Fay Jennie Butterfield Wetzel passed away peacefully on March 18, 2025, in Payson, Utah.

She was born on Aug 22, 1930, to Lucy and Franklin Butterfield in Murray, Utah and raised in Taylorsville on an 80-acre farm. She was the fifth of six children and the first to be born in a hospital. Fay was baptized in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on temple square. How amazing! She played cello in high school and graduated from Granite High School. Fay married Earnest Wetzel on December 14, 1949.

They moved to Los Angeles, California in 1951. In 1960, they were sealed in the Los Angeles LDS Temple along with their five children. Fay was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and dedicated homemaker.  She was an accomplished seamstress and enjoyed making clothes for her children, sewing curtains, and quilts.  Fay had a great sense of humor which everyone enjoyed!  They lived in LA for 17 years until they moved to Klamath Falls, Oregon in 1968. Here they would reside for the next 50 years in a house Earnie built himself.

Fay worked at a nursing home then worked at Oregon Institute of Technology for 17 years as a cook and front server. Fay was active all her life in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She willingly served in many positions in the church in service to others. In 2001-02 she served an LDS mission with her husband to Nauvoo, Illinois. This was the highlight of their life! They also worked as temple ordinance workers at the Portland Oregon and Medford Oregon temples.

While serving as Relief Society President at age 83, she suffered a stroke and was blessed to regain her physical abilities. After Earnie passed, she lived in Utah with Ray (son) and Vicky. We are grateful for the loving way they took care of her! Then she went to live at Orchard View Care Facility. She was so pleasant and everyone at her care facility LOVED her.

Fay enjoyed music and sang alto in church choirs. She was very patriotic and always enjoyed the outdoors, camping, people, puzzles and playing games, even in her final days.

Fay is survived by her five children Ray (Vicky) Wetzel of Payson, Utah; Janet Fee of Chehalis, Washington; Peggy (Dan) Heap of Loveland, Colorado; Teresa (Robert) Lake of Parker, Colorado; Dale (Carolynn) Wetzel of Klamath Falls, Oregon; 20 grandchildren and 55 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings Alfred, Dean and Stephen Butterfield, Pearl Levie and Lucy Medek; son-in-law, Michael Fee and great-grandsons Jacob Wetzel and Rufus Loucks.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the staff at Orchard View Care Facility. They worked tirelessly on Fay’s behalf for the last four years of her life. You have our deepest appreciation!

A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at 952 West 1580 South in Payson, Utah. Visitation will be prior from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. at the church. At 2:00 p.m., interment will be in Utah Veterans Cemetery and Memorial Park, 17111 South Camp Williams Road, Bluffdale.

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