Pam Peterson

Loa, Utah – Our kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt, Pamela Brian Peterson, age 76, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family in Mt. Pleasant, Utah on October 16, 2023. Pam was born January 7, 1947, in Salina, a daughter of Reed Bastian and Marjorie White Brian. She grew up in Loa and graduated from Wayne High School, Class of ’65. She married her high school sweetheart, Russell W. Peterson, August 12, 1965, in the Manti LDS Temple. To this union were born four sons, Brian, Kelly, Justin, and Cameron.

Pam is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving as Relief Society President, Young Women President on both the ward and the stake level, in the Primary Presidency and as a Teacher and Temple Ordinance Worker in the Manti LDS Temple.

She served on the Miss Wayne County Pageant Committee and was director of many church and High School Floorshows.

For 20 plus years, Pam was a school bus driver for Wayne School District. She made daily runs from Loa to Bicknell and also drove the bus to the Girls Athletic Activities. She was known as Aunt Pam to all the kids.

Pam was a fun loving, kindhearted person, that was so full of life. She loved people and never met a stranger. She will be greatly missed.

Pam is survived by her loving husband, Russell, of Loa; children: Brian and Candy Peterson of Loa; Kelly and Michelle Peterson of Venice; Justin and Gina Peterson of Panguitch; Cameron and Kenzie Peterson of Central Valley; 16 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; siblings: Emily (Dave, deceased) Lee of St. George; Dudley (deceased) and Beverly Brian, Stanley (deceased) and Lois Brian, Robert (deceased) and Edra Brian, Harry (Dawna Rae, deceased) Brian, Michelle and Dale Coates, Debbie and Bob Edwards, all of Loa; Sheila (Sherrill, deceased) Torgerson of Lyman.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Reed and Marjorie Brian; parents-in-law: Clint and LaRue Peterson; siblings: Reed Jr. Brian, Julia and Elwood Sorenson; and a granddaughter, Alecia Peterson.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at 1:00 P.M. in the Loa LDS Stake Center, where friends may call for viewing Friday evening from 6 to 8 P.M. or Saturday morning from 11:00 to 12:30 prior to the services.

Live streaming of the services can be found at: www.springerturner.com under Pam’s obituary about 30 minutes prior to starting time.

Burial will be in the Loa Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.

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