Mary Lou Bird Pack1939 ~ 2011Mary Lou Bird Pack, 71, passed away Sept. 2, 2011 of complications following surgery. She was born Dec. 31, 1939 in Tooele, Utah to Rexford Harry Bird and Mary Ellen Bryan. She married Wallace Dean Pack on Aug. 17, 1961 in the Salt Lake Temple.She was a loving and dedicated wife and mother, who thoroughly enjoyed her many grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She is loved very much and will be missed greatly. She is survived by her husband, Wallace; six children, Lilia (Robert) Buchmuller, Penny (Jeff) Taylor, Collette (Barrett) Hicken, Gerald (Chelise) Pack, Benjamin Pack, and Kimberlee (Corey) Cracroft; 23 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Donna Hanke and Joan Merrill; five brothers, Ronald (Lamona), Bob (Dawn), Dale, Bill (Penny), and Dan (Patty) Bird.Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 12 Noon at the Valley View 12th Ward, 2125 Evergreen Ave., Salt Lake City; there friends and family may visit Tuesday, Sept. 6, from 7-8:30 p.m., and Wednesday, from 10:30-11:30.
You can never really prepare yourself for that day that you lose your mother. I did not see this day coming for a long time. She was preparing to leave the hospital and within hours she was gone. I find myself waking up in the middle of the night just feeling her absence. It hurts... I have good days and I have bad days.... I feel her presence near helping me stay strong... sorry for the jumbled thoughts... I just really miss her.
