Suzanne Wade Jensen

Suzanne Wade Jensen, 79, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 26, 2026 of causes incident to age. Sue was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, daughter, aunt, and friend, an example of selfless love in action.

Born May 6, 1947, in Ogden, Utah to Jesse Dean Wade and Helen Turner, second of three children, her older sister Diane and younger brother Fred. She was raised by a loving and large extended family that spread from Salt Lake City to Morgan and Ogden. She spent weekends and holidays with her extended family and friends. She spoke often of her grandmother, cousins, aunts, and uncles. In her young years at Emerson School, she met Craig as a new kid in the neighborhood. They became sweethearts in those young years and eventually, she married and was sealed to Craig L. Jensen in the Salt Lake Temple. Throughout their lives together, Sue and Craig worked to build their family of six wonderful children and a smattering of dogs, cats, and other animals. Their early years focused on University schooling with Sue providing the motherly drive and foundation for the family. They raised their family in college, living in basement apartments, Stadium Village at the U, and two different housing units in University Village. Later, Sue and Craig bought and moved into a house in the neighborhood where their kids attended school on the east bench, all of which culminated in 20 years in SLC. Sue found a real estate opportunity to build a new home and they moved with four of their children to Jeremy Ranch, Park City, in the mid-1990s. They returned to Holladay in 2006, where they now reside.

Sue was cherished as a beloved companion and wife. She was full of fun and energy and lived a long and full life, making everyone’s life with whom she came in contact more fun and full of energy too. She added this love while the kids were young and continued having great fun in their grown years with grandchildren and great-grandchildren. As needed she was resourceful, working in stores of several varieties, managing paper routes with the kids and the dog in their early years, and a rural Postal carrier in Park City. Sue and Craig were always doing family activities and trips making the most of family times together. She loved to cook for, play with, and be with the kids, even to exhaustion. Christmas and most other holidays like St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween, and Thanksgiving were special and lovingly decorated to make traditions for the kids with a special spirit of the season. For years, she was known as “Martha” by those who loved to tease her for her fun decorating and cooking. She was a wonderful and creative cook. She was also a gifted teacher of children, hers and others she worked with teaching in preschools. She served her community and Church in many roles like room mother, PTA advisor, and sponsor for school programs. She chauffeured kids to activities, schools, parties, and ball games, providing treats, snacks, and loving notes. Her Church involvement spanned wards and stakes from Cub Scouts to Girl Scouts, president, counselor, and teacher of Primary and Young Women organizations. She made a lifelong contribution to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having started teaching there at the age of twelve. More could be written, but if you didn’t know her, you might not believe it, and if you did know her, you already understand. Her life and love were simply beautiful and were an inspiration always and forever to her family.

Sue is survived by her loving husband, Craig; children: Robyn (Rob) Larkin; M. Tyler; Douglas (Courtnie Richards); (Allison Palmer); and Allyson Davis; 22 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister Diane Dangerfield. Preceded in death by sons, Scot and Ryan; father, step-fathers, mother, brother Fred Wade, and great-granddaughter, Hope Larkin.

The family thanks the doctors and nurses at St. Mark’s Hospital, Highland Care Center, and Intermountain Medical Center for their tender care… and the Larkin Mortuary management and staff for their caring services.

Family and friends are invited to a Social Gathering on Friday, July 31, 2026 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm at the Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary, 1950 East Dimple Dell Road, Sandy, Utah. Directly following the gathering a Celebration of Life will be held in Sue’s honor at the mortuary. Entombment will follow in the Larkin Sunset Gardens Mausoleum of The Last Supper.

For those who wish to attend the Celebration of Life virtually you may do so by clicking the “Watch Services” option at the top of Sue’s obituary.

In lieu of flowers the family invites you to make a donation to the Humane Society of Utah in Sue’s name.