Saundra Lee Brewer Obituary (1937 - 2021)

Funeral services for Saundra Brewer will be broadcast on Monday, April 12, 2021 beginning at 11:00 AM MDT. Please see the screen below to view these services. Saundra Lee Brewer, 83, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 31, 2021 of causes incident to age surrounded by loving family. She was born September 28, 1937 in Provo, Utah, Utah County to Kenneth Steele Carter and Arline Ella Petersen Carter. She was raised in Salt Lake County and attended Jefferson Elementary, Lincoln Junior High, and South High Schools. As a youngster, while camping with family, Saundra broke her neck after tumbling down a mountainside in fear of an imaginary snake. She was a carhop at the original Don Carlos restaurant while in High School. She often would come up short in her change and her dad would have to go over and pay for the shortage. Her dad told her she would have to quit because it was costing him money. Ironically, after studying at Stevens-Henager college she went into accounts payable and worked for Evans and Southerland and J.C. Penney from which she retired. She was instrumental in helping raise Karen and David Worthen, children of Bob Worthen. She cared immensely for them and they her. Her brother, Michael, cared for her for years and was especially dedicated during the last months of her life. They often took car rides up the canyons which Saundra enjoyed enormously. She loved to see the change of seasons. She liked collecting mechanical toys, especially those that would dance and sing. She would become a child at heart when she showed them off to others. She was always ready with a story about the current happenings and history of her extended family. Saundra was a longtime member of the VFW Women’s Auxiliary and held many positions in that organization. She often did volunteer service at the Veteran’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. She met her husband, Clyde, at the VFW and they were married December 21, 1985 in Salt Lake City. Clyde sadly passed away January 1, 1991 after just a short time of marriage. Saundra loved her nieces and nephews Jeff Carter, Stacey Benson, Tiffany Carter, Lisa Dowdle, and Paul Dowdle and her grandnieces and grandnephews, Gabby, Carter, Cole, and Tanner Benson, Parker Garcia, and Olivia, Jackson, and Paloma Dowdle. She loved to buy gifts for them (and other children) and donated to many charities often in lieu of her own maintenance. We eventually had to put a stop to that. She is preceded in death by her parents and brother, David Kenneth Carter. She is survived by her sister Janet Dowdle (Orange, CA), brother Michael Carter (Sandy, UT), and sister-in-law Linda Carter (David) (Murray, UT). The family would like to thank IHC Hospice, Renew Hospice, Salt Lake County Aging and Adult Services, and the nurses at Brightstar for their care of Saundra these past 3 ½ months. A special thanks to niece Lisa Dowdle, and friend Denise Lancaster and family. Saundra’s 24 hour care would have been impossible without Lisa’s help and coordination and Denise’s untiring help often in spite of personal physical impairment. Services will be held Monday, April 12, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 1007 W. South Jordan Parkway, South Jordan, Utah with a viewing one hour prior to the funeral. Online condolences: www.jenkins-soffe.com. and www.legacy.com