Carol Porter Warnick, a mother, grandmother, and community volunteer, passed away October 31, 2026, at the age of 91. She was a graduate of Pleasant Grove High School and was known for her devotion to family and service.
Born May 6, 1935, in Cedar City, Utah, to Fay and Elizabeth Porter, Warnick was raised in a log cabin in Escalante during the Great Depression. Her family eventually moved to Utah County, where she lived in Provo, Orem, American Fork, and Pleasant Grove.
Warnick married Robert Eldredge "Bob" Warnick on July 1, 1953, in the Salt Lake Temple, a partnership that lasted nearly 69 years until his death on June 28, 2022. Together, they raised six children and a foster daughter.
Her professional career included several years at Amalgamated Sugar Company and 11 years at the Bank of Ephraim. While her husband served two terms as mayor of Ephraim, Warnick was active in civic affairs, serving as secretary of the Sanpete Sanitary Landfill Cooperative and as Auxiliary President of the Utah League of Cities and Towns in 1992.
Warnick's life was marked by extensive missionary service. In 1994, she and her husband were among the first missionaries called to Cambodia following the official recognition of the Church there. She and Bob also served as temple workers in the Manti Utah Temple and as missionaries at the Snow College Institute of Religion from 2002 to 2004.
Warnick received the Snow College Distinguished Alumni Award in 1997. She and her husband also received Outstanding Achievement awards through The Salt Lake Tribune Civic Beautification Program for three consecutive years from 1979 to 1981.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 762 East 1200 North, Orem, Utah. A visitation is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at the same location, with interment to follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Services are provided by Rasmussen Mortuary - Mount Pleasant.
