Mildred Ruth Cottrill Deans
1920 ~ 2015
Mildred Ruth Cottrill Deans passed away Friday, March 13, 2015 at Highland Care Center in Murray, Utah at the age of 94. Mildred was born April 5, 1920 in Richwood, West Virginia to Joseph Andrew Cottrill and Osa Jane Smith Cottrill.
She married David Rulan Deans on March 14, 1972 in Vernal, Utah.
She is survived by her children: daughters, Kathy (Larry) Ivie, Pinedale, Wyoming, Anne (Robert) Watson, Murray, Utah, Pat (Bruce) Parry, Vernal, Utah, Joyce (Gerry) Follette, Independence, Missouri, and sons, Robert, Texas and Dan (Mellodie) Zufelt, Vernal, Utah, a sister Madelyn McGlynn, Baltimore, Maryland, 15 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 6 great, great-grandchildren and 3 nieces.
She was preceded in death by her late husband David Rulan Deans, her father and mother, a sister Mabel Vilage, and a brother Herbert Cottrill.
Graveside services are pending, burial will be in the Maeser Cemetery, Vernal, Utah.
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Grandma’s are very special and you are one of those Grandma’s and I will miss you so very much. I hope you are at peace now. Just remember Grandma we will always be together.
I love you Grandma
Tami
Our dear Millie – how we miss you! You brought us such great joy and fun with your sparkling humor and colorful “West Viginy Hilly Billy” sayings and stories. You had amazing zest for living and serving – doing for others. We cherish your colorful sewn creations: quilts, aprons, potholders, Christmas stockings, Christmas decorations, muumuus, bibs, wall decorations – there seemed to be no end of what you could imagine and sew. At times you produced like a factory enough gifts for every sister and child in the two wards as well as other friends and family. You collected used clothing to send to needy people back in Appalachia. You cooked and hosted many a delicious meal and made peanut butter fudge to fatten up all your friends. You amazed us with your determination to work and do for others at 90 plus years of age. You never let age, health, failing sight, or any other problem hold you back or use as an excuse to sit and take it easy.
You studied and prepared yourself to go to the Temple in Washington D.C. where you received your endowment. We cherish our experiences of traveling with you many times to the temple. And you astounded us by insisting on serving us a dinner each time we returned. Although much younger, I felt too tired to attempt such a feat, but you never let us persuade you not to do it!
You looked after neighbors decades younger than yourself – caring for their physical and emotional needs and becoming a truly trusted friend to them.
You had, lived and expressed great faith as you lived courageously your last years on earth. You are a role model to me how to live well in my advancing years. If I do half as well as you, I’ll be grateful. Thank you Millie for being Millie and sharing the advanced (golden years) of your life with us!
Now you’ve just gone on up the road “a piece” ahead of us. I look forward to meeting you again someday.
Love,
Judith
To Mildreds’ family. I’m very sorry to find Mildred has passed. I’m the wive of Bernie Corbin and would like to have contact with you.
Wive of possible 1/2 sibling,
Barbara Corbin
You are missed already.
Your gift of sewing shall live on.
Love,
Your Niece, Judy