Meet MayLynn Degn

Teri Says: "I had the pleasure of traveling with MayLynn on a business trip with our husbands.  She is one of the few people I know who can spend as much time as I do 'getting lost' in a museum!  She is a woman of many talents and interests!"

MayLynn Degn

I love to sing.  As a child I sang all the time.  I even sang in school until another first grader told me to be quiet so he could concentrate.  As a youth I sang with a few choirs, but I had limited opportunities in the small farming town where I grew up (Mud Lake, Idaho).

I started taking piano lessons as a second grader.  I loved playing the piano and wanted to play the Chopin and Rachmaninoff I heard my Dad play occasionally.  Nowadays I play some, but my physical ability is limited with fibromyalgia.  I have taught piano lessons off and on through the years.  I do enjoy that.  I also enjoy playing the organ.

I graduated from BYU with a degree in English and fine art education.  I taught one year at Challenger School, but my favorite jobs have been working at libraries.  I have worked at Provo Library and Riverton Library.

My main “career” has been wife, mother, and homemaker.  I met Christian Degn (pronounced Dane) at BYU.  We married in 1984.  We have three children:  Catherine, Alison, and Jonathon.  They are all married now.  Alison has a baby girl, so I am a grandma.

Presently, Christian and I are in transition.  We have rented out our Lehi house, and we are building a new house in Mapleton.  We are temporarily living in our daughter’s basement apartment in Eagle Mountain.  I intend to continue singing with the choir despite the commute.