Grandma Kelly

Grandma was an amazing person. She loved to give. We love her.

My favorite memory of her is that whenever we were at her house we always had Ice Cream. And whenever we stayed overnight, I would always find what I call the Prayer Bear. The Prayer Bear is a stuffed bear that has it's arms folded-with the recent addition of a heart in it's arms as well. I would always keep the Prayer Bear in the room I slept in-it always was comforting and reminded me of Grandma and Grandpa's love.

I am blessed to know that I will see them again. I know that Grandma and Grandpa are hugging, and that Grandma is happy to see Susan Grace, my aunt whom I never got to meet. They are looking down on us and hoping we can be happy-because Grandma lived a full life. She was ready, and in being ready and living righteously she has hugged our Savior.

We LOVE Grandma and Grandpa Kelly and will never forget the awesome times and wonderfullness of them.

April 6, 1932 ~ August 13, 2012

Barbara Ann Kunzler Kelly, 80, of Pleasant Grove passed away peacefully at home, August 13, 2012. She was born April 6, 1932, in Pleasant View, Utah to David and Lillian Barker Kunzler.  She spent most of her youth in Willard, Utah with six brothers and three sisters.

After graduating from Box Elder High School, she attended Weber College where she earned her Associate of Arts degree.  She then attended Brigham Young University where she met her eternal companion Robert Coffin Kelly.  They were sealed in the Logan Utah temple on November 6, 1952.  They started their family in New Mexico, moved to northern California, and later settled in Camarillo, California where they lived for 36 years.  In 2002 they moved to Pleasant Grove, Utah.

Barbara loved the gospel of Jesus Christ and her family.  She was a perfect example of service to family, neighbors, and all those around her. She overcame many trials in her life, including serious health issues, the loss of a child, and surviving cancer.

She enjoyed art, writing poetry, scrap booking, music, nature, and playing games with her family and friends.  She and Robert loved traveling.

Barbara worked as a substitute teacher, lunch aid, and teacher at YMCA.  She was always very involved with her children, volunteering in the PTA program, as an art mom, and as a room mother. She also belonged to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.

Barbara is survived by her children: David (Merril Lyn) of Ontario, CA; Cynthia (Donald) Christensen of Brooklyn, NY; Robert (Kathy) of Anaheim, CA; Katherine, of Columbia, MO; Christopher (Britt) of Houston, TX; Tamara (Jeremy) Gooch of Pampa, TX; 29 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and siblings: Iris Meservy, Joyce Matthews, Earl Kunzler, Velda Kay Boekweg Chipman, Ralph Kunzler, and Rex Kunzler.

She is preceded in death by her husband Robert, her parents, and her daughter Susan Grace Kelly, brothers: Rayman, Willard, and Grant.