Lehi Free Press American Fork b Phyllis Macdonald
Family and friends of Phyllis Pearson Macdonald will be celebrating her 80th birthday on Saturday, January 10, 2009. The birthday open house will be held from 10:00 to 12:00 noon at the Young Women’s room at the Timpanogos 5th Ward Chapel, 60 East 1600 North in Orem. Phyllis was born January 9, 1929 in American Fork to Lena and Ernest Allen Pearson, the only town dentist at the time. Phyllis has 2 brothers, Robert Pearson (Afton) of Highland, Utah and Richard Pearson (Janice) of Chubbuck, Idaho. Her sister Lucille Eastman (Rex) lives in Merced, California.
Phyllis graduated from Orem’s Lincoln High School in 1947. She moved to New York to be a nanny and met her husband Wallace Dale Macdonald at church. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple by Harold B. Lee on August 19, 1948.
“Dale” and Phyllis raised their 9 children in Uniondale, Long Island, New York and Mesa, Arizona: Martha (Guy) Beacom of Wilbraham, Massachusetts; Robert (Paula) Macdonald of Springville, Utah; Catherine Spence of Orem; Dale (Brenda) Macdonald of Mesa, Arizona; Andrew (Marcia) Macdonald of Thatcher, Arizona; Jean (Darwin) Vitters of Orem; Sandra (Brian) Nichols of Provo; Lynn (John) Hoffmann of Orem; and Alexander Joseph (Sherri) Macdonald of Mesa, Arizona. Phyllis has 45 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and 4 on the way.
She has spent her last 65 years doing genealogy work and served a Family History Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995-97. Phyllis is an active member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and is presently serving as captain of the Grandview Camp. In her spare time, she reads, sings, does oil paintings and writes children’s stories.
Come and help us celebrate, no gifts please.