- Date Of Birth: July 5, 1957
- Date Of Death: April 19, 2021
- State: Utah
Our Heavenly Father opened the heavens with loving arms to receive our courageously strong, amazing father, son, brother and friend, Kenneth Brent Butler Ostrup on April 19, 2021. He lost his valiant fight to pancreatic cancer with his oldest daughter, Mandy, by his side in his final moments.
Brent was born July 5, 1957 to Rose Talbot Ostrup (Wilfred) and Kenneth Butler (Judy) in Ogden, Utah; where he spent most of his life. He was the oldest of seven siblings. Brent graduated from Ben Lomond High School and later graduated from the Applied Technology Center.
He was a very busy child with big dreams and lots of ideas. He wasn’t afraid of working hard to get what he wanted in life. He started his first job at 12 years old delivering newspapers and continued with different jobs from there forward. He used to always say “Another day, another dollar.” He was a firm believer that you had to work hard for what you want in life. He spent his life doing just that.
In his youth he gained a love for fast cars. His passion became Camaro’s. His first was a blue ‘68 Camaro. He loved to feel the power, but also loved the attention he received from the pretty ladies when driving his Camaros. He bought several older Cameros throughout his life and would refurbish them. After, getting them up and running he would take everyone for a spin. He would say “Let’s go for a ride to see if this thing is running right.” We all knew however, that he just wanted to race around and feel the power. Once, the cars would receive their final paint job and a few more runs, he would then place a for sale sign in the car. Looking forward to his next project. Spending time with dad working on these projects taught us kids a lot about cars and what’s under the hood. He loved spending time with us and tried his hardest to be patient with our many questions. Once, he’d had enough of the questions he’d say “We are done for today; we’ll work on it tomorrow.” He never stopped teaching us, even when we would frustrate the heck out of him.
As an early adult, he joined the US Army in 1975. He became very ill during boot camp and was honorably discharged. When, he returned home to heal, he went through several changes. One change was being adopted by Wilford Ostrup. He also continued his relationship with Corinne and in October, they were married. They moved to South Ogden and created a family for several years with two beautiful daughters, Mandy and April.
Brent and his friends got interested in demolition derbies; and participated in many. He spent a lot of time building derby cars, motorcycles, and fast cars. He also started his career at Jetway Systems working as a painter in the airplane hangars. He spent most of his working career with this company and made many friends.
In 1984, Brent married Leslie; they resided in Roy. He became a father to Brandy Hide. He also had another beautiful daughter, Kristi Joe. During this time they also built a brand new home; this was another accomplishment for him. He spent many hours after work and weekends building this house. He would get so excited to take us girls to see its construction. When, it was complete, we used to sit on the porch together. He would tell us how hard it was to build and it was up to us to take care of it.
In 1990, Brent married Cindy and they resided several years in Brigham City, until they purchased a house in Plain City, were they lived for many years. He became a father to two boys, Kacey and Jeremy. Then, had two more children, Joshua and Kylee. He lived his dream in Plain City with having a farm with horses, cows, pigs, goats, chickens, geese, rabbits, dogs, cats, and any another animal that needed a home. He had a great love for animals. On Auction day, he would take in as many as he came across. If he didn’t have room for them, he would scoot on down the road and try to talk Grandpa Willy into taking them.
While, in Plain City, he became good friends with Reed and they started doing Chariot and horse racing. He spent many days doing this and would take us kids to the track to watch the horse races.
Brent parted from Jetway and co-founded a business with friend, Jerry Cheney called “Spring It Lawn Care.” During this venture he met and made many friends and customers along the way. He loved being a farmer and landscaper. He grew many successful gardens and loved watching the roses bloom.
He later moved to South Ogden were he purchased his last home. Due to his health issues, he was later put on disability. During that time, he volunteered at Weber Mental Health. He donated his time with Senior Companions and continued to help those in need. He really enjoyed bringing laughter and joy to those he served.
After, his health declined more, he had to move in with his daughter, Mandy and her husband in Syracuse. He loved when they would all get home from work and school; sit around the kitchen and talk while dinner was being made.
Brent was a man of many trades. He taught us how to be strong and to never give up, no matter what challenges you had to face. He loved helping anyone in need. He taught us to work hard for everything you want. He taught us to always make your dreams happen.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He strongly believed in his Heavenly Father and his brother, Jesus Christ; their help carried him through a lot of his tough trials in life.
He had a very strong love for All of his parents. He enjoyed spending time with both his fathers, Ken and Willy; and loved learning many things from them. He loved his mothers, Rose and Judy; all their advice they gave him throughout his life, and was blessed by their love. He loved his brothers and sisters so much; and enjoyed spending time and holidays with them and their families.
Brent loved being with his family, friends, and children. Many, of his most treasured memories were those of family events, vacations and crazy times. He was blessed to have memories with everyone he loved.
Brent’s children were his greatest achievements and he had a love so great for each one of them.
He loved to share his many hobbies with his family. He loved to be fun and crazy. He loved being the wild one in the bunch. If someone told him he couldn’t do something; that was a challenge to make it happen. He was full of life and made so many memories along the way. He loved to live life to the fullest. He made many friends along the way. We will surely miss him, but he will never be forgotten. His memory will live in us forever. We Love You Dad.
A Special thanks to IHC Hospice for all their love and care; a special thanks to Becky and Sandy.
Brent is survived by his mother, Rose; his children, Mandy (Brett), April (Lewis), Kohl Hay (Kristi Jo), Joshua (Kelsey), Kylee (Bernie), Kacey, and Jeremy (Asia); grandchildren, Kylle, Doug, Preston, Braxton, Dakota, Konstence, Kaige, Jamee, Coriayle, Maxwell, Owen, Nash, Bentley, Brilynn, Jareth, Aiden, Makinley, Brixton, Blakley, Kendal, Jaida, Deondre’; great grandchildren, Nevaeh, Joseph, Jasper, and Raylynn; and his siblings, Vickie (Vaughn), Pam, LeAnne (Jeff), Tami (Ralph), Kevin (Shannon), Shane (Louisa).
He was preceded in death by his fathers, Kenneth Butler, Wilford Ostrup; step mother, Judy Butler; and brother, Launy Ostrup; grandchildren, Nixon, Hayeson; and his grandparents.
Family and friends may gather Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Myers Mortuary, 250 North Fairfield Road, Layton, Utah.
Due to COVID 19 restrictions, precautions, Masks are Required by those who attend.
