Josephine Lucille Vance Thorne was born July 2, 1944 and passed away on August 2, 2015 from a stroke.
Luci was the daughter of John Lewis Vance and Virginia Sandberg. She grew up in Salt Lake City and attended Olympus High School. She then went on to BYU and then Utah State.
Luci married the love of her life, Doyle Reed Thorne, on December 16, 1966 in the Salt Lake Temple.
After her marriage to Doyle, a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps, they moved to many places, including Florida, Virginia Oklahoma, and Texas. They eventually settled back in Utah, where Doyle joined the Utah Highway Patrol.
As a member of the LDS Church, Luci held many different callings, including Relief Society Homemaking Teacher, Relief Society President, and she especially cherished her callings in Activity Days and Young Women's. She spent many nights worrying over her "girls." She loved working in the Jordan River and the Oquirrah Mountain temples, as well as giving tours at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
Luci's greatest joy was her family! Her favorite times were visiting her family and especially her grandkids. She spoiled them rotten and especially loved shopping year round for the perfect Christmas presents. The parties she threw were always fabulous with good food and conversation. Luci became quite the traveler later in life and enjoyed trips down the Amazon, to Russia, and various trips to Hawaii.
"Luci Lou" was a friend to everyone. In fact, she had more friends that anyone can count. Most everyone can tell of a time when Luci did a good deed for them. These include her taking in meals when someone was sick, to paying for missions. She loved serving her Heavenly Father.
She is preceded in death by her husband, mother, father, son-in-law (Fabian), and dear Aunt Juana and Uncle Vere, who raised her after Luci's mother died when she was eight years old. Luci is survived by her sister, Naomi (Marvell) Jones; her four children, Kimberlee Waintraub, Kameron (Jennifer) Thorne, Krista (Gerry) Mayne, and Devan (Emily) Thorne; eleven grandchildren, and hundreds of best friends.
Her family would like to thank Luci's amazing doctor - Imad Farrukh, who showed so much compassion and love for Luci over the years and would also like to thank the amazing hospice care administered by the team at Rocky Mountain Care in Riverton.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 6, 2015 in the Glenmoore Second Ward Chapel, 9455 South 4800 West, South Jordan. A viewing will be held at the church on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Thursday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Graveside services and interment will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday in the Brigham City Cemetery, 300 East 300 South, Brigham City.
Published in the Deseret News on August 4, 2015.
Luci was the daughter of John Lewis Vance and Virginia Sandberg. She grew up in Salt Lake City and attended Olympus High School. She then went on to BYU and then Utah State.
Luci married the love of her life, Doyle Reed Thorne, on December 16, 1966 in the Salt Lake Temple.
After her marriage to Doyle, a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps, they moved to many places, including Florida, Virginia Oklahoma, and Texas. They eventually settled back in Utah, where Doyle joined the Utah Highway Patrol.
As a member of the LDS Church, Luci held many different callings, including Relief Society Homemaking Teacher, Relief Society President, and she especially cherished her callings in Activity Days and Young Women's. She spent many nights worrying over her "girls." She loved working in the Jordan River and the Oquirrah Mountain temples, as well as giving tours at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
Luci's greatest joy was her family! Her favorite times were visiting her family and especially her grandkids. She spoiled them rotten and especially loved shopping year round for the perfect Christmas presents. The parties she threw were always fabulous with good food and conversation. Luci became quite the traveler later in life and enjoyed trips down the Amazon, to Russia, and various trips to Hawaii.
"Luci Lou" was a friend to everyone. In fact, she had more friends that anyone can count. Most everyone can tell of a time when Luci did a good deed for them. These include her taking in meals when someone was sick, to paying for missions. She loved serving her Heavenly Father.
She is preceded in death by her husband, mother, father, son-in-law (Fabian), and dear Aunt Juana and Uncle Vere, who raised her after Luci's mother died when she was eight years old. Luci is survived by her sister, Naomi (Marvell) Jones; her four children, Kimberlee Waintraub, Kameron (Jennifer) Thorne, Krista (Gerry) Mayne, and Devan (Emily) Thorne; eleven grandchildren, and hundreds of best friends.
Her family would like to thank Luci's amazing doctor - Imad Farrukh, who showed so much compassion and love for Luci over the years and would also like to thank the amazing hospice care administered by the team at Rocky Mountain Care in Riverton.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 6, 2015 in the Glenmoore Second Ward Chapel, 9455 South 4800 West, South Jordan. A viewing will be held at the church on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Thursday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Graveside services and interment will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday in the Brigham City Cemetery, 300 East 300 South, Brigham City.
Published in the Deseret News on August 4, 2015.
Josephine Lucille Vance Thorne was born July 2, 1944 and passed away on August 2, 2015 from a stroke.
Luci was the daughter of John Lewis Vance and Virginia Sandberg. She grew up in Salt Lake City and attended Olympus High School. She then went on to BYU and then Utah State.
Luci married the love of her life, Doyle Reed Thorne, on December 16, 1966 in the Salt Lake Temple.
After her marriage to Doyle, a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps, they moved to many places, including Florida, Virginia Oklahoma, and Texas. They eventually settled back in Utah, where Doyle joined the Utah Highway Patrol.
As a member of the LDS Church, Luci held many different callings, including Relief Society Homemaking Teacher, Relief Society President, and she especially cherished her callings in Activity Days and Young Women's. She spent many nights worrying over her "girls." She loved working in the Jordan River and the Oquirrah Mountain temples, as well as giving tours at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
Luci's greatest joy was her family! Her favorite times were visiting her family and especially her grandkids. She spoiled them rotten and especially loved shopping year round for the perfect Christmas presents. The parties she threw were always fabulous with good food and conversation. Luci became quite the traveler later in life and enjoyed trips down the Amazon, to Russia, and various trips to Hawaii.
"Luci Lou" was a friend to everyone. In fact, she had more friends that anyone can count. Most everyone can tell of a time when Luci did a good deed for them. These include her taking in meals when someone was sick, to paying for missions. She loved serving her Heavenly Father.
She is preceded in death by her husband, mother, father, son-in-law (Fabian), and dear Aunt Juana and Uncle Vere, who raised her after Luci's mother died when she was eight years old. Luci is survived by her sister, Naomi (Marvell) Jones; her four children, Kimberlee Waintraub, Kameron (Jennifer) Thorne, Krista (Gerry) Mayne, and Devan (Emily) Thorne; eleven grandchildren, and hundreds of best friends.
Her family would like to thank Luci's amazing doctor - Imad Farrukh, who showed so much compassion and love for Luci over the years and would also like to thank the amazing hospice care administered by the team at Rocky Mountain Care in Riverton.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 6, 2015 in the Glenmoore Second Ward Chapel, 9455 South 4800 West, South Jordan. A viewing will be held at the church on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Thursday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Graveside services and interment will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday in the Brigham City Cemetery, 300 East 300 South, Brigham City.
Published in the Deseret News on August 4, 2015.
Luci was the daughter of John Lewis Vance and Virginia Sandberg. She grew up in Salt Lake City and attended Olympus High School. She then went on to BYU and then Utah State.
Luci married the love of her life, Doyle Reed Thorne, on December 16, 1966 in the Salt Lake Temple.
After her marriage to Doyle, a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps, they moved to many places, including Florida, Virginia Oklahoma, and Texas. They eventually settled back in Utah, where Doyle joined the Utah Highway Patrol.
As a member of the LDS Church, Luci held many different callings, including Relief Society Homemaking Teacher, Relief Society President, and she especially cherished her callings in Activity Days and Young Women's. She spent many nights worrying over her "girls." She loved working in the Jordan River and the Oquirrah Mountain temples, as well as giving tours at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
Luci's greatest joy was her family! Her favorite times were visiting her family and especially her grandkids. She spoiled them rotten and especially loved shopping year round for the perfect Christmas presents. The parties she threw were always fabulous with good food and conversation. Luci became quite the traveler later in life and enjoyed trips down the Amazon, to Russia, and various trips to Hawaii.
"Luci Lou" was a friend to everyone. In fact, she had more friends that anyone can count. Most everyone can tell of a time when Luci did a good deed for them. These include her taking in meals when someone was sick, to paying for missions. She loved serving her Heavenly Father.
She is preceded in death by her husband, mother, father, son-in-law (Fabian), and dear Aunt Juana and Uncle Vere, who raised her after Luci's mother died when she was eight years old. Luci is survived by her sister, Naomi (Marvell) Jones; her four children, Kimberlee Waintraub, Kameron (Jennifer) Thorne, Krista (Gerry) Mayne, and Devan (Emily) Thorne; eleven grandchildren, and hundreds of best friends.
Her family would like to thank Luci's amazing doctor - Imad Farrukh, who showed so much compassion and love for Luci over the years and would also like to thank the amazing hospice care administered by the team at Rocky Mountain Care in Riverton.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 6, 2015 in the Glenmoore Second Ward Chapel, 9455 South 4800 West, South Jordan. A viewing will be held at the church on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Thursday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Graveside services and interment will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday in the Brigham City Cemetery, 300 East 300 South, Brigham City.
Published in the Deseret News on August 4, 2015.
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