Dolleen Jewett

Dolleen Wakefield Jewett

1922-2017

Dolleen Wakefield Jewett passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 7, 2017 in Bountiful, Utah.

She was born August 5, 1922 in Huntington, Utah, the sixth of nine children of Amos Zelph and Essie Jensen Wakefield, where she spent her childhood and attended her early school years, moving with her family to Salt Lake City when she was 13 years old, and graduating from South High School.

At the start of World War II she entered nurse’s training spending three years at the St. Marks School of Nursing.  After graduating she joined the Army Nurse Corps in 1944.  The European conflict was ending, so she was sent to the Naval Hospital in Oakland, California to care for the many injured sailors and marines coming from the Pacific Theater.  Her nursing career lasted her entire life, retiring in 1987, where she gained a wide variety of experiences, including in Public Health for Salt Lake County. She went back to school earning a four-year degree with a B.S. in Nursing from the University of Utah.  She became the Director of Nursing for the Davis County Health Department in 1965, a position she held for 21 years.  She started the Women Infant Children (WIC) program, supervised school nurses, immunization and well-child clinics and established the first home-care agency in Davis County.

Dolleen married Ernest Duain Jewett and they raised two daughters.  Dolleen was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many positions.  She and her husband loved serving in the Bountiful Temple.  She loved reading and gardening, and always supported Duain as he pursued his many interests.  She is beloved by her family and friends for her kindness, generosity and selfless service.

She is survived by her daughters Sharlene (Don) Greenfield and Marilyn (Edward) Sughrue, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.  Preceded in death by her parents, husband Ernest Duain; infant  daughter Susan Carol; brothers Blair, Douglas, Bruce and Hal Wakefield; sisters Patsy (Dick) Bell and Nina (Darryl) Vaught.

The family would like to thank the staff of Legacy House of Bountiful for their loving and tender care of our mother and to Brighton Hospice for their help and support.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Thursday, October 26, 2017 at the Farmington 13th Ward Chapel, 347 S. 200 W. Farmington, Utah.  Friends may visit family from 6-8pm, Wednesday, Oct. 25th at Lindquist’s Bountiful Mortuary, 727 N. 400 E. and Thurs. from 9:30-10:30 am at the Church prior to services.  Interment Farmington City Cemetery.