St. George, Utah – Laura Kay Frei, 77, passed peacefully February 7, 2024 in her St. George home, surrounded by family, after a yearlong battle with peripheral artery disease. She was born November 5, 1946 in St. George, Utah to Clare and Gelane Stock Paxman.

She married Terry Duane Frei August 16, 1963, in St. George, later to be sealed for all time and eternity in the St. George Temple in 2022.

Spending the majority of her life in her home town, she developed a true passion for helping people with their family preparedness, doing education and activities for people all over the state, being a self-professed "health missionary", and later in 2008 serving an LDS mission in Fargo North Dakota. She swore it was proof that our Father in Heaven has a sense of humor, sending a born and raised St. George girl to the cold country.

Laura was preceded in death by her parents, Clare and Gelane Paxman; sister, Vickie Ann (Clidelle); brother, John Clare (Lynda); husband, Terry Duane; son, Lonny Howard; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. What a joyous reunion awaited her February 7th!

Laura is survived by her brother, Arthur Kelly Paxman (Shana); son, Brent Terry Frei; daughter, Lisa Dickinson (Robert); 3 beautiful granddaughters: Victoria, Alexandria, and Randalyn (Lofton); and four amazing great grandchildren: Jasmine, Aiden, Oliver, and Ophelia.

Funeral services will be held Friday, February 16, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. in the St. George 12th Ward Chapel, 550 East 700 South, St. George, Utah. Visitations will be held Thursday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Metcalf Mortuary, 288 West St. George Blvd. and on Friday, prior to services, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the church. Interment will be in the St. George City Cemetery, 650 East Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah.

Services will be livestreamed at the following link:

https://youtube.com/live/0pKZdOcwhpw

Laura Kay Frei Funeral Service Program