Raquel Wilson Obituary (1998 - 2015)

Heaven received another incredible angel June 24, 2015 when Raquel Wilson, daughter of Michael & Jenni Griffiths Wilson, passed away in Mesquite, Nevada after a valiant one-year battle with brain cancer. She was surrounded by her family, including her brothers and sister who sang sweet songs and expressed their love as she passed, knowing that families are forever. Born in San Diego, California on November 7, 1998, Raquel would have been a junior at Cedar High School where she participated in track, music, drama, improv and seminary. She loved singing, dancing, going to plays and musicals, swimming, reading learning and just hanging out with friends. She acted in the Utah Shakespeare Festival and its youth program, Playmakers, along with other community productions. Some of her most memorable roles were Dogberry in Iron County Commonwealth’s production of Much Ado About Nothing, Ruth in Playmaker’s production of Pirate’s of Penzance, Babette in CCCMT’s production of Beauty and the Beast, a narrator in Playmaker’s A Christmas Carol, and a member of the barbershop quartet in a homeschool community production of The Music Man. Raquel took many trips to do humanitarian projects with her father, family members and friends in Latin America. This service consisted of educating children about proper health and hygiene through puppet shows, playing with the kids, painting schools, distributing school uniforms, renovating health clinics, and her favorite, painting the nails of the little girls in Nicaragua. Well wishes and tributes on social media attest to the love Raquel gave and received from her many friends and acquaintances from school, the Cedar City community, Primary Children’s Hospital, and others who know and love her. Her smile, sense of humor, playfulness and kindness were contagious. She was a light to all who knew her. Raquel will be greatly missed! Viewings will take place at Southern Utah Mortuary, 300 W. 200 No., Cedar City, Utah Sunday evening, June 28, from 6-8 p.m. and on Monday, June 29 at the red brick LDS Cedar West Stake Center, 725 So. 1100 W., Cedar City, from 12-2pm. That will be followed by a memorial services beginning at 2 p.m. The Cedar High school student body and members of student government created a touching tribute and get well video for Raquel, which can be found on YouTube by searching “Raquel Wilson Cedar High.” Her story can be found on her mother’s blog at www.NaturalMedicineMom.com Raquel is survived by her parents; six siblings: Nathan, Isaac, Seth, Liliana, Joel and Ian; her grandparents: Brent and Sandi Griffiths, Tracy and Glenna Wilson; many uncles and aunts, cousins and numerous special friends in and out of the USA.