Sylvia Lynette King

On Thursday, January 21, 2016, at 12:45 p.m., Sylvia passed away at her home in Springdale, UT. She was surrounded by her loving family and her puppy dog. She went peacefully and comfortably after her 9 month fight with brain cancer. She was 52 years old. Sylvia was born in Santa Ana, CA on September 29, 1963, at 9:24 a.m. She was the youngest of 4 daughters to Joseph Allick and Betty LaRue Hayes. During childhood, Sylvia and her 3 sisters lived with their Mom and Dad in Garden Grove, CA, Oahu, HI, and San Bernardino, CA. Sylvia graduated from San Gorgonio High School in 1981, and completed cosmetology school. She worked in San Bernardino as a cosmetologist until she moved to Utah and began working at Zion National Park with the Xanterra group. She worked the front desk at the Zion Lodge, then later as a supervisor for the Lodge Tram and Guiding Service. Sylvia met her future husband, David, at Zion. Sylvia and David settled in Springdale in 1999, where she worked as a server at Oscar’s Café for more than 10 years. Throughout her school years, Sylvia was heavily involved in singing, drama, music, and dancing. In addition, she was a Rainbow Girl and involved in different activities in Masonic organizations. Throughout her life, she also enjoyed traveling, (especially her vacations to Maui) pets of all kinds, creative activities, camping, hiking, spending time with family, and while working in Zion, she developed a love for the history of the area and park. Sylvia was preceded in death by: her mother, Betty LaRue Hayes, and her sisters-in-law, Linda Diane King and Elizabeth King. Sylvia is survived by: her husband, David Michael King; her dad Joseph Allick Hayes; her sisters Suzanne Lynne Hicks, Sandra Louise Redding, Sharon Lorraine Shehan; her mother and father-in-law Robert Garland King and Diana King; brothers-in-law Jarrell Edward Redding, Gerald Frederick Hicks, James Allen King, Brian Glenn King, and Phillip Wayne King; sisters-in-law Patty King and Jessica King; in addition, Sylvia had 13 nieces and nephews and 12 great-nieces and nephews, whom she adored. A Celebration of Life will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. at the Springdale Town Park under the Gazebo (weather permitting); otherwise, it will be held in the Canyon Community Center Hall, both at 126 Lion Blvd, Springdale, UT. A graveside service will be held at the Springdale Jolley-Gifford Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. A reception to follow will be at the Canyon Community Center at 3:00 p.m. Flowers for those services may be sent to the Cremation Center of Southern Utah, 1316 S. 400 E. #A5, St. George, Utah 84790. Personal condolences and donations may be sent to Sylvia’s husband, David King at P.O. Box 57, Springdale, Utah 84767 or to Sylvia’s Go Fund Me page at www.gofundme.com/sylviaking. Sylvia’s husband, David, and her family would like to thank all of her doctors, nurses, CNA’s, therapists and all other staff at Intermountain Healthcare, Dixie Regional Medical Center, the Southwest Regional Cancer Clinic, the Neuro Specialty Rehab, Health and Performance Center, as well as all those who have gone through this journey with Sylvia. Sylvia was a wonderful, loving, and caring person, who was loved by everyone she met. She was an angel on earth and will be greatly missed, but we can all take comfort in the fact that Sylvia is at peace and went home to heaven. Those of us left here will have aching hearts, minds, and spirits from the pain of losing her. If there was a star for every time Sylvia made us all smile, the world would be much brighter! Join us in remembering OUR SWEET SYLVIA!

Sylvia Lynette King

September 29, 1963 - January 21, 2016