Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Service

“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.

JEANNIE RAY HANKS

Jeannie Ray Hanks, 86, passed away January 2, 2020 in Santaquin, Utah of causes incident to age. She was born on May 15, 1933 to Roy C. and Freda Evans Ray in Jackson, Ohio, at the home of her Uncle George and Aunt Evelyn Ray. As a young girl she was raised in Chicago, Illinois with her younger brother, Charles. They then moved to Utah where she graduated from Lincoln High School in Orem with high honors. In her early 20s she joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Jeannie pursued an education and career in business and worked at Geneva Steel and finished her career working in the Nebo School District Office for over 30 years.

During her time at Geneva Steel she met Richard F Hanks. They were married in Salem, Utah on April 3, 1954. They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple later that year. They moved to Tacoma, Washington while Richard (Dick) served in the US Army. While there, their daughter, Connie, was born. They returned to Utah, where their son, Mark, was born.

Her church service included callings in the Relief Society and Primary and she was one of the first to establish and organize the material for the Main Street Chapel library in Salem. She was known to frequently visit the elderly and widows in Salem, as well as Dick’s many aunts and uncles.

Jeannie was an accomplished artist and seamstress. Her favorites were painting and needlework. She kept a lovely home and garden and preserved much of the food she and Dick grew. She passed this knowledge to her children and many of her grandchildren. She had a great love of animals and had many pets through her life. She loved family history and often shared stories from the lives of her relatives and from her early life. She traveled the world through her children and grandchildren and loved to hear stories and look through photos of their travels.

She is survived by her two children, Connie (Sam) McVey, and Mark (Annette) Hanks, both of Salem, her twelve grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, sisters-in-law, Carol Talmage of Bountiful, Elva Hanks and Linda Peery, both of Spanish Fork, as well as many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, Richard, her parents, and her brother.

Funeral services will be held at the Salem Main Street Chapel, on Saturday, January 11, at 11:00 am. There will be no formal viewing Friday night, but family and friends are welcome to pay respects from 10:00am to 10:45am prior to the funeral. Burial will be in the Salem, Utah Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be sent to the LDS General Missionary Fund or a charity of your choice.

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