LaDawn Brewer

LaDawn Brewer

LaDawn Brewer of Snowflake passed away on Jan. 11, 2020, at her home in Snowflake surrounded by her loving family. She was 83.

A viewing will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, at the Centennial Stake Center, located at 9th S. 2nd St W. in Snowflake. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, at the stake center with a viewing from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Interment will follow in the R.V. “Mike” Ramsay Memorial Cemetery in Snowflake.

LaDawn was the third of three children born to Elwin Ellsworth and Dicie May Brimhall. She was born on Oct. 11, 1936, in Taylor and was raised on the Ellsworth Ranch, just south of Show Low. She attended all eight grades of elementary school in Show Low and attended all four years of high school in Snowflake, where she graduated with honors in 1954. She attended and graduated from Dixie Junior College in St. George, Utah, and attended one year of college at Arizona State College in Flagstaff.

She married Larry B. Brewer in the Mesa Arizona Temple on Aug. 29, 1956. Their union brought seven children into the world: Michael Lee (Diane Bryce), Larry Mark (Mary Pratt), Jillyn (Nolan Baldwin), Camile (Gary Kern), Marcelle (Chris Grimes), Celia (Roger Hallsted) and Cynthia (Peter Reis).

LaDawn was a life-long member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many callings. These include Mission Presidency in Aba, Nigeria, West Africa, ordinance worker in the Nauvoo, Ill, Mesa and Snowflake temples and temple presidency in the Mesa and Snowflake temples.

Throughout her life, LaDawn was loved by all who met and associated with her. The joy of her life was serving her family. Her posterity presently includes seven children, 38 grandchildren and 63 great-grandchildren, and growing.

Owens Livingston Mortuary of Snowflake handled the arrangements.