Janice Dean

Obituary for
Janice Marilyn Dean (Kimball)

Janice Marilyn Kimball Dean passed away peacefully at home on May 30th 2018. She was born on April 19, 1933. She is preceded in death by her parents, Clisbee Kimball and Pearl Agnes Oswald Kimball, her brothers Blaine and Lloyd, her sister Carlin, and three of her children, Curtis, Tracy and Jason.

She was born and raised in Salt Lake City, attended East High School and the University of Utah. She graduated from BYU in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and received her diploma from David O. McKay. She took a job in San Francisco and met her husband at a church dance. They were married in 1956 and made their home in Merced, California where they started their family. They lived in Merced for 16 years and then moved to Provo Utah. They built a cabin in Brickerhaven at Sundance and have many wonderful family memories from their times together there.

She loved to quilt and knit throughout her life and made many afghans, sweaters, and quilts which the family still enjoys today. She participated and belonged to different clubs and associations during her life including Lambda Delta Sigma, Fraternity, Nautilus, The Flying Farmers, Silver Slipper Dance Club, and Phile Teras.

She served in various church positions including choir director, stake relief society and primary. Music was always an important part of her life. She sang solos in many choirs and concerts and was a member of the Madsen Memorial Choir.

During her life she was able to travel to see many different parts of the world. She served a couples mission with her husband to the Baltic States, Lithuania from 1995 - 1997. She also worked in the Provo Temple from 1999 to 2015.

She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Dr. Richard Jay Dean, her children Kendall, Laura, Michael, and Marvin, 17 Grandchildren and 18 great Grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Oak Hills 6th Ward Chapel, 2000 North 1500 East, Provo, Utah. Interment will be in the Provo City Cemetery.