Maxine Brady

Kezia Maxine Heaton Brady passed away on Friday, January 8, at her daughter's home in Stansbury Park, Utah. Maxine was born in Moccasin, Arizona, June 16, 1927, the first of ten children to C. Leonard and Edna R. Heaton. She attended a one-room school in Moccasin, lived away from home to attend Fredonia High School, entered Dixie Junior College at age 16 and graduated from BYU in 1948 in chemistry and mathematics. In 1951 Maxine was hired by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to work at the Nuclear Reactor Testing Site near Arco, Idaho, as a chemist. She was sent to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to train in the maintenance of nuclear reactors. It was in Idaho that she met Wells Brady who also worked for the AEC and kept her lab equipment operational. They were married September 17, 1952, in Elko, Nevada, and were sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple on August 13, 1987. Maxine filled her life with family and service. Besides working with Wells at Wells’ Radio-Television Sales and Service in Rigby, she ran a home, bore seven children and loved Wells’ two children as her own. When circumstance and opportunity allowed it, she volunteered at the local elementary school. When her last baby arrived, she returned home and cared for her new daughter and quite a few other children as well. Many fondly remember her thirteen years as the Harwood Elementary School secretary. It was more than a desk job for her. She kept the many love notes from children and teachers. One year ago Maxine became critically ill for the first time in her life. Instead of slowing down, she bounced back and lived what we refer to as her “Victory Lap”. She traveled to family events including two family reunions, scaled a mountain to her favorite childhood spot, climbed an apple tree with her great-grandchildren, and sorted through generations of family mementos. She increased her study of the scriptures and deepened her service and friendships. And most precious, she overcame her reluctance to speak in front of people and bore her testimony of the Savior on her final Sunday at church. She is survived by six daughters, Katherine (Bill) Goldberg of West Bountiful, Utah; Louise (Robert) Stewart of Stansbury Park, Utah; Annette (Jens) Fugal of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky; Jean (Ron) Arnott of Mentone, California; Carol (Victor) Dupuis of Ucon, Idaho; and Evelyn (Jeff) Hawley of Tooele, Utah; three sons, William Edward (Mary Ann) Brady of Bel Air, Maryland; Luther Wells (Francine) Brady of San Bernardino, California; and Arthur Leonard (Michele) Brady of Tooele, Utah; 59 grandchildren and 76 great grandchildren with at least 4 on the way. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by one brother and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 15, at 11:00 a.m. in the Tooele North Stake Center, Tooele, Utah. Burial will be in the Annis Little Butte Cemetery in Rigby, Idaho, on Saturday, January 16, at 1:00 p.m. The family invites friends to greet them at the Rigby Stake Center immediately following.