Jaselene Lear Jowell Williams completed her journey on earth July 12, 2025. She was anxious to be with her eternal mate so they could continue on the path to eternal life.
She was born on the cold morning of December 21, 1936, the fourth daughter of Jason Hunter Jowell Jr. and Geneva Gertrude Powell Jowell, at their home in Helper, Utah. Shortly after her birth, her mother was rushed to a hospital and Jaselene was left in the care of her family and a neighbor who had a baby. When her mother regained her health, the family moved to Wellington to help her grandmother run her farm until it was sold. They moved to Price when Jaselene was two years old and she lived in their home until she completed high school.
She was a quiet, shy, frail child. At the end of the depression, her second-grade teacher thinking, she was not getting enough to eat, offered to pay for her school lunch. Her mother was offended thinking that other people thought she was not caring properly for her children. She took Jaselene to the doctor. He gave her a jar of medicine that tasted like honey which was supposed to create an appetite. Jaselene often joked that it took years for the appetite medicine to do its job, but by the time she was in junior high it was working.
Jaselene graduated from Carbon High School in 1954 and went to Salt Lake to attend LDS Business College. She worked at Woodbury Realty while waiting for her soldier to return home from serving in the armed forces in Germany. After six months she decided she wanted to return home and she worked at the Utah Poultry and Farmer’s Association. Her mother wanted her to go to school and become a nurse but all she wanted to do was be a wife and mother. Lamond and Jaselene were married June 10, 1955, in the Salt Lake Temple by Elder Henry D. Moyle. Their children are Gary Lamond, Jeff Jowell, Dona RaKay, Wade J, and Stacie. She liked dancing and singing but never had any interest in sports. However, she accepted sports into her life as her husband and children were always actively involved. Since Lamond worked in Price, he came home every day for lunch. She felt blessed to have her whole family eat three home cooked meals a day together. It caused her stress when the children were older and so involved with sports and activities it was hard to have family dinner.
She worked at Intermountain Farmers and Utah Poultry until Gary was born. Later, to help with family finances, she worked for 16 years for Garr A. Hansen at Coca Cola. She was able to do this because Garr let her work out of her home when her children were not in school. She believed it was important for a mother to be home when the children came home from school. She also did office work for her father. Her dad then asked her and Lamond to take over his business so he could retire. She really did not want to do that since she already had another job but since her dad had built her home, she couldn’t tell him “No.” They bought her father’s business and owned and operated City Sanitation for 26 years. When Lamond was elected to serve as a Price City Councilman, she was active in civic affairs such as “Neighborhood Watch” and served as Carbon County Chairman for the Red Cross Blood Drive. She also served one year as President of the Women’s Association of the Utah League of Cities and Towns. She also served as Vice Chairman of the Carbon County Republican Party. While she was not a “died in the wool” republican, she did believe it was important to have a two-party system so people could have a choice to vote for the person they thought would do the best job.
In 1999 after retirement, Lamond and Jaselene served in the Georgia Atlanta Mission proselyting for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 18 months. They served in The Elberton Branch as well as the Cedartown Branch. They loved the people in both areas and kept in touch with friends in both areas. Shortly after returning home in 2001, they were called to serve in the Manti Temple as ordinance workers. They served for 20 years until it was closed for its renovation, while still fulfilling other callings in their ward. They were active members in The Church of Jesus Christ all their lives. She taught her children the gospel by example, taking them to church, starting family home evening in the home when Gary was three and Jeff was one. She served on the stake young women’s board working with the Mia Maids. She served in the nursery, primary, young women’s presidency. She had the unique experience of serving five years as relief society president in the three different wards for three different bishops.
She is survived by her children, Gary and Carol Williams, Jeff Williams, RaKay and Claye Dance, Wade and Peggy Williams, and Boyd and Stacie Lake; 23 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, nine step-great grandchildren; sisters, Juanita Tomsic and Pat Lewis; sisters-in-law, Phyllis Williams Bendixson and Marianne Williams, and their families. While she loved all her nieces and nephews, she was exceptionally close to her niece, Marlene Gurule and her husband George, and their family. She often said Marlene was more like a daughter than a niece. She also had a close relationship with her nieces, Kim Tomsic and Pam Gatherum, and two nephew-in-laws, Travis Williams, and John and Carryl Tatton, and their families.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jase and Geneva Jowell; in-laws, Lenard and Elizabeth Williams; son-in-law, Earl Sorensen; daughter-in-law, Debby Williams; brothers-in-law, Mario Bonello, Emil Tomsic, Harold Poloni, Lynwood Williams, Terry Williams, Fred Tatton and Blaine Bendixson; sisters-in law, Donna Williams and Rea Tatton; nephews, Brent Tomsic, Stephen Williams, Terry Poloni; and her sisters, Arlene Bonello and Merlene Poloni.
Funeral arrangements are with Mitchell Funeral Home of Price, Utah, under the direction of Bobby Etzel a very good friend. Funeral service, Saturday, July 19, 2025, 10:00 a.m., Price Eighth Ward Chapel. Family will receive friends at the church Friday evening from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and one hour prior to the service on Saturday. Interment, Price City Cemetery. Arrangements under the trusted care of the staff at Mitchell Funeral Home of Price and Huntington where friends are welcome to share memories of our beloved Jaselene online at www.mitchellfuneralhome.net