Josephine "Joy" Bybee Rollins Hurst, 94, born December 6, 1921, in Mountain Green, Utah, to Oscar Whitaker and Zina Pearl Bybee Rollins, passed away December 11, 2015 at her home in Salt Lake.
Raised on the family farm in Mountain Green, Joy attended Utah State Agricultural College on a music scholarship, playing bass clarinet and saxophone. While there she met Elden Grant Hurst. When their courtship was interrupted by WWII she was employed at the Ogden Arsenal. She married her sailor on June 23, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan; later sealed in the Logan Temple. A matriarch of 10 children, 35 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild, Joy loved her family. She provided them nutritious meals, including beautiful Sunday dinners with her famous rolls. An excellent seamstress, she handstitched quilts and sewed much of the family's clothing. She passed those homemaking and music skills to her posterity. A faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joy served in numerous callings including President of Relief Society, YWMIA, and Primary as well as genealogical researcher and name extractor. She also served a mission to Coventry, England with Elden. Many hours were spent volunteering with 4-H Club and Boy Scouts. She enjoyed her association with the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, serving in many leadership positions; all her ancestral lines come through Utah pioneers.
Survived by children Jeanette (Ron) Drake, Lucile "Lisa" (Grant) Anderson, Wendell (Jo Ann) Hurst, Laura (Art) May, Lowell (Lucy) Hurst, Evan (Grethe) Hurst, Elizabeth (Van) Lund, Paul (RosaMaria) Hurst, Susan (Kindree) Hurst; siblings Afton (Edward) Jacobson, Norma (Clyde) Maughan, Myron (Erma) Rollins. Preceded in death by her husband; eight siblings Viola, Lee, Theron, Harold, Alice Sorensen, Marjorie Rose, Gilbert and Delbert; son Farrell Hurst, grandson Thomas Hurst, great grandson Jackson Hurst.
Services Mon, Dec 21, 11 am, Yale Ward, 1431 Gilmer Dr, Salt Lake City. Viewing Sun, Dec 20, 6-8 pm, Larkin Mortuary, 260 E South Temple, and Mon, 9:30-10:30 am, Yale Ward. Interment, Mountain Green Cemetery.
