Laurie Dean Hartvigsen Lindberg Poe

Link for funeral service: https://zoom.us/j/97295223876 Laurie Dean Hartvigsen Lindberg Poe, age 68, passed away at home, surrounded by her family, on August 28th 2022. After suffering a stroke in November 2021, she fought a battle with cancer that eventually took her life. She was in great spirits and mostly free from pain. We only saw a decline in her the past couple of weeks, which we consider an immense blessing. Laurie was born in Provo, UT to Melvin Richard Hartvigsen and Jessie Mae Myers Hartvigsen. She graduated from Provo High School, and Brigham Young University, majoring in Elementary Education. She married Neil Andrew Lindberg in the Provo LDS temple, and together they raised seven children. They later divorced, and she married Franklin Andrew Poe in 2013. He has lovingly been by her side, along with her children and grandchildren, as she fought this battle with cancer. She grew up in Provo, and has lived in Orem and American Fork, most recently. She held many different jobs, including the BYU Law School, the Marriott Center Ticket office, the Utah County Attorneys office, a haunted hospital, two summers at Mammoth in Yellowstone Park, and most recently at the Utah County Health Department. Laurie loved life and was full of life. She had an extreme case of wanderlust. She loved to travel, go for road trips, day trips, any kind of adventure. She particularly loved Yellowstone and the Tetons, along with Hawaii, Alaska, the East coast, Europe, and any place with a body of water where she could swim. She loved taking pictures on all her adventures, and was a very talented photographer. She often went for rides with her family and friends to look for wild horses, ghost towns, or cool rocks. She went to Delta every February to see the thousands of migrating snow geese. She, along with her sister, and often a few of her kids, went to the Sundance Film Festival in park City for around 18 years straight, faithfully standing for hours in the freezing cold, so she could snap pictures of the movie stars coming and going. Most importantly, she was a devoted wife, a loving, fun and generous mother and grandmother, and amazing sister and friend. Her greatest joy was just being with her family. She loved her hundreds of cousins and dozens of aunts and uncles and many friends and neighbors. She was kind, happy, funny, loving, strong, adventurous, a free spirit, and a self-proclaimed “flower child”. She could talk to most anyone, for hours. She was a great conversationalist, and had a deep knowledge of diverse subjects. She told hilarious stories. She usually didn’t like to be the center of attention, but if you got her talking, you were drawn in and entertained and felt her fun spirit and her kind heart. Laurie is survived by her husband Frank, her seven children Alisa Tahi, Landon Lindberg (Codi), Jason Lindberg, Shaun Lindberg (Karlene), Cameron Lindberg, Travis Lindberg, and Tyler Lindberg and siblings Richard Hartvigsen (Kate), Shelly Hartvigsen Unga, Jeffrey Arthur Hartvigsen, and Darren Kelly Hartvigsen (Amy). She was preceded in death by her parents, her firstborn infant son, Shane Lindberg, grand daughter Bryton Lindberg, and daughter in law Mechelle Lindberg. The family would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude for all the prayers, meals, love and visits that have so kindly been given. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 1st, at 12:00 noon. A viewing will be from 10 am to 11:30 am, prior to the service. There will also be a viewing on Wednesday, August 31st, from 6 to 8 pm. The funeral and viewing will both be held at their chapel at 1152 North 400 West, American Fork.

Laurie Dean Hartvigsen Lindberg Poe

February 12, 1954 - August 28, 2022