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David Timbrel Worlton

2 Feb 1941 – 8 Apr 2022

Birth2 Feb 1941
Death8 Apr 2022
CemeteryLehi City Cemetery
Lehi , Utah County , Utah , USA
Added byAnnie Duckett Hundley on 12 Apr 2022
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238721235

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David Timbrel Worlton 1941 - 2022 VETERAN ❦ Early Life: David was born February 2, 1941, in Lehi, Utah, to Dean Timbrel Worlton and Ivy Jeanette Russon Worlton, the oldest of their four children. He was raised on a family farm in the Saratoga area and graduated from Lehi High School in 1959. ❦ Life's Work | Service | Interests: David served nine years in the Utah National Guard, including six months active duty. He also served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ireland and Scotland from 1960 to 1962. ❦ Upon returning home, he began studies at the University of Utah. He graduated in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and an MBA degree in business administration. The next 44 years of his career were spent as the electrical engineer, senior power systems engineer, and an engineering consultant for Kennecott Copper. ❦ David married Lorene Kay Hakes in the Salt Lake Temple on June 12, 1970. The two of them built a home in the Lehi-Highland area and welcomed five children to their family. He loved his childhood on the farm and wanted the same thing for his children. He taught all five of them to work, weed, drive, plant, and harvest on their 10 acres. ❦ At an early age, David began taking piano lessons, which he excelled at for about ten years. He became the designated pianist everywhere he went, and even played with Bud Hutchings in his dance band for three years. While serving his mission in Ireland and Scotland, he took an interest in the large organs in iconic European cathedrals. He had found his true musical outlet. After only a few lessons from Roy Darley, the Tabernacle organist, David became the designated organist at nearly every church meeting from that moment on. In 2004, David passed the extensive performance examination and was accepted into the American Guild of Organists. ❦ David served in many callings in the Church including, bishop of the Lehi 17 Ward, branch president at the MTC, BYU First stake high council, and a mission with his wife, Lorene, in the Natural Resources Department in the Church Office Building. David Timbrel Worlton passed away peacefully on Friday, April 8, 2022, at Abbington Memory Care in Lehi, Utah, of Parkinson's-related illness. He was 81. ❦ Family Message: "The family would like to thank the wonderful staff at Abbington Memory Care and iCare Hospice Services for their devoted care of our beloved husband, father, and grandfather in his final days." ❦ Survived By: His wife, Lorene; his five children: James (Heidi) Worlton, Marianne (Kirk) Leininger, J.Paul (Wendy) Worlton, Michelle (Newell) Andrus, and Michael (Ariane) Worlton; his 18 grandchildren; his sister, Janette Allen; brother, Doug Worlton; and sister-in-law, Evelyn Worlton. ❦ Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ❦ Location: East Bench Ward Chapel | Lehi, Utah ❦ Obituary: © 2022 | Wing Mortuary ❦ Interment: Lehi City Cemetery Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley

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