Julie Johnstun

LOGAN, UTAH: Julie Wuthrich Johnstun, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt, passed away surrounded by family in the early morning of September 26, 2011 at the home of her sister in Centerville, Utah. Her passing, she would say, was the end of this life's lessons and the beginning of many more in the world to come.


Born on February 4, 1949 in Logan, Julie was the fifth child of Walter and Una Wuthrich of Cache Valley. She spent her childhood at the Wuthrich Nursery on Main Street in Logan until her oldest brother Lloyd died followed months later by her father. Her most precious life's lessons, for which she frequently expressed gratitude, began then at the early age of 15. As a very young mother, she moved away from her family to Oregon where she began to learn the value of independence and the strength of her Spirit.


In 1986 she worked for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. Julie was charged to lead a team of programmers that developed the Church's worldwide banking system. Julie was very proud of her work's accomplishments and was privileged to begin something so significant for the Church that she loved.


After her first diagnosis with cancer, Julie began to live her life in crescendo. She took on the challenge of Marci Lock's 90 Day Mind and Body Transformation as the oldest person in the class. She woke up every morning at 4:30 for intense workouts in Kaysville, then worked all day in Logan, and finally went to bed only to do it all over again for three months. Julie learned that she was strong and capable of inspiring others.


When Julie received her second diagnosis of cancer she moved from Logan to Centerville where she could be closer to her two daughters and their families. She lived five more months as an uplifting and powerful woman who taught, through example, the lessons she had learned to everyone around her. Her ultimate lesson pinnacled when she learned the gift of gratitude and was able to verbally thank her Father in Heaven every night for the cancer she had been given. In her final months, Julie recognized, through the Grace of her Savior, all the blessings of healing and love that her cancer provided.


Julie is proceeded in death by her father and mother, Walter and Una Wuthrich, and her brother Lloyd. She is survived by her two daughters, Tracy (Trevor) and Teri (Danny); her six grandchildren, Trent (Heidi), Tori, Taura, Madison, Jessica, and Josh; her great-granddaughter, Mia; her five sisters, Bette, Kathy, Gloria, Joyce, and Jolene; and her many, many nieces and nephews who will miss her great hugs and big laugh.


Her daughters wish to express a special thanks to the Hospice For Utah and their outstanding staff. Also, a very warm thank you to Jeff and Jolene Keate (Julie's little sister) for taking her into their home where she felt so much comfort and love.


A family viewing will be at Allen-Hall Mortuary in Logan (34 East Center) at 10:00 am on Thursday, September 29 with Funeral services to follow at 11:00 am. Interment will be in the Logan City Cemetery. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family online at www.allenmortuaries.net