Elaine Ellett

South Jordan/Bicknell, Utah – Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Elaine Rose Snyder Ensign Ellett, age 87, passed away March 29, 2020 at her home in South Jordan. She was born December 7, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, a daughter of Ellis Norman and Rosanna Lamb Snyder. She graduated from East Leyden (Franklin Park, Illinois) High School, Class of 1950. She received her Bachelor of Independent Studies from Brigham Young University. Elaine married Richard LeRoy Ensign September 27, 1950 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died November 18, 1996. She married Mont R. Ellett May 13, 2000 in Downers Grove, Illinois. She is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving as MIA President, Cub Scout Leader, Boy Scout Leader, Gospel Doctrine Instructor, Choir Director, Stake Relief Society President, and Temple Ordinance Worker in the Chicago Temple. She was a Girl Scout Leader and earned the Boy Scout Wood Badge. She was a member of the Community Music Club and served as President. She taught piano lessons and violin lessons. Elaine enjoyed Great Lakes sailing, sewing, cross-stitch, reading, gardening, family history, music (piano, violin, and sought-after soprano soloist), camping and wilderness canoeing. She will be greatly missed by those who knew her. Elaine is survived by her husband, Mont Ellett of South Jordan; children: Eileen Ensign of Bellevue, Iowa; Steven and Joselyn Ensign of Dubuque, Iowa; step-children: Paula Still of Scottsdale, Arizona; Nancy Drickey of McMinnville, Oregon and Mark Ellett of Salt Lake City, Utah; 28 grandchildren and 47 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents; her first husband; and a grandson, Scott Tyler Ensign. Burial was in the Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.