Carol Lee (Powell) Gibson, 1946 to 2026

Carol passed away March 10, 2026, after a full life shared with family and friends. She was born in Bingham City, Utah on December 27, 1946, to Jesse I. Lopez and Mary Skram. She was adopted by Elmer Warren Powell and Gertrude Roberts Powell, who were already grandparents and had raised five children. Over the years, they opened their home and hearts to many foster children, including Carol who clearly stole theirs. Carol graduated from Carbon High School in Price in 1965. And after boldly making the first move to ask Leroy Gibson to dance, they married soon thereafter on August 6, 1967. They were together every day sharing adventures and challenges, through sickness and in health, and through nearly fifty-five years of love and friendship. They loved their simple life and chose each other every day. Leroy passed away on July 9, 2022. She has missed him every day since.

Carol worked at the West Jordan School District serving school lunch and then at Becton Dickinson and Merit Medical manufacturing medical supplies. She also sold Tupperware and Home Interiors. She retired after over thirty-five years of service.

Carol was kind and loving to everyone throughout her life, in every role she undertook – wife, daughter, sister, aunt, neighbor, classmate, co-worker and friend. She loved sharing her life with everyone and loved spoiling kids, including her numerous nieces and nephews. She was generous, fun-loving, supportive, and accepting of everyone. Remarks made in her high school year books from 1963-1965 consistently recognize that Carol was sweet and kind. No matter what obstacles life threw at her, she remained sweet and kind through all of it.

Her loves: Coca-cola original (never diet), bumming with friends, soap operas, Elvis Presley, Luiz Meneghin (an opera singer), bold and fun jewelry, collecting movies, the WWE “Wrastles,” ATV adventures, camping, fishing, Wendover, bingo, home interior decorations, angels, windchimes, ceramics, fur-babies (dogs), and the color purple.

We will all miss Carol. She is survived by members of her adoptive family, including her niece Charlene Francies and nephew Teddy Effendol; several biological siblings she met later in life: Pat (Roger) Taylor, Phillip Lopez, Cathy L. Farnsworth, and Sherry (Carlos) Chavez; her brother-in-law Larry (Mimi), her cousin-in-law Peggy (Ken) Harrison, and several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews, including Dianna Gibson, Anna Gibson, Brian (Jillion) Gibson, Sylvia (Ben) Scott, Tracey Francies, Kenny (Katrina) Garcia, Peter J. Nielson, Mia (Jonathan) Berry; several life-long friends and all of her friends at the Wellington Assisted Living.

A special thank you to the team at IMC (in the ICU and on the 8th floor/patient tower) who took care of Carol in February, to the caregivers at Aspen Ridge West Transitional Rehab who have taken care of her at different times over this last year and to everyone at the Wellington Assisted Living who cared for and loved Carol for the last three and one-half years.

Services will be held on Monday, March 23, 2026, at Memorial Mortuaries and Cemeteries, 6500 S. Redwood Road. Viewing at 12:30 p.m., followed by the service at 2:00 p.m. and the graveside dedication.