Darlene Parkin

Great rejoicing occurred in heaven and on earth August 21, 2011, when Darlene Leone Horton Parkin, completed her sojourn on earth in Holladay, Utah, and returned to the arms of her loving husband, Darwin L Parkin, to whom she was married in the Salt Lake Temple on February 6, 1944. She was born June 18, 1927, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Seymour Y. and Anne J. Horton.

Darlene was a woman of great love and faith. She found joy in serving her family, friends, church and others in need through her gifts of music, listening, cooking, baking, and the spoken word. Her motto was "people are more important than things."

She will be missed by her sons and daughters, Barbara Kenney (Dave, deceased), Patricia Jensen (Kurt), Craig Parkin (Susan), Richard Parkin (Jan), Anne Murdock (Kim), Lynn Parkin (Stephani), Roger Parkin (Tricia), Melissa Hughes (Mark), Warren Parkin (Sherrie, deceased), Wendy Anderson (Gordon), her 43 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchild, her brother Leland Horton (Mary), sister Carolynn Crabtree (Richard) and many nieces and nephews. Darlene was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Dexter Horton and his wife Cathy, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and grandson Jeremiah Anderson.

The Parkin family would like to sincerely thank the staff at Silverado Senior Living and Hospice who cared for our mother.

Funeral services will be held on Friday August 26, 2011 12 noon at the East Millcreek 4th Ward Chapel, 3103 East Craig Drive (3600 South), where friends may visit with the family from 10:00am to 11:30am prior to the services. Interment: Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. On line memories and comments can be sent to the family at www.holbrookmortuary.com