In Memory

Kathy Stoker



 
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03/23/16 04:01 PM #1    

Vickie Muir (Eastman)

Kathleen Stoker 1948 ~ 2005 On June 6, 2005, our beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and cousin, passed away unexpectedly from complications from surgery. We are all grief-stricken and will dearly miss her. Kathy was born January 20, 1948 and raised in Salt Lake City. She graduated from Brigham Young University. She taught business classes for 30 years in the Salt Lake City school district and retired from Bryant Intermediate School. She enjoyed her students and co-workers. She also loved music (piano and voice), and sang in several community and ward choirs. She was an active member of the L.D.S. Church where she held many positions and accompanied several choirs. Kathy was very generous, sharing her many talents, especially in technology. Kathy's father, J. Floyd Stoker preceded her in death, and she leaves behind her a loving family: mother (Edna Stoker), sister Carol Elliott, two brothers Wayne Stoker (Brenda), Lynn Stoker (Kathy), nieces, nephews and many close relatives. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 10, 2005, 12:00 p.m. at the Ensign Stake Center, 135 A. Street, and friends and family can call Thursday evening at the Larkin Mortuary, 260 E. South Temple, 6:30-8:00 p.m. and at the Stake Center, 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. prior to the service. Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah.
 
Published in Deseret News from June 8 to June 9, 2005

 


03/23/16 04:11 PM #2    

Vickie Muir (Eastman)

Kathleen Stoker 1948 ~ 2005 On June 6, 2005, our beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and cousin, passed away unexpectedly from complications from surgery. We are all grief-stricken and will dearly miss her. Kathy was born January 20, 1948 and raised in Salt Lake City. She graduated from Brigham Young University. She taught business classes for 30 years in the Salt Lake City school district and retired from Bryant Intermediate School. She enjoyed her students and co-workers. She also loved music (piano and voice), and sang in several community and ward choirs. She was an active member of the L.D.S. Church where she held many positions and accompanied several choirs. Kathy was very generous, sharing her many talents, especially in technology. Kathy's father, J. Floyd Stoker preceded her in death, and she leaves behind her a loving family: mother (Edna Stoker), sister Carol Elliott, two brothers Wayne Stoker (Brenda), Lynn Stoker (Kathy), nieces, nephews and many close relatives. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 10, 2005, 12:00 p.m. at the Ensign Stake Center, 135 A. Street, and friends and family can call Thursday evening at the Larkin Mortuary, 260 E. South Temple, 6:30-8:00 p.m. and at the Stake Center, 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. prior to the service. Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah.
 
Published in Deseret News from June 8 to June 9, 2005

 


05/11/16 06:45 PM #3    

Kathy Parr (Minson)

Kathy Stoker  exemplified the description "loyal friend."  At Skyline she was a part of the choruses taught by Donald Ripplinger, who she revered.  She also participated in Wings, the girls service club.  I knew her best as part of our unofficial affiliation we called "The Group,"  where we called her Stoker Babe.  On her birthday in 1966, we honored her in each of her classes with "Happy SAD (Stoker Appreciation Day)", culminating with dinner at the Village Inn.  Until her unexpected death at age 57, she went early to every missionary farewell, homecoming, or  other activity and saved places for the rest of us latecomers.  I like to think that she has just gone on ahead to save places for the rest of us.  Love you, Stoker Babe.   


07/02/16 12:21 AM #4    

Mary Ann Ensign (Gilchrist)

Kathy was a good friend and a vital member of "the Group". It was her home thag we often gathered at after dances and other school activities. Kathy had a great laugh and loved to sing. She and I were roomates our Freshman year at BYU in the Lucy Mac Smith Hall of Heritage Halls. Her organization and my disorganization were sometimes at odds in our small bedroom world, but she was patient with me and resisted the urge to strangle me when my bed wasn't made or I stayed up all night studying. When I married someone in the Navy and moved away, we sort of lost touch, although Kathy Minson was always good to keep everyone in "The Group" notified about each others lives. I was stunned when I learne she had passed away-too young and too soon. She was looking forward to retirement and travel. I like to think of her as on a long and delightful trip seeing all the sights from a more elevated view point and planning the tours she'll want to share with her family and friends of heavenly harbors and celestial heights. Stoker, you left a big hole in the Group and we'll never be trully whole until we are with you again. We all miss you.


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