Diane Clark Rosier's Obituary
With broken hearts, we share the passing, on Sunday January 21, 2024, of our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, cousin, and friend, Diane Clark Rosier.
Diane was born on April 18, 1942, in Alhambra, California, to Horace Edgar Clark and LaVon Devey Clark. She was the eldest sibling in her loving family, which later grew to include two younger brothers, Dale and Bob. They moved back and forth several times between Utah County and Alhambra. They also lived one year in Washington state while Horace was in the Navy. She was blessed with a mother who could sew, cook, bake, and decorate anything, and a father who could build or fix everything else. Her childhood was full of cousins who doubled as best friends. These sweet cousins later became known as ‘aunts’ and ‘uncles’ to her own children. Diane graduated from Springville High School in 1960.
After graduating high school, Diane attended Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, on a scholarship. It was there that she met a young man, William “Bill” Jay Rosier, who would claim her heart for all eternity. They were married exactly one year after the day they met, on October 13, 1961, in Springville, Utah. They were sealed in the Manti temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on June 16, 1962. Although Diane often recalled how her doctor told her that she would never have any children, they were eventually blessed with seven. They spent the early years of their marriage living in Moroni, Ephraim, Springville, South Salt Lake, and Granger. They moved into their home in West Jordan in 1976 where Diane has lived ever since.
Diane was a skilled seamstress, baker, and decorator, and was often paid for her talents. In the 1980s, she and Bill pooled their creativity to create beautiful decorations to rent out and set up for weddings. She also baked and decorated beautiful and delicious wedding cakes and sewed elaborate wedding dresses. Diane could sew anything she was asked to sew by combining pieces from different sewing patterns. Her daughters always got to design their own Christmas and Easter dresses by looking through the sewing pattern catalogs.
As often as she could, Diane enjoyed working with Bill, and she became skilled at many home improvement tasks like laying carpet, mudding and sanding sheetrock, and installing baseboard. She put this knowledge to use after Bill graduated early (in her opinion) from mortality and left her to finish their basement remodel without him. She was not intimidated by the large and heavy power tools she had become so familiar with through Bill. She and Bill landscaped their own yard with great care and detail, and this was a place of refuge for family, friends, the neighborhood, and her children’s friends from out-of-town. They hosted numerous wedding receptions, ward parties, family parties, and friend-gatherings there. Diane lent out the yard free of charge to whoever needed it. She was always eager to share this space because this was a way that she could share her love. She continued to host these gatherings after Bill’s passing.
While Diane recounts that her early teenage years were marked by painful shyness, her drive to connect with people has resulted in numerous deep friendships. Up until the day she passed away, she cultivated her sixty-year relationships with high school and college friends, friendships with her teenage grandchildrens’ friends, warm conversations with perfect strangers, lasting relationships with clients and vendors, loving bonds with ward members, and connections with just about everyone in between. Generations of primary children count her as an adopted grandmother, and her “new” neighbors have treated her as if she were their own mother. Through the course of her life, Diane became expert at unceasingly showing love to others. Her absence from us is already deeply felt, although we take comfort in knowing that she and Bill are once again rejoicing in each other’s company.
Diane was a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ and a steady believer in His gospel. Family prayers and prayers before meals were never omitted from the day’s routine and were always heartfelt. She loved her church callings which included service as a primary president, primary teacher, missionary at the family history library, and as a ministering sister. Through many ward boundary changes, she became a glue that helped bring the newly formed wards together in unity. Her trust in God informed her actions throughout her life from the time she was a little girl in California attending church by herself, independent of parents, to her decision to live cheerfully these last seven years despite the absence of her most precious partner. She emulated Christ in that we love her because she first loved us.
She is survived by her seven children: Lori Frandsen (Gean) of Franklin County, Idaho, Shantel (Paul) Leishman of Wellsville, Utah, Michael (Heidi) Rosier of Herriman, Utah, Jay (Lindsey) Rosier of Highland, Utah, Randall (Erin) Rosier of West Valley City, Utah, Cheree’ (Shane) Frandsen of Kamas, Utah, April King of Ephraim, Utah and former son-in-law Clinton King; her brother, Dale; thirty grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; and numerous other extended family members and beloved friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband, her brother Bob, her grandson Michael Jeffrey Rosier, great-granddaughter Maggie Elise Jenkins, and great-grandson Matthew Scott Beardall.
We thank the nurses, doctors, and other staff members of the Intermountain Medical Center in Midvale who helped to care for her in her final days. We also wish to convey deep appreciation and love to her ward members and neighborhood friends who have so lovingly watched over her, especially during the past seven years.
A viewing will be held from 6-8 pm on Thursday 25 January 2024 at the meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located 7925 S. 2700 W, West Jordan, Utah. Another viewing will be held on Friday 26 January 2024 from 11 am to 12:30 pm with the funeral service at 1:00 pm. Interment at Memorial Redwood Mortuary and Cemetery (6500 S Redwood Road, West Jordan) will follow the service.
Zoom link for the service: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81208380523#success
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