OBITUARY

 

Marcia Ann Solum left this mortal existence on November 23, 2021, with the same fight in her heart and determination in her soul that she carried with her throughout her life.  She was 82 years old and far from ready to say goodbye to her husband, children, grandchildren, and the beauty of her life in Garden City.  As she expressed to her husband Dallas in her last few days, although they already had a great run together, she was not quite ready for it to end.

    Marcia was born on April 13, 1939, in Logan, Utah, the first born of Ira Lynn Petersen and Ione Allen.  Her family moved to Soda Springs, Idaho when she was 11. 

            Marcia met Dallas when she was a junior in high school over a chocolate banana shake at one of the two drug stores in Soda Springs.  For Dallas it was immediate love, and apparently, it was the same for Marcia. Marcia’s announcement to her parents that she had found the man she wanted to marry was met with understandable parental concern, and it was agreed that she could only marry after she graduated from high school. So, at the age of eighteen and one day after her high school graduation, she married Dallas H. Solum in the Logan Utah Temple on May 31, 1957. They have enjoyed each other’s love and company for over sixty-four years.

     She is survived by her husband Dallas, her three sisters Kathy Wakeling (Dave), Jo Jolley and Sherrie Lloyd-White (David); her daughter Sue Skanchy (Randall) and three sons Scott (Tammy), Corey (Amy) and Derek (Melissa); along with 12 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. 

       A graveside service was held at 12:30 at the Hyrum City cemetery.