Alene Zufelt Giles, a devoted wife, mom, grandma, and nana passed away on June 27, 2015 at the age of 82 in Mesa, Arizona. She was born September 19, 1932 in Duchesne, Utah to Alva Watson and LaFreda Wright Zufelt. She married her forever sweetheart, Jay Fred Giles in the Salt Lake Temple on November 24, 1948. They raised their 4 children in the beautiful Heber Valley in Utah. Alene was an active member of the LDS Church serving in many positions during her lifetime. Of all of her callings in life, she loved being a wife, mom and grandma the most.
She is survived by her 3 daughters: Vickie (Michael Hyre, Joy (Ronald) Helminski, and Wendy (Thomas) Broschinsky and 14 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband: Jay Fred Giles and son: Brent Jay, along with her parents and siblings.
Funeral Services will be Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 11:00 am at the LDS Church located at: 19413 S. Sossaman Rd., Queen Creek, AZ 85142. A viewing will be held prior to the funeral from 10:00 am to 10:45 am.
Grave dedication will be Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 11:00 am at the Heber City Cemetery in Heber City, Utah.
Dear Wend &Tom & Family, Linda let us know about your Mom’s passing.She was always so sweet to our family. I’m sure you will all miss her a lot. Our prayers are with you. Our love snd best wishes to you all. Brent & Karen Clark
To Wendy, Joy, Vickie and Your Families –
Many fun and precious memories with this gracious and beautiful lady and her dear husband, Jay. A beautiful reunion has now taken place in paradise together with their young son, Brent. We miss them all very much, but we will see and be with them again. Fond Memories Bring Happiness – Knowing That Life Is Eternal – Brings Comfort and Peace. With Love and Best Wishes –
I give my sympathy to the family of Alene Giles. Losing a loved one is so hard to go through. May God comfort all of you. May you find hope in Revelation 21:3-5.
I have the blessing of knowing this kind, loving, gentle and gracious woman and her beautiful daughter Wendy and toner husband Thomas. What a blessing it is! These wonderful individuals loved me and my children during a very difficult time in our lives, a time, thy no one ever knew about, not even them! I will be forever grateful to all of them. Wendy, Thimas and your beautiful children and grandchildren and in my thoughts and prayers at this time. I love you all!
Dear Cousins; Wendy, Joy and Vickie, We are so sorry for your loss. May God bless and comfort you and your families. Your mom is so sweet and kind. God bless each of you, Mary Ann and Rex McDonald and family
I know you will miss your mother dearly. What a gracious lady! She was always so kind to me growing up and I love her as well as all of you. I have sweet memories of her. May you feel her close to you in the next few days as well as in the future. It was so hard on her to lose Brent, I can imagine how happy she is to be reunited with him and Jay, but hard to leave all of you too. I know she will be near… May you have comfort and peace as you go forward with faith as she would want you to. Our love, Ivan and Gaylen