November 16, 1953 — May 14, 2024

Spanish Fork — Kathleen Jenkins Shaw (Kathy) triumphantly returned to her Heavenly home on May 14, 2024, after a ten-year battle with lung disease. Kathy was an inspiration and a light to others, sharing her testimony of Jesus Christ daily in both word and deed. Kathy lived a life of service and has always been known especially for her gardening, and beautiful quilts made to wrap others in her love. Kathy was born on November 16, 1953, in Lehi, Utah to Lars Jenkins and Zina Thacker, into a family of three girls and three boys. They lived in a red brick home in Lehi where she loved to get Porter’s Hamburgers and Nickel Rootbeers when she was young. Kathy graduated from Lehi High School as the Valedictorian and attended BYU where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Home Economics. She met Gary Devon Shaw at BYU and they were eventually married on June 11th, 1976 in the Salt Lake temple. They have five children and lived and raised their family in Salt Lake City in the 31st Ward for over forty years. Both battling terminal illnesses, Gary and Kathy moved to the Spanish Fork 1st Ward in 2022 to be near family. In addition to quilting and gardening, Kathy loved reading, vacationing, and parties. She loved people and always sought to make others happy. She also loved holidays, especially Christmas, and loved to decorate for them. Kathy is preceded in death by her daughter Emily Ann Shaw, her parents Lars Elwin Jenkins and Zina Thacker, her parents-in-law Lynn Devon Shaw and Edith LaDella Mellor, and her brother-in-law Craig Shaw. She is survived by her loving husband Gary Devon Shaw, her children: Jenny Oliver (Wade), Cory Shaw (Rebecca), Amy Black (David), and Ashley Bai (Kevin), by her 11 grandchildren and her 5 siblings. Great thanks are given to all of the doctors, nurses, and CNA’s from Maple Creek Hospice and the Legacy Care Center who took such loving care of her in the final year of her life. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 18th, 2024, at the Lehi 2nd Ward Building, 481 East 300 North, Lehi, Utah. There will be a viewing from 9:30-10:45 a.m. and the funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. Services will be streamed live on Kathy’s obituary at www.russonmortuary.com. Interment will be at the Lehi City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations are encouraged to the Cystinosis Research Foundation (https://www.cystinosisresearch.org/).