Altha Laveen Hicks Orrock

Loving Mother

1916 ~ 2011

Altha LaVeen Hicks Orrock, 95, of Salt Lake City, passed away on June 24, 2011 of causes incident to age. Born on May 21, 1916, LaVeen, the oldest daughter of Archibald Hicks and Beulah Matilda Robinson, was born and grew up in Joseph, Utah.

LaVeen attended South Sevier High School where she excelled in drama and public speaking. LaVeen loved to write and she will be especially remembered for her beautiful and distinctive hand-writing.

LaVeen was a devoted mother and grandmother. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She fulfilled numerous church callings during her life.

All those who cared for LaVeen during her later years commented on her delightful sense of humor. LaVeen will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

LaVeen is preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Clair Orrock; daughter, Kathleen Ellibee; step-daughter, Anna Lou Seely; and three siblings, John Archie Hicks, Olive Poulson, and Robert Odell Hicks.

LaVeen is survived by five children: Janice Louise Anderson, Merilyn Wilkerson, Merideth Karsch, Stanton Lloyd Nelson, Susan Sandoval; four step-children: Beverly Tadehara, Elaine Harris, Lucille Christensen, Donna Kisseliss; a sister, Dorothy Bridges; a brother, Max Joel Hicks; and 21 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 30 at Holbrook Mortuary located at 3251 South 2300 East. Where friends and family may attend a viewing Wednesday evening, June 29 from 6-8 p.m. and Thursday morning prior to the funeral service from 9:30-10:45 a.m. Burial will follow at Redwood Memorial Cemetery at 6500 S. Redwood Road. Online tributes and private messages to the family can be posted at: www.holbrookmortuary.com