KITCHEN, Mary Ellen (May)

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona ~ 12/04/2012 Mary Ellen “May” Kitchen, 86, died peacefully Dec. 2, 2012, in Hinckley, Utah. She was born Feb. 25, 1926, in Belfast, Northern Ireland to John and Agnes Black, the youngest of five children. She married Walter Kitchen of Newlyn, Cornwall England on Sept. 26, 1946, and they had four children: Eileen (deceased), Walter, Gladys “Glitchen,” and David. In 1963 May and Wally joined the LDS Church in Belfast and were later sealed in the London temple. They settled in Snowflake in 1968, where they endeared themselves to all with their cheery “Hello, love!” Wally passed away in 1981. Their long-awaited reunion will be sweet. May loved working in retail and visiting with everyone in town. She especially loved serving the young women and teaching her “primary boys.” May served as a stake missionary in Belfast, two GSU missions in England and Scotland, wrote to many missionaries and made friends wherever she went. She leaves a legacy of faith and love to her children: Walter and Mary Kitchen (Dundalk, Ireland), Gladys “Glitchen” and Bill Shumway (Hinckley, Utah) and David and Pam Kitchen (Charlotte, NC), 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Services in Snowflake pending Thursday, Dec. 6. Owens Mortuary is handling arrangements. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to the LDS Missionary Fund.