Charlene (Madsen) Horsley

March 26, 1929 – Aug. 6, 2026

Charlene Horsley, 97, died in Lander, Wyoming, on August 6, 2026.

Charlene was born March 26, 1929, in Price, Utah, the daughter of Charles H. and Zina Christensen Madsen. 

She attended Price Schools grades one through 12, graduating in 1947 as co-valedictorian of Carbon County High School. She attended Brigham Young University from 1947 to 1949, where she was employed as a secretary in the athletic department. She then worked for a year in the purchasing department of Geneva Steele in Orem. 

She served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in what was then called the Eastern Canadian Mission with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. Following her mission, she again worked for the BYU athletic department. 

 On August 23, 1954, she married Edward C. Horsley of Lovell in the Salt Lake Temple. She continued to work as a secretary in Denver, Colorado, financially assisting her husband’s pursuit of a medical degree. The couple made their home in Worland, where he practiced family medicine and surgery for 31 years. They had three children, Lesli, David W. and Lance S., the first two preceding them in death. 

Charlene served in various callings in her church, including director of the Worland Stake Family History Center, which was her lifelong passion.

In late 1992 she joined her husband in retiring to missionary service, serving in London, England, Sydney, Australia, Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana, in West Africa. During this period the Horsleys began to spend their winters in St. George, Utah. When Edward died in late 2015, Charlene continued to live there year-round.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Ed; children Leslie and David; and sisters Myrtle, Mabel, Lora, Mildred, Josephine and Kay. 

Survivors include her son, Lance; brothers Charles and Clifford of Tallahassee, Florida, Stanford of Gilbert, Arizona, and Robert of Washington, D.C.; sisters Mary (Chandler) of Reno, Nevada, and Carolyn (Chamberlain) of Bountiful, Utah; numerous grandchildren, nieces and nephews; and dear friend Cynthia Price of St. George, Utah.

Graveside services will be held Friday, Aug. 14, at 2 p.m. at the Lovell Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.bryantfuneralhomeonline.com.