| Graduation Year | Class of 1954 |
| Date of Birth | Mar 05, 1936 |
| Date of Passing | May 08, 2024 |
| About | Obituaries in Saint George, UT | The Spectrum and Daily News Margaret Joyce Urry Gatehouse, 88, set out on a new journey in the wee hours of the night on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, while sleeping peacefully at the home of her daughter in Hurricane, Utah. She was born March 5, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Clifford Septimus Urry and LaVon Vivian Gustaveson. She married Ronald Walter Gatehouse on April 23, 1956, in Salt Lake City, Utah. “Grandma Tiger”, as she was called by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, enjoyed her childhood with her father, mother and older sister Patricia living back and forth between Utah and California. She loved music from a young age and had a great talent for acting and projecting her emotions on stage and in real life. She was very proud to have been able to be a part of the parties at her uncle’s house in California at a young age and loved getting gifts from guests as they congregated there. Even though she was confined to bed with nephritis for long periods a few times in her life, she always maintained a positive attitude amplified by her urge to survive that she has passed on to her progeny. She aspired to be an actress and told us quite often about the time she was offered a contract at a movie studio in California as a child, but her father refused to pay the fee the agent required and took her home. She never gave up on that dream and grasped every chance she had to act. Her heart was pure gold and she wanted to share all she had with others, not only her talents, but anything she possessed. After some years the family of four moved to Cedar City where they became a family of five when her brother Doug was born. She adored him his whole life and ever since, Cedar City has always had special significance for her. She was very proud to have been a member of the first graduating class at Olympus High School and was in several stage productions. Her favorite was ‘The Fortune Teller’. She graduated from Olympus High School and the CES seminary program in 1954. She was awarded a scholarship to Brigham Young University where she lived in the dormitory for one academic year, while completing some basic courses before returning to her parents’ home in May of 1955 to pursue other dreams. |
