Bertha Midgley O'Reilly

Bertha Midgley O'Reilly was born on April 26, 1917 in Bountiful, Utah, and died on August 25, 2010 at the age of 93 in St George, Utah. She was the ninth and last surviving child of thirteen children born to Leroy Park and Lucy Edith Thurgood Midgley.

She married Michael Francis O'Reilly Jr. on June 27, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Bertha was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served faithfully in many church callings and was particularly active in genealogical research and was an avid collector of various memorabilia of historical interest. She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, East Mill Creek-Neff Camp and served as the instructor in that camp for twelve years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and seven sisters, her husband Michael, a daughter Robynn Diane O'Reilly Jordan, and a son John Timothy O'Reilly.

She is survived by sons Michael Francis O'Reilly III and Akanesi Lupe of St George, Utah, Daniel Gray O'Reilly of Grand Junction, Colorado, and a daughter Kathleen Virginia O'Reilly of Orem, Utah. She is grandmother to twenty-seven grand- children, sixty-seven great grand- children, and seven great-great grandchildren.

The family expresses their gratitude and thanks to Southern Utah Home Care and Hospice and the many family members and friends who kept in touch with Bertha these past several months.

Funeral services will be held on Friday September 3, 2010 at 11:00am at the Holbrook Mortuary, 3251 South 2300 East, where friends may visit with the family at the Mortuary on Thursday evening from 6:00pm to 8:00pm and also on Friday morning from 9:30am to 10:40am prior to the services. Interment: Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. Online memories and tributes about Bertha may be shared at: www.holbrookmortuary.com