Carol Lynda Thomas, age 79, peacefully passed away on Monday, July 19, 2021, 10:05 am in the University of Utah Hospital. She suffered a massive stroke on her 8th day of radiation treatments for skin cancer on July 16, 2021. She is a beloved Mother, Grandmother, Nana, Aunt, Sister and Daughter. Carol was born to Jack and Cetal (Swain) Thomas in Van Nuys, CA. She was the second child of four children; brothers Jack Swain Thomas, Harold Leonard & Barabara Frances (Paonessa) Thomas and half brother Robert Tate Sedam Jr. She attended Terra Bella Elementary School, Pacoima Junior High School, and graduated in June 1960 from San Fernando High School. Attended Pierce Junior College for 1 year completing her Stenographer course in June 1961, going to work for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Burbank, CA for about 5 years as a Stenographer/Statistical typist. She also worked a brief time at General Motors Corporation in Van Nuys, CA as a stenographer. She worked in a manufacturing shop until the company lost its building during the February 1971 Sylmar, CA earthquake. She relocated to Crescent City, CA, where she became a medical transcriber at Seaside Hospital. After her children were raised she headed south to Frazier Park, CA where she lived with the Shillig family for a time while working at Flying J and cleaning houses. She again went to work for Flying J in Utah to be closer to grandchildren. For the past 16 years, she has worked at the Payson, Utah Wal-Mart photo lab. She has lived with Seth and Larkie Sarager for the past 12 years as their family grew; Jordan, Atticus, Brittan, Holland and Bradford. Carol and Allen Everett Stonehocker had two children; Katherine Carol (Stonehocker ) Mills and Richard Allen Stonehocker, they divorced after a couple years and she remained single for the remainder of her life. She worked hard to provide for her children. She was working full time right up till she had to start radiation treatments and kept saying how much she wanted to get back to work. Carol was a happy, adventurous, spontaneous, trusting and a outgoing personality. She also was very independent and a fighter. She wasn't scared of a scrap. Carol found a lot of joy in children, enjoying their pure love, innocence and sense of curiosity. She was accepting of everyone, always making them her friend. Carol had a great desire to learn. She had a hard time passing up a book, buying books about science, history, medicine, religion and mathematics. She tried teaching herself to play the guitar, clarinet and violin. As a young mother she felt her children would need religion in their lives and searched out The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She raised her children in the gospel of Christ where she served in many callings and blessed the lives of her children and grandchildren. Carol didn't have an easy life but she faced life head on and rarely complained. When starting chemo and radiation she said, "This should be interesting". She lived in the moment and because of it she rarely talked about the past or made plans for the future. She would be inspired by what others were doing and would create her own version. If she felt like doing something she would just do it, like running into the ocean fully clothed, go to the movie theater in the middle of the day always getting a giant tub of extra buttery popcorn, she loved movies. She enjoyed having fish tanks and pet finches. She would dream about winning the lottery or sweepstakes. Carol was always exercising whether it was running, bicycling, rowing, or joining a weightlifting team at the gym, participating in competitions. She loved being with younger people, with their energy and youthfulness. She would never participate in senior citizen actives. She loved new cars. There were a few times she would go in for maintenance and come out with a new car. She loved art and drawing, scrapbooking moments of everything she did, keeping journals and photos! She displayed many photos of family, friends or anything she found interesting or artistic, sometimes developing photos to poster sizes. Carol is survived by her daughter Katherine Carol & Troy Brent Mills, son Richard Allen & Natalie (Linge) Stonehocker, brother Harold Leonard "Lenny" & Barbara Frances (Paonessa) Thomas, grandchildren Seth Troy & Jessica (Adams) Mills, Wind Benjamin & Michaela Glynn (Roberts) Mills, Sundi Jewel & Robert Alan Skinner, Blue River & Kristen Eleanor (Brand) Mills, Kolbie Jean (Stonehocker) & Eric Peterson, Levi Allen & Reemah (Tariq) Stonehocker, Blake Thomas Stonehocker, Chad Mathew Stonehocker and Luke Samuel Stonehocker. Great Grandchildren Marlie Stonehocker, Valkyrie Stonehocker, Leo Allen Stonehocker, Hunter Damon Stonehocker, Sayler Wind Mills, Luna Jewel Skinner and two nieces Pamela Headley and Kimberly Thomas. Carol enjoyed being with her grandchildren and was very proud of them. She looked forward to getting phone calls, letters, going to lunch and getting hugs. Public visitations will be held Thursday, July 22, 2021, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 E 800 N, Orem, Utah. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, July 23, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints church meetinghouse, located at Kiowa Valley building, 7241 N. Ute Drive, Eagle Mountain, Utah. An additional visitation will be held prior to the service from 9:00-9:45 a.m. Burial will be on the following day Saturday, July 24th in Malad, Idaho at the St. John Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. The family would like to express their deepest gratitude for all of those who were a part of Carol's life bringing her friendship, love, joy, happiness, expectance and comfort. She was happy the day she had her stroke saying, "This is a great day!" She had lived a good life and now she is home with her Heavenly Father and loved ones.