Marilyn Widdison Worthington
5457 Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA 92115
Spouse: Don
My Life Since High School
1953 - High School Graduation - Off to BYU
1954 - College then marriage (1 September 1954)
1955 - Lived in Texas; birth of daughter Carolyn
1956 - Returned to Payson - husband at BYU
1957 - Putting Don through school
1958 - Husband graduates from BYU. We move to Pleasant Grove
1959 - Getting in debt with medical expenses
1960 - Moving to beautiful San Diego
1961 - Learning to live in the big city
1962 - Serving in the PTA - teaching Primary
1963 - At the beach - doing Tijuana - lots of picnics
1964 - Girl Scout leader - Secretary of MIA (Young Women)
1965 - Adoption of our son Brett
1966 - The challenge of raising two ‘only’ children
1967 - President of the MIA (Young Women)
1968 - I’m too old to be raising a two-year-old
1969 - Spent summers at BYU - husband getting masters
1970 - Family Home Evenings; trials with a 14 year old and a 4 year old! (Ugh)
1971 - Worrying about a daughter graduating from High School at 16
1972 - Reminding the missionaries that they should be out tracting, but not at our home.
1973 - Still taking Brett to the San Diego Zoo every week.
1974 - When Monza Honga, our Indian boy came into our life
1975 - Taking six trips home to Utah this year
1976 - Serving as a counselor in ward Relief Society presidency
1977 - Called to be president of the ward Relief Society
1978 - Beginning the trials of a teen-age boy - Grandma Worthington dies
1979 - Monthly ward dinners to build a new chapel
1980 - Made 600 sweet rolls for a Youth Conference breakfast!
1981 - Called to be secretary of the Stake Relief Society
1982 - Set apart as Education counselor in Stake Relief Society
1983 - Learning to live with diabetes. Ugh!
1984 - Daughter finally decides it would be fun to marry
1985 - Called as Education Counselor in Stake Relief Society again
1986 - Big family reunion in Fallbrook at my brother Gary’s home
1987 - Set apart again to another Stake Relief Society Presidency
1988 - Husband called to be Bishop
1989 - My wonderful father passes away
1990 - Set apart for the fourth time as counselor in the Stake Relief Society
1991 - Called to be the advisor to the Lambda Delta Sigma sorority at San Diego State
1992 - Asked to work in the San Diego Family History Center
1993 - Called to be an Ordinance Worker in the San Diego Temple
1994 - Older brother Gary dies after open heart surgery
1995 - The beginning of caring for an Alzheimer's patient for seven years
1996 - Taking my mom on a two month Church History tour.
1997 - Body starting to slow down, more aches and pains but spirits young
1998 - Brother Bert dies in Idaho - only 56 years old
1999 - Called on a Service Mission at the Family History Center
2000 - Had open heart surgery with aortic valve replacement
2001 - Has a big 90th birthday party for my mom.
2002 - Birth of another grandchild - so fun - should have had them first!
2003 - Called on another Service Mission at the Family History Center
50th High School Reunion - Where has the time gone??