Ila Mae Maughan

1923 - 2008

Ila Mae Larsen Maughan, 85, died Sunday of natural causes.
Ila was born May 16, 1923, in Hyrum, Utah, the last of 10 children of Ernest Andrew Larsen and Anna Hansina Petra Albretson Larsen. Ila married Grant Leishman Maughan on Oct. 30, 1942, in the Logan LDS Temple. The first years of their marriage were spent in several locations, together and separate, while Grant served in the U.S. Army. Her first son, Mitchell, was born in 1945, three months after Grant had been sent to New Guinea. At the conclusion of WWII, Ila and Grant moved to Buhl, Idaho, where Grant taught and coached at the high school. Four more children were born over the next 10 years. In 1960, Ila started working as a secretary for an insurance company. When the insurance company closed, Ila worked the remainder of her years in Buhl as a secretary for a law firm. In 1966, Ila and Grant and their family moved to Boise, Idaho, where Ila worked as a secretary for the state department of education and Grant worked as a counselor for vocational education. In 1985 Grant died. Ila continued working for the state department of education and retired in May of 1988 after 22 years with the department. She lived in the family home at 9450 Lyle Street until 2001, when a deterioration in her health necessitated a change. She lived with her son, Kim, until Kim's death in 2005. Subsequent deterioration in health necessitated nursing home care and eventually full-time private caregivers.
Ila is the last of the Larsen siblings to pass away. She is survived by four children, Mitchell (Ann) Maughan, DelRay (Marsha) Maughan, Brian Maughan and Bonnie (Randy) Grove; 13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
A viewing will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 31, 2008, at Relyea Funeral Chapel, 318 N. Latah, Boise, Idaho. There will also be a viewing from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, at the Hyrum 2nd Ward LDS chapel, 450 E. 100 South, Hyrum, Utah, which will be followed by a brief service. Graveside services will be at the Hyrum City Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are by Relyea Funeral Chapel, www.relyeafuneralchapel.com.