They moved from Provo to Salt Lake City to Lompoc, California. In Lompoc, they took their four children to the Los Angeles Temple, to be sealed as a family. Larry’s career then took them to Idaho Falls, Idaho and then back to Utah where they settled in Orem for the next 50 years. Larry taught at BYU while Mimi stayed home and focused on raising their ten children. They built their own home in the middle of an apple orchard and as they could afford to, they paid for construction materials to avoid taking out a mortgage.

During those years while completing a master’s degree in psychology, Mimi worked endlessly with her husband and children on the house, in their half-acre vegetable gardens, and in the apple orchard that surrounded them. She bottled hundreds of quarts per year of fruits and vegetables to feed her family while “dad and the boys” did most of the outside work with the milk cows, chickens, etc. on their mini farm. Favorite family activities included playing in the flood irrigation water and making apple juice every fall as a family. These traditions continued through the decades becoming favorite activities for their many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Mimi was an avid learner and spent much of her time reading and teaching in her church, community, and family, but her most-effective lessons were the ones she taught by the way she lived. When Larry retired in 1998, they joined the BYU China Teachers Program and went to Jinan, China for a year to teach English at Shandong University. While there they taught Eagle and Linda Hou who became dear, dear friends. In 2006 she was selected to receive the Emeriti Alumni Award by BYU.

All who knew her remember her as cheerful (like her name would indicate), supportive, and non-judgmental. Her children and grandchildren felt like they were the only person in the world when she was with them and made them feel absolutely adored. She was always the first person to offer to help and the last person to leave, making sure everything was cleaned up. She deeply loved America and served for many years as a voting poll worker and as a precinct chair.

She was a devoted disciple of Jesus Christ and a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She worked in every auxiliary as a teacher and as president in the Primary, Young Women and Relief Society organizations. But her favorite callings, which she held for many years in the church, were stake young women camp director and ward chorister.

In the summer of 1988, their son Karl, age 20, drowned in Grandaddy Lake in the high Uinta Mountains of Utah, close to the same area of the Uintas where she and her siblings as kids had spent many fun summers with Grandma and Grandpa Allen at the Moon Lake Power Plant. The tragedy and shock of it was nearly unbearable for the whole family, but especially for her. She carried the sorrow with her, even to her last days, where even the mention of his name would bring her to tears. But she held her temple covenants dear, and she knew that she would be with him again in the next life, her hope never wavering at the precious reunions she would have when she finished her life.

In recent years, Mimi and Larry moved in with their oldest daughter, Kari in Ephraim, Utah. Their health continued to decline there under the watchful and caring eyes of their family. Mimi and Larry loved the community and the beautiful views of the Sanpete Valley and were so grateful for the wonderful place they could rest and enjoy the family they had built together.

She was preceded in death by her husband Larry, sister Cheryl, son Karl, and great grandson John Michael Brenchley. She is survived by one brother, John Mohlman (Jeanette); and nine children: Kari, Eric (Juli), twins Marc (Sandy) and Allen (Wendy), Stefan (Shannon), Kirsten (Chris), Tana (Pietro), Gretchen (Codey), and John (Sarah); 52 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. A viewing will be held Saturday, March 4th from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the LDS chapel located at 765 S. 100 E. in Ephraim. Another viewing will be held Monday, March 6th from 9-10:30 a.m. at the Orchard Stake Center, 600 N. 800 E. in Orem with the funeral at 11:00. She will be buried between her husband and son in the Orem City Cemetery. To watch the funeral online, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_m6NMqW-vk