Kay Harding

February 15, 1941 - October 2, 2021

Kay LaRee Clements Harding was born on Feb. 15, 1941, 24 minutes after her twin sister Fay LaRae Clements. She was a complete surprise as her mother never knew she was carrying twins until the doctor said, “Here’s the first and the second is on its way!” She was born to goodly parents, Henry Glen Clements and Kathryn Lillian Ayre. A brother, Gerald was born 3 years later. She grew up on Crystal Avenue in Salt Lake City, Utah and had fond memories of her time there. The twins loved playing dress up, playing with their dolls and their many cousins. She attended Madison Elementary and the family built a home in American Fork where they then moved to. She then attended Forbes Elementary School for one year, American Fork Junior High and she graduated from American Fork High School in 1959. She attended LDS Business College and was hired by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Family History Department where she worked for 42 years. She married Ronald Clark Harding on Sept. 30, 1965, in the Salt Lake Temple. They lived in an apartment on Blair Street in Salt Lake and then moved to North Salt Lake where they lived in the Camelot Mobile Home Park for many years. She then moved back to her childhood home in American Fork. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and she served in many positions in the Relief Society, Young Women’s and Primary. She enjoyed being an election judge for many years in North Salt Lake and also enjoyed serving with the Festival of Trees. She loved crafting, scrapbooking, reading, talking on the phone and being with her family. She was considered a second mom to her nieces Dorothy, Rebecca and Kathleen and she was best known as Auntie Grannie to her great-nieces and nephews, a title that she loved! She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Oct. 2, 2021, from Lewy Body’s Dementia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Glen and Kathryn Clements and brother-in-law Frank Jaynes. She is survived by her husband, R. Clark Harding, sister, Fay Jaynes, and brother, Gerald (Gaylene) Clements, and several nieces and nephews (Dorothy, Rebecca, Kathleen, Shelley, Steve, Anne, Jacob, Kyle, Kaitlyn, Justin, Paige, Madison, Echo, Aaron, Emily, Walle, Jesse, Evie, MaryAnn, Kevin, Alex, Olivia, Greyson and Emma). Special thanks to Hearts for Hospice and Home Health Care for their many hours of service in her behalf. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, October 12th, at 12:00 pm, at the American Fork 6th Ward, 320 North 100 East, American Fork, Utah, where a Viewing will be held prior to services from 10:30 to 11:30 am. Interment in American Fork City Cemetery. The service will be broadcast live at https://zoom.us/j/99320445969?pwd=MWxTRFhacVZXRDRqN2ZkNW4xUklDUT09 Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.