Nadine R. Brown

Loa, Utah – Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, sister and friend, Nadine Delia Rasmussen Brown Taylor, age 87, passed away May 16, 2025, in Centerfield, Utah. She was born July 24, 1937, in Bicknell, Utah, a daughter of J. Nad and LaRue Fordham Rasmussen.

She graduated from Wayne High School. In her later years, she went on to take college classes in Mesquite, Nevada, where she learned Spanish and gained lots of friends.

She married the love of her life, Freeman Earl Brown August 12, 1954, in Bicknell, Utah. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple June 17, 1986. To this union were born three beautiful children, Joe, Deann and Leon. Earl passed away April 7, 1987. She later married Merlin “Kit” Leland Taylor June 27, 1997, in Loa, Utah. He passed away September 30, 2009.

Nadine was postmaster in Loa, Utah for several years where she loved her job and gained many new friends because of her job. She never missed a postmaster convention and came home to tell us all how much she enjoyed and adored her job.

Nadine is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she held many church callings such as Ward Relief Society President and Stake Relief Society Counselor. She took being a member of the church very seriously and loved her callings.

She was very talented in many different ways. She thoroughly enjoyed cooking, playing card games, and had a gift for weaving baskets, which if you were one to receive a basket, you were a blessing in her life at some point. She also took on carving wood chains and also loved showing them and giving them to those she loved. To know Nadine, you knew she had a special place in her heart for collecting Indian memorabilia. She also never went anywhere without her turquoise jewelry on.

Later in her years, she bought a home in Mesquite where she welcomed everyone to come and stay. Her family love to vacation there and spent many memories with her as they enjoyed the warm weather.

She was beyond proud of all kids and grandkids and the accomplishments each one of them made. She talked of them often and always needed to give her advice or opinion.

Grandma had a heart of gold that always wanted to help those she could and was always willing to lend her hand if needed. She cared about everyone and wanted to see everyone excel in whatever it was they were doing.

Nadine is survived by her children: Joe and Lynda Brown, Deann and Tom Valk, all of Loa; 8 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; siblings: Shirley and Larry Taylor of Taylorsville; Jay and Amy Rasmussen of San Diego, California.

She is preceded in death by both of her husbands, Earl and Kit; her parents, Nad and LaRue Rasmussen; a son, Leon R. Brown; a son-in-law, Chris Dahl Schaugaard; and her sister: LaRayne Shedden.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 23, 2025, at 1:00 P.M. in the Fremont LDS Ward Chapel, where friends may call for viewing Friday morning from 11:00 to 12:30 prior to the services.

Live streaming of the services can be found at: www.springerturner.com under Nadine’s obituary about 15 minutes prior to starting time.

Burial will be in the Loa Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.