Marilyn Cannon Beecroft, 87, passed away in her home in Linden on May 17, 2018. She was born to Edward Otho Cannon and Lura Gladys Stephens on Sept. 5, 1930, in Tucson in the “Stork’s Nest,” a maternity hospital in Tucson at the time. She was always proud to tell people she was born in the “Stork’s Nest.” When Marilyn was 15, her mother married Samuel L. Boudreaux, whom she was later sealed to. A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 25, at Owens-Livingston Mortuary, located at 320 N. 9th St., in Show Low. There will be a viewing from 9 to 9:45 a.m. followed by a funeral at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 26, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at at 971 Timberland Road in Linden. Interment will follow at the Show Low Cemetery. Marilyn fell in love with a young red-headed man named Jack Turley Beecroft and they married on Feb. 5, 1954, in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They had five children that they raised in El Paso, Texas. They lived there for about 39 years. Marilyn was an elementary school teacher by profession. She was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often serving in leadership positions. She and Jack would serve four missions in Mexico. They loved the Mexican people. They also served nine years in the Snowflake temple. They moved to Show Low in 1989 to be closer to Jack’s brothers and sisters. They quickly made many new friends and settled in. Marilyn loved to sew, cook, read, garden, journal, dance with Jack, and sing. She loved serving the Lord and touched the lives of many in a positive way. She is survived by her five children, Randy Jay (Renee) Beecroft of Show Low, Becky (Steven) Harrington of Show Low, Tina (Preston) Root of Show Low, Troy Cannon (Patricia) Beecroft of Tucson and Lurline Ober of Heber. She has 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren that she loved very much. Marilyn is preceded in death by her husband, Jack T. Beecroft; parents, Samuel L Boudreaux and Lura Gladys Stephens; brothers, Eddie O Cannon and Boyd Edison Cannon, and a half-sister, Theda Trusty. Owens Livingston Mortuary of Show Low handled the arrangements.
