Joyce May (Butterfield) Browning Obituary (1936 - 2019)

Joyce May Butterfield Browning was born 16 December 1936 in SLC, the oldest child of Leslie Edward and Anna May Richards Butterfield. She passed away from complications related to Alzheimer's disease on 19 October 2019. Her best friend and companion of over 65 years was by her side. Joyce married A. Kaye Browning April 16 1954 in SLC. They were sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in May 1956. After a few early married years in SLC and Bountiful, Kaye and Joyce bought a home in Sunset, residing there for 33 years, then moved to South Weber in 1995. She worked with Kaye in his State Farm Insurance office off and on over his 40 year career, but was mostly a home maker, an excellent cook, and gardener. Joyce and Kaye explored the back roads, river beds, canyons and plateaus of the western desert of Utah and the mountains of Idaho that she loved. She rode motorcycles with Kaye, read the navigating maps from her seat in their cessna airplane, and spent countless hours supporting Kaye as a member of the Utah House of Representatives. Joyce was elected to the Sunset city council where she served 4 yrs. She was a den leader for the cub scouts and was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in the primary, relief society and Sunday school. Her favorite calling in the church was ward chorister. She loved singing the hymns of the restoration of the gospel. Joyce and Kaye served a 2 yr Service Mission as Guest Service Missionaries at the Conference Center in SLC for months As a spunky and determined 14 year old, she earned money to pay for transportation and voice lessons, although her parents thought it was foolishness. In the early years of her marriage, she sang with the Schubert Singers in SLC. Joyce is honored and remembered by her children for instilling in them a love for music, as well as her passion for exploring the byways and back roads of the mountain West she loved. Joyce is survived by her husband of 65 years, 4 children, daughter Mara Lyn (Mark) Shane of Las Vegas; son Michael (Jennifer) Browning of Bountiful; daughter Lynette (Lonny) Winterton, of South Weber; and son Kelly (Teresa) Browning of Layton, 14 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandson. Joyce is preceded in death by her parents, one sister, one brother and one great grandson. A private family viewing and burial will be held. Internment will be at the Uintah cemetery. In lieu of flowers please donate to Petersen Farms Assisted Living and Memory Care. A special heartfelt thanks to the staff at Layton Park Memory Care and Petersen Farms Assisted Living and Memory Care.