- Date Of Birth: July 26, 1957
- Date Of Death: October 25, 2021
- State: Utah
It is with the deepest sorrow that we announce the passing of our father, husband, brother and friend Terry Lee Sillitoe. He passed away from an unexpected illness in the home in Layton that he shared with his wife, Karlene who was with him and cared for him at the time of his passing on October 25, 2021. Terry was born July 26, 1957 and adopted by two loving parents Lucile and Ernest Sillitoe.
He grew up in the home his father built in Ogden and enjoyed making fond memories there. He spent many fall seasons hunting in the mountains near Scofield, Utah with his father and cousins and later included his children and grandchildren in these hunts. He graduated from Ben Lomond High School and LDS Seminary in 1975 where he ran track and enjoyed A Capella choir and was recently able to rekindle that joy by participating in the Ben Lomond Alumni choir.
Terry loved the ocean and boating and spent many years living in Seattle before moving back home to Utah to be closer family and care for his parents. He loved the outdoors, especially the mountains. He and Karlene have spent many weekends exploring and enjoying the mountains via their ATVs putting over 2000 miles on them. He loved great music singing and dancing to a good beat and instilled this love in his children. He also loved supporting his children and grandchildren in all concerts, swim meets, games, performances and any other event he was invited to attend. He was always there when his family needed him. It was among his top priorities to be available and supportive.
Most recently, Terry met and married the love of his life, Karlene Kidman, who had been a childhood romance. They rekindled their friendship and began a joyful relationship together. They were married on October 10, 2020 on the 48th anniversary of their first kiss from their youth. Their relationship was filled with many adventures and spending quality time together traveling and exploring, always making the most of each moment. He had a great sense of humor and a boisterous laugh that filled every wall of the room. He was creative and enjoyed woodworking.
He was a hard worker and known for his work ethic in the window covering installation business. He had many wonderful and exciting stories and experiences to share from his years of entering many amazing homes. He was proud of his work and would often point out homes or businesses that he worked in to his family. We loved hearing his stories.
Terry was a member of the LDS church and enjoyed many wonderful callings and serving with dear friends over the years in his faith. Karlene is an exceptional genealogist. She was able to help him discover and meet many members of his birth family and he was immensely grateful to get to know and love them and include them in his life as much as possible. His gregarious personality, piano playing, laugh and hugs made him who we knew and loved. He will be dearly missed, and we certainly feel our time with him was too short.
Terry is preceded in death by his parents Ernest and Lucile Sillitoe, his sister Susan, and nephew John. He is survived by his wife, Karlene of Layton. His two daughters Tiffany (Russell) Erickson, West Haven, UT; and Tarra (John) Tippets, Harrisville, UT. Son: Traviss (Ashley) Sillitoe, Logan, UT. Karlene’s children Jonathan (Beth) Peart, Hamilton, Canada; Jordan (Chelsea) Peart, Syracuse, UT; Kylea (Ryan) Reese, Layton, UT; Kara (Harris) Hamburg, North Pole, AK.
Grandchildren: Regan, Emma, Maggie, Eden, Jacie, Braxton, Xavier, Amelia and Emmett. His sisters Karen Ruelas and Julie (Lon) Thayne. Karlene’s grandchildren: Ian, Emmaline, Lucas, Quintin, Roscoe, Denver, Halli, Rylie, Skylar, Jocelyn and he was looking forward to celebrating grandbaby #20 due in November. He is also survived by his many newly found siblings, brothers: Ed (Rita) Davis; Rod (Jill) Pina; Don McNerney; David Pina; Sisters: Chantee (Matt) Turner; Rosana (Brian) Watts; Marietta (Mike) Cox; Delila H. Scott; Toni (Cary) Jarvis; and Dancel Rodger.
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