Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, daughter and sister Tracy Ann Tate, age 66, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on April 9, in Logan, Utah. Tracy’s parents were Robert “Bob” and Margene Jensen Tate. She was born in Logan, Utah, on March 12, 1953.
Mom was raised in Randolph, Utah, where she learned to work hard at a very young age by working in the hayfields during summer breaks. She loved spending time at Bear Lake at her Grandpa and Grandma Jensen’s home picking raspberries. Mom attended and graduated from South Rich High School, where she excelled in academics and cheerleading.
Tracy married Allen Cornia on Aug. 20, 1971, and they were later sealed in the Ogden Utah Temple. They were married for 35 years and blessed with four children, but they later divorced.
Mom was an amazing homemaker and loved to bake and cook for everyone. She was also a bus driver for the Rich School District for 30-plus years, where she treated and loved every student as if they were her own.
Mom later moved to Logan, Utah, where she was fortunate to meet many new friends.
Mom was preceded in death by her father, Robert James Tate; a sister-in-law, Ingrid Tate; maternal grandparents, Frank and Maureen Cook Jensen; and paternal grandparents, James Tate and Elgie South Larsen.
She is survived by her mother, Margene Tate; her four children, Amy (Mike) Downing, Chad (Tracy) Cornia, Van (Jaime) Cornia and Wade (Lori) Cornia; 13 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; her sisters, Bobbi Johnson and Kelly (Wally) Orton; and her brothers, Frank (Karla) Tate and Gordon (Roxanne) Tate.
There will be viewing held from 6-8 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, at Nyman Funeral Home, 753 S. 100 East, Logan, Utah. Funeral services will be held at noon on Monday, April 15, at the Woodruff Ward LDS chapel in Woodruff, Utah. There will be a viewing prior to services, from 10-11:30 am.
Interment will be in the Randolph, Utah, Cemetery.
