November 13, 2025, 5:15 PM MST
Sister Katherine “Kay” Myers Workman, widow of Elder H. Ross Workman, passed away from Alzheimer’s disease on Monday, November 10, 2025, in Cedar City, Utah, after a life dedicated to her family and church. She was 84 years old.
Sister Workman and Elder Workman’s Church service included service throughout the world as mission leaders, temple leaders, and as Elder Workman a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“She lived out her covenant steadfastly, and as a result, her hard work, faith, and focus on the Savior blessed those around her,” her family’s obituary said.
Katherine Evelyn Myers was born on March 7, 1941, the eldest of three children of Eugene Ellsworth Myers and Dorothy Evelyn Miller.
She met and dated Harley Ross Workman while attending Cyprus High School in Magna, Utah. He proposed on the steps of the Utah State Capitol on graduation night. However, their marriage plans were put on hold after Elder Workman received confirmation from the Spirit to serve a mission and followed the advice of his stake president.
After Elder Workman completed his mission to the southern states of the United States, the two were married on December 7, 1962, in the Logan Utah Temple. The two have four children, two sons and two daughters.
Elder Workman said of his wife, “I thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world, and I still do.”
In 1997, Elder and Sister Workman were called to lead the Hawaii Honolulu Mission, which at the time included several other Pacific Islands. During a devotional at BYU-Hawaii on October 16, 2012, Sister Workman recalled the arduous journey she took to Christmas Island, Kiribati, to minister to the newly established branch and the “wonderful” Saints there who rejoiced in the gospel.
“We have absolute confidence that the Lord will do what is best for us as long as we keep our covenants,” she testified.
Three years later, Elder Workman was called by President Gordon B. Hinckley of the Church to serve as a General Authority Seventy, and the couple moved to Africa, where he served as an area president. After completing their general service in the Church, the Workmans returned to Hawaii and served as Temple Presidents and Administrators of the Laie Hawaii Temple from 2007 to 2012.
From 2013 to 2015, they again served as mission leaders, this time in charge of church and family history missions at church headquarters in Salt Lake City. When Elder Workman passed away last year at age 83, they were both serving on the Church’s Council on Corrections, dedicated to improving the lives of prisoners and former prisoners and helping them tap into the redemptive power of Jesus Christ.
Sister Workman also served as a nursery school leader for many years. Ward Primary president, counselor, and secretary. She also served as a counselor in the Relief Society and Young Women presidencies.
Her obituary said her “testimony of joy” touched many lives.
She is survived by her daughters Teri and Heidi; sons Christopher and Ryan; 15 grandchildren. and 16 great-grandchildren.
Previews will be held on Sunday, November 16th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm and on Monday, November 17th from 10:00am to 10:45am. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. at the Latter-day Saint Meeting House, 8170 Short Hills Drive, Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
