Our loving Mother, Coach, Teacher, Grandma and GG passed away surrounded by her loving family on March 26, 2019. Erlynn was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 4, 1939 to her loving parents E. Earl Simpson and Hazel Elizabeth Parker. She graduated from Granite High School in 1957 and continued her education at BYU in Elementary Ed. She married the love of her life, Terry Hinton Morrill on June 28, 1957 in the Salt Lake City Temple and is now reunited with him. They together raised 6 children whom they adored.
She had a love for teaching and helping children and thus decided to use her talents to run Mother Goose daycare and preschool which she did successfully for 35 years. Erlynn loved making porcelain dolls, sewing, quilting, oil painting but most of all coaching and being heavily involved in her local community. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she held many callings.
Erlynn is survived by her children, Lori Smith, Val Shepherd, Jonathan Terry, Alex (Suzette), Missy (David) Schlesinger and Jeramy, 14 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren and her brother Earl Simpson.
She is preceded in death by her parents and husband Terry.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. located at the Spanish Fork 19th Ward, 585 North Main Street, Spanish Fork, Utah. Family and friends may attend a visitation on Monday, April 1, 2019 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. located at Walker Funeral Home, 187 South Main Street, Spanish Fork, Utah and again from 9:45-10:45 a.m. prior to services at the church. Interment will be held at the Spanish Fork Cemetery.
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