Ellen Lavon Gorrell, 80, died Jan. 20, 2013.

She was born Dec. 14, 1932, in Pingree, Idaho, to Laurence and Edna Hansen. She was raised on a farm in Blackfoot, Idaho, where she worked before and after school in the fields. She played the saxophone and piano and sewed dresses for her sisters. She and Jerry Gorrell were married July 22, 1951, in Nyssa, Ore., and they were sealed in the Idaho Falls temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on July 5, 1963. She retired in 1995 after more than 20 years as a custodian for the LDS church. She loved to quilt, sew, crochet and decorate cakes. She enjoyed going to lunchwith friends but most of all she loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Buckley 1st Ward.

She is survived by sons Jerry Gorrell and wife Denise of Highland, Utah, and Joseph Gorrell and wife Dulce of Sumner; daughters Suzanne LaFleur and husband Robert, Anna Brownell andhusband Lyle and Sara Champ and husband Michael, all of Enumclaw; brother Aaron Hansen and wife Sandy of Moses Lake, Wash.; sisters Marie Hanzel and Joyce Hoffman and husband Steig, all of Burley, Idaho, and Ruth Mayer and husband Stan of Eagle, Idaho; 22 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by husband Jerry Gorrell on Dec. 28, 1990; son Duane Gorrell on Aug. 14, 2001; brother Glenn Hansen; grandson Daniel Gorrell on July 7, 2007; and granddaughter Melissa Gorrell on July 22, 1977.

A funeral service is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Buckley 1st Ward, with burial at Buckley City Cemetery.

Arrangements are by Weeks’ Funeral Home. All may sign the online guest book at www.weeksfuneralhomes.com

Memorials may be made to: A.L.S. Foundation, through the M.S. Foundation or General Mission Fund LDS Church.