Mavis Noble Goode

Mavis Noble Goode, 84, passed away May 19, 2016 at the Autumn Care Assisted Living Center in Hyde Park, Utah. She was born in Logan, Utah to Ira Elias Noble Jr. and Vera LaVene Jorgensen on May 4, 1932. Mavis was the seventh child of nine children. She grew up on a farm where she learned the value and the joy of hard work. Mavis attended elementary school in Smithfield, Utah and graduated from North Cache High School in 1950. She married Donn Calvert Goode on March 16, 1953 in the Logan LDS Temple in Logan, Utah and they recently celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary.
She was an active member in the LDS Church where she served in various positions including Primary teacher, librarian, stake missionary, visiting teacher and home teacher with her husband. She found great joy in serving as an ordinance worker with her husband in the Logan Temple.
Mavis loved to crochet and sew. She made many afghans, quilts and baby blankets. She created many beautiful needlework pieces. She loved to paint ceramics, do stained glass art and collect porcelain dolls. She was an avid gardener and always had beautiful flower beds and vegetable gardens that were admired by many neighbors and friends. Her quick and creative hands led her to a career as a technician at Space Dynamics Lab at Utah State University. She worked from 1965 till 1992 with a one-year leave while her husband taught at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah and a two-year transfer to the Stewart Radiance Lab in Bedford, Massachusetts.
She loved to tour with her sweetheart in their antique cars and made many great friends and memories with their car club. Her most prized possessions in life were her family and spending time with them. She was known for her loving, guileless spirit as she cared for many family members, friends, and neighbors.
Mavis is survived by her husband, Donn, and four children, David (Barbara) Goode of Centerville, Utah, Kavin (Gayle) Goode of Heber City, Utah, Georgiann (Brent) Parkin of North Ogden, Utah and Craig (Carol) Goode of West Point, Utah; nineteen grandchildren and thirty-two great-grandchildren; one brother, Wayne Noble of Enterprise, Utah; and one sister, Lois Pettingill of Smithfield, Utah.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Myrvin, Gerald, Harl, and Don J.; sisters, Nadene Mikesell, Gladys Finchum; one grandson, Lincoln Parkin, and one great-grandchild, Aubrey Rose Owen.
Mavis’s family extends our gratitude and consideration for the kind and loving care provided by the staff of Autumn Care and Hospice for Utah.
Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m., Friday, May 27th, in the Smithfield 3rd Ward chapel, 640 North 200 East, Smithfield, Utah. A viewing will be held Thursday, May 26th from 6-8 p.m. at the Nelson Mortuary, 85 South Main Street, Smithfield, Utah, and from 10:30 -11:30 prior to funeral services in Smithfield. Condolences and thoughts may be expressed online at www.allenmortuaries.net .