Charlotte Renée Boston Fernelius Stuart Austad Obituary (1946

Charlotte Renée Boston Fernelius Stuart Austad of St. George, Utah, died peacefully in the comfort of her home on December 17, 2022, after a very long battle with leukemia. Renée was born in Taft, California on February 18, 1946, to Billy Franklin and Mary Druliard Boston. She lived in Oregon, California, and Utah throughout her life. She graduated from High School in Spring Valley, California in 1963 at the age of 17. After high school Renée married Jim Fernelius. They had 5 children together and later divorced. Renée went back to school later in life and in 1988 was Valedictorian of Dixie College, then she went to Southern Utah University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1990 and earned a teaching degree at the same time. She was accepted at BYU where she graduated with a master's degree of Social Work. This degree let her be a mental health therapist and she worked at Southwest Agency in St. George for twenty years. She enjoyed her clients and seeing them make changes in their lives. She retired in 2011 after she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. She always fought valiantly to live her life in the way she wanted and was a great example to others. In 2008, Renée married her love, Robert Grant Austad. They were sealed in the Manti Temple on July 26, 2014. They lived the rest of their lives together in St. George, UT. Renée loved family history, reading, sewing, cross stitching, crocheting, and knitting, collecting rocks, traveling, working, planting flowers in her yard and keeping track of all her children and grandkids. She had a great relationship with her grandchildren. She was always busy with something, whether it was growing flowers in her yard, making a beautiful quilt or stitchery, learning about archeology and history or doing her family history. She was able to visit many places, including Ecuador, Japan, China, Peru, Israel, Athens and Crete, Paris and England and probably others! Renée was a dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and had a beautiful testimony of her Savior, Jesus Christ. She is survived by her children: Christine (Kent) Chamberlain of Springville, Utah; Tracy (Silvia Fierro) Fernelius of Las Vegas, Nevada; Eric (Mary Stevens) Fernelius of Rexburg, Idaho; Rachel (Scott) Chamberlain of Aurora, Utah; and Josh (Bonnie King) Fernelius of Salt Lake City, Utah. Renée is also survived by Bob's six children: Matt (Irma Martinez) Austad of Hanover, Pennsylvania; Adam (Wendi Gubler) Austad of Saratoga Springs, Utah; Wayde (Tana Barney) Austad of Beaver, Utah; Heather (Gregory) Cannon of Central, Utah; Melissa (John) Young of Heber City, Utah; and Zachary Austad of American Fork, Utah. Renée is survived by a combined total of 47 grandchildren and 46 great grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother Richard Boston of Mesa, Arizona and sister Teresa Johnson of Red Bluff, California. The family would like to thank all the healthcare workers and kind and wonderful caring people who helped Renée through the years she had leukemia. It was a long hard battle, and your work and love were noted and so appreciated. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at 2:00 PM at the Bloomington Hills 4th Ward church building at 750 East Ft. Pierce Drive North, St George, Utah. A visitation will be held prior to the services from 12:30 to 1:45 PM. Interment will be at the Hurricane City Cemetery. Those who are unable to attend are invited to view the service from the following link: https://m.youtube.com/@bh4thward113/streams