Joan M. Hunt

Hanksville, Utah - Our kind and beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, Joan May Moore Hunt, age 86, died in the early morning hours of June 2, 2013 at her home in Hanksville, surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 19, 1927 in Loddon, England, a daughter of Alfred John and Hilda May Hupton Moore. She graduated from high school in England in 1944. During World War II, she met and married Reo Virl Hunt on March 20, 1945 in Seething, England. After the war, they returned to Reo's hometown of Hanksville, Utah where they made their home and raised their family and where Reo farmed and mined. He died April 26, 2002. Joan enjoyed gardening, her flowers and doing yard work. Her garden would be the first to produce fruit each year and was admired by everyone and enjoyed and shared by all. She never let anyone leave her home without sharing from her beautiful garden, flowers, vegetables or fruit. She shared loved with everyone. Joan would tell everyone she saw that she had the best family, how many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren she had and how much they had achieved and that she was proud of each and everyone. She was love at its best and she is still sharing love with us all. Mom is survived by her children: Deone and Ed Young of Fruita, Colorado; Shirley Wilcox, Carl and Janice Hunt, Fern L. Hunt, Molly Keaton; and Keith Hunt, all of Hanksville; Trudy and Tom Hansen of Enoch; 14 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great-grandchildren; sister: Molly and John Goate of Norwich, England. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. in the Hanksville LDS Ward Chapel, where friends may call for viewing Saturday morning from 11:00 to 12:30 prior to the services. Burial will be in the Hanksville Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.