JoLynne Van Valkenburg Obituary (1947 - 2008)

JoLynne Van Valkenburg, daughter of Mac Elwyn and Evelyn Pate Van Valkenburg died February 2 in Murray, after surgery. Jo was born Feb. 21, 1947, in Salt Lake City. She grew up in Urbana, Illinois and graduated from Utah State University. She worked at the Salt Lake Tribune, taught journalism at BYU, and retired as State Editor and Assistant City Editor at the Deseret News. She loved baking, words, camping, lunch with friends, travel with sisters, cookies with walnuts and the adoration of her dogs, Walter, Patrick and Jeffurry. Jo's survivors include sisters Kaye (Dave Maier), Portland, Ore.; Nancy (Brice Wallace), Roy, Utah; and Susan (Dave Hough), Cambridge, England; two brothers Charles and David (Chin Yao Kuan); 12 nieces and nephews; many beloved friends; and Jeffurry. Her funeral will be 1 p.m Saturday, Feb. 9 at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 S. State Street, where friends may call 6 to 8 the previous night or an hour before the service. Burial will be in Murray City Cemetery. Remembrances to Best Friends Animal Society, 5001 Angel Canyon Rd., Kanab, UT 84741 or https://www.bestfriends.org/donate/