Myrtle Fitzgerald Munk

1929 – 2022

Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Myrtle Fitzgerald Munk, returned home to Heavenly Father on November 17, 2022, in West Haven, Utah. She was 92 years old.

Myrtle was born December 17, 1929, in the hospital at Idaho Falls. She was the youngest of the seven children of Heber Alvah and Myrtle Kirkham Fitzgerald. She graduated from Snow College and from Brigham Young University (BYU). She married Keith Mortensen Munk on May 14, 1954, in the Manti LDS Temple for time and all eternity. Over her lifetime, she lived in Shelley, Idaho, and then in Utah ­ Lehi, Cedar City, Ephraim, Provo, Logan (52 years), Roy, and West Haven.

Myrtle is survived by her four children and their spouses: Ann Munk Benton Rasmussen (Craig Rasmussen), Danette Munk Taggart McGilvray (Jeff McGilvray), George Keith Munk (Heidi Jackman), and Glen Fitzgerald Munk; eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Keith Mortensen Munk, her parents, brother Alvah K. Fitzgerald, and other siblings and their spouses: Don Casot Fitzgerald (Jean), Martha Fitzgerald Taylor, Sherman Kirkham Fitzgerald (Bea), Miriam Fitzgerald Callister (Art), and Ann Fitzgerald Richards Doyle (George). She was also preceded in death by foster son, James Lopez, and two grandchildren, Marie Nicole Benton and Jason Keith Taggart.

Myrtle gave a lifetime of service. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She served 20 years in the Primary and 28 years doing Extraction and Indexing. Myrtle and Keith served a mission to Japan from 1993 to 1995. They also served a part-time service mission to the LDS Church Archives for 2.5 years starting in 2001. For many years she was a cashier each quarter at Utah State University during registration.

Myrtle was a pioneer in the Cochlear Implant field. She is the 8th person in the United States to receive a multichannel cochlear implant.

Services will be held on Monday, November 28, 2022, at 502 East 300 North, Logan, Utah (formerly the 5th/18th ward church house). Visitation will be from 10:00 ­- 11:30 am. The funeral services begin at 12:00 noon. Interment will follow at the Logan City Cemetery at 1000 North 1200 East, Logan, Utah. For a complete obituary and information see https://nelsonfuneralhome.com/

We would like to thank everyone at Lotus Park who took care of Mom over the past six years. We would also like to thank Julie of IHC Hospice for her compassion and guidance over Myrtle’s last week.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Humanitarian Aid Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or the Alvah H. & Myrtle Kirkham Fitzgerald Endowment at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah.