Mary Ann Whetten Lyman March 10, 1937 ~ December 15, 2023

Mary Ann Whetten Lyman passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at the age of 86.
She was born in Chicago, IL on March 10, 1937, to Lester B. Whetten and Kate Allred.
She married Richard Gee Lyman on August 29, 1956, in the Salt Lake City Temple. Together they had four children: Lynda (Craig) Bassett, Lisa (Doug) Curley, Leslie (Steven) Nelson, and Kendall (Donna) Lyman.
She was both a homemaker and a music teacher impacting hundreds of students whom she taught how to play the piano and violin.
Mary Ann and Richard raised their family in Blanding and Draper, UT. They retired to Blanding.
She was a great seamstress, loved needlepoint and other crafts, and played in The Messiah for many years. She also played the organ and loved to accompany the music in church.
Mary Ann had a deep and abiding faith in her Savior Jesus Christ and loved the temple.
Mary Ann loved to travel, and organized time for her family to live in London England and travel through Europe and Mexico.
Richard and Mary Ann loved San Juan County and were often found riding motorcycles, ATVs, hiking, and camping in the surrounding areas.
Mary Ann loved spending time with her three brothers (Larry, John, David) and her four children, 14 grandchildren, and 35 great-grandchildren.
She spent the last few years of her life being loved and supported by family and many caregivers to whom she always shared her testimony and her love.
Funeral services were Friday, December 22 at the Suncrest Stake Center in Orem, UT.
Graveside services at the Blanding City Cemetery.