Kimberly Oakeson Obituary (1974 - 2021)

Graveside services for Kim will be broadcast via Facebook Live on August 23, 2021 beginning at 11:30 AM MDT. If viewing this broadcast from a mobile device, the Facebook App is required. If you are viewing this broadcast on a desktop computer, a Facebook account is not required. To watch this service, please click on the link below. Click HERE to view Graveside Services for Kim Oakeson Kimberly Oakeson (Kimmy), 46 of West Jordan passed away on August 12, 2021, in Murray Utah of complications of Covid 19. She was born on November 21, 1974, to John & Debra Oakeson as the second little girl to arrive in their growing family, soon to be followed by the third to complete their girl trio. Kim graduated from Jordan High School and devoted her life to the care and rearing of children, including many relatives as well as countless other neighbors and friends over the years. The kind and gentle love she so freely gave will continue in each of them throughout their lives. Along with her two sisters and mother, Kim created handmade wood cutouts for their successful business, Variety is Life and Pretty in Sawdust. Kim is survived by her parents: John and Debra Oakeson, her sisters, Jamie (Bob) Dedman, Chris Oakeson and Diana Lowder. She was preceded in death by her grandparents Harold and Wilma Oakeson, George Kaye and Erma Ipsen, Steven Lowder who we know welcomed her with open arms. She is also survived by her nieces and nephew: Treven, Abby and Baylee Dedman, Ana, Jesse and Boe Lowder. She is also survived by numerous Aunts, Uncles, cousins on both sides of her family and many of whom she also cared for and felt warmth of her heart and her gently touch. She loved to go camping, 4-wheeling, and going to Las Vegas for vacations. Reading was one of her greatest joys. She loved planning birthday parties for her nephew, nieces, and cousins with elaborate decorations that she always created for them. Her nieces and cousins would always want her to take them to their cars when it was time for them to leave and stand there to wave goodbye. Viewing will be Monday August 23, 2021, from 10-11 AM at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary (1007 West South Jordan Parkway, South Jordan), A graveside service will take place at the Crescent Cemetery (11105 South State , Sandy) at 11:30 AM. To honor Kimberly, the family encourages those attending to wear masks and maintain proper social distancing. If you not yet received the covid-19 vaccinations, please consider doing so. It saves lives. “When we lose someone we love, we must learn not to live without them, but to live with the love they left behind.” -unknown