Jimmi Lyn Lybbert

Always Beloved Wife and Mother 

Jimmi Lyn Lybbert died on August 8, 2010 in Portland, Oregon at the age of 61. Jimmi Lyn was born on July 25, 1949 in Heber, Utah to Russell and Helen (Allen) Murray.   Jimmi Lyn graduated from Toppenish Senior High School in Toppenish, Washington in 1967. She earned her Licensed Practical Nursing Degree at Yakima Valley Jr. College. She practiced as a Licensed Practical Nurse in Yakima, Washington and in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Jimmi Lyn married Allan Mark Lybbert on December 27, 1968 in Toppenish, Washington. She has lived in Yakima, Washington and Salt Lake City, Utah. She has been a long time resident of Portland, Oregon. 

Jimmi Lyn was very involved at her church, The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints throughout her life. Jimmi Lyn was a devoted homemaker, loved being with her grandchildren, playing the piano and she loved to listen to good music. 

Survivors include her loving husband Allan Mark Lybbert, of Portland, son, Troy and his wife Bonnie Lybbert of West Linn, Or., Five daughters, Michelle and her husband Jeff Kozell of Dayton, Or., Jennifer Fergus of West Salem, Or., Tracy and her husband Roark Bradley of Round Rock, Texas, Nichole and her husband Elbert Fish of San Antonio, Texas and Allison and her husband Robert Townsend of Sherwood, Oregon and 17 grandchildren. 

Funeral Services will be on Friday, August 13, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Portland Oregon Stake Center located at 9901 SE Caruthers Rd. in Portland. Concluding Dedication of the Grave service will be on Friday, August 13, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. 

Donations may be given to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research 1400 SE 5^th Ave. in Portland, Oregon 97291.

Lilly Mae Lybbert Hacking, 95, passed away Thursday, August 19, 2010 at her home.

She was born April 13, 1915 in Glenwood, Alberta, Canada to Waldemar Christian Lybbert and Ella Dora Darnall. On July 9, 1936 she married Wayne B. Hacking in the Cardstan Alberta Temple. He preceded her in death on December 24, 1999. She enjoyed sunshine, flowers, good books and golf but most of all her friends and family. She golfed on her 94th birthday. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served in many Ward and Stake positions and served a mission with her husband to the Philippine Islands. Mae worked for many years as Manager at Clark's clothing store in Provo.

Mae is survived by two of her children: Dr. Douglas W. Hacking (Janet) and Jayne Roberts (Stephen), and a foster child Robert D. Carter (Karen), 14 grand children and 38 great grand children and 1 great great grand child. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne, all her brothers and sisters and parents, two children: Lani L. Collins and Paul J. Hacking.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, August 26, 2010 at the Mount Loafer Ward Chapel, 1129 South 250 West, Salem, Utah. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 E. Center, Wednesday evening from 6 until 8 and at the church Thursday 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be held at 2:00PM Thursday, August 26, at the Orem City Cemetery. Condolences may be emailed to the family@bergmortuary.com

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Posted in Obituaries on Sunday, August 22, 2010 1:50 am

Todd Jefferey Hall (2002-2010)

Todd Jeffery Hall is the son of Jeff and Crystal Hall.  Jeff is son of Laron and Linda (Wonnacott) Hall.  Linda is the daughter of Bill and Winona (Merrell) Wonnacott, who is Mary (Lybbert) Merrell's daughter.

"On Wednesday night, August 11,2010, the first night after school started, Crystal was inside getting the kids to bed.  She asked her 8 year old son, Todd, to bring her his homework.  He ran in the room and threw it at her and said, "I'll be back in a minute."  At that point he ran outside into the yard and across the path of an arrow that Jeff, His dad, had just released.  Jeff was doing some archery practice before bed.  The arrow went through the back of Todd's head and came out above his eye.

Todd was put on a life flight to Las Vegas.  They were able to remove the arrow fro his head.  Thursday morning, August 12, he seemed to be doing well.  Thursday afternoon they received word that things had changed and he was not well.  He had no more brain activity.  He then passed away."

Mae L. Hacking

(1915 - 2010)

Taylor and Emma Bailey

Published: Saturday, August 14, 2010

Conjoined twins brought out kindness in others

The 3-year-old girls, conjoined at the chest, died from complications during surgery.

By Sharon Salyer
Herald Writer

 

 

 

Taylor Nalani (left) and Emma Joan Bailey at their family home in Phoenix. The conjoined twins died Tuesday at Seattle Children's Hospital after undergoing surgery.

             Don Lybbert leaned down and kissed his granddaughters Tuesday, just before their surgery began at Seattle Children's Hospital.  When Emma and Taylor Bailey were born 3 years ago, the conjoined twins weren't expected to survive more than a few hours. "They had a seven-chambered heart that no one thought would run," said Lybbert, of Lynnwood. Instead, they survived nearly four years and were featured on television broadcasts shown around the world.

             The twins were at the hospital this week for what was supposed to be a relatively routine procedure -- as routine as things could be with two girls sharing a weakened heart.  "They only had one pumping ventricle," Lybbert said. "A normal human heart has two."  It was the third time the procedure had been conducted, one step in a long process that they hoped might allow the girls to live separate lives someday.  Although successful twice before, "It just went sideways," Lybbert said. The girls died at the hospital Tuesday.

             A memorial service is scheduled Aug. 21 in Arizona, where their family lives.  The twins would often stay with Lybbert and his wife, Joan Lybbert, when they flew to Seattle for treatments at Children's.  Lybbert said he has been touched both by how the story of his granddaughters' lives has affected people throughout the world, and how many people, even strangers, stepped forward to help throughout the girls' lives.

             One recent example was Nick Rothrock of Marysville, owner of Slumber Ease Mattress Factory. Lybbert had gone to his store about six weeks ago to pick up a custom mattress that would allow the girls to lay down more comfortably in the car.  As he got ready to leave, Lybbert asked about the bill. "There is no bill," Rothrock told him.

             The twins were two of six children of his daughter, Mandy Bailey, and her husband, Tor Bailey. The twins required the couple's near-constant care.  Every night they had to be turned every couple of hours. "They would get tired and sore," Lybbert said. They would call out, 'Mom, turns us over. It hurts.' " 

             Taylor, the stronger of the two girls, always shared her strength with Emma. Although it overworked Taylor, "her body was doing everything she possibly could to make up for Emma's weakness," he said.

             The girls had recently learned to walk on their own. One Sunday last month, they stood at the front of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lynnwood while other children sang a song to them.  Lybbert said he and his family are grateful to the staff at Children's, who, he said, provided unusually loving care.  Even as he mourns his granddaughters' passing, Lybbert said he's left with many good memories and experiences.  One occurred as he drove the girls to Children's on Monday. Emma and Taylor were practicing a song they had learned in church, "I Feel My Savior's Love."  "They were humming it together," he said, "in perfect pitch."

Sharon Salyer: 425-339-3486 or salyer@heraldnet.com  On the Web

Messages for the family may be left at their blog,  www.emmaandtaylorbailey.blogspot.com.