Marilyn Blackburn Mcquain

LYN McQUAIN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Marilyn “Lyn” Blackburn McQuain, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 7, 2005, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications of surgery. She was born December 7, 1935, in Rigby, Idaho, to Lee Josiah Blackburn and Pauline Wood Blackburn. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls, and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She also attended Idaho State College and the University of Nevada at Reno. She married Gerry McQuain November 26, 1955, in Reno, Nevada. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple August 22, 1964. Following their marriage they lived in Reno for five years, then made their home in Alhambra, California, for 30 years. They then lived in Mesquite, Nevada, for three years before coming to Idaho Falls nine years ago. She was a homemaker and mother and worked in the Claims Department of Southern Pacific Railroad and as a secretary for Nevada Farm Bureau. She also worked briefly as an Executive Secretary at the INL. An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she had served in the Presidencies of the Young Women and Relief Society, as Chairman of the Activities Committee, and was serving as an officiator at the Idaho Falls Temple at the time of her death. Lyn adored her four granddaughters, Nicole, Tiffany, Courtney, and Caitlin. Surviving are: Her Husband: Gerry McQuain of Idaho Falls, ID Son: Michael J. (Betty) McQuain of Idaho Falls, ID Sister: Linda (John) Carlton of Orem, UT 4 Grandchildren and 3 Great Grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 12, 2005, at the Idaho Falls LDS Taylor Mountain Stake Center, 260 Castlerock Lane, with Bishop Richard Dyer of the Thayerwood Ward officiating. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home, 273 North Ridge, and Monday for one hour prior to the services at the church. Burial will be in the Archer-Sutton Cemetery under the direction of Wood Funeral Home. ____________________________________________ Condolences sent: Dean and Judy Mortimer (deanm@ffcidaho.com) Dear Gerry and Family, We were so sorry to hear of your loss. We wish to express our love and appreciate to you and your family during this experience of loss and loving. May you know that you have our faith and prayers to uphold you as you commemorate the life of someone so dear. Lyn will be missed and Gerry we love you. Dean and Judy Gary & Cyndi Wallace (ifeyedoc@yahoo.com) We love your mother very much. We planned parties for the Sunnyside Ward together. She was the "sunny" in Sunnyside. When Cyndi was sick and in need of a kidney transplant, Cyndi was able to share her feelings of having much guilt over her condition and what it was doing to her family. Lyn reassured and helped her see things differently. She was a light and a blessing in our lives and with you, we will miss her greatly.