Our dear Denise Clay Sullivan passed away on March 17, 2022. Denise was born on November 2, 1977 to her loving parents Gary Leon Clay and Karmel Eckhardt Clay in American Fork, Utah. She attended Pleasant Grove High School and attended Snow College for a time.

She held many jobs over the years. She enjoyed working with the students at Lone Peak and then at Orem high schools as an IVC facilitator. She also worked for the State of Utah Office of Recovery Services for about 15 years.

Denise was very passionate about horses. She loved training them and teaching children how to ride. She enjoyed barrel racing, ranch sorting, Cowboy Mounted Shooting which she was a two-time World Champion. She especially enjoyed helping her partner, Mike Ogden in the Utah Miniature Bull Riders Association. She was a member of the USWRCA, WPRCA and Utah Mounted Thunder, and enjoyed participating as a quarter horse judge as well as in 4H, AQHA, Panorama, CMSA. She was a very active person that lived life to the fullest. She has a special love for wolves, cats and was great with math, numbers, and accounting.

Denise was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She had a strong testimony and loved serving as a Primary teacher. She had a special place in her heart for all God’s children.

She is survived by her parents, Gary and Karmel; partner, Mike Ogden; and son, Joseph Sullivan.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. located at the Lakeshore Chapel, 5916 South 3200 West, Lakeshore, Utah. Family and friends may attend a visitation Wednesday evening, March 23, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. located at Walker Funeral Home, 187 South Main Street, Spanish Fork, Utah; and again the next morning at the church from 9:45-10:45 a.m. prior to services.

For a live broadcast of the funeral service please click on the following link: https://youtube.com/channel/UCtjeC95d9KdasygmNfvDn7g