Elva Jacklin Hamblin Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Elva Jacklin Hamblin passed away peacefully in her sleep on the night of February 2, 2015 at her residence in Sandy, Utah. Elva was born February 10, 1932 in Heber, Utah to the parents of Earl and Inez Jacklin. She graduated from Wasatch High School and Attended Brigham Young University where she met her husband to be, Robert (Bob) Hamblin. The two of them were later married in the Salt Lake Temple. Elva and Bob had three children together; Mary Jane, Robert Lee, and Russell Dee Hamblin. She and Bob raised their family in Visalia, California. Elva was a homemaker and also worked for several years for J.C. Penney in advertising and the Tulare County Public Works Department as a clerk. Elva was a very active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where served in various callings in the Primary, Young Women’s, and Relief Society organizations. In the 1990s, she and Bob served a Temple Mission in Los Angeles and a proselytizing mission to Arkansas. Elva’s greatest joy was her family including her three children, fourteen grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Elva was preceded in death by her husband, mother and father, brother John Jacklin, and sisters Monta Durrant and Wilma Reynolds. Elva is survived by her three children, Mary Jane Estes, Robert Lee Hamblin, and Russell Dee Hamblin; her sisters Mary Lue MacKay and Evelyn Muir, and her brother Earnest Jacklin. A viewing will be held Friday February 6, 2015 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am MST at the LDS Willow Canyon First Ward Building located at 9636 South 1700 East in Sandy, Utah. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 pm at the same location. Interment will be performed at the Pleasant Grove, Utah City Cemetery.

Elva Jacklin Hamblin

February 10, 1932 - February 2, 2015