Beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend, Shelley Horman Fuller, passed away March 10, 1996, in Riverton, Utah.
Born January 17, 1963, the daughter of Phares T. and Hermine Briggs Horman, she was a graduate of Skyline High School where she was very active in student government, drama and music. Although her time in mortality was shortened by cancer, Shelley accomplished a crash course in living. Her life was always focused as if she knew she must live life to its fullest.She loved learning and teaching, and took every opportunity to teach afforded her through church as well as formal scholastic settings. Shelley gave long and devoted service as a Relief Society President, in the presidency of the Primary, in the presidency of the Young Womens and as a Primary teacher. Her passion for learning and travel surfaced very early. She was a participant in the Hill Cumorah Pageant, the BYU sponsored Pioneer Trek and studied six months in Israel with BYU Study Abroad. She also traveled extensively in Europe and Egypt.
Called as a Welfare-Proselyting missionary to the Philippines-Cebu mission, Shelley was instrumental in formulating the welfare lessons used throughout the church in Third World countries. Upon returning to her studies at BYU, she taught at the Mission Training Center for four years where she further impacted countless lives.
She received her B.S. degree from Brigham Young University in 1988, majoring in Community Health; her M.S. degree in 1990, majoring in Health Promotion. Shelley was employed with FHP Health Care where she was Director of the Health Education Department for the Utah Region for seven years. Her leadership and literary talent were put to use in writing many booklets, pamphlets and tapes which resulted in rapid growth of the health education department. In 1992 she was awarded the President's Performance Circle award for her outstanding accomplishments at FHP, a signal honor, being chosen from among thousands of employees nationwide. Shelley recently qualified to become a "Certified Health Education Specialist."
Shelley had a love of the outdoors. She enjoyed athletics of all kinds and was an enthusiastic camper, skier, biker and tennis player. While at BYU she received several intramural championship awards in tennis.
She married Vernon N. Fuller, August 24, 1990, in the Salt Lake Temple. They are the parents of two children: Jessica, 3 and Benjamin, 1. Her greatest happiness and satisfaction was derived from the love and closeness felt with her own family and her siblings. Nurturing came naturally to Shelley because of her kind and gentle disposition.
Shelley had a zest for life and enjoyed the association of a host of boy and girl friends. They remember her for her leadership, her spirituality, her ready smile, her sense of humor, her vibrant laugh, her compassion in reaching out to others, and her courage and integrity to initiate a course of action on her own.
A lover of the arts, Shelley was Vice President of the Riverton Arts Council and was a professional board member of the Health Education Association of Utah. She was currently an adjunct professor on the faculty of Brigham Young University, where she taught Women's Health in the Health Science Department.
She is survived by her husband, Vernon Fuller, children, Jessica and Benjamin of Riverton, Utah; parents, Hermine and Phares Horman, Salt Lake City; her twin brother, Phares Briggs (Wendy) Horman, Idaho Falls, Idaho; and sisters: Heather (Ken) Spurlock, Karen (Marty) Phelps, Becky (Kevin) Ririe, April (Sieg) Widmer, all of Salt Lake City; and Susan (Marvin) Ray, Columbus, Montana.
Funeral services will be Thursday, March 14, 1996 at 12 noon at Summerhill Ward, 12120 South 1300 West, Riverton. Friends may call Wednesday, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary, 10600 South 1700 East, Sandy, and at the church one hour prior to the services. Interment: Larkin Sunset Gardens.
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