Wendy English

Wendy English After a long fight with stage four lung cancer, Wendy Jean English passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, May 3, 2019, at the age of 60. She was born on February 24, 1959 at Hill Air Force Base to a career military family. She lived in Japan, New York, California, and England during her early years before settling in Brigham City for High School. She also visited Grass Valley, California regularly to see her grandmother. She attended Box Elder High School in Brigham City, Utah, and college at Brigham Young University, Provo, where she majored in Public Relations. While a student, she met the love of her life, and four months after their first date, she and Rick were married in the Salt Lake City Temple on February 15, 1980. After Rick graduated, the new family moved to a small town called Seminole, deep in the West Texas desert, and later to Wichita Falls, Texas. When in 1986 the oil industry began to shrink, the family moved to Brigham City, Utah, where Rick worked as a Rocket Science Engineer at Morton Thiokol, now Northrup Grumman. Wendy was then free to continue to pursue her college degree, which she was awarded while five months pregnant with their fifth child. After her youngest child made it to junior high, Wendy entered the workforce, working as a trainer, consultant, public speaker, salesman, and finally the Director of the Small Business Development Center for Box Elder County. She was a valued member of the local business community and helped many small businesses get off the ground. She is also the author of a book on resiliency for young women called Young Women Bouncing Back. She was a life-long member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many capacities, including Young Women Advisor, Seminary Teacher, Family History Consultant, Relief Society President, and many others. She is survived by her husband Richard, their children Ryan, Crystal Arbon (Tim), Miles (Betsey), Emily Jeppsen (Brady), and Kelson (Alexia), her siblings Michael Gougler, Judy Dimmock, and Daniel Gougler, and nine grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her mother, Norma Jean Gougler, and father, George Marvin Gougler. Wendy will be missed for her bright spirit, her boundless energy and optimism, her compassion, and her charm. Perhaps the best measure of her life is the many sincere friendships she leaves behind and the legacy of faith her family will endeavor to uphold. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Brigham City Stake Center, 650 Anderson Drive. Viewings will be held on Friday, May 10th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Gillies Funeral Chapel, 634 East 200 South, Brigham City, and on Saturday at the stake center from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Interment will be in the Brigham City Cemetery. Send condolences to www.gfc-utah.com.