1962~2020

On Friday, July 10, 2020, Brenda Jean Anderson Taylor, our beautiful wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, returned to the arms of our Heavenly Father at her home in Fountain Green surrounded by her loved ones at the age of 57.

She was born Nov. 30, 1962, to Lee E. Anderson and Patsy J. Anderson of Ephraim, Utah. She was raised in Ephraim, attended Ephraim Elementary School and graduated from Manti High School. She loved her family farm in Chester as well as horseback riding, camping in the surrounding mountains and traveling.

She met the love of her life, Glenn E. Taylor, in 1986. They married on Oct. 10,1987, and their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple. They moved to Las Vegas for several years before purchasing the small town of Currie, Nevada. They owned and operated the Currie Store for over a decade before briefly moving to Ruby Valley when the Currie School closed.

They later moved back to Fountain Green, Utah, to take care of her elderly father. She raised two sons and four daughters. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and enjoyed many callings in Primary and the nursery. She and her husband spent a lot of time hunting for treasure in the old ghost towns of Nevada and Utah.

Brenda loved children, especially babies. She doted on her grandchildren, loving them endlessly. All of her children’s friends called her Mom. Her soul was full of the Spirit and her heart was full of love. Kindness was her nature. Her smile was like the sunset and her love was like a warm comforter. She will always be loved and missed by all.

“God saw you getting tired when a cure was not to be. So He wrapped His arms around you, and whispered, ‘Come unto me.’ You didn’t deserve what you went through, and so He gave you rest. God’s garden must be beautiful, He only takes the best. So when I saw you sleeping, so peaceful and free from pain, I could not wish you to come back, to suffer that all again.”

She was preceded in death by her son, James W. Taylor; her father, Lee E. Anderson; and her mother, Patsy J. Anderson.

She is survived by her eternal companion, Glenn E. Taylor, of Fountain Green, Utah; her children: Shasta Taylor of Portland, Oregon; Traci (Kevin) Bantanian of Salt Lake City, Utah; Dustin Anderson of Fountain Green, Utah; Elizabeth (Kevin) Bean of Ephraim, Utah; and Alisa (Luke) Perkins of Caliente, Nevada; 10 grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews; three siblings: Peggy Williams of St. George, Utah; Judy Anderson (Comish) of Reno, Nevada; and Mike (Beverly) Anderson of Everett, Washington.

There will be a viewing on Friday, July 17, 2020, at Rasmussen Mortuary, 96 N. 100 West, Mt. Pleasant, Utah, from 6 to 8 p.m. There will also be a viewing at the cemetery from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2020, followed by services at 11 a.m. at the James Yorgason Pioneer Cemetery, Northwest Highway 132, Fountain Green, Utah (.1 mile north of town on Highway 132).