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a little over a week ago my grandma passed away in her home in bountiful. here is her obituary that was posted in the papers:

Colleen Webb Asay

Bountiful

1927 - 2009

Colleen Webb Asay, age 81, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 4, 2009 at her home in Bountiful, Utah.

Born July 15, 1927 in Monroe, Utah, she was the oldest of five children to Glyde and Christie Ilene Morrison Webb. Colleen grew up in Monroe, attended elementary, junior and senior high schools and graduated from Brigham Young University.

Colleen married Carlos Egan Asay on October 20, 1947 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They reared seven of eight children and served together in numerous church callings. She was his companion when he served as President of the Texas North Mission, acted as President of the European Area and presided over the Salt Lake Temple. In these capacities she testified of her love of God and the truthfulness of His church. Her constant desire was to serve her Father in Heaven and her family and to reflect and teach her love of the gospel to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and those who crossed her path.

She is survived by her children, Marcianne (Mark) Cannon, James E. Asay, Marcus W. (Christy) Asay, Brent E. Asay, Clair F. (Jill) Asay, Timothy L. (Jennifer) Asay and Carleen (Gary) Seljaas; 39 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren; brothers and sister, Bill, Karen and John.

Preceded in death by her husband, Carlos Egan Asay; her infant son, Carlos L. Asay; parents; and sister, Virginia.

she suffered from alzheimer's, osteoporosis and arthritis and was truly suffering the last 6 weeks of her life. she was an amazing woman of faith, love and dedication to the gospel of jesus christ of latter-day saints and all those in her life. she always had a smile on her face and was always the last to laugh at a joke, even if she didn't understand it. a common thing that i heard a lot from those that knew my grandparents was that it was hard to think about colleen without thinking about carlos, and hard to think about carlos without thinking about colleen. they were truly in love. i mean how else could you get married at 20 and let your husband of 3 days head off to a far away land {syria, palestine} for a 3 year mission. she is a beautiful woman inside and out. we all love and miss her very much, but know that she is very happy being reunited with her loved ones.