Kathy R. Woolsey
July 25, 1948 — March 5, 2024
Bicknell, Utah – Katherine May Rees Woolsey, age 75, passed away peacefully at her home in Bicknell on March 5, 2024.
Kathy was born July 25, 1948, in Salina, Utah, a daughter of Antone Bastian “Bash” and Faun Bagley Rees. She grew up in Loa and graduated from Wayne High School, Class of 1966.
Kathy married Jerry Rulon Woolsey October 29, 1964, in Loa. They had two boys, Scott J. Woolsey and Wade R. Woolsey.
Kathy is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and held many callings. She worked many jobs during her lifetime: a waitress at Sunglow Restaurant, Secretary at Bicknell Town, Secretary at Southern Utah Mental Health Clinic, school bus and school lunch director of Wayne School District, partner with Lifetime Friends at Late Bloomers in Lyman, but her biggest job in life was raising her two boys, and tending her husband, Jerry.
Kathy loved to quilt, read, tend her yard and spend time with her family. She was always taking pictures at every event and family gathering. Kathy was an amazing woman. She was always helping those around her with anything they could need. After nearly 11 years she has been reunited with her husband, Jerry.
Kathy is survived by her children: Scott J. and Heidi Woolsey, Wade R. and Valerie Woolsey, all of Bicknell; her grandchildren: Whitney Kae, Waylon J. and Sierra Summer Woolsey; her brother, Ronald A. Rees of Loa; and an “adopted” daughter, Amy Hatch Gleave of St. George.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Bash and Faun Rees, and her husband, Jerry.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 1:00 P.M. in the Thurber LDS Ward Chapel, 190 North 200 East in Bicknell, where friends may call for viewing Tuesday morning from 10:00 to 12:30 prior to the services.
Live streaming of the services can be found at: www.springerturner.com under Kathy’s obituary about 15 minutes prior to starting time.
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Burial will be in the Bicknell Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.
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