Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Services

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.  All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~ Helen Keller

Forthcoming funeral services are planned for the following friends from our community. Complete versions of these obituaries may also be found in The Payson Chronicle.

Carol Ann Ottesen Ewell

On March 31, 2018, our mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, Carol Ann Ottesen Ewell, passed away.  Carol was born, raised, and lived most of her life in Payson, Utah.  She loved it there!

When Carol was fourteen, she met her eternal companion, Keith James Ewell.  They dated off and on throughout high school.  While Keith was away serving a mission for the LDS Church, Carol went to Weber State College to study nursing.  She broke up with Keith during this time and he broke up with her.  It was not to stay that way.  When Keith returned home, he found Carol at Weber State.  On June 22, 1963, he asked her to marry him, and on October 1, 1963 they were sealed for Time and All Eternity in the Salt Lake Temple.

After their wedding, they moved to St. George where they were employed running a motel.  It didn’t last long, however, and before three years passed, they moved back to Carol’s hometown never to move permanently again.

Carol loved to cook and garden.  It was not a chore for her. She could always be found looking at either garden or cooking magazines.  She rarely made a recipe as it was written, but always changed it, and sometimes she would just make one up.  In the summer you could either find her in the garden, in the house canning, or on a drive in the car.  She loved going up Payson Canyon to Bald Mountain Overlook to see the bluebirds.

Later in life, Carol went on a mission with Keith to serve in the LDS Employment Center in Spanish Fork, Utah.  Carol loved the gospel and she could often be found reading The Book of Mormon.  She served faithfully throughout her life; including as Relief Society President under the direction of two bishops.

Carol was preceded in death by her husband, Keith James Ewell; her mother, Louise Miller Ottesen; her father, Hubert Ottesen; and her sister, Joyce Annette Ottesen.  She is survived by her children, James K. and Leslie Ewell, Keven H. and Allison Ewell, Christina and Paul Bates, and Clarissa and Daniel Flink; her sisters, Connie Christensen and Arleen Sink; her brother, Steven Ottesen; and 13 grandchildren.

The family would like to thank First Choice Hospice, and especially Mary Kay, for their tender care and service.

A viewing will be held in her honor at Walker Funeral Home, 587 South 100 West, Payson, Utah on Wednesday evening, April 4, from 6:30-8:00 p.m.  Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 5, at 11:00 a.m. at the Payson 1^st Ward Chapel, 225 South 400 South, Payson, with a viewing prior to the service from 9:45-10:45 a.m.   Interment will be in the Payson City Cemetery.

Condolences may be sent to the family at:   www.walkerobits.com