Renae Hunter Holland

Renae Hunter Holland

1933 ~ 2024

Renae Hunter Holland – beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandma, great-grandma, doctor, and friend – passed away peacefully, on August 1, 2024 in Alpine, Utah. She was born a few minutes before her identical twin, Reane, on September 25, 1933, in Cedar City, Utah, to Gaurdello Hunter and Mae Sullivan.

Renae grew up in San Francisco, where her family moved when she and Reane were one-year olds and their older brother, Evan, was seven. Her parents kept busy with work and church and the family welcomed another set of twin girls in 1939, naming them Sharon and Sandra. They adapted well to life in the big city, but enjoyed their visits to Utah back when St. George and Cedar City were small towns. Renae often talked about the impacts of the great depression, World War II, and the growth of the church in the bay area. She and Reane graduated from Mission High School in 1951 and started college the same year.

While the family was serving as stake missionaries, Renae met Elder Kenneth Holland from Cardston, Alberta, Canada, who was serving as a missionary in the Northern California mission. Their paths crossed often at church meetings, missionary training, and many dinner invitations to Elder Holland and his companion.

A few weeks after returning home to Canada, Elder Holland returned with a ring and they were later married on April 7, 1953 in the St. George Utah Temple. They settled in Cardston and helped the Holland family expand their grocery business to other cities in Alberta. They later moved to Edmonton, Alberta and then in 1977 moved to Lehi, Utah. In 1995, they built their new home in Alpine, Utah.

Renae was a life-long student and earned degrees in music, chemistry, teaching, nursing, and medicine. She was an accomplished pianist and a gifted doctor, blessing and improving countless lives. She loved her family of five children, twenty-three grandchildren, and fifty-three great-grandchildren, and worked hard to bring them together to create friendships and memories.

Renae is survived by her children: Sharon Woolf (Phil), Stan Holland (JuLane), Kelly Holland, and Linda Macdonald (Alan), and her sisters, Sharon Walters (Tom) and Sandra Barton (Evan). She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ken Holland, her daughter, Sandra Sheffield; her grandson, Marty Woolf; and her siblings Evan Hunter and Reane Stallings.

The family would like to extend special appreciation to her wonderful caregivers, who made it possible for Renae to remain in her home after she and Ken could no longer care for themselves. And a big thank you to their neighbors and friends who shared their time and talents.

Funeral services for Renae will be held on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 10:00 am at the Hillside Ward Chapel, located at 676 North Eagle View Drive, Alpine, Utah 84004. Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation that morning from 9:00 – 9:45 am prior to services also at the church. Interment will follow services at the Alpine City Cemetery.