Early Life: Kaye was born in Beaver, Utah on June 11, 1942, to Andrew Jensen and Lyla Wixom Terry.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: Kaye was a loving and devoted “Bamma” to her nine grandchildren. She spent countless hours with each child at the theater, reading and creating books, and instilling in them a love of the arts, education and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Kaye graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in English, an MA in Theater and German, and a PhD in Theater History and German. She retired in 2008 from the faculty of the BYU Marriott School of Management, where she taught communications, business and religion to graduate and undergraduate students. Kaye served in multiple positions in the Marriott School, including director of public relations and associate director of the MBA program. She taught at BYU for twenty-seven years in a variety of departments, teaching New Testament, Book of Mormon and theater history. Kaye served for nearly three years as the Associate Director of BYU’s Jerusalem Center in Israel. She served a full-time mission to Germany for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a young woman, and later completed another mission to Europe, where she trained local leaders and young people in 32 countries on opening Centers for Young Adults for the Church. She previously served on the Young Women General Board. Kaye Terry Hanson passed, of Provo, Utah, away peacefully in her home on Sunday, September 25, 2016. She was 74.
Survived By: Her son, Rolf Hanson (Sally); daughter, Gretchen Knell (Abraham); and grandchildren: Olle, Leif, Elsa, and Liesel Hanson, and Zachary, Sadie, McKay and Lucy Knell.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents and grandson, Finn.
Services: LDS Chapel
Arranged: Walker Sanderson Funeral Home
Final Rest: East Lawn Memorial Hills
Original obituary published by:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 29 Sep 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Life's Work/Service/Interests: Kaye was a loving and devoted “Bamma” to her nine grandchildren. She spent countless hours with each child at the theater, reading and creating books, and instilling in them a love of the arts, education and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Kaye graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in English, an MA in Theater and German, and a PhD in Theater History and German. She retired in 2008 from the faculty of the BYU Marriott School of Management, where she taught communications, business and religion to graduate and undergraduate students. Kaye served in multiple positions in the Marriott School, including director of public relations and associate director of the MBA program. She taught at BYU for twenty-seven years in a variety of departments, teaching New Testament, Book of Mormon and theater history. Kaye served for nearly three years as the Associate Director of BYU’s Jerusalem Center in Israel. She served a full-time mission to Germany for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a young woman, and later completed another mission to Europe, where she trained local leaders and young people in 32 countries on opening Centers for Young Adults for the Church. She previously served on the Young Women General Board. Kaye Terry Hanson passed, of Provo, Utah, away peacefully in her home on Sunday, September 25, 2016. She was 74.
Survived By: Her son, Rolf Hanson (Sally); daughter, Gretchen Knell (Abraham); and grandchildren: Olle, Leif, Elsa, and Liesel Hanson, and Zachary, Sadie, McKay and Lucy Knell.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents and grandson, Finn.
Services: LDS Chapel
Arranged: Walker Sanderson Funeral Home
Final Rest: East Lawn Memorial Hills
Original obituary published by:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 29 Sep 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Early Life: Kaye was born in Beaver, Utah on June 11, 1942, to Andrew Jensen and Lyla Wixom Terry.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: Kaye was a loving and devoted “Bamma” to her nine grandchildren. She spent countless hours with each child at the theater, reading and creating books, and instilling in them a love of the arts, education and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Kaye graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in English, an MA in Theater and German, and a PhD in Theater History and German. She retired in 2008 from the faculty of the BYU Marriott School of Management, where she taught communications, business and religion to graduate and undergraduate students. Kaye served in multiple positions in the Marriott School, including director of public relations and associate director of the MBA program. She taught at BYU for twenty-seven years in a variety of departments, teaching New Testament, Book of Mormon and theater history. Kaye served for nearly three years as the Associate Director of BYU’s Jerusalem Center in Israel. She served a full-time mission to Germany for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a young woman, and later completed another mission to Europe, where she trained local leaders and young people in 32 countries on opening Centers for Young Adults for the Church. She previously served on the Young Women General Board. Kaye Terry Hanson passed, of Provo, Utah, away peacefully in her home on Sunday, September 25, 2016. She was 74.
Survived By: Her son, Rolf Hanson (Sally); daughter, Gretchen Knell (Abraham); and grandchildren: Olle, Leif, Elsa, and Liesel Hanson, and Zachary, Sadie, McKay and Lucy Knell.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents and grandson, Finn.
Services: LDS Chapel
Arranged: Walker Sanderson Funeral Home
Final Rest: East Lawn Memorial Hills
Original obituary published by:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 29 Sep 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Life's Work/Service/Interests: Kaye was a loving and devoted “Bamma” to her nine grandchildren. She spent countless hours with each child at the theater, reading and creating books, and instilling in them a love of the arts, education and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Kaye graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in English, an MA in Theater and German, and a PhD in Theater History and German. She retired in 2008 from the faculty of the BYU Marriott School of Management, where she taught communications, business and religion to graduate and undergraduate students. Kaye served in multiple positions in the Marriott School, including director of public relations and associate director of the MBA program. She taught at BYU for twenty-seven years in a variety of departments, teaching New Testament, Book of Mormon and theater history. Kaye served for nearly three years as the Associate Director of BYU’s Jerusalem Center in Israel. She served a full-time mission to Germany for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a young woman, and later completed another mission to Europe, where she trained local leaders and young people in 32 countries on opening Centers for Young Adults for the Church. She previously served on the Young Women General Board. Kaye Terry Hanson passed, of Provo, Utah, away peacefully in her home on Sunday, September 25, 2016. She was 74.
Survived By: Her son, Rolf Hanson (Sally); daughter, Gretchen Knell (Abraham); and grandchildren: Olle, Leif, Elsa, and Liesel Hanson, and Zachary, Sadie, McKay and Lucy Knell.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents and grandson, Finn.
Services: LDS Chapel
Arranged: Walker Sanderson Funeral Home
Final Rest: East Lawn Memorial Hills
Original obituary published by:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 29 Sep 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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