Obituary of Marian Crockett

23 Mar 1920 – 12 Aug 1996

2nd-Great-Granddaughter of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn

Great-Granddaughter of Jean Paul Cardon and Susannah Goudin

Granddaughter of Joel Edward Ricks and Susette Cardon

Daughter of William Henry and Rhea Ricks Larsen


Marian Larsen Crockett, 76, of Hansen, died Monday, Aug 12, 1996 at the Twin Falls Clinic & Hospital.

She was born March 23, 1920, in Logan, Utah, the fifth child of William Henry and Rhea Ricks Larsen.  She attended school in Logan, graduating from Logan High School and also Utah State University where she majored in secretarial science.  She met Edwin D. “Ted” Crockett at USU, and they were married on March 11, 1942, in Logan.  Ted was in the U.S. Navy at that time and after four years of Navy life they returned to the Crockett ranch in Hansen.

Marian was actively involved in community affairs.  Boy scouts, local and state PTA, was a member of a literary club and a friendship club, and held many responsible positions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Above all, she was a dedicated mother.

Survivors included three sons, David William (Debbie Schaub) Crockett of Hansen, Paul Donald (Sherryl Reed) Crockett of Farmington, Utah, and Carl Edwin (Susan Parkinson) Crockett of Colorado Springs, Colo,; two daughters, Frances Kay (Ellvert) Himes of Bloomfield, N.M., and Judy (Dan) Galorath of Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.; 33 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Rhea Maughan, Cora Johnston, and Claire Hammond, all of Logan.  She was preceded in death by her husband in 1992, her parents, and two brothers, William and Paul Larsen.

The funeral was held at noon Saturday, Aug. 17, 1996 at the Kimberly LDS Stake Center, 3857 N. 3500 E., with Bishop Kevin Stanger conducting.  Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Park in Twin falls, Friends called from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at White Mortuary’s Kimberly Chapel and from 11 to 11:45 a.m. on Saturday at the church.  The family greeted friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at White Mortuary’s Kimberly Chapel.

Ted and Marian Crockett – 1942

Ted and Marian Crockett

Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery – Twin Falls, Idaho

Grave Marker
Ted Crockett Military Marker