1928
Melba
2008
Melba Gean Hurd Coombs Hawkes
December 27, 1928 — October 23, 2008
Melba Gean Hurd Coombs Hawkes of Fielding died Thursday, October 23, 2008, in the McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah. She was born December 27, 1928, in Snowville, the daughter of Edmund and Maude Hurd. She was a 1946 Bear River High School graduate and was the Box Elder County Rodeo Queen. She graduated from the Holy Cross School of Nursing in 1950, in Salt Lake City.
Melba married Verl Coombs in the Logan Temple in 1950. They spent most of their married life in Fielding and a short time in Prosser, Washington. Verl passed away in 1994. She married Robert Hawkes in Elko, Nevada in 1997.
Melba was the public health nurse for Box Elder County for many years. She was an EMT instructor for Box Elder County and was a surgical nurse in Washington. She loved raising and training quarter horses. She was a member of Reined Cow Horse Association. She enjoyed camping, hunting and having picnics in the mountains or in the desert. Her main passion was for her grandchildren whom she loved dearly. She was a member of the Hampton's Ford Ward.
She is survived by her husband, Bob, her children: Cathey and Bob Peterson of Kirkland, WA, Vickie and Jim Stewart of Seattle, WA and Steve and Connie Coombs of Shelton, WA. Also surviving are her grandchildren: Brandy, Michelle, Carmen, Matt, Shauna, Katie, Lilly and Calvin, her great grandchildren: Madeline, Cailen, Vale and Annie, stepchildren: Brad and Jeanenne Hawkes of Howell, Craig and Linda Hawkes of Howell, Irene Elbert of Logan and Josie Jensen of Garland and their families.
Funeral services will be held Monday, October 27, at 12 Noon in the Fielding Stake Center Hampton Ford Ward, 4375 West 15600 North, Fielding. Family and friends may call Sunday, October 26, from 6 to 8 P.M. at Rogers and Taylor Funeral Home, 111 North 100 East, Tremonton; and Monday from 10:45 to 11:45 A.M. at the church. Interment at Fielding Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the Curlew Ambulance, P.O. Box 734, Snowville, UT 84336 or to the Fielding First Responders, P.O. Box 147, Fielding, UT 84311
Melba married Verl Coombs in the Logan Temple in 1950. They spent most of their married life in Fielding and a short time in Prosser, Washington. Verl passed away in 1994. She married Robert Hawkes in Elko, Nevada in 1997.
Melba was the public health nurse for Box Elder County for many years. She was an EMT instructor for Box Elder County and was a surgical nurse in Washington. She loved raising and training quarter horses. She was a member of Reined Cow Horse Association. She enjoyed camping, hunting and having picnics in the mountains or in the desert. Her main passion was for her grandchildren whom she loved dearly. She was a member of the Hampton's Ford Ward.
She is survived by her husband, Bob, her children: Cathey and Bob Peterson of Kirkland, WA, Vickie and Jim Stewart of Seattle, WA and Steve and Connie Coombs of Shelton, WA. Also surviving are her grandchildren: Brandy, Michelle, Carmen, Matt, Shauna, Katie, Lilly and Calvin, her great grandchildren: Madeline, Cailen, Vale and Annie, stepchildren: Brad and Jeanenne Hawkes of Howell, Craig and Linda Hawkes of Howell, Irene Elbert of Logan and Josie Jensen of Garland and their families.
Funeral services will be held Monday, October 27, at 12 Noon in the Fielding Stake Center Hampton Ford Ward, 4375 West 15600 North, Fielding. Family and friends may call Sunday, October 26, from 6 to 8 P.M. at Rogers and Taylor Funeral Home, 111 North 100 East, Tremonton; and Monday from 10:45 to 11:45 A.M. at the church. Interment at Fielding Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the Curlew Ambulance, P.O. Box 734, Snowville, UT 84336 or to the Fielding First Responders, P.O. Box 147, Fielding, UT 84311
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