Ann Marie Hanson Schlupp

Ann Marie Hanson Schlupp passed away on January 4, 2024 in Farmington, Utah. Born on March 2, 1940, she was raised in Rupert, Idaho by her parents Edith Filer Hanson and Reed Daniel Hanson. 

 Always proud of her humble roots as the daughter of a small town tractor salesman, Ann often told tales of her mother picking flowers from her beautiful garden for a neighbor’s wedding, waiting tables in the local diner, and waterskiing in irrigation ditches in her “canal suit.” Ann’s mother worked in a potato factory to put her daughter through college at Utah State, where she earned a degree in education. Ann regaled how her Kappa Delta sisters accidentally bleached their hair green with peroxide and straightened it the old fashioned way (with clothing irons). 

 Ann married Raymond Lee Schlupp in 1964. The couple carefully chose a lot to build a home that provided their three daughters with hiking trails to explore with the family dog, sunset views across Great Salt Lake, and the enchanted chirp of cricket lullabies. Ann lived humbly in order to foster her daughters’ creative endeavors. She taught them to love the arts, ski on Sundays, and toast the perfect marshmallow. Most importantly, she taught her daughters the value of a good joke and the healing power of laughter in the face of adversity.

 Later in life, Ann reconnected with her beloved “sage brush sisters” at a high school reunion. They traveled to Santa Fe for the hot air balloon festival and whale watching while sipping skinny margaritas on the Oregon Coast. 

 A lover of local art and nature, Ann was a regular at the Utah Symphony. She never saw a Laconte Stewart painting that she did not stop to admire, and she enjoyed Salt Lake’s finest dining. As a teacher at Kaysville Jr. High for over three decades, she decorated her room with art posters from museums around the world. When she was not busy filling bird feeders, calling for her cats, or walking her dog, travel was one of Ann’s greatest joys. She hiked the Grand Tetons, searched for rock art in southern Utah, snorkeled in the Galapagos, and sampled the local cuisine of Inner Mongolia. As “one of the only democrats in Davis County” in the ‘70s and ‘80s, she donated generously to local charities. She loved Farmington, its wildlife, rural beauty, tree-lined streets, and her kind neighbors.

 Ann is survived by her sister Jane Axtman; daughter Kristin Schlupp, and her children Bryce Purgiel and Lily Urquhart; daughter Mikelle (Robert) Mansfield, and her children Clara and Charlotte Mansfield; and daughter Paige Schlupp and her son, Alexander Warne. Her husband, Raymond Lee Schlupp, preceded her in death.

 In lieu of flowers or donating a tree, the family asks that donations be made to the Nature Conservancy.

 A Memorial service will be held at the Orangerie at Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.