Sister Phyllis Squire Snow, wife of Elder Steven E. Snow, dies
Sister Phyllis Squire Snow, wife of Elder Steven E. Snow, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in St. George, Utah, at age 73 after struggling with dementia.
Sister Snow and Elder Snow, an emeritus General Authority Seventy, served as leaders of the California San Fernando Mission from 1994 to 1997. In 2001, Elder Snow was called to serve as a General Authority Seventy. He served in the Presidency of the Seventy from 2007 to 2012 and as Church historian and recorder from 2012 to 2019.
Their service took them across the globe. Everywhere she lived and worked she made friends who loved her dearly, her obituary noted.
Phyllis Squire was born on April, 10, 1950, one of five children born to Phil Ervil Squire and Ruth Hafen Squire.
Growing up just blocks from the St. George Utah Temple, she enjoyed “an idyllic childhood” surrounded by friends and relatives. She met Steven E. Snow in sixth grade. It was his smile, she recalled to the Church News, that caused her to take a second look.
By high school they were good friends. That friendship lasted through the completion of his full-time mission to Germany when he came home and “talked her into marrying him.” They were married in the St. George Utah Temple on June 25, 1971.
Speaking during commencement at Brigham Young University in April 2015, Elder Snow recalled he and his wife’s early years of marriage. For six years, he told students, the two survived on macaroni and cheese, tuna fish, bologna, venison and bottled peaches.
“Your first priority is your immediate family or the family you will one day create. Nothing will bring you more happiness and joy than strong family relationships,” Elder Snow advised.
Despite having no money, “I don’t remember our early married years to be hard,” Elder Snow said in a Church News article. “The older I get, the more I realize money doesn’t buy happiness. It’s relationships, particularly with family, that are important. We’ve always loved being with family.”
With four sons, Elder and Sister Snow and their family loved to go camping and skiing. “We also really enjoyed hiking and backpacking. We found that by doing wholesome family activities we could then lead the boys in family prayer and scripture study,” Sister Snow said.
After graduating from Dixie College in 1970, she went on to earn a master’s degree in educational audiology from Utah State University. Much of her career was spent working with hearing impaired and visually impaired preschool children.
Sister Snow loved to read, sew and quilt. Through the years, she served in many capacities within the Church, including in ward and stake Young Women and Primary presidencies and as a Relief Society teacher.
She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Steven; four sons: Eric (Carolyn), Clu (Megan), Riley (Erika), and Garrett (Dayna); and 17 grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters Bonnie, Sharlene and Ann and her brother, Jan.
The funeral service will be Saturday, Jan. 20, at 11 a.m. at the St. George Utah East Stake Center, adjacent to the temple. A viewing will be held before the service from 9 to 10:30 a.m., at the chapel, as well as Friday, Jan. 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Spilsbury Mortuary, 110 South Bluff Street, St. George, Utah.
Interment will be in the St. George Cemetery, 650 East Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah.
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