Born October 9, 1923 in Ogden, Utah. She was the daughter of Joseph Eugene and Susanna Parker Lichfield. Edna was raised in Ogden. She attended Weber College for two years and graduated from the University of Utah in 1951 with a degree in Education. She served an LDS mission to the Southern States in 1946-48.

Edna met her eternal companion Robert “Bud” Barnes at the University of Utah Institute of Religion. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple, September 7, 1949. She was the proud mother of four children: Frank, Jim, Roger and Susie.

She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and held many positions of leadership and responsibility including President of the Monument Park 15th Ward Relief Society. She loved the gospel and those she served. Edna volunteered in many community organizations. She was one of the founding members of the Festival of Trees.

Edna enjoyed people, travel, learning, tennis, golf, being fit and the outdoors. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be dearly missed by her family. “Her children arise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.” (Proverbs 31:28) The children would like to thank and honor their father for the constant love, care and devotion he gave our mother.

Edna was a grandmother to twenty, and great-grandmother of five when she passed away November 5, 2003 at age 80, after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for 25 years.

Founder and CEO, Loveless Enterprises, Inc.
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A member of the Million Dollar Speakers Group of the National Speakers Association, Kathy Loveless for 30 years has managed a professional speaking and management consulting firm with over 100 federal clients such as the CIA; the U.S. Departments of Defense, Justice, Interior; and hundreds of private sector clients such as DuPont, AT&T, and 3M Corporation.  For decades, she has mentored emerging professional speakers with a desire to make them as financially successful as possible.

She has spoken throughout Europe, the Far East, New Zealand, Canada, and Africa where she teaches governmental agencies how to Athink like a business@ and businesses how to develop smart business systems. 

Selected as a 2020 Distinguished Alumna of the University of Utah, she works with families to help them transition their companies and assets while building strong family relationships.  This is done through creative on-site events at a beautiful mountain retreat center she built on 40 acres near Park City, Utah. 
She began her 14-year federal career in Washington, D.C. with the U.S. Department of Interior where she served as editor of a national magazine and public information officer.  After implementing a 17-state citizen participation program from Denver, she went to Salt Lake City to direct a regional program for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation where she also was executive producer of television and multi-media productions that won national and international awards. Following her federal career, she served as Vice President of a New-York headquartered investment banking firm, and as Marketing Director for a national independent energy corporation.

Twice past president of the Mountain West Chapter of the National Speakers Association, she has spoken over 75 times at NSA conventions and workshops. In 2001, the ALoveless Award@ was created in recognition of her Aservice, excellence and contribution to the professional speaking industry.@ Since then, it has been awarded to many outstanding professional speakers. She and her daughter Amanda were featured in an edition of The Learning Channel’s (TLC) national reality television show, AA Makeover Story,” now having aired more than 50 times in the U.S. and Internationally.

Kathy is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Utah, holds a Masters of Science degree from American University in Washington, D.C. and completed all but the dissertation defense for a Ph. D. in quantitative data analysis from George Washington University.  As Miss Utah, her speaking skills won her a National Finalist Scholarship at the Miss America Pageant. 
Married for 40 years to the late Scott W. Loveless, attorney with Parr, Brown, Gee, and Loveless, they have two daughters and eight grandchildren. In the 1990’s she earned the rank of “Wizard” in the International Brotherhood of Magicians and still uses magic in her presentations.  A survivor of Stage IV lung cancer, she is an international cyclist, having cycled 12 foreign countries and from Maine to California in the U.S.

Kathy@LovelessEnterprises.com  Office: 801-363-1807;  www.LovelessEnterprises.com

Diane passed away unexpectedly on March 10, 2020, doing what she loved, traveling with family…this time on a cruise through the Panama Canal. Diane had a love of music that started at an early age. She loved to accompany choirs, small groups, and soloists, particularly her children. Diane worked hard her entire life, with thirty plus years at the Rotary Club of Salt Lake City, working side by side with her beloved mom. She had a very special bond with her mom, and they served as each other’s guardian angels even on the final cruise. She loved playing the piano, relaxing at the family cabin, playing games, collecting butterfly art, traveling (especially to Disneyland), and watching her children and grandchildren do what they love.

As Mother’s Day approaches, our hearts ache. We remember how much she loved the holidays and being with family. Every time we see a butterfly, we get teary. A celebration of her life will be held on her birthday, July 24th. Diane loved her family, animals, and butterflies. So in honor of her, heal a family rift, adopt an animal, or enjoy the beauty of a butterfly – just “Make it a Great Day!”