G. Brent Wynn

G. Brent Wynn passed away suddenly on May 22, 2019, after a vibrant and healthy life of 81 years.  Brent was born on Jan 4, 1938, on a family farm in Burton, Idaho, to Eugene Woodrow Wynn and Edith Isabell Snarr Wynn. He has two brothers: Jan Wynn and Alden Wynn, and three sisters: Dixie Leavitt, Suzanne Peterson, and Georgianna Barton.  He spent his early years on family farms in Rexburg, Idaho and Ontario, Oregon, learning the ethics of hard work and strong family values. After graduating from high school, he took his first job as a smokejumper with the U.S. Forest service, spending five summers fighting fires in McCall, Idaho. He paid his way through college, a mission, and helping out with the expenses of the family farm in difficult times. During these early adulthood years, he served an LDS mission to the Western States. He worked for Thiokol, Boeing, Evans & Sutherland, Link Flight Simulation, and retired from Hill Air Force Base. His favorite job was teaching Design Engineering and Technology, at Brigham Young University. He passed on his values, and love of family to his five children, and four grandchildren.

Brent loved doing anything active and fun with his immediate and extended family, and many friends.  He always loved being active in golf, skiing, hiking and camping, running, biking, playing family reunion games, telling stories, dancing, pickleball, going out to the movies. He was proud of his good health and active lifestyle; competitively finishing 20 St. George Marathons and multiple triathlons. He earned his Eagle Scout at age 14, and was active in Boy Scouts throughout his life. He was an active member of the LDS church, and served as an ordinance worker in the Bountiful Temple for 8 years. He actively pursued any opportunity to do anything to help anyone in any need.

Brent was proceeded in death by his parents and a sister, Dixie. His siblings are Jan (Sherleen) Payson, UT; Alden (Tamara) Herriman, UT; Suzanne Peterson (Nolan) Layton, UT; Georganna Barton (Lynn) Twin Falls, ID.  Brent Married Barbara Dee Nelson on her birthday 13 Nov 1961 in the Idaho Falls Temple (his grandfather Snarr performed the sealing). They divorced after 35 years of marriage, and share the love of their 5 children, Tom (Vivian), Guy (Diana), Nathan (Denise), Molly and Grant. Brent later married Gaye Shiner Bloomquist on May 2, 2002, in the Bountiful Temple.  

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at the North Canyon 7th Ward, 3350 S 100 E. Bountiful, Utah. Viewings, Monday, May 27th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Russon Mortuary, 295 N Main, Bountiful, Utah, and Tuesday from 9:30 to 10:30 am at the church prior to the service.