This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tillotson, Brown, Tripp Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/498 Message Board Post: The Herald Journal, 06/16/02 FRANKLIN — Marvin Lorenzo Tillotson, 77, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2002, at his home in Franklin. He was born Feb. 4, 1925, in Virginia, Idaho, the son of John Lorenzo and Rosetta B. Brown Tillotson. He attended schools in Virginia and Downey, Idaho. He served four years in the armed forces during World War II. With the exception of a few months in training, his time was spent in Italy on the Anzio beachhead and in Germany. He worked 40 years on the Union Pacific Railroad as a sectionhand, section foreman, and roadmaster. He married Bessie Tripp on April 1, 1948, in Pocatello. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple. He served as Sunday School superintendent, elder's quorum secretary and as ward clerk at various times in the church. He enjoyed traveling and camping with his family. He loved his children, enjoyed his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren were his angels. He is survived by his wife, Bessie, of Franklin; one son and two daughters, John (Vonda) Tillotson of Trenton, LuDean (Hans) Parkin of Hyde Park, Lesa (Ray) Allison of Ulm, Mont.; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Francis Walters of Pocatello, Lovisa (Roy) Corson of Pocatello, Beatrice (Gene) Day of Downey, Rose (Guy) Perry of Pocatello; and by a sister-in-law, Memory Tillotson of Montpelier, Idaho. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Randy; a great-granddaughter, Tavia; and by two brothers, Roger and James. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at noon in the Franklin Stake Center with Bishop Brenton Atkinson conducting. Friends may call Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Webb Funeral Home, 109 E. Oneida, Preston, and Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the stake center. Interment will be in the Trenton, Utah Cemetery.