Carroll Jean Shanklin Favero Obituary (1930 - 2017)

Carroll Jean Shanklin Favero Click here to listen to the funeral recording. Our wonderful and beautiful mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother made a long awaited and uneventful transition on a peaceful Sunday evening in her home, to return again to her Heavenly Father and her loving eternal companion Robert who was patiently waiting for that moment. She suffered from Alzheimer's, though was able to leave here still knowing her children's names and able to express love for them, for which we're very grateful. She made her transition into this world on December 7th, 1930 as the 5th child of Lester and Charlotte Alberta Shanklin in Charleston, West Virginia. She was raised in the East, living several places in Ohio and spending her most crucial formative years in Buffalo, New York, graduating from Pine Hill High School where she was involved in just about everything from cheerleading to multiple sports, and prom queen and such as well. Most important was her moving back to Columbus, Ohio, where she (and we all) had the incredible fortune of her meeting her husband to be, Robert Favero, then serving an LDS Mission there in 1950. Following his mission she came to Utah and by November 3rd, 1950 they were married in the Salt Lake Temple and they settled here in Ogden. Robert's work took them to Brigham City where they spent 15 years raising 3 very fortunate children, Jeff, Dayna, and Nate. The home she created there and the warmest and most loving environment was surely her greatest accomplishment and the beginning of her pride and joy to have such a beautiful family that added 17 grandchildren, and 31 great-grandchildren. Ever the active doer, she labored hard in her home, but also at a number of jobs over the years, the longest of those being to serve as court clerks in both Brigham City and later in Bakersfield, California, where she retired from such a post. Her most joyful labor outside the home was surely her many callings in the LDS church that she most faithfully fulfilled, including Relief Society and Young Women's programs, but probably enjoyed most the opportunity to enrich the lives of the young women that admired her so much and enjoyed the warmth and love she shared with them. Carroll was a very special woman that was loved by all that knew her. She had many friends and always made an effort to stay in touch with those she could. She was a great one to make the trip to visit whoever and whenever she could. She travelled often to be at whatever event or activity that was taking place with her family that she just didn't want to be left out of and be able to honor those she loved by being there. Always a busy woman, Carroll also found time to enjoy many activities and hobbies in her life, displaying her talents in gardening and flower arranging, interior decorating, organizing and selling with her entrepreneurial skills as well. She always kept herself looking her best (not so hard as beautiful as she was) and made everything in her environment reflect her inner beauty as well. She and Robert spent the bulk of their later years in California. First, they moved to Sacramento in 1978 where many of Robert's family resided to take advantage of job opportunities there. After a wonderful time there for 12 years, they moved to Bakersfield to be near their daughter and her many children. There, they and ultimately she were cared for with undying persistence for many years by their loving daughter Dayna and her family, while others made many treks to visit them there over the years. Always able to share her missionary spirit with others, she was so grateful to have the opportunity to return to the mission field with Robert and serve in the Birmingham Alabama Mission from 2000-2001, and be able to bring joy to the lives of many new and active members alike. She had just recently moved back to Ogden, knowing the time for her to be laid to rest by her husband was near. In life they had been married nearly 62 wonderful years. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert, father Lester, mother Charlotte, sister Billie, brothers Brub, Denny, and Chuck. She held the distinction of outliving all of them by age and time. She is survived by her children Jeff (Sheila), Dayna (Steve), and Nate, and all of the 17 grand and 31 great-grandchildren. Her always so special spirit will be missed very much by all who love her so dearly, though how grateful we feel to know how deserving she is to be with her other loved ones now. A viewing will be held February 3rd at Myers Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd, Ogden, Utah, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., and also Saturday February 4th at the Burch Cree, 6th Ward at 37th and Eccles Ave, Ogden, from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., followed by a funeral service at 11:00 a.m. VisitationMyers Mortuary - Ogden 100 Monroe Blvd. Ogden, UT 84404 February 3, 2017 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ServiceBurch Creek 6th Ward Chapel 3680 Eccles Avenue Ogden, UT February 4, 2017 11:00 AM CemeteryOgden City Cemetery 20th and Madison Ogden, UT 84404 February 4, 2017