Gayno West

Obituary for
Gayno Shirley West

Gayno G. West, 85, of Provo, Utah, passed away Nov 12, 2018, from natural causes at the home of her youngest daughter in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Gayno Shirley Gustavson was born in the old county hospital on 21st South in Salt Lake City on August 7, 1933, to Carl William Gustavson and Effie Johanna Van Newland.

Her father was a hard rock miner and while growing up she lived in many mining towns located in Nevada, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Gayno graduated from Murray High School in 1951. She lived in Murray, Utah, until she married Robert Davenport West. They were married for 17 years, before his death in 1974. She remained a widow for the next 44 years and raised their five children alone.

She is predeceased by her only brother, Richard Carl Gustavson and is survived by her 5 children: Karen (Hardy), Krista (Cook) Glen West, Eric West and Anita (Williamson), 13 grandchildren and 4 great grand-children.

Two grandchildren are currently serving full-time missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. One in Columbia, South Carolina and the other in San Antonio Texas. Both felt prompted to say their final goodbyes to their grandmother before leaving on their missions.

Gayno worked in school administration for many years at Orem High School in Utah. After retirement, she served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Independence, Missouri. She also served other service missions in Provo, assisting at the Latter-day Saint Motion Picture Studio, the Church’s employment center and was an ordinance worker at the Provo Temple.

Gayno had a love for learning and for continual improvement. Although she never graduated from college, she enabled all five of her children to graduate from BYU and three earned advanced degrees. She was always reading books to enrich her mind. She was a hard worker and very independent. Gayno had a great love of the gospel of Jesus Christ which influenced all that she did.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4056 Timpview Drive, Provo, UT. There will be a visitation from 09:45 to 10:45 a.m. prior to services at the church. Interment will be in Kaysville, Utah.