Vickie Lee Cheever Coles
1948 - 2019
Vickie Lee Cheever Coles, our sweet wife, mom, nana, sister, and friend passed away gracefully after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer and a lifetime of health complications on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at the age of 71. She was born May 20, 1948 in Provo, Utah to Vernon Smith Cheever and Martha Louise Taylor Cheever. Oh how she loved her parents and siblings, Pat Nelson, Gary Cheever, and Ron Cheever. She grew up in the “13th Ward” in Provo, Utah, where she made lifelong friendships, including meeting her “Brucey Boy”. She Graduated from Provo High School in 1966. Vickie was married and sealed to her sweetheart, Bruce Henry Coles, in the Salt Lake Temple on August 25, 1966. Her life was her family and she adored every child, grandchild, and great-grandchild. Each one thinking they were her favorite.
Vickie was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She had a perfect testimony of the gospel and her love for her Heavenly Father and her Savior was undeniable. She loved to serve and gave her whole heart to every calling she received. Her Christlike love and service to others was a true testament of her beliefs; she lived the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Vickie loved everything the Lord created for the earth and was in constant awe of its beauty. Flowers were among her favorites; her “Secret Garden”, and walkway to her home were her stamp on everything flowers. She loved the beach—her toes in the sand and the sound of waves crashing—dancing, music that soothed her soul, a beautifully wrapped gift, decorating for every holiday, the canyon, making lists, her scriptures, making every event extra special, and a good cup of crushed ice. She would show acts of love and service with everything she did, especially with her birthday cards, her wise advice, and her heartfelt conversations. But the most important thing she loved was people, they mattered most. Her family meant everything to her. She was proud of who she was and where she came from. She shared stories, pictures, and memories of her wonderful heritage often. She loved each and every friend and considered them family. “If there was anything; virtuous, lovely or of good report or praiseworthy”, she sought after those things.
Her greatest joy was her sweetheart, Bruce, and their family. They had 5 children, Sean and Debbie Coles of Williston, ND, Melissa and Steve Wiest of Lindon, UT, Angie and Rhett Murphy of Spanish Fork, UT, Jennie and Matt Bateman of Cedar Hills, UT, and Jil and Nate Leifson of Spanish Fork, UT. Vickie loved and was the proudest Nana of 24 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her sister, and three angel babies, Preston Coles, River Murphy, and Luke Wiest.
We give special thanks to her 10th Ward family, her medical teams through the years, to her home health care nurses, Tracey and Conner, and lastly to her kind and devoted hospice nurse, Leland. We couldn’t have done it without you.
We love you our Nana, our hero, our angel, until we meet again.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 9, 2019 at the North Edgemont Stake Center Chapel, 345 East 4525 North (Foothill Drive), Provo, Utah. Friends may visit with the family at the Stake Center Sunday, December 8 from 6-8:00 p.m. and Monday from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to services. Burial will be held at the Provo City Cemetery.
