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Melree Jensen Krivanec

August 24, 1932 — April 10, 2007

MelRee Jensen Krivanec
Smithfield, Utah

MelRee was born August 24, 1932 in Centerfield, Utah to Aaron W. & Ethel Rust Jensen.
MelRee and her sister Clarel grew up during the great depression in Sanpete County.
MelRee married Frank Lewis Krivanec Jr.on November 24, 1956. The marriage was later solemnized and the family sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple. Frank passed away in a boating accident in 1973, leaving MelRee to raise a young family on her own as she resided in Powell Wyoming and Bountiful Utah. She succeeded in raising 3 sons and a daughter who all attended college and served L.D.S. missions.
She attended Northwest College and The University of Utah where she studied Medical Technology. She worked and consulted for such companies as MRC-Microbiological Research Corporation in Bountiful, Utah and MEDTOX Diagnostics in Burlington, North Carolina, where she was vice president of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance.
MelRee has helped support missionaries serving all around the world. She has deeply touched many lives with her service in the church and community.
She was an avid reader and a wonderful cook. She loved music, art, her dogs, travel, and the beauty of the outdoors. She was very generous and always concerned for those around her.
MelRee courageously fought cancer while never complaining, She kept her sense of humor and concern for the welfare of others. She passed away peacefully at home on April 10, 2008 with her family at her side. MelRee was preceded in death by, her husband Frank Lewis Krivanec Jr. and 3 sons, Robert, Michael and Clair. She will be missed by her surviving children and family;
Karl (Christie) Krivanec (Bountiful), David (Denice) Krivanec (Bountiful), Cindy Krivanec (Bountiful), Ken (Kay) Krivanec (Snoqualmie, Wa.), her 12 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild and her sister, Clarel Amtoft (Centerfield). The family is grateful to the many neighbors, friends and healthcare professionals for their loving care. Services will be held Saturday, April 19 at the Smithfield, Utah 18th ward chapel (600 S 600 E). Visitors are welcome at 9:30 a.m. Funeral services will start at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be at the Bountiful cemetery approximately
2:15 p.m. (200 W 2200 S)
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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Starts at 9:30 am (Mountain time)

Smithfield 18th Ward Chapel

625 E 600 S, Smithfield, UT 84335

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