Sarah Hart Astle
"Sally"
1927 ~ 2008

Sarah (Sally) Hart Astle passed away September 4, 2008, at home with her family nearby.

She was born May 12, 1927, to Michael and Sara (MacLeod) Hart in Dedham, Massachusetts. She married Melvin Astle on July 31, 1946, and they were sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple by then Elder David O. McKay. They lived in Rose Park and Taylorsville and later settled and raised their family in Murray, Utah.

Graduated from Dedham High School in 1944. She had a happy childhood. She loved tap dancing, walks with her father, and shopping with him for meat, fish, and vegetables at Fanueil Hall in Boston. She worked as a secretary for the Dedham Board of Selectmen in Massachusetts, and in Utah at Intermountain Electrical Association, Utah Oil Company, Longview School, and Hillcrest Junior High School.

Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, where she served in the Primary, Sunday School, Relief Society, family history name extraction program, Cub Scouts, and Cottonwood Hospital Branch. She also volunteered to read for Elder Sterling W. Sill and served as an ordinance worker at the Jordan River Temple.

She was an avid genealogist. She loved her family. She loved the ocean and the mountains. She also loved Saturday drives; daily walks with Melvin around the neighborhood; family vacations to the ocean, Yellowstone, and the Grand Tetons; trips with her husband to Israel, Central America, Alaska, the Bahamas, Hawaii, Boston, Nova Scotia, and her granddaughter’s ranch in Arkansas; and visiting her sisters in Boise, Idaho, and Pompano Beach, Florida.

Survived by husband, Melvin O. Astle of Murray, UT; daughters Nancy Black (Cecil) of Heber City, UT, and Janet Dangerfield of Murray, UT; sons Michael Astle (Chieko) of Murray, UT, and Paul Astle (Cindy) of Murray, UT; sisters Mary Donovan of Pompano Beach, FL, Jean Parry of Boise, ID, and Margaret Hart of Boise, ID; 16 grandchildren; and 24 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 10, at the LDS Brownstone Chapel at 6410 S. 725 E., Murray, at 11 a.m. Viewings will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9, at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 S. State, Murray, and 10 to 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, September 9, at the Brownstone Chapel. Interment will be at Wasatch Lawn, 3401 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City.

The family would like to thank the doctors and staff of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, the Huntsman radiation clinics at St. Marks Hospital and Cottonwood Hospital, and the Community Nursing Services hospice for their genuine care and for giving the family two years of additional quality time with Sally.