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Mariam Norton McInelly, beloved mother, grandmother and aunt, graduated from this life and returned to her Heavenly Parents and sweetheart Oct. 26, 2021. She was born Jan. 1, 1929, in Junction, Utah, to William Cameron Norton and Alta Minerva Woods of Circleville, Utah.
She married her sweetheart Verl Lester McInelly on Jan. 17, 1945, in the St. George Temple, St. George, Utah. They resided and raised their family of 10 children in Grantsville, Utah. They enjoyed 62 years of marriage.
Mariam was preceded in death by her husband Verl; a daughter Delores Hansen; and three grandchildren, Jason Price, Michaela Price and Steven Snider; along with her parents; and four siblings Zelda Pierce, Freeda Callaway, Ned Norton and Cameron DeVerl Norton.
Her children are Delores (Robert) Hansen, Grantsville, Utah; Audrey (Robert) Snider, Grantsville, Utah; Roger (Debbie) McInelly, North Dakota; Margene (Ed) Bartunek, Stansbury Park, Utah; Carolyn (Drew) Bowman, Onalaska, Texas; Martha (Keith) Averett, Tooele, Utah; Pauline (Mark) Singley, Tooele, Utah; Jeannette (Clint) Price, Grantsville, Utah; James McInelly (Roy Godwin), Collierville, Tennessee; and Alta (Max) Brundy, Kaysville, Utah.
At the time of her death, Mariam has 98 grandchildren, 185 great-grandchildren, and 47 great-great grandchildren.
Mariam is a life-long member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served in many ward and stake callings, with 65 years of ministering to others. She and Verl also served a mission in the Jordan River Temple for three years.
Mariam was a Foster Care Giver for ten foster children, six for the Indian Placement Program for the Church and four for the State of Utah.
Mariam loved to sew, make quilts, baby blankets, crochet, embroidery, cross-stitch and read. She loved to travel. She and Verl took their children on many vacations each summer. Now she is taking her last vacation in heaven where she will be reunited with her family and her sweetheart Verl.
A viewing will be held Oct. 29, 2021, from 6 to 8 p.m., at LDS Chapel, 115 E. Cherry St., Grantsville, Utah. A viewing will be held Oct. 30, 2021, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. with funeral following at 12 p.m. at 428 S. Hale St., Grantsville. Interment will be at Grantsville City Cemetery. To view funeral services online, click on the link at the bottom of Mariam’s obituary at didericksenmemorial.com.
