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Beverly J. Epps Pace
April 8, 1951--January 9, 2000
Beverly Jean Epps Pace
Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Beverly Jean Epps Pace, age 48, passed away Jan. 9, 2000 in Murray, Utah, rejoining her mother Dora, brother Daniel Arthur, and infant daughter Corrina Ray Pace, as well as her in-laws, Eldon and Anna Pace,
their infant son, George Albert Pace, and numerous other extended family members.
Born April 8, 1951 in Ephrata, Wash., daughter of Neil Burtis and Dora Isabelle Thompson Epps. Married her soul mate, Steven Cottam Pace on December 2, 1966 in Clearfield, Utah. They shared 33 wonderful years together.
She is survived by her husband, Steven; daughters, Teresa Ann (Sam) Sutherland, Danette Lynn (Randy) Rasmussen; grandchildren, Corrina Lynn, Joshua Steven Gardener, Kamren Sam, Jaden Lee, Dane Colby Sutherland, Steven Christopher Feeney, StarLynn Dee Feeney, Dayna Kay Rasmussen; great-grandson, Iizik Szarak; sisters, Gail Williams, Pat (Lou) DiFillo, Marcia (Joe) Fry; brother, Richard (KayDawn) Epps; brother-in-law, John (Lanette) Pace and family.
Special thanks to all her friends who helped us and her through her courageous battle with cancer, especially best friends Penny Tidwell and Sandra Kennington. She was an inspiration to us all and always will be. A gathering for family and friends to honor Beverly's life will be held Thursday, from 3-7 p.m, at the home of Steven and Beverly Pace, at 6738 South Dixie Drive, West Jordan, Utah. Arrangements under the direction of McDougal West Jordan Mortuary.
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Susan Hammon (Sully)
Bev was a great friend to me in Jr High and we continued to run into each other on occassion over the years. She called me in Aug of 1998 and asked me to come to her Dad's house in Clearfield. Nancy Child Imlay came as well. We had a really fun visit. She and Steve Pace, whom she had married when she was 15 or 16, were still happily married. They were planning a second honeymoon to some exotic locale. She called me in Dec of that year to tell me she had been diagnosed with cancer. She and Steve lived in West Jordan and I never made it down to see her, much to my regret. I thought she would beat the cancer but obviously she didn't. She was always so much fun and her family, who are all very tall, loved to tease me when I would visit since I am only 5'1" and they were all about a foot taller than me. When I saw her that Aug she was the same fun loving, sweet girl I knew from Sunset Jr High. I still miss her and wish I had not taken for granted she would be a survivor.I hope her family is doing OK since I know Steve their girls and grandkids adored her. Her Mother had passed before her and her Dad died a few years after Bev. I saw where her older brother, Richard, recently lost a son. I believe he died of cancer as well.
Sorry it took me so long to express my love and friendship for my dear friend.