Sister Spotlights: Lurbyn Arely Ramirez

Sister Lurbyn Arely Ramirez has been in the Ward for 8 months, her calling is a Visiting Teaching Supervisor.

Lurbyn was born in Honduras, Central America. As a child Lurbyn’s family moved to New York State and soon after that Lurbyn, her mother and sister joined the Church, that was 48 years ago and then they moved to Utah. Lurbyn grew up in Provo, Utah.  Went to BYU and for four years was in the BYU Latin American Folk Dancers Group and has a minor in dancing. She also was a teacher’s assistant in some dance classes at BYU as a student.  Can you tell she loves dancing?

She is the younger of two children. At present her sister is serving a mission with her husband at the MTC in Mexico City as the Mental Health advisor. She worked 32 years for the LDS Family Services and recently took an early retirement. 

Lurbyn lived in San Diego, California, and as a single parent she finished raising her three children: her oldest son who served a mission in McAllen, Texas and after his mission met a girl from St. George, Utah and they were sealed in the San Diego Temple.  Her second oldest daughter met a returned missionary who served his mission in Bolivia, he is from San Diego and they were also sealed in the San Diego Temple and her youngest daughter is still single. So far she has 4 grand-children.  Lurbyn really enjoy her children and grand-children and spends as much time as she can with them.

Lurbyn has served many callings in the church: She has been President, counselor and teacher of Relief Society, Primary and Young Women. She has worked for the Church 17 years and enjoys it very much. She also loves dancing, reading church and health books.  She loves and enjoys life, and she is so grateful to Heavenly Father for she has been so blessed throughout her life and by her family joining the church, she was able to grow up with the gospel in her life.

We are so happy to have Lurbyn in our River Rose Ward.