Gladys Cooper Burrell

Gladys Cooper Burrell returned home to her Heavenly Father on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in South Ogden, Utah. Her family and friends are left bereft but comforted in knowing she has reunited with her eternal sweetheart, Milt, after 20 years apart.
Gladys was born May 27, 1925, in Logan, Utah, one of six children of Harry and Rebecca Cooper.
While a senior at Logan High, she began working as a Western Union operator. Years later she worked as a telephone operator, retiring from Mountain Bell after 29 years of service. She retired again, from the Budge Clinic, after working there for 13 years.
When she was 18, she began doing housekeeping for a couple that had a handsome young man, Milt Burrell, living in their basement. When he returned to Cache Valley after serving in World War II, they were married in the Logan Temple on April 21, 1944.
They went on their honeymoon to Salt Lake City for the weekend. On the bus.
Shortly after they were married, Gladys and Milt became parents to Nancy in 1945 and soon moved from Logan to Hyrum, Utah, to what they always fondly called “the little house.” They lived there happily for six years before moving to a larger home on First West where they were blessed with their second daughter, Jan, in 1957. It became a place of many happy family gatherings and sweet memories.
In 1968 Gladys and Milt became foster parents to Camilla, who has lovingly continued her close ties to the family even today.
Throughout her life, Gladys performed selfless and tireless service for others—ironing, cooking, gardening and cleaning. She was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in various callings. A talented cook, she made the best roast beef in the world.
She delighted in spending time with her family—children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. Each believed they were her “favorite.”
Gladys was an ever faithful, super Utah Jazz fan. Family lore recounts how when she was hospitalized with a serious heart condition, a visitor in her room softly asked someone else, “Who are the Jazz playing tonight?” Gladys, lying deathly still, pale, eyes closed, said clearly above the beep of her heart monitor, “Portland.” She was right.
Gladys is survived by her daughters, Nancy (Lynn) Bullen, St. George; Jan Burrell, Roy; and Camilla Largo, Chandler, Ariz.; grandchildren Kaye Lynne (Scott) Wahlstrom, Elizabeth (Tyler) Hyde, Jannette (Ron) Schofield, Chad (Jennifer) Bullen, and Kenneth (Andrea) Bullen; foster granddaughters Tammie (Christopher) Billey, Tamara (Keith) Beevers, and Tara Largo (Bryan Chiquito); 16 great-grandchildren and eight foster great-grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; two sisters, a brother-in-law, and a sister-in-law. Preceded in death by her parents; three brothers; one grandson, James Dean Bullen; and her beloved husband, Milt
The family would like to extend special thanks to Stonehenge of Ogden and Tasha and Haydan Jackman for their devoted and tender care.
A viewing for friends and family is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 E. Center St., Logan. A funeral service, scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at the mortuary will be preceded by a viewing from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Interment will follow at the Hyrum City Cemetery, 600 E. Main St. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.allenmortuaries.net