Elaine was born on August 6, 1943, to Orson Delbert Mohlman and Jeanette Maxwell in Logan, Utah where her father was attending Utah State Agricultural College.

Elaine had an older brother, Rex (Tamara and Susan) and younger brother, Hal (Patricia). After their dad graduated, the family lived in Salt Lake City, Utah; Salem, Oregon; and eventually Spanish Fork, Utah; where she met the love of her life, Joseph Allen Francis.

Joe and Elaine were married on July 10, 1964, in the Salt Lake Temple. They have four children: Joseph Allen, Jr. (Linda Jeffs), Thomas Orson (Debra Luby), Amy Jeanette (Brandon) Peterson, and Mark Richard (Nettie Hunsaker), who blessed them with 21 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Elaine graduated from the Spanish Fork High School Class of 1961 and attended Brigham Young University where she graduated in 1965 with a BS degree in Elementary Education and sang with the BYU Acapella Choir. She taught at Rees Elementary School in Spanish Fork for two years before starting her family.

Elaine had a great love for genealogy and worked for decades with name extraction and as an arbitrator for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Seagull Camp. Elaine spent many years as a volunteer with Family Counseling Service. She loved music, art, handiwork, reading and teaching, and passed these talents on to her posterity.

She had a strong testimony of and love for her Savior Jesus Christ and considered the faithful lives of her children one of her greatest treasures.

Joe and Elaine raised their family in Orem, Bountiful, North Ogden, Providence, Roy, Syracuse, and Kaysville, Utah. Despite moving many times, they lived their family motto, “Bloom Where You are Planted.”

Elaine was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Joe; her parents; and her two brothers. We love you, Grammy! You are “Rich for Eternity.”

The family would like to thank the residents and staff at The Abbington in Layton, Utah for all the love and care shown to Elaine. The family would also like to thank the compassionate care team from Bristol Hospice.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 18, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the Flint Meadows Ward, 615 North Flint Street, Kaysville, Utah. Friends may visit family on Tuesday, November 17, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church. Interment, Kaysville City Cemetery.

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