ENTERPRISE - Kathleen Beatty Emett, Age 81, left this life peacefully at the home she kept so beautifully, April 17, 2009.

Mother was born on May 17, 1927 in Toquerville, Utah, to John Thomas and Eva Florence Slack Beatty. She lived there all the years of her youth, and cherished the memories of her family and childhood. She was number 19 of 21 children.

After graduating Hurricane High School, she went to Phoenix, Arizona, where she attended Business College and was employed at Luke Field Air Base. A few years later, she returned to Toquerville to be with her Mother and two younger brothers when her father passed away.

Later she moved to St. George, Utah, then to Cedar City, Utah, where she met and then married her husband, Clinton Emett of Enterprise, on August 12, 1950. They moved to Enterprise where they lived and raised their family. Their marriage was later solemnized in the St. George Temple. To their union they had 4 children; 3 sons, DeLoy Clinton (Penny) of Hurricane, Casey Max, Danny Beatty (Elaine) of Enterprise, and 1 daughter, Faleen (Troy Truce) Truman of Enterprise. She made her family and home her life.

She is survived by her 4 children; 11 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren; 1 sister, Evadeen (Duane) Robison of Riverton, Utah; 1 brother, Lewis (Marietta) Beatty of Hurricane, Utah; and many nephews and nieces of whom she loved dearly.

Mother is preceded in death by Dad; her parents; brothers, John, Roy, Walter, Ernest, Reid, Rudger, Rulon, Quentin and Dennis; and her sisters, Clara, Zella, Ethelga, Florence, Alice, Irene, Hilma, Maree and Bessie.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 12:00 noon in the Enterprise 4th and 5th Ward LDS Chapel, where Mom was a lifelong active member. Family and friends may call Tuesday evening, April 21, 2009 at the Spilsbury Mortuary in St. George, Utah, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., and at 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. just prior to her funeral services, at the Chapel. Her interment will be in the Enterprise City Cemetery.