Rena Joan Ferguson Legg, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours on September 26, 2021, at her home in South Salt Lake City, where she has resided for the past 62 years. Born on February 14, 1941, in Murray Utah to Alvin “Bud” & Eleanor Ferguson, the 2nd of five children. She attended Granite High School where she met & later married her High School sweetheart Wilford D. Legg, on Valentine’s Day 1959, they shared 38 wonderful years together, prior to his passing in 1997.

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Wilford & Rena leave an amazing legacy of 3 children, 9 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild.

Rena was a devoted wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandma, and friend to many. She will be missed by all. She was a homemaker and had many talents. She made homemade gifts for family and friends. From crocheting to ceramics- there isn’t a person that Rena loved that doesn’t have one of these heartfelt gifts either on a shelf in their homes, in Christmas decorations, or baby blankets w/matching booties, and her amazing ability and talent of upholstering. She was a lady of many talents and shared these with the people she loved. She won Blue Ribbons and 1st place in state for her ceramics in the Duchesne County Fair. She enjoyed gardening and took pride in her beautiful flowers in her yard. She was an avid bowler & still actively on a bowling league. She also enjoyed water aerobics, puzzles, fishing, hunting, canning, boating in her Sea Swirl boat, horseshoes, camping in the High Uintah’s and at her family property in Fruitland, Utah. She was known to get down on the dance floor doing the 2-step with her beloved husband Wilf. They enjoyed country line dancing and taking dance lessons together. They shared a passion for cars and motorcycles and could often be seen cruising around the city on their motorcycle,  67’ Chevelle SS 396, 74’ Monte Carlo- which you couldn’t miss because it was bright yellow, and most recently Rena cruising around in her 2012 Camaro and during the annual family dear hunt each year in the Tabiona Mountains roaming the hills through Hells Canyon, Log Hollow, Burnt Ridge, and Bald Mountain in their 47’ Jeep Willys & 77’ Toyota Landcruiser.

Rena lived life to the fullest and made sure in her glorious 80 trips around the sun that she enjoyed her journey and made lifelong memories with her family. She always managed to find a bright side to the many challenges that came her way, and her glass was always full- one half with funny jokes and the other half a shot of whiskey.

Survived by and loved dearly by her children: Rod (Christy) Legg, Mark Legg, Sandra (Keith) Herbert. Sisters: Lynda Gay Ferguson and Jackie (Frank) Ulibarri. Grandchildren: Ross Legg, Travis Legg, Ashlee Legg, Trevor Legg, Cody Legg, Rodney “Bam” Legg, Tyson Herbert, Tyler Herbert. Great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchild, and a large loving family & friends.

Proceeded in death by her parents, husband Wilford D. Legg, sister Connie Williams, brother Michael Ferguson, grandson Carl Ray Legg.

Our hearts are broken with the loss of our beautiful & amazing matriarch of our Family, but our souls are comforted knowing of the joyous reunion in heaven when she was reunited with her loving husband, our dad, and together again they walked hand in hand to join her parents, siblings, grandson, and others who have passed before her. Rest in paradise- we will miss your beautiful smile and funny jokes. Until we meet again- Keep the campfire burning.

Funeral services will be conducted at Redwood Memorial Cemetery at 6500 S. Redwood Rd, Taylorsville, UT, on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at 10:00 am in the chapel, with a visitation 1 hour prior to service at 9:00 am, with interment to follow at 11:00 am. Family and friends are also invited Monday, October 4, 2021, for a visitation from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm.

For those unable to attend the services, Memorial Mortuaries and Cemeteries are offering a livestreaming of the funeral service on Zoom. Instructions for how to log in during the service are below. 

STREAMING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Joining by computer

a. Go to zoom.us in any internet browser

b. Click “join meeting”

c. Enter the meeting id - 8015661249

d. A box will open saying “https://zoom.us wants to open this application”. Click “open zoom”

e. Click “Join with Computer Audio”

f. Click “Mute” in the bottom left hand corner so that your audio does not interrupt the funeral services

2. Joining by phone or iPad

a. Download the Zoom app

b. Open the app and select “join a meeting”

c. Enter the meeting id - 8015661249

d. Select “join without video”

e. Select “Call using internet audio”

f. Select “mute” in the bottom left hand corner so that your audio does not interrupt the funeral services.