Joan Cottle Hill Price

1933 ~ 2018

Joan Hill Price was born on August 26, 1933 to Nona Toomer Cottle and Robert Leslie Cottle. Her sparkling eyes and dark hair have been her trademark from the beginning. She graduated from West High School in 1951 and married her high school sweetheart, Donald Henry Hill on April 27, 1951, later deceased. She then married Robert N. Price in 1976, they later divorced. Jo was a great mother to us two girls, Leslie Hill-Sokol and Dawn Ann (Hill) Page. She was playful, loving and so supportive of us. Jo was very creative, sewing the most amazing dance costumes and clothing, a great chef, making one of the "meanest" pot roasts on Earth, and was a grandmother and great-grandmother extraordinaire. Jo was the queen of shopping and could never pass up a "good deal." She water skied, snow skied, and Lake Powell was one of her favorite places. Jo was the original "renaissance woman" for her generation. Her work ethic was amazing and she dared to take on being an independent factory sales representative where she traveled through the western U.S. selling her lines. She drove her big motor home through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and of course all over Utah.

She made sure both of her daughters completed college and had successful careers of their own.

She was "mom" to many of our friends as well. We traveled with her in her pride and joy, Jezebel, a 1971 orange, convertible Barracuda, as well as the motor home. We explored much of Utah, Europe, Mexico, Canada, Alaska and many other places in the U.S. She was always curious, learning and exploring, very intelligent and self-taught. She read often, mostly periodicals and non-fiction. Jo loved a good cocktail or glass of wine with a good meal.

Luxury was her middle name, but she could also sleep in a tent while camping under the stars. We 3 girls explored Lake Powell from top to bottom, in ski boats and in her houseboats. Watching the Milky Way and setting off fireworks from the shoreline was one of her favorite activities while teaching the grandkids to water ski and jet ski.

Her love of water was taught to each of us, whether it was boogie boarding at the southern California beaches, playing in creeks, or being at the many reservoirs we visited.

Jo was all bling! She loved beautiful jewelry, clothing, hats, and décor. She was strikingly beautiful both inside and out. A friend said of her, "She will be the best dressed Angel in Heaven." Her Doctor of many years said of Jo, "She's one of a kind."

Preceded in death by her first husband, Donald Henry Hill, parents Nona and Robert Cottle, sister Beverly Kobus, second husband Robert Price and stepson Mark Price.

Survived by her sister, Thelma Parry, daughters, Leslie Hill-Sokol (Richard), Dawn Ann Hill Page (Christopher), step-sons, Robin and Matthew Price, grandchildren, Ashley Page Schrieber, Logan Page, Colin Hill-Sokol, Meghan Sokol Topping, Kerry Sokol, Michael Sokol, Ryan, Christopher and Luke Price, great grandchildren, Henry and Christian Schrieber, Winston and Reagan Page, Kyleigh and Beckham Topping, McKinley and Preston Murphy, Gavin Sokol, and Cameron Price.

Thank you to Dr. Kate Wilson, the staff at Sunrise of Sandy-Reminiscence, the Staff at Home Medical Services and the staff at Comfort WoRx Hospice for the care you all have provided and the love you all have shown to Jo and our family the past few years.

Services will be held Friday, December 28, 2018 at Larkin Sunset Gardens, 1950 E. 10600 So., Sandy, Utah. Visitation begins at 10:00AM with services to follow at 11:00AM.

Memorial donations can be sent to Utah Food Bank, The Sharing Place or YWCA-Women in Jeopardy Program-Salt Lake City, Utah.