Mandy Hardman

Mandy Lee Hague Hardman was born on December 12, 1977, to Alan and Peggy Hague. She passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2026, surrounded by her loved ones, after a courageous, decades-long battle with chronic illness. Though her body endured more than most people ever knew, Mandy's illness was only one part of her story. Her life was defined far more by the people she loved, the relationships she nurtured, and the countless ways she made others feel seen, remembered, and important.

Mandy graduated from Skyline High School in 1996 and attended Utah State University in 1996 and 1997. On December 29, 1998, she married the love of her life, Brant Hardman, in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they built a life centered on family, faith, devotion, and love.

Mandy's greatest joy was being a mother to her two sons, Jaxon and Boston. Both boys entered the world prematurely, and from their earliest days, Mandy fought fiercely for them. She loved being their mom and was endlessly proud of the men they became. She also loved welcoming Jaxon's wife, Alyssa, into the family.

Throughout the many difficult years of Mandy's illness, Brant cared for her with extraordinary patience, tenderness, loyalty, and devotion. Much of what he carried happened quietly and behind the scenes as he cared for her, advocated for her, and stood faithfully by her side. No matter how difficult the road became, Mandy never had to walk it alone. Mandy's family will forever be grateful to Brant for his unwavering commitment and, most of all, for the extraordinary way he loved and cared for our Mandy.

Mandy had a remarkable gift for making people feel important. She wasn't interested in surface-level relationships. When Mandy asked how you were doing, she genuinely wanted to know. She listened. She remembered the details. She followed up. She remembered birthdays, appointments, struggles, celebrations, children's names, and the things that mattered to the people she loved.

Creating was one of Mandy's love languages. She made journals, wedding books, travel journals, custom shirts, birthday cups, cakes, crafts, and countless handmade gifts. She loved creating and had an incredible ability to turn ordinary things into something personal and special. But what mattered most was never simply what Mandy made - it was who she made it for.

She made and shared hundreds of little "pocket hugs," giving them to family, friends, nurses, medical staff, and even strangers who might need one. She hid little ducks for people to discover, mailed stickers and packages to children, and found endless small ways to brighten someone's day.

Mandy especially loved children. Nieces, nephews, the children of friends, and many others were loved as if they were her own. To many of them, she became another mother figure - someone who remembered them, celebrated them, encouraged them, and made sure they knew they mattered.

Mandy spent 17 years working at Wasatch Pediatrics as a medical assistant (MA). She was hardworking, knowledgeable, organized, and dependable. She trained and supported others and became someone her coworkers and clinicians could always count on.

Her ability to connect with people extended far beyond those she saw every day. Mandy built an online community of pen pals and friends around the world. What may have begun as messages, letters, or shared interests often grew into genuine friendships because Mandy had a way of making distance disappear.

Mandy was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her faith remained an important part of her life throughout years of uncertainty, pain, and illness.

Chronic illness changed much of Mandy's life, but it never changed her capacity to love. Even when her world became smaller physically, she continued finding ways to reach outward - to send the message, mail the package, make the gift, remember the birthday, ask the question, or simply let another person know they had not been forgotten.

Mandy taught us that loving people well does not always require grand gestures. Sometimes love looks like remembering a detail. Sometimes it is checking in days later because you remembered what someone told you. Sometimes it is a handmade gift, a pocket hug, a package in the mail, or simply taking the time to truly listen.

Mandy loved deliberately, personally, and generously.

Her family will miss her generous heart, her thoughtfulness, her humor, her creativity, her determination, and above all, the way she made everyone around her feel deeply loved and important. These were the wonderfully unique things that made Mandy unmistakably Mandy.

Mandy is survived by her loving husband, Brant; her sons, Jaxon (Alyssa) and Boston; her parents, Alan and Peggy Hague; her siblings, Brad (Sheryl) Hague, Emilee (Danny) Porter, Mike Hague, and Todd (Mindy) Hague; and her 26 beloved nieces and nephews.

Mandy was preceded in death by her brother, Cameron; her beloved grandmother, Helen Hoyt; her grandparents, Don and Lorna Hague; her uncle, John Jones; and her cousin, Ashley Post.

On the morning Mandy left this life, her family finds comfort in knowing that she was welcomed home by her Father in Heaven and by the many loved ones and angels who had gone before her - free from the body that had caused her so much pain.

The best way we can honor Mandy now is to carry forward what she showed us throughout her life:

Remember people. Notice them. Show up. Make them feel important. And above all, Love Like Mandy.

Funeral Services

Funeral services will be held at Noon on Monday, October 5, 2026 at 11173 Copper Point Way, South Jordan, Utah 84095.

Friends and family are invited to a viewing on Sunday, October 4, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the same location. A viewing will also be held prior to the funeral on Monday, October 5, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Interment will follow at Larkin Sunset Gardens in Sandy, Utah.

Funeral services will be streamed and recorded via Zoom. For those wishing to watch the services, please click the "Watch Services" link above.