RaNae Richins Holmstead

Our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend RaNae Richins Holmstead was joyously reunited with her son, Lyle, and her parents on April 3, 2023 at the age of 84.
RaNae was born on the morning of August 28, 1938 in Lehi, Utah to Everett Emmett Richins and Marie Gray. She was the older sister to Jay Richins, Dale Richins, Glenda Austin Peck, and Bonnie Miner. As the oldest, RaNae had a special charge to care for her siblings. She graduated from Lehi High School with many classmates who remained friends her entire life.
She married Von Holmstead (divorced) and together had five sons. She later married Clarence Ward (divorced). She was independent the rest of her life. As a single mom, RaNae worked many long hours to provide for her boys, ultimately retiring from Smith's Marketplace.
Her retirement was filled with yard work, books, television, a soda on the porch, and people. RaNae was known for her green thumb. She loved to garden, and her yard was always groomed and blooming, usually displaying some kind of new yard decor. She also loved people. Family and friends were always of utmost importance to her, and she had a genuine concern for others that made it easy for her to make friends with anyone.
Her greatest life's work were her boys; they meant everything to her. She was heart-broken when her son, Lyle, passed away in 2019, and never fully recovered from his loss.
RaNae is survived by her sons: Kirk (Zina) Holmstead, Terry (Vickie) Holmstead, Cal (Suzanne) Holmstead, Tony (Jennie) Holmstead, and daughter-in-law Debi. She was known as Grandma RaNae by 21 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren, and many unofficial adoptees.
We as a family would like to thank her friends and caretakers at Abbington Manor in Lehi for their tender care and friendship to our mother, especially Aspen, Abbey, Butterfly, Ladybug, and so many others.
A viewing will be held Sunday, April 9, 2023 from 6:00-8:00pm at Wing Mortuary, 118 E Main, Lehi, UT. Funeral Services will be held, Monday, April 10, 2023 at 11:00am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1125 W 300 N, Lehi, UT with a viewing prior to the service from 9:30-10:30am. Interment in the Lehi City Cemetery following the service.