Mary Ann Brown

14, 2021; in the comfort of her own home, in Sandy, Utah.

Mary Ann was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 10, 1933 to her parents Vern Winter

Rodgers and Johanna Elizabeth (Bessie) DeKarver Rodgers. Mary Ann was the youngest child

in the family, with older siblings Jack Rodgers and Gerry (Rodgers) Larsen.

She attended East High School and after graduating early, attended the Dental Nurses Training

School in San Francisco. She had a long and successful career in Dental Assisting and served

as the secretary and treasurer of the Utah Association of Dental Assistants.

She married her high school sweetheart, and husband of 62 years, John (Jack) Clifton Brown in

the Salt Lake Temple on June 8, 1955, officiated by LeGrand Richards. Together they lived life

and raised a family in the Salt Lake area, with a short residency in Montana.

As a young couple they were blessed with three adopted children who grew up locally and now

have families of their own; creating an additional blessing of five grandchildren and two great

grandchildren, so far! The children and families are as follows, in birth order:

Daughter - Lori Clifton (Ed) of Fort Smith, Arkansas; Star Williams and Sky Williams, also of Fort

Smith.

Son - Brad Brown of South Jordan, Utah; Katie Brown of Redlands, California

Daughter - Jenny Smith (Dave); Tim Smith (Kori) of North Salt Lake and Johanna Smith of

Melbourne, Florida

Mary Ann was of the LDS faith and served in many capacities within the Church; she served in

the Primary program and Relief Society as a teacher and visiting teacher. She served the

Canyon Creek Assisted Living Community with her husband Jack, Branch President. Jack and

Mary Ann also served a mission together in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 1988 - 1989. Most

recently she was an active member of the Midvalley 5th Ward.

She enjoyed travel and she and Jack had the opportunity to travel to Europe and extensively

throughout the United States, many times in the comfort of one of their RVs. They also had a

beautiful cabin, built on the shore of Henry’s Lake, just outside of Yellowstone, where they spent

many happy seasons fishing, snowmobiling, and just relaxing with friends and family.

Mary Ann loved spending time with her grandkids, working in her yard, shopping, playing

games, and Christmas. She loved fishing and was pretty competitive at it! She especially loved

Chocolate, in any shape or form, and the more the better! She adored her dogs and left her

latest companion, Buddy, her schnauzer, still watchful and longing for his “Mama’s” return home.

Toward the end of her life, Mary Ann was able to remain at home and received excellent care

from Visiting Angels - a special thanks to her caregiver Trina Anderson; truly an angel who Mom

considered her very best friend! Tender Care Hospice was also a huge support - thank you

Debbie Arnold, RN for your loving care and friendship!

We miss you dear Mom and Grandma, but we know that you’re good now, better than ever! We

will love you always and hold you close in our hearts forever! Until we meet again...

Mary Ann’s memorial service will take place graveside on Friday, March 19th at 1:00 p.m. at the

Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park; S. Highland Drive in Salt Lake City. Friends may visit with the

family Thursday evening from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.