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1999 Taiana 2017

Taiana ‘Ileiane Kimanamo’ui Brown

June 25, 1999 — August 12, 2017

Our beautiful, loving and always smiling daughter, Taiana ‘Ileiane Kimanamo’ui Brown, peacefully returned home to her Heavenly Parents on Saturday morning August 12, 2017, at the age of 18, surrounded by her family.  She had heroically battled Stage 4 Small Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary for the last 18 months. Taiana, aka ‘Nana’, our beautiful daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin and treasured friend was born on June 25, 1999 to Tomasi and Melinda Brown in Salt Lake City, Utah.

She recently graduated from NUAMES (Northern Utah Academy for Math Engineering & Science) high school located in Layton, Utah. She was able to complete college level courses in conjunction with Weber State University.  Anyone that knew Nana also knew that she bled BLUE and that she was one of BYU’s biggest football fans, and a real True Blue Hero.  She was looking forward to attending BYU on scholarship to study Computer Engineering this fall and was planning to serve a full time mission next year.

Taiana was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and attended the Bountiful 6th Tongan Ward in Woods Cross, Utah. She loved serving and had opportunities to do so in the Young Women program. While in YW’s she successfully fulfilled all of the necessary requirements to earn her YW medallion and she also received the Honor Bee by completing the Book of Mormon from cover to cover while assisting other girls with their Personal Progress requirements. She loved attending seminary, participating on mini-missions, pioneer trek, many girls camps and loved attending all of the ward activities. She always expressed her strong testimony of Jesus Christ through her words, good deeds and the unconditional love she had for others.

Nana loved everyone and she was a friend to all.  She was compassionate, charitable, selfless, forgiving, loving and was a soundboard and ‘personal’ counselor to all of her friends.  Through this trial she experienced, she never once asked ‘Why me?’, but she would say, ‘Why not me?’.  She beat cancer the first time around and was cancer free for about 4 months.  However, when it came back it did so with a vengeance.   She never complained one time about  her pain, tumors, multiple surgeries, chemotherapy or radiation treatments.  She remembered the names of all her many doctors, nurses, techs, custodians and other staff members at Primary Children's Hospital, Huntsman Cancer Institute, and her holistic doctors.  She always wanted to get to know them better.  She’d make them laugh and make them cry.  We’d like to thank each and every one of them for taking care of her this past year and a half.  They truly became her friends. 

One thing about Nana was her contagious smile.  I don’t remember a day that she didn’t have a smile.  Her smile made others smile.  Even through the hardest of days, you would always see her with a smile and her trademark ‘double thumbs up’.  She was the best daughter a parent could ask for.  She did everything we asked of her.  She was responsible and considerate.  She would be a friend to those that didn’t have friends.  She never judged anyone and she accepted them as they were.  She was also the best sister two brothers could have.  She taught them how to talk, text and ‘flirt’ with girls.  Before the boys would send a girl they liked a text or slide into their DM or post on their FB, she would have to coach them and approve of their message before they could send it.  Lol ߘ‰   Hopefully she’ll still be able to visit from time to time to help them find some wonderful wives.  ߙ‚

During the last 18 months of her treatments, she built an even stronger bond with her mom and become her mother’s best friend.  Nana, we will miss you dearly, but we are so happy that you are free of your pain.  Your story and wonderful testimony has helped bless the lives of many including your own family and will continue to do so.  We are all the better to have known you and especially to have had the privilege of being your parents.  Thank you for teaching us how to love unconditionally and for standing firm in your testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  We love you.  

She is survived by her parents, Tomasi and Melinda Muti Brown and her two brothers, Alton and Lawrence.  Paternal grandmother Taiana Brown (her namesake) and maternal grandparents, Paula and Sisi Muti. She leaves behind numerous aunties, uncles, cousins and so many friends that dearly love her.  We will miss your beautiful spirit and smile, til we meet again.  We love you!                                                                                                         

 

Taiana’s life celebration will be held on Saturday August 19, 2017

9:00 am – 10:00 am     Public Viewing

10:00 am – 12:00 pm   Public/Family Program

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm     Funeral Program 

 

Location: Woods Cross Utah North Stake Center

1509 W. 1500 S.

Woods Cross, UT 84087

 

Interment:   Bountiful City Cemetery

2224 S. 200 W.

Bountiful, UT  84010

 

Mortuary: Russon Brothers

295 N. Main St.

Bountiful, UT 84010

Tel:  801-295-5505

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