Peter Peay Ashworth

Birth date: Jun 10, 1932 Death date: Nov 8, 2022

Peter Peay Ashworth 1932 - 2022 Peter Peay Ashworth, 90, of Provo, Utah, peacefully passed away on November 8, 2022, after a short battle with cancer. His last days were spent surrounded by all his living children. Peter was bor Read Obituary

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Brian Price

158w ago

In the summer of 1997, I took an introduction to Hispanic literature course with Peter Ashworth. It was an eye-opening experience that set me on the path. Dr. Ashworth was funny and insightful and brooked no squeamishness. One time, he assigned us an initiation story about a young peeping tom who sneaks into a school air duct to spy on the girls shower room. Some prudish recently returned missionaries gasped in horror as he pointed out the rather obvious yonic imagery. He glared at them over his glasses and told them to grow up. I have never laughed so hard in class in my life. Since returning to BYU, I have seen him a couple of times at the annual faculty dinner and around local eateries. Not long ago we both happened to be at my favorite local pupusería. I went up, reintroduced myself, and thanked him for that class. He was a good, kind professor who made a major impression on my career. QEPD, profesor.

Dave Peterson

159w ago

Peter and his wife are a good person to mine for many years and I was always so impressed with the kindness that he demonstrated with his wife. He is and was an impressive man. I am happy that they now I have the opportunity to be together again.

Dale Pratt

159w ago

Pete was a wonderful mentor to me in the early stages of my career. When Valerie and I told him we were getting married, Pete counted up and down in. his chair. Our youngest, Marina (erstwhile Joseph), used to crawl from Valerie's office into Pete's office to have a visit. Later, Marina started calling him "Peach" and the name stuck, at least in our family. I loved talking with Pete and Kathryn at church. They always had such wonderful insights. Pete's charity in caring for Kathryn was also a huge, brightly shining example of marital love.
Once, in the mid-1990s, Peter, Barbara Gordon (now Bonyata) and I did a panel presentation at a conference in Las Vegas. He found us a great Indian restaurant where we discussed together what we had learned from the conference. That is one (of many) of the treasured memories I have of Pete. I thank God that I knew him. Dale Pratt

Margaret B. Young

159w ago

I have precious memories of Pete. We performed in a couple of Spanish plays together with H. Kay Moon and Hal Clegg. Pete was always in good humor, and his Spanish was splendid.
I did not know that Cynthia had also passed away. I was in grad school with her.
Such a good family! Blessings on all of you!

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