Our loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend, Joan B. Wesley, born in 1922, died February 9, 2018 in Sandy, UT. She was born to Harold and Hazel Brunsell in Sheridan, WY. She lived there all of her childhood and young adult life. She spent many happy summers at the cabin in Story, WY with her mom and dad reading and riding horses. She was crowned Miss Sheridan and reined over the Sheridan Days Rodeo.
She went off to Birmingham, AL to the University of Alabama for college. There she met a very handsome football player, Norm Wesley, the love of her life and fell in love at first sight. The rest is history. She married Norm August 26, 1942 in Sheridan, WY. She spent the first year of their marriage with him going base to base as he trained and prepared for Army service in the South Pacific. From that union five children and seven moves later she came back to Utah and has called it home for 18 years.
Her children would like to thank her care givers, Leah and Virginia; Intermountain Hospice, Bradley and Josie for their wonderful care of our mother. We couldn't have done it without all of you. In her 95 years she has made many friends and we want to thank them for all the calls and visits to check on her.
Joan is preceded in death by her husband, Norman R. Wesley. She is survived by her children, Sister Suzanne CSJ, St. Louis, MO, Donna and Lamar Jorgensen, Sandy, UT, Jo and Tom Chapman, San Ramon, CA, Norm and Kim Wesley, Lake Forest, IL and Mary and Jerry McDaniel, Casselberry, FL, grandchildren Tommy, Amee, Marc, Josh, Matt, Lara, Maren, Brook, Katie, Patrick, Andrew and their spouses. She also leaves 14 great grandchildren.
Being a very devoted Catholic all her life, we will celebrate a Funeral Mass on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. with a visitation at 10:00 a.m. prior to the Mass at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 9757 South 1700 East, Sandy, UT. Interment at Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery, 1950 East Dimple Dell Road, Sandy, UT. In lieu of flowers, please donate in her name to Hospice or your favorite non-profit organization.
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