OBITUARY: Mildred Wheat Sorenson Redd; Garrison, Millard co., Utah
surname: Moseley, Wheat, Sorenson, Redd, Ellsworth, Smyers, Vance, Gibson

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Obituary: The Deseret News, Tuesday, 13 May 2003: 

Mildred Wheat Sorenson Redd
8/26/12~5/10/03

     Mildred Wheat Sorenson Redd, after a long illness, passed away on
Saturday, May 10, 2003.

     She was born August 26, 1912 at Lubbock, Texas to Ezra Herman (Jack)
Wheat and Maggie Evalina Moseley.

     She graduated from West Texas Teachers College with honors. She moved to
Los Angeles, CA, where she met and married Marcus Cliffton Sorenson, a widower
with three young daughters in 1941. Later they moved to Marcus' ranch in
Garrison, UT. Their son Marcus Bruce Sorenson was born in Ely NV. Her husband
died in Ely, NV in 1977.

     In her later years she married John Henry (Jack) Redd. She had almost 10
happy years with him in Murray, Utah.

     She was an excellent teacher, having taught high school as well as
elementary school. She became a school librarian before retiring in Ely, NV.

     She loved literature and was an exceptional grammarian. She enjoyed
helping her son edit his books. She was a convert to The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served as a teacher in the Relief
Society.

     She is survived by her husband, Jack Redd; son, Marc B. (Vickie)
Sorenson, St. George, UT; three step-daughters, Elaine (Art) Ellsworth, St.
George, UT; Enid (Clancy) Smyers, Lake View Terrace, CA; Mary (Ron) Vance,
Sandy, UT; 17 grandchildren; 45 great- grandchildren who loved her greatly.
She was preceded in death by her husband Marcus C. Sorenson; and one
granddaughter Kathleen Sorenson Gibson.

     Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 14, 2003, 12:00 noon at the
Millcreek 8th Ward, 4600 South 600 East. Friends may call the day of the
service at the church from 11-11:45 a.m. Interment Crescent Cemetery. Cannon
Mortuary funeral directors.