Judith Ann Turner

Judy Turner, devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, age 82 years, went home to her Father in Heaven on Saturday, August 8, 2026, in Lehi, Utah. She was born on September 3, 1943, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She was the oldest child of Kirk and Fern Ingram Turner. She grew up and had her early education in Lubbock, Texas, where her dad was a college professor. She earned a BS degree in Nursing from BYU in 1966 and worked at several Salt Lake City hospitals during her nursing career. Most of her career was spent caring for newborns and infants, "her babies". She retired in 2006 from Primary Children's Medical Center after 43 years of nursing.

 Our mom loved the Gospel of Jesus Christ and had a personal relationship with her Savior. She was a lifelong, active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in numerous callings throughout her life. The 25 years that she spent teaching primary were her favorites. She loved serving in the temple and was faithful in visiting teaching/ministering for over 60 years. She never wavered in her faith and leaves a legacy of love and testimony of Jesus Christ.

 Judy loved being a mom and considered being a grandmother her finest role. She raised her two daughters as a single mom. A perfect day for her was being around her family. She filled her life with the things she loved-- caring for her home and family, books, keeping in touch with friends, family history, and temple work. Our mom had a passion for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", never tiring of its theme of family and forgiveness. She had lost count of the number of times she had seen it, maybe 15 times, usually with grandchildren in tow. She was famous for her baked beans, made a killer potato-cheese soup, and was the Queen of clearance sales!

 She had great pride in her early American ancestry and held membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution and the National Society of the Descendants of Old Plymouth Colony. Her Mormon ancestry began in part, with her paternal great-grandmother, Ellen Barnes Brian, who immigrated from England in 1863 and walked across the plains to Zion as a 13-year-old girl. 

 She is survived by her daughters, Ann (Mike) Rogers and Lisa (Eric) Jolley, and was "Granmoo" to beloved Jessica (Elecka), Melissa (Mason), Alex (Ashley), Breanna, Savannah, and Haylie (Col) Cook, and great-grandchildren Brinley and Kylen. She is also survived by her brother-in-law Sam Rawson, 2 nieces, 2 nephews, and other extended family and friends. She is preceded in death by her favorite sister, Brenda Rawson and her parents. 

 Special thanks to the Bellaview Assisted Living staff for their love, kindness, and care of our Mom.

 Funeral arrangements through McDougal Funeral Home.

 The chain of our family link is broken, and nothing seems the same. As God calls us one by one, the chain will link again-- "And God shall wipe all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall be any more pain for the former things are passed away." Revelation 21:4. We will meet at Jesus' feet.