Our dear Mother, Ethel Rose, passed away early Monday morning, Jan. 30, 2017. She always wanted to depart from this world from her very own home in her very own bed while she was sleeping…and she did! Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, at the Main Street Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Snowflake. Viewings will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5, and from 9 to 10 a.m. on Monday at the Main Street Chapel. Interment will be at the Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery, and will include Taps and a 21-gun salute in honor of Ethel’s service in the United States Air Force.
She was born March 24, 1932, in Taylor to Julia Ramsay Kay and Lorenzo Ross Kay. She is the oldest of four siblings, including Leo Kay, Bonnie Wood and Johnny Kay.
Ethel was a lifelong member of the LDS church. She will be remembered by her peers and family for her love and her ability to make people smile and laugh, not just at each other but at self as well. She loved the outdoors, softball, outings and picnics, as well as golfing and bowling. She loved music, and passed that on to her children and grandchildren.
She was a patriot! She loved God and country, and proudly flew the United States Flag in her front yard. Ethel served in the United States Air Force from 1951-1952, where she met and married Bob Ault. Together they had Debra, Steven, Gary and Chris.
Later she met and married Lyle Strohmeyer. With his three sons, Jim, Jerry and Ron, they soon added Duane Strohmeyer to the mix.
Ethel worked at the local bank in Snowflake and later the Credit Union, and learned to love and serve all she came in contact with.
Later in life she met and married Guy Reed.
She was preceded in death by Lyle Strohmeyer and Guy Reed.
Survivors include her siblings, Leo Kay, Bonnie Wood and Johnny Kay; her children, Jim, Jerry (Lenna), Ron (Kitty), Debra, Steven (Lisa), Gary (Karyn), Chris (Patti) and Duane (Connie); 24 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.
Silver Creek Mortuary of Taylor was in charge of the arrangements.
