Brenda was preceded in death by her parents Maxine and Ray Mathes, her sister Nancy Rae Mathes and daughter Kathleen Heather McLean.
She is survived by her brother Ronald Mathes, her three children Traecy Rae Powers (Mat), Troy Robert McLean (Danielle), and Tony B. Mclean (Angela), her five grandchildren, Aubrea (Matt), Chaney, Shinah (Andrew), Hadley (Mike), and Brecken, and her six great-grandchildren, Tripp, Gideon, Charlotte, Ainsley, Silas, and Jane.
Brenda was born on August 29, 1946 in Ogden, Utah to parents Ray Mathes and Maxine Goodrick. She graduated from Rancho High School in 1964 and was the first Candy Striper at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada to become a mother. She attended nursing school then later changed her focus in life and became a registered FTD florist throughout the states of Nevada, Arizona, California, Ohio, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Brenda will always be known as an amazing cook, horticulturalist, loving mother and grandmother. She will be remembered for her strength throughout her life, especially at the end.
Donations can be made in her name to the American Cancer Society through www.cancer.org.
A memorial service in Las Vegas, Nevada will be announced in the spring. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Brenda’s life.
To sign the guestbook online, to share memories and send condolences and well-wishes to the family, please visit, www.surprisefuneralcare.com.
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