Sorry to announce, WE have lost yet another friend.. Jean Nelsen Passed away Wed Oct 20th All of us will remember Jean having a blast in her Beautiful red Chevelle convertible. What a great Lady, Always with a smile, Always with a kind word. She will be very missed by all who knew her.. All of her "Family of Friends.. Emogene "Jean" Brailsford, Vincent - Cook - Nelsen courageously passed away October 20, 2021 in Orem Utah. Born in Payson, Utah, April 12, 1947, to George Leonard and Emogene Hone Brailsford she was the fourth daughter of eight children. She was raised on the farm in Benjamin, Utah. She graduated from Spanish Fork High School and shorty after married Richard Gardner Vincent, son of Paul D and Thelma Vincent. Jean was primarily a stay at home mother to her three boys, but she also worked in many areas including cosmetology, sewing/quilting, upholstery and at Utah State Hospital as a dietitian as well as a Temple worker at the Mount Timpanogos Temple. She was a bit of an adrenalne junkie as she really enjoyed racing cars. Started with street racing and some circle track(stock car),4X4 mud racing and loved jeeping in Moab with her Jeep rubicon. But especially loved drag racing with family at Rocky Mountain raceway and driving her sand rail at the sand dunes. She was a fan of NASCAR and attended races at various tracks. She was also a rail fan and loved watching railroad trains. She had a polaris RZR and did offroading. In recent years she participated in car cruising and car shows and was the winner of many with her convertible Chevelle. She also enjoyed driving her Corvette Stingray around on the weekends. She was a good cook and always helping others. at a young age she became quite the seamstress she created amazing quilts sewing and piecing them together for her family. With husband Melvin Cook they were members of the good Sam's Club and traveled and enjoyed four wheeling together. She enjoyed her winters in Yuma and her summers in Montana with Robert -Bob Nelsen She enjoyed going to Beaver Dam, Arizona and the many friends in that area.. She cherished her membership (in the chruch) and had a strong testimony of our Savior and the restored gospel. Her testimony in the gospel was always firmly planted which gave her strength through the many challenges she faced in her life. She would drop just about anything to have the chance to be with her kids and grandkids. She is survived by her loving sons Richard Todd, Timothy Darren and Mark Jayson-Brooke Grandchildren-Austin Vincent, Tanner Vincent, Kody Vincent, Alesha Vincent, Nicole Vincent, Kameron Vincent, Danica Vincent and Jack Vincent, Sisters Lynn Todhunter, Clydene Bowen, Ruth Killpack, Brothers Ted, Mark, Leslie Brailsford. Funeral services are currently planned for Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. - location to be announced. Family and friends are invited to leave memories and condolences for the family online at www.walkersanderson.com.
