Mary Beth Winward

1920 - 2013  (92 years)

• Name	Mary Beth Winward  [1, 2]
  Birth	26 Sep 1920	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Aug 2013	Murray, Salt Lake, Utah   [3]
  Person ID	I243793	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Vee Alvin Winward,   b. 15 Jan 1892, Payson, Utah, Utah d. Jul 1970 (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Merlyn Opal Peery,   b. 29 Dec 1896, Payson, Utah, Utah d. 3 Nov 1980 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1914	..., Juab, Utah   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F18547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rulon Hal Starley,   b. 25 Jul 1918, Fillmore, Millard, Utah d. 7 Sep 2004, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Y  [6]
  Divorce	Jan 1976	..., Ventura, California   [6]
  _STAT	Jan 1976
  	Divorced
  Children	1. Merlyn Kaye Starley   2. Rulon James Starley
  Family ID	F207514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Charles W. Kopp
  Marriage	14 Feb 1977	Elko, Elko, Nevada   [7]
  Family ID	F207504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2019

  
  

• Notes

  The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) August 20, 2013 The family and friends of Mary Starley are mourning her loss on August 17, 2013. Mary was born on September 26, 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Vee A. and Merlyn Peery Winward. Her family of eight brothers and sisters was exceptional in its loving and closeness. Mary was always full of optimism, generosity, and talent. She brightened many lives with all she gave from her heart, and her amazing musical talent that brought her close to so many. Mary could play on the piano any song (in any key) that she had heard, just as though she were reading music. She did this with and for others up until a few days before she died. Everything Mary did, she did well, including amazing secretarial skills, typing and shorthand. She was an accomplished seamstress, winning the DAR Medal at South High School. She also attended the University of Utah. Mary's younger sisters have many stories to tell of her generosity to them when she began to work and provide for their needs, when her family had so little during the depression years. She overcame many obstacles in her life, including cancer at age 39. To this day, when her family members overcome difficulties they refer to it as "Pulling a Mary." Mary is survived by her children, Merlyn Kaye Reznick (Austin, TX) and Rulon James Starley (Panama), five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, sisters JoeAnn Smith (Bountiful), Geraldine Kelly (Salt Lake City) and Sharon Ward (Spanish Fork). She is preceded in death by brothers John Mead Winward, William Dee Winward, and Robert Wayne Winward, as well as sister, June Winward Shaw.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44597] 1930 census, Utah, Salt Lake county, Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Salt Lake, Utah; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0104 (Reliability: 3). [S60669] Obituary, The Daily Herald, Merlyn Winward, (November 5, 1980). [S60674] Obituary, The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT), Mary Starley, (August 20, 2013). [S51333] Ivan Y. Haskell of Payson, Utah, privately published abt 1995, 432pp, 400 Years with Haskells, (Digitized copy abailable on FamilySearch.org). [S54598] Marriage index, Utah, Name: Merlyn Peery Gender: Female Age: 18 Birth Date: 1896 Marriage Date: 24 Dec 1914 Marriage Place: Juab, Utah, United States Spouse: Alvin V Winward FHL Film Number: 481660 (Reliability: 3). [S53688] Divorce index, California, Name: Mary B Winward Spouse Name: Rulon H Starley Location: Ventura Date: Jan 1976 (Reliability: 3). [S53635] Marriage index, California, (Ancestry.com. California, Marriage Index), Name: C W Eddie Kopp Gender: Male Residence State: Utah Spouse: Mary B Starley Spouse Residence State: Utah Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1977 Marriage City: Elko Officiant Type: Civil celebrant Recorded Date: 15 Feb 1977 Recorded City: Elko Book: 48- (Reliability: 3).