Cherie Annette Lockhart Wittwer Obituary (1936

Cherie Annette Lockhart Wittwer passed peacefully on 11 October 2024. Born in Taft, California, on 23 March 1936 to Elmer and Pearl Lockhart, Cherie spent her 88 years focused on family, friends, and music. In 1956, Cherie married her high school sweetheart, Robert Michael "Mick" Greene, upon his graduation from the United States Naval Academy. Thus began her 20-year journey around the world as a military spouse. Along the way, Cherie and Mick added a daughter, Kathryn, and a son, Robert, to their family. Following their military career, Cherie and Mick found their way to Brigham City, Utah, where Mick worked as an engineer for Morton Thiokol and Cherie became a realtor. In 1977, although they went their separate ways, Cherie remained in Brigham City, a community she came to dearly love. As a realtor and resident, Cherie developed such a deep understanding of and appreciation for Brigham City that she joined its Public Works Department as the Administrative Assistant to the Public Works Director. Later, it was in Brigham City that she also met and married Alwin "Smokey" Wittwer. In 2001, after 15 happy years together, Alwin passed and Cherie moved to Ogden and then to Salt Lake City. Throughout her life, Cherie's passion was music. Blessed with perfect pitch, Cherie began at age 10 playing piano, organ, and violin. Throughout her military travels and after settling in Utah, Cherie found many opportunities to bless everyone around her with her talent. Notably, she served the Episcopal communities in Brigham City, Ogden, and Salt Lake City as their church organist. Her "church family," as she described them, enjoyed her organ and vocal talents until the very end of her life. As a gesture of respect and a reflection of the love she gave them for many years, the St. Mark's Cathedral Choir sang at her bedside the day before she passed. Although many of the people with whom she shared her life's journey predeceased her, Cherie was surrounded at the end of her life by people who cared deeply for her. In addition to her "church family," her daughter was always there to help her deal with life's ups and downs and to help her navigate the challenges that increase with age. Through God's grace, Cherie's final moments of clarity were spent with Kathy by her side. Cherie is survived by her sister, Myrna Gray; her daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Steve Lepper; her granddaughters and their husbands, Jennifer and Ian Hardos and Helen and Matt Roybal; and her great-grandchildren, Evelyn Hardos, Arie Roybal, Camille Hardos, Lex Roybal, and Theo Roybal. She is also survived by the impact her God-given musical talents had on all those who heard her play or sing. Her life was the embodiment of Psalm 98: "O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory." Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at St. Marks Cathedral, 231 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. Interment to follow after services at 3:00 p.m. at Brigham City Cemetery, 300 E. 300 S. Brigham City UT, 84302. Services entrusted to Myers Mortuary of Brigham City.