Cheri L. Bytheway, 63, of
Salt Lake City, Utah, passed away peacefully on November 17th, 2024.
Cheri was born on November 9th, 1961, in West Palm Beach, Florida, at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. Married to Charles H Bytheway January 30th 1986 and sealed later in the Salt Lake Temple.
She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holding several positions in Young Women's Presidency, Primary and as a Family History Teacher.
Cheri was certified at Salt Lake Community College nursing school as a CNA. She was passionate about helping others and volunteered her time along with Ronalyn Fallentine for Head Start and the Neighborhood Watch for Salt Lake City. Represented SLC Head Start in DC.
Throughout her career, Cheri worked as a unit clerk for the ICU at the University of Utah, Mail carrier for the USPS, Tax preparer at H&R Block, Registrar at Primary Children's Hospital, and did billing for IHC and R1. Sold Mary Kay with Ronalyn where she achieved several awards. She also enjoyed using her skills to help others with their travel arrangements and taxes. Cheri had a warm and welcoming personality, making lasting friendships at every job she held. She had the ability to remember everyone's birthday. She will be remembered for her kindness, generosity, and infectious smile.
Cheri had a zest for life and enjoyed many hobbies, including fishing, music, gardening, rockhounding and collecting cards. She loved sports: playing volleyball, softball, and basketball. She played Pokemon Go and Ingress with her friends. Cheri loved her dog Jezebel. She was avid about genealogy and helping other people with their Family History, often researching history to find lost family connections. She loved being near the water and cherished spending time with her grandchildren. In her later years, she enjoyed traveling back to North Carolina and Florida to visit family and friends, even taking a cruise to the Bahamas with her friend Sharon Brantley.
Cheri was preceded in death by her mother Silvia Jane Broadwater Lee, and her stepmothers, Wynona Pauline Green, and Sheila Elaine Tolbert.
She is survived by her loving husband, Charles Henry Bytheway; her sons, Christopher Charles Bytheway, Jaron Michael Bytheway(Tiffany Roxanne Aller), and Daniel Joel Gladstone Bytheway; her daughters, Janae Nicole Bytheway Orr(David Nathan Orr) and Chelle Kaye Bytheway; her grandchildren, Brooke-Lynn Sierra Bytheway(Spencer Van Den Elkhof), Sara "Kota" Ann-Marie Bytheway, Anastasia Michelle Bytheway, and Charles Gonzalo Bytheway(Mother: Karen Angelica Pedraza); and her great-grandchild, Milo Grey Van Den Elkhof. She also leaves behind her father, Albert Edward Lee, her brother, Albert Edward "Eddie" Lee(Cynthia Lynn Fosker), and sister, Yvonne Ursell Lee Quinonez(Erwin Oswaldo Quinonez), as well as numerous extended family and friends.
Cheri will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Her memory will live on in the hearts of her loved ones forever.
Services will be the 5th of December at 2pm, closed casket funeral service at Larkin Sunset Gardens, 1950 E 10600 S,
Sandy, UT 84092. There will be a visitation prior to the services from 1:00 - 1:45 pm at the same location. A burial of the cremated remains will take place at a future date at Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery in Frostburg, Maryland.