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Show Myrtle E. Higgs WEST BOUNTIFUL Myrtle Emma Perkins Higgs, 99, died Dec. 17, 1988 in Bountiful. Born Sept. 22, 1889 in Bountiful, to Willis Wil-lis and Sarah Jane Anderton Per- kins. Married Horace Hillam Higgs June 3, 1917. He died February, 1974.. She graduated from the University Univer-sity of Utah in 1912, and taught English and German at Moroni and Brigham City High Schools before her marriage. She worked for 17 years at Hill Field as a stock record clerk. Gardening was her favorite hobby throughout her life. She was Mother of the Year in 1953, and was awarded the Merit of Honor award by the University Emeritus Club in 1983. She was a charter member of the Fine Arts Guild. Survivors include a son, Horace Willis Higgs, Auburn, Calif.; two daughters, Janet Thompson, Centerville Cen-terville and Monza Stevens, Pasadena, Calif. ; seven grandchildren, grandchil-dren, six great-grandchildren. Services will be held Wednesday, Wednes-day, Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 N. Main where friends may call Wednesday one hour prior to services. ser-vices. Interment in the Bountiful City Cemetery. ; MYRTLE EMMA PERKINS HIGGS |