Jean Hansen Brammer

December 19, 1946 – October 14, 2026

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Her love was a constant presence in our lives, wherever we were in the world.

Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Jeanne Brammer, passed away on October 14, 2026, at the age of 79, following a courageous battle with cancer.

Jeanne was the sky over our family. Her love was a constant presence in our lives, wherever we were in the world. She gave us a place to belong, an example to follow, and the confidence to become who we were meant to be. Even now, as she leaves this life, we know that her love will remain.

Jeanne was born on December 19, 1946, to Jeannette and Gerald Hansen. Following the death of her mother Jeanette, Jeanne spent time with relatives until her father married Dorothy (Dottie) Hansen. Jeanne spent her childhood in Richfield, Logan, and American Fork, Utah. She and her new stepbrother Mike were adventurers. Mike was always up to something, and Jeanne was his partner in adventure as they got into trouble and explored the world together. Jeanne worked in the green bean fields of American Fork when she was younger and later at Alpine Country Club. Even as a young girl, Jeanne had a nurturing spirit. She looked after her brother Mike and younger sister Jill, and the friendships they developed in childhood remained among the most important relationships of her life.

She attended Brigham Young University, where she earned a degree in biology, beginning a lifelong love of learning and an appreciation for the world around her. She never lost her love of life on this earth. She was our expert bug collector and a certified master gardener, always keeping her home and yard full of beautiful flowers.

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Together, they built a life centered on family, faith, hard work, and service (as well as skiing).

On September 15, 1969, Jeanne married Dick Brammer in the Salt Lake Temple. Her stepmother had her doubts about Jeanne marrying a “ski-bum” as Dottie put it. But love won out and Jeanne accepted Dick’s proposal. Together, they built a life centered on family, faith, hard work, and service (as well as skiing). Their marriage of more than 57 years was blessed with five children: Ryan, Brittany, Chad, Brady, and Chase. The love story of Dick and Jeanne will continue through the eternities.

Jeanne taught biology as a high school teacher and later spent much of her professional life as a successful realtor helping families find homes. In the decades that followed, she devoted countless hours to serving people who had no homes at all. Her circumstances and responsibilities changed, but her instinct to care for others never did.

A devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jeanne had a deep love for Jesus Christ and sought to serve Him throughout her life. Together with her husband, she served three missions in South Africa (Mokopane, Polokwane, and Cape Town), as well as a mission at the Provo Missionary Training Center and a service mission. In total, she spent much of the final decade of her life serving as a missionary, sharing her faith, strengthening others, and making lifelong friendships.

Her commitment to service extended far beyond her formal missionary assignments. For approximately 25 years, whenever she was home from South Africa, Jeanne volunteered weekly at the Food and Care Coalition, serving homeless individuals experiencing hardship. She also devoted countless hours to delivering Meals on Wheels, providing not only food but also companionship, conversation, and friendship to those she visited.

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Jeanne's legacy cannot be measured simply by professional accomplishments, years lived, or places traveled.

Jeanne had an extraordinary gift for friendship. She collected friendships everywhere she went, from Orem to South Africa. Each became part of the extended family she built throughout her life. They are too numerous to name, but they brought her so much joy and she was so grateful for them.

Her family was the center of her life. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. As a mother, she was loving and kind. She led by example rather than lectures. She taught us what a disciple of Jesus Christ should be by showing us. She did not tell us to pray; she prayed. She did not tell us to read our scriptures; she read hers. She did not tell us to serve others; she served others. She taught us to be capable, strong, resilient, and good. She never tried to dictate who we should become. Instead, she showed us how to become the people we were meant to be.

She took great joy in her seventeen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and the influence of her love, faith, and example will continue through the generations of her family. She hosted “cousin’s camp” each year to bond with her grandkids. She made each grandchild feel loved and each of them had a special relationship with Grandma Jeanne that will create loving reunions in heaven for generations to come.

Jeanne was preceded in death by her beloved son, Richard Ryan Brammer; her grandchild Brooklyn, her parents, Jeannette and Gerald Hansen; her stepmother Dottie, and her sibling, JD Hansen.

She is survived by her husband, Dick Brammer; her children, Brittany (Erik) Adams, Chad (Bethany) Brammer, Brady (Nicki) Brammer, and Chase (Lindsey) Brammer; her sixteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Mike Sherrod and Jill Bowers.

Jeanne's life was a testament to the Savior's teaching: “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” (Matthew 25:40). She lived that principle not merely in words, but through decades of quiet, consistent, and loving service.

Though her family and friends will miss her deeply, we find comfort in our faith in Jesus Christ, His Resurrection, and the promise that families can be together forever. We rejoice in the hope of her reunion with her beloved son Ryan who left this life before her.

Jeanne's legacy cannot be measured simply by professional accomplishments, years lived, or places traveled. It lives in the people she served, the friendships she nurtured, the family she raised, and the generations who will carry her example forward.

She was the sky over our family. And although we can no longer see her as we once did, her influence will remain above and around us, guiding us toward the people she taught us to become.

Her life was one of faith. Her days were spent as a disciple of Jesus Christ. And her legacy will always be one of love.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on October 23, 2026, at the meetinghouse located at 1035 South 800 East, Orem, UT 84097. A viewing will be held from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on the same day and at the same location. Interment will follow at the East Lawn Cemetery located at 4800 Timpview Dr, Provo, UT 84604.

In lieu of flowers, the family invites those wishing to honor Jeanne's memory to consider a donation to the Food and Care Coalition or to serve someone in need, as Jeanne so faithfully did throughout her life.