Gwen Sloan

May 12, 1926 – December 17, 2022

Gwen Strate Sloan, 96, peacefully returned home to our Heavenly Father on the morning of Dec. 17, 2022. She was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada on May 12, 1926, to Alfred and Mabel Strate. She is preceded in death by her husband Hugh C. Sloan, her parents, her two brothers and one grandson. She is survived by her three children Greg (Irene) Sloan, Julie (Ken) Ewell and Holly (Brian) Hendrickson; nine beautiful grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandson.

Gwen moved to Edmonton, Alberta when she was very young and then to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. After living there several years, the family moved back to Cardston, Alberta and that is where she met the love of her life, Hugh C. Sloan. They were married on July 25, 1946, in the Cardston, Alberta Temple.

They moved to the States after a couple of years of marriage and settled in Othello, Washington. They lived there for many years and Gwen’s home was always welcoming to everyone. She loved to entertain and have friends over for meals.

Gwen loved to sew, needlepoint, knit and crochet, and everyone’s favorite hobby she performed was making chocolates before the Christmas holidays. She would make and dip up to 200 pounds of chocolates each year. Everyone loved them and she loved to box them up and give them as gifts.

She was a great cook, and later in life Gwen and Hugh decided to move to Phoenix, Arizona and open a cookie shop: Dusty’s Cookies, named after their oldest grandson. They lived in Phoenix for about 10 years and made so many friends and loved the time they spent in Arizona.

In 1993-1994 Gwen and Hugh served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Gallup, New Mexico, Mission. They loved serving the Lamanite people on the reservation. It was one of the highlights of her life.

After they completed their mission, they settled in Springville, Utah. Gwen loved her home and her neighbors in Springville. She was everyone’s friend and everyone always felt welcome in her home.

Gwen was an active and faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, holding many callings of service throughout her life. Her favorite calling was with the youth and the young women. She taught the young women many years and loved her time with them. Her greatest calling of all was to be a devoted, loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was the best of the best! All of her grandchildren loved her and loved to be around her.

There will be a viewing on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Othello, Washington LDS Church, 611 S. Seventh Ave. A short graveside will be right after in the same building (because of the weather), and then to the Bess Hampton Memorial Cemetery, Othello, Washington.

Gwen spent many of her last days being cared for by the wonderful people at the Charleston Senior Living Center in Cedar Hills, Utah, and A Plus Hospice Care in Orem, Utah. We want to thank these people for all the time, love and care they gave to our mother. She loved each and every one of them.