Dorothy Snelson

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Dorothy "Dot" Snelson, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, age 92 passed away peacefully on November 30, 2023 from complications of Covid. Born on December 28, 1930 to Harry Bolton and Edna (nee Waugh) Bolton in Manchester, UK and raised in the Heaton Park area of Manchester. Dorothy often regaled us with stories of her childhood during WWII during which Manchester was heavily bombed. After Dot finished school she worked for the General Electric Company which is where she met her future husband, Eric, on the company tennis team. They were married after four years on March 31, 1951. Dorothy and Eric enjoyed travel and often rode their motorcycle the length of England to holiday in Cornwall. Dorothy was a flight attendant in the late fifties and traveled the entire world. She would send Eric a postcard from every new city and he kept every one in an album which is still in the family.

Dorothy and Eric joined the LDS Church in 1958 and were married in the London temple in 1959. Nine years and four children later they emigrated to America and set up home in Utah. Both Eric and Dorothy loved the mountains and even build their home so that the front window faced Mt Olympus.

Over the years Dorothy worked in various capacities including retail sales at Felt Buchorn, ZCMI, and Mervyns, and her beloved time as nanny to the Lofgren and Safford children.

Dorothy enjoyed music, travel, the theatre, flower arranging, crafts, painting, her little dog - Willie, and could often be found painting rocks or birdhouses with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Preceded by husband, Eric, sisters Marjorie and Patricia, brother Ken.

Survived by children Yvonne (Don), Nick (Cathy), Clive (Kathy), J Elizabeth, 11 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and beloved cousins, nieces and nephews in the U.K.

Funeral services will be held at Cannon Mortuary, 2460 E Bengal Blvd (7600 South) on Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 12:00 noon. Visitation will be held at the Cannon Mortuary prior to the service from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

In Lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Humane Society or the Wounded Warrior Project, charities for which both Eric and Dorothy were passionate about.