Melba Crow Obituary (1932 - 2020) - Pleasant Grove, Utah

WATCH LIVE GRAVESIDE STREAM HERE (1:00 pm) Melba Jean Ratcliff Crow, 88, of Orem, Utah shuffled off this mortal coil October, 2020. She was a resident of the Spring Gardens Assisted Living in Mapleton, Utah at the time of her passing. Melba was the first-born child of Wesley Harold Ratcliff and Corinne Renois Ratcliff of Shreveport, Louisiana. Her birth and toddler years were spent in the rural farming community of Hall Summit, Louisiana before moving to the City of Shreveport, Louisiana where she attended and graduated from Byrd High School. Melba Jean was full of life, had a passion for music and writing and was a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, spending countless hours helping others and serving the Lord. Melba's greatest joy, outside of her family, was volunteering in her church's temples and completing ancestral research. While she joins her parents and daughter Julie Corinne Crow Williams and son Michael Timothy Reeves; she leaves her loving younger brothers, Wesley Don Ratcliff and Freddy Lisso Ratcliff. Also preparing the way for daughters Donna Susan Crow Emerson, Robin Anne Reeves Toland, Son Robert Glen Crow Jr, Fourteen Grandchildren and Twenty-two Great Grandchildren. The family would like to thank the management and staff of Spring Gardens Assisted Living for the excellent care and love given to her. Graveside services will be held Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Masks and social distancing will be observed. Flowers may be sent to Olpin Family Mortuary, 494 South 300 East Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062. The service will be streamed online for those unable to attend. See link above. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.olpinmortuary.com