Our beloved mother, Ruth Brown Holt, slipped peacefully from mortality Thursday, April 18, at the age of 92.
Born Nov. 8, 1931, in Fairview (Lincoln County), she grew up in her beloved Star Valley, later moving to Salt Lake City to finish/further education and to work. It was while working at the Salt Lake City Post Office during a busy Christmas season that she met Dean A. Holt, whom she later married.
Following marriage in the Salt Lake Temple, completion of Dean’s medical training at the “U,” and an internship in Ogden, Utah, they settled in Evanston to raise their family.
Ruth was a dedicated and loving wife to her late husband, Dean A. Holt, and a devoted mother to her children. She would join with two other Ruths (mothers of athletes on her children’s teams) to become the Rootin’ Ruths and fearlessly crisscross Wyoming in the winter to watch basketball games.
Ruth was kind and generous, always putting others’ needs before her own. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings over the years, including Relief Society president, Primary president and missionary service with her husband Dean at Temple Square events.
Ruth loved and enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She liked to surprise them with a hide-and-find game called Boola Boola. One would sing “Boola Boola” louder as the searcher neared the hiding spot.
Ruth is survived by a brother, Lynn; six children, Alan (Shelly), Michael (Karen), David (Kathryn), Cathie Thunell (Randy), Mark (Michelle) and Robert (Jodee); 18 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren, who will miss her dearly.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Julia Brown; her siblings, Stuart, Reed, Carol and Lois; and her husband of 63 years, Dean A. Holt.
Funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 27, at White Pine Funeral Home, 753 South 100 East, Logan, Utah. Visitation will be from 9:30-10:30 a.m., with the funeral at 11 a.m.
Rest in peace, dear Mother. You will forever be in our hearts and memories.
