Our beautiful and loving mother, Mary Ann Adams Steed, has reunited with her beloved husband, Gorin and grandson Van Jepperson. She is now also reunited with 12 of her brothers and sisters. One brother, Max Adams of Ogden, Utah survives her.

Mary was born July 13, 1920 in Layton, Utah to George Henry Adams and Mary Ann Green.

She graduated from Davis High School where she participated on the drill team that won the state title every year.

On February 11, 1939 she married Arnold Gorin Steed, her best friend and classmate at Davis High School. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake City Temple. After their marriage they resided in Layton, Farmington, Brigham City and Fruit Heights, Utah; with a period of time also spent in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

She is survived by her children, Sherry Young (LeGrande) Provo; Norma Joy Steed, Layton; Kathleen Coletti, Provo; Robert Steed (Peggy) Farmington; Val Steed (Shauna) Centerville; as well as her 23 grandchildren, 71 great-grandchildren and 1 great great grandson.

Mary had a wonderful sense of humor and a twinkle in her eye. She was always singing, and when she wasn't singing she would hum, unaware she was doing it. She was a talented artist who taught at the Parkinson Studios in Ogden, UT. Two of her paintings hang in the Huntsman Cancer Center in Salt Lake City. Many more hang in homes, offices and mortuaries because her paintings pass to the viewer a feeling of peace.

She is known as the "Rose Lady" because many of her beautiful paintings are of floral arrangements.

Her life was filled with service and caring for others. She cared for her mother and mother-in-law when they could no longer stay in their homes and was always generous and giving with her time to her family, her neighbors and whatever community she lived in.

A lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mary served in many positions. With her artistic talents she could turn a cultural hall into a dream world. She and Gorin served a mission in the LDS Genealogy Library in Salt Lake City.

Funeral services will be held Friday, October 7, 2011 at 11 a.m. at the Stone Creek Ward, 1475 North 300 West, Bountiful, Utah. Friends may visit family on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lindquist's Kaysville Mortuary, 400 North Main and Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church.

Interment, Farmington City Cemetery.

Rest well mother we love you.