Sharrin Eileen Mass Miller, a truly elect lady, passed from this life into the next on February 4, , surrounded by her loving children. Her younger brother Jimmy was her first best friend. Mom was happy and cheerful every day. She had friends absolutely everywhere, from the door checkers at Costco to the baggers at the grocery store.
She saw the humanity in everyone and would go out of her way to help complete strangers with anything. In high school she was involved in everything, including head cheerleader and homecoming queen. She still corresponds with many high school classmates. She had friends from every job she ever worked, starting with her first job at J. They built the family home in Murray, Utah and lived in it for over 50 years. So many incredible memories were made in that area.
We always said that the home had a soul and it was mom who made it so. Mom and Dad were married for 56 years before he passed away in January, They had season tickets on the yard line at BYU football games all our lives, long before it was the current LaVell Edwards Stadium. Dad would spend the whole game cheering loudly for his Cougs while Mom spent the game with binoculars watching the crowd and the cheerleaders.
She was never happier than when she was doing things for others. The Lambda Delt ladies met every January for decades to go on a getaway to someplace warm for a week, and she looked forward to it all year. Mom learned photography on a Canon SLR camera when we were young, and diligently documented our lives growing up. She loved putting out an elaborate Christmas card every year for decades, and her mailing list had over people on it from all parts of her life.
The rise of Facebook was a perfect way for her to stay connected to so many. Mom was a hard worker and had many jobs in her life. She loved to reminisce about the time she was the building receptionist at the huge American Express building when they opened an office in Salt Lake in the s. Being the friendly face to anyone who would come and go at the building was a perfect fit.
