Lorna Merkley

1914 - 2014  (100 years)

• Name	Lorna Merkley  [1]
  Born	29 Mar 1914	Vernal, Utah   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Apr 2014	Vernal, Utah
  	Lorna Condon, age 100, a longtime Vernal resident, passed away on April 21, 2014 in Vernal. She was born in Vernal on March 29, 1914 to Ezra and Alice Hacking Merkley. Lorna attended Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1931 to 1935, where she earned a degree in Home Economics with an emphasis on nutrition. She also met her husband to be David Condon, at BYU. They married in the summer of 1935 and spent the rest of the summer at the Thorofare back-country ranger station in Yellowstone National Park. Through the next thirty-five years, she and her family lived in many of the Nation's well-known national parks, including Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, Great Smoky Mountains, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon. When Lorna's husband, Dave, retired in 1969, they moved to Vernal to live at the upper end of Ashley Valley. For many years, she was active in Vernal in the Community concerts organization. She is an accomplished violinist and has played on numerous occasions over the past thirty-five years. She is survived by her two children: daughter, Marianne (Dennis) Donnelly of Pocatello, Idaho: and son, Wilson (Susan) Condon of Anchorage, Alaska; two granddaughters; a grandson; and five great-grandsons. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 25, 2014 at Blackburn Vernal Mortuary, 15 East 100 North, Vernal, Utah. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the services. Burial will be in the Maeser Fairview Cemetery. Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on April 23, 2014.
  Person ID	I2052	Grow
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	Ezra Thurman Merkley,   b. 23 Sep 1887, Vernal, Uintah, Utah ,   d. 18 Jan 1919, Vernal, Uintah, Utah  (Age 31 years)
  Mother	Alice Hacking,   b. 26 May 1895, Vernal, Uintah, Utah ,   d. 03 Nov 1988, Vernal, Uintah, Utah  (Age 93 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1913	Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David DeLancy Condon,   b. 23 May 1907, Covina, Los Angeles, California ,   d. 18 Apr 1993, Vernal, Utah  (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. Maryanne Condon   2. Wilson Leslie Condon,   b. 28 Sep 1939, Livingston, Park, Montana ,   d. 27 Dec 2015, Anchorage, Alaska  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2013
  Family ID	F5006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Mar 1914 - Vernal, Utah Died - 21 Apr 2014 - Vernal, Utah  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Lorna Merkley
  		Lorna Merkley

  
  

• Sources

  [S83] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States;), Year: 1920; Census Place: North Ashley, Uintah, Utah; Roll: T625_1868; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 132; Image: 91. Birth date: abt 1915 Birth place: Utah Residence date: 1920 Residence place: North Ashley, Uintah, Utah