Audrey Deleeuw

Lyman, Utah – Our Dear, Sweet Mother and friend, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt, Audrey Myrth Jones DeLeeuw, passed away quietly on the morning of August 12, 2020 at the home of her daughter in Santa Clara, Utah. Audrey was born the second daughter to loving parents, Isaac Rulon and Rebecca May Allen Jones on May 22, 1926 in Torrey, Utah. She grew up and attended school in Torrey and Bicknell. She married her sweetheart, Alfred Glen DeLeeuw March 31, 1944 in the Manti LDS Temple. They were partners in running the family farm in Lyman. They were married for 67 years when Glen passed away June 8, 2011. Audrey lived by the motto: “Busy hands are happy hands” and she was always busy with her hands. We are the lucky recipients of her handiwork. She crocheted hundreds of afghans and doilies, table cloths, bedspreads and edgings on everything. She embroidered many pillowcases, table cloths and dish towels. Many people are happy recipients of crocheted names, a project she started when she was President of the Senior Citizens, to help with raising funds to help build the new community center for Wayne County. She loved her flower and vegetable gardens. She volunteered many hours working at the Loa Elementary, an opportunity she really enjoyed. She was very active in many civic organizations throughout the county during her lifetime. She received the silver bowl award for her many hours of volunteer work. She started her employment working for the Utah State Extension Service in Loa. She then worked for the United States Forest Service, the Fish Lake District. She retired after more than 30 years of service. Audrey is survived by her children: Alta and Bryant Anderson; Joyce and Melvin James Taylor; Wayne A. DeLeeuw; 12 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; siblings: Iris Brinkerhoff; Allen Jones; Lydia Torgerson; Carrie Davis; Maretta Smith; Verna Rollins; Rula Goniotakis; Stanley Jones; Gary Jones; sister-in-law: Betty Capner and brother-in-law: Fay DeLeeuw. She is preceded in death by a granddaughter: BrieAnna Anderson; a sister: Colleen Shelley and siblings: Juneve Ostberg, Remola Woolsey, Gladys Johnson and Newell Jones. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. in the Bicknell Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.