Teresa Cisneros

Terri was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, mentor, aunt, and friend who brought joy to all those who knew her. She passed away on June 30, 2026, following complications from pancreatic cancer.

She lived her life in devotion to others. She took great care in her role as a child psychiatrist, pouring herself into her patients’ well-being even as she wished she could still give more.

Born in Dragerton, Utah, Teresa spent her childhood years in Price, Utah.

Terri began her career teaching in health education, and it was there she discovered she wanted to do more, give more. In 1984, she moved with her family to Little Rock, Arkansas, and raised three young children, Jae, Clay, and Shayla, as a single mother while she returned to school. She leaned on her own mother, Elsie Sanchez, who stepped in to help care for the children, so Terri could give her children and her family everything she had to offer. It was a gift Terri never stopped being grateful for, and one she carried with her every day after.

With that support behind her, she earned her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1993 and took her first job as a physician in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She spent her whole career showing up for kids who needed someone to fight for them.

In 2006, she brought her family to Utah, where she continued that work for the rest of her career.

She carried all of it at once: raising three children, caring for her mother, and building a career devoted entirely to kids who needed her. She was the best of us. She is laid to rest beside Elsie, the mother who made it possible for her to become one herself.

Outside of her work, Terri found peace in the small, steady things: tending her garden and casting a line while fishing. She never lost her sense of curiosity, always ready to chase a new experience, whether it was with her kids or on her own. That same youthful energy carried into her time with her grandchildren, who lit up every time they got to see her and play with her.

Those who knew her will tell you the same thing: they never once saw Terri be unkind to anyone. Not in anger, not in frustration, not even when she had every reason to be. Kindness was just who she was.

Those who knew her will tell you the same thing: they never once saw Terri be unkind to anyone. Not in anger, not in frustration, not even when she had every reason to be. Kindness was just who she was.

Terri is survived by her children, Jae Blagg, Clay Cisneros Rountree, and Shayla Rountree; her grandchildren, Elsie (named after her great-grandmother, Elsie Sanchez) and Amaya; and her sisters, Roxanne, Pat, Marcie, and Mida.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Raymond Cisneros and Elsie Sanchez.

A service celebrating Terri's life will be held on July 11, 2026, at 10:00 AM at Memorial Redwood Mortuary & Cemetery, 6500 South Redwood Road, West Jordan, UT 84123.