beautiful and wonderful as her. So to my mother and friend I love you so much and will never forget you and all that you do and your sweet testimony, til we meet again. xoxo
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We are so sad we couldn't make it to the funeral. I'm glad it turned out well, we knew it would. Cheryl was an amazing lady, and we will miss her as well. Tell Trent we're sorry we couldn't make it but that we are thinking about and praying for your entire family.
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