LoyeAnn Manwaring

LoyeAnn Mecham Manwaring, age 58 of Vernal, Utah, returned to her Heavenly Father on September 25, 2014. LoyeAnn was born on February 28, 1956

to Merrill and Helen Mecham of Orem. They later moved to the Vernal area.

She married her high school sweetheart Kevin Manwaring on August 5, 1973

in the Salt Lake Temple and was sealed for time and all eternity.

They had six children through out their marriage.

LoyeAnn loved to be outdoors. She would ride her horse Red around their ranch for hours. LoyeAnn had a great love for music and loved to sing. She sang in all of her high school plays. She was offered a music scholarship to Weber State but chose to marry the love of her life. She had the most beautiful voice and loved to sing lullabies to all her children and grandchildren. Her voice could sooth a crying child in seconds.

LoyeAnn was a faithful member of The Church of Latter-Day Saints and always made sure to share her love of the gospel with all she knew. She held many church callings throughout her life and excelled at them all.

LoyeAnn loved to garden, quilt, decorate and host parties. She was involved with and chairperson for the Miss Uintah County Scholarship Pageants for many years and passed her love of the Arts onto her girls. She also assisted her husband from the very beginning of their company Magna-Sonic Stress Testers for 35 years.

LoyeAnn's friends and family remember her best by her amazing voice and her endless service and compassion for others.

She is survived by her husband Kevin Manwaring, children: Chauntue' (Rhett) Peterson, Danielle (Justin) Davis, Amanda (Judd) Ferguson, Dillon (Heather) Manwaring, Keaton (Alyssa) Manwaring and Nichelle Manwaring;

12 grandchildren; her mother Helen Mecham; sister Caye (Kirk) Stradinger and brother Bart (Ellen) Mecham; and many nephews and nieces.

She is preceded in death by her father Merrill Mecham and brother Greg Mecham.