Obituary: Vervene Leone (Vee) Carlisle

Vervene Leone (Vee) Carlisle

1917 ~ 2007

Vervene (Vee) Carlisle passed away Sun. August 26, 2007.Vervene was born April 23, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Garnett Walpole Carlisle and Lulu Erickson Carlisle, the first of six children.

She is survived by her brothers and sister, Brent (Audrey) Carlisle,

Marilyn (John) David and Allen (Marla Ray) Carlisle. She is preceded in death by: her parents; a sister, Beverly (Grant) Powell, and brother Willis (Mareen) Carlisle.

Vervene was raised in Salt Lake City and graduated from Granite High School.

Early in her career she worked at the State Capital Building. In 1964 she joined the Foreign Service Department of State, continued her career with assignments in Hamilton, Bermuda; Manila Philippines; and Rome, Italy with the Consulate General. In 1971, Vee was appointed by the governor to fill a vacancy in the State Legislature serving diligently for six years. In the 1980's, she worked for Tracy-Collins Bank & Trust and was responsible for the first women's division in a bank involving many segments of banking for women.

Over her lifetime, Vee dedicated a great deal of her time and energies to community service. She was a member of numerous associations, advisory boards, guilds, societies, councils and committees. During 20 years of service, she presented over 500 keynote addresses, speeches and conference panel appearances.

Vee was acknowledged for many of her outstanding achievements. She received Utah's Most Admired Women's Award, Distinguished Woman Award from the University of Utah, Woman of Achievement Award, the Susa Young Gates Award, The Ordinary Citizen Award for Extraordinary Achievement for Utah neighborhoods, (Devereaux Mansion, Glendenning House, D&RGW Depot, Community Memorial Chapel and Governor's Mansion), membership in Utah Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club's and honorary membership in the Utah Heritage and State Historical Society for her untiring role in Historic preservation.

Vee was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family wishes to thank the staffs at Atria, Wentworth and Stratford Assisted Living Facilities as well as Hospice of Utah.

Funeral services will be held Thurs. August 30, 2007 at 12:00 noon at the Cottonwood Mortuary, 4670 South Highland Drive. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the service at the mortuary.