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7/30/24, 12:23 PM Mirl Frederick Jennings Jr. (1926-2014) - Find a Grave Memorial
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Mirl Frederick Jennings Jr.
BIRTH 24 May 1926
Sanpete County, Utah, USA
DEATH 31 May 2014 (aged 88)
Roosevelt, Duchesne County, Utah, USA
BURIAL Roosevelt Memorial Park
Roosevelt, Duchesne County, Utah, USA
MEMORIAL ID 141992762
Mirl Frederick Jennings
May 24, 1926 ~ May 31, 2014
Mirl Frederick Jennings, age 88, or Roosevelt, passed away,
May 31, 2014, at his home.
Mirl was born May 24, 1926 in Clarion, Utah to Mirl Fredrick
and Eva Katherine Jensen Jennings.
On April 19, 1944, at the young age of 17, he married a cute
girl from Neola, Deane Horrocks. They were sealed in the
Salt Lake Temple on Novmeber 17, 1958. She passed away
on November 25, 2004.
Mirl was an entrepreneur who had the incentive and work
ethic to turn each new challenge and endeavor into a
success stor y. His hobby and passion was providing for, and
enjoying his family along with an occasional rodeo.
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He ser ved briefly in the Merchant Marines at the end of WWII,
worked in a Salt Lake brick yard, drove milk truck, and
completed barber school. He operated a two chair barber
shop in Roosevelt for eleven years and had the reputation for
giving the best flat top in the Basin. He and Deane owned a
tire store, The Burger Pit, a clothing /shoe store, several
gas/convenience stores and operated the Conoco
Distributorship for 25 years.
He knew ever y nook and cranny of the Basin and
occasionally Deane was waiting on a remote dirt road with
another truck for Mirl to trade o with.
He has employed many Basinites through the years and has
treasure each association and friendship. He leaves behind a
legacy of generosity, and a zeal for hard, honest work. Never
one who felt the need to toot his own horn, Mirl was a
humber ; God fearing man and enjoyed serving in many
church callings and doing temple woth with Deane. Most of
all he loved being called, "Dad", and being asked if he was
Gordon's brother. He always looked too young to actually be
his father.
He is survived by his three daughters, Linda (Jim)
Ercanbrack, Riverton, UT; Lanette (Les) Gardner, Roosevelt;
JaNae (Darreld) Munden, Lindon, UT; 17 grandchildren, 37
great grandchildren, 1 great great grandchild and his sisters,
Faye, Leila and Mavis.
He is preceded in death by sisters, Eunola, LuJean, Eldora,
his brother, Wayne and grandsons, Ryan Lessle, and Adam
Mirl Gardner. As his family said their good-byes they could
only imagined his reunion with so many loved ones beyond.
They are quite sure that aer he embraced his sweet wife,
the rest had to wait in line and take their turn while he and
his only son, Gordon Mirl, who died on August 27, 1983,
caught up on BYU football and gas prices.
Funeral ser vices will be held Wednesday, June 3, 2014 at
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12:00 Noon, at the Roosevelt 8th Ward LDs Chapel.
A viewing will be held that morning from 10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Burial in the Roosevelt Memorial Park.
Hullinger Mortuary
Family Members
Spouse
Deane Horrocks Jennings
1927–2004
Children
Wayne Jennings
1934–2007
Gordon Mirl Jennings
1945–1983
Created by: CoDele Walker Tenney
Added: Jan 30, 2015
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 141992762
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Mirl Frederick Jennings Jr. (24 May 1926–31 May 2014),
Find a Grave Memorial ID 141992762, citing Roosevelt
Memorial Park, Roosevelt, Duchesne County, Utah, USA;
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