Mary Ann Hogan Embry passed away peacefully in Tooele, Utah, July 30, 2022, due to cancer. She was 78 years old. Mary Ann was born July 9, 1944, in Salt Lake City, daughter of Rulon D. Hogan, and Mary LaFay Rasmussen Hogan, the second of three daughters.
She was always a very happy little girl, delighted at the sight of her daddy. She was his right-hand girl when he needed help driving the tractor on the farm. Mary Ann attended school in West Jordan, Stockton, and Tooele. In 1961 she married Frank Gladden. They were parents of four children Kevin, Kim, Kenneth, and Kathy. The were later divorced. She met William Kay Embry when they were both employed at England Trucking. They were married later, and made their home in Gold Beach, Oregon, until 2003 when why moved to Tooele.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Bill. She is survived by her children Kevin (Andreas), Kim (Sheila), Kenneth, and Kathy (Robert King); two sisters Laurel Young, and Patsy (Bradley Peterson) currently serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Stockholm, Sweden; also survived by 22 grandchildren, and 4.5 great-grandchildren.
She had many friends who also survive her. If you knew Mary Ann, you were her friend. A special thanks to her special friend and neighbor Ann Corsi; also thanks to the staff at Willow Springs for their loving care given to her the last weeks of her life.
A viewing will be held Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, at Tate Mortuary from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., with a funeral service to follow at 1 p.m. Cremation will take place following the funeral.