Barbara Jean Dawes

Barbara Jean Dawes

01/26/1960~ 05/30/2025

Heaven gained another beautiful angel who was our beloved mother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin and grandmother who unexpectedly passed away on Friday May 30, 2025 @12:01 pm in Magna, UT at the age of 65 years young.

Not only was she beautiful, but smart, kind, graceful and so much more! Everywhere she went, she would run into somebody she knew and they would know it's her because of her very well-known distinctive laugh that was also contagious and brought on many smiles. Her presence had an elegant spirit that one could feel. She loved going out just to meet new people and make new friends.

She loved watching sports, going to some games with her kids, as well as watch her kids play in their own sports, dance and play music.

She also had a love for dogs, including (Blanca and Teddy) with whom she reunited with and Lil Pup who will be cared for by family.

She was into black and collecting skulls. She worked at many different banks for many years. She just retired in November 2024 after working at UPS for 19 years.

She also had a love and a big heart for kids so much, she had done joy school and turned it into an in home day care. She had many kids come and go for over 20 years. She would always treat every kid as if they were her own.

Now her love for music was always there. But she really got into the heavy rock and metal. She was an avid concert goer. Always going to many big celebrity concerts and to many local concerts where many people got to know her as she always did what she could to support all the local Salt Lake City Utah, music industry and would tell them to keep rocking on!

The number one thing though that brought her most joy, is the joy and love to and from her grandchildren. She would do anything just to see and love them unconditionally.

Barbara is survived by her 4 children: Loni Hudson, Randi Lamm, Dylan ( Shaynie) Dawes, Nikki ( Alysia) Dawes and 5 grandchildren: Cash Brunyer, Keegan and River Hudson, Greenlee and Everlee Petersen. She is also survived by her Mother: Luella Barton and siblings: Sheila (Craig) Jacobs, RaeElla (Jerry) Julian, Robert (Rebecca) Barton, LRay (Kari) Barton and Cheryl Barton-Tamez.

She is preceded in death by her Dad Lonnie Ray Barton and her sister Debbie

There will be no funeral services per her wishes, so we will be doing a Celebration of Life. Info on that is still in the works.