Kaitlyn Marie Brann, age 34, beloved daughter, sister, and girlfriend, died on May 12th, 2023 while rock climbing in Big Cottonwood Canyon in Cottonwood Heights, UT just east of Salt Lake City. Kaitlyn was belaying for her boyfriend Robert Scott "Scottie" Hogg Jr., 30 on "Goodro's Wall" on Storm Mountain Island at the Storm Mountain Island Picnic Area in Big Cottonwood Canyon when part of the rock wall unexpectedly came apart above them and a falling boulder struck her.
Kaitlyn was born July 7, 1988 in Minneapolis, MN to Billy Lynn and Barbara Ann (Goggin) Brann. She grew up in Erie, PA where she graduated from Mercyhurst Preparatory High School in 2006. Kaitlyn attended different Penn State University campuses and ultimately graduated from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and a Minor in Business in 2010. Kaitlyn spent years working in mental health services in Pittsburgh before moving to Salt Lake City several years ago. She transitioned careers and began working in office management in the service industry.
Kaitlyn spent her free time in Utah hiking, biking, and rock climbing in Utah's numerous national parks with Scottie.
Kaitlyn's friends remember her for her boisterous personality, her outspoken and independent nature, her exuberant and infectious smile, her loud laugh, her gentle heart, and her affinity for broken things, both animate and inanimate. She loved animals, was a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and was a big science fiction and comic book fan – Kaitlyn was especially known for being a "Whovian", and her family threw her a "Doctor Who" themed Celebration of Life where she was dubbed, "The Doctor's Eternal Companion".
Kaitlyn's Viewing and subsequent Celebration of Life ceremony were held at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary on Saturday, May 20th, 2023 in Millcreek, UT just outside Salt Lake City. Friends and family attended from all over the country to pay their respects, and many tuned in from around the world via a live stream, which is available for viewing for two more months. Two restaurants in Park City, UT shut down in Kaitlyn's honor that night, and a Reception was held after the Celebration of Life at the Tekila Mexican Grill & Cantina in Park City (formerly the Blue Iguana Park City where Kaitlyn used to work) hosted by the owner, her friend/family member J.C. Martinez to whom the Brann/Hog family are eternally grateful for his kindness and help in their time of need.
Kaitlyn was cremated following her service and the ashes returned to her loved ones with plans to scatter part of them in some of the places she loved most. Part of her cremains will be interred at Mary, Queen of Peace Cemetery in Erie, PA, beside her beloved stepfather Richard Heidt who was interred there just six months prior to her death in November 2022 after passing away from cancer. Kaitlyn's picture and nametag are memorialized at the "No Name Saloon" where she had been working at the time of her death.
Kaitlyn is preceded in death by her fathers Billy Lynn Brann and Richard William Heidt. Kaitlyn is survived by her mother Barbara Brann, sister Jessica DenHeeten, brother Dylan (Becky) Brann, sister Chelsea (Michael DeStefano) Heidt, brothers Benjamin Brann, brother Nicholas Eberhardt, and sister Scarlet Eberhardt.
Kaitlyn is also survived by the love of her life, Scottie Hogg, who credits her for saving his life as he wouldn't allow himself to go into shock hoping against hope that he could save the woman he loved – an act the Brann family will forever remember and always be grateful. Kaitlyn passed peacefully in the arms of the love of her life on a quartzite cliffside overlooking one of the most beautiful canyons in Utah.
She will be missed for the rest of her friends and family's lives.
Kaitlyn Brann's final resting place is at Mary Queen of Peace Cemetery in Erie, PA - she has a columbarium niche at eye-level when you first walk into the mausoleum on the left that you can't miss.
INFORMATION ON HER NICHE:
Kaitlyn's ashes are interred inside the TARDIS (the blue police telephone box from the long-running, BBC sci-fi series, "Doctor Who").
My sister used to steal Gideon Bibles from hotel rooms growing up because she liked the feeling of the pages, so we placed the first one she took that we owned in her niche.
We placed a copy of, "Mama, Do You Love Me?" by Barbara M. Joosse with her because it was a favorite book Kaitlyn's mother liked to read Kaitlyn as a little girl (Kaitlyn cradled a copy of it in her casket in May and was subsequently cremated holding it).
We placed a "10th Doctor" (David Tennant) Funko Pop in there because that Kaitlyn's favorite Doctor on the long-running series, and we dubbed her "The Doctor's Eternal Companion" - Tennant would have been the Doctor she most wanted to travel space and time with.
We put sunflowers in there because Kaitlyn loved sunflowers and Van Gough (the Van Gough episode of "Doctor Who": "Vincent & The Doctor" was one of her favorite episodes of the shows).
The displayed black and white painting is a copy of a painting Kaitlyn made for me of "Death" from, "The Sandman" comics by Neil Gaiman when I was going through a rough time - I quoted Death in her eulogy in May. The quote, "You Get A Lifetime" is a famous line the character delivers in, "The Sandman, Volume 7: Brief Lives".
The painting sits on top of a copy of "River Song's diary" from, "Doctor Who" who was one of Kaitlyn's favorite "companions".
The blue, starry heart-shaped rock reminded Kaitlyn's mother of Van Gough's starry night and was purchased at the Getty in Los Angeles.
The rainbow "pride" candle is to represent Kaitlyn as a proud member of the LGBTQ community.
Kaitlyn was born July 7, 1988 in Minneapolis, MN to Billy Lynn and Barbara Ann (Goggin) Brann. She grew up in Erie, PA where she graduated from Mercyhurst Preparatory High School in 2006. Kaitlyn attended different Penn State University campuses and ultimately graduated from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and a Minor in Business in 2010. Kaitlyn spent years working in mental health services in Pittsburgh before moving to Salt Lake City several years ago. She transitioned careers and began working in office management in the service industry.
Kaitlyn spent her free time in Utah hiking, biking, and rock climbing in Utah's numerous national parks with Scottie.
Kaitlyn's friends remember her for her boisterous personality, her outspoken and independent nature, her exuberant and infectious smile, her loud laugh, her gentle heart, and her affinity for broken things, both animate and inanimate. She loved animals, was a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and was a big science fiction and comic book fan – Kaitlyn was especially known for being a "Whovian", and her family threw her a "Doctor Who" themed Celebration of Life where she was dubbed, "The Doctor's Eternal Companion".
Kaitlyn's Viewing and subsequent Celebration of Life ceremony were held at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary on Saturday, May 20th, 2023 in Millcreek, UT just outside Salt Lake City. Friends and family attended from all over the country to pay their respects, and many tuned in from around the world via a live stream, which is available for viewing for two more months. Two restaurants in Park City, UT shut down in Kaitlyn's honor that night, and a Reception was held after the Celebration of Life at the Tekila Mexican Grill & Cantina in Park City (formerly the Blue Iguana Park City where Kaitlyn used to work) hosted by the owner, her friend/family member J.C. Martinez to whom the Brann/Hog family are eternally grateful for his kindness and help in their time of need.
Kaitlyn was cremated following her service and the ashes returned to her loved ones with plans to scatter part of them in some of the places she loved most. Part of her cremains will be interred at Mary, Queen of Peace Cemetery in Erie, PA, beside her beloved stepfather Richard Heidt who was interred there just six months prior to her death in November 2022 after passing away from cancer. Kaitlyn's picture and nametag are memorialized at the "No Name Saloon" where she had been working at the time of her death.
Kaitlyn is preceded in death by her fathers Billy Lynn Brann and Richard William Heidt. Kaitlyn is survived by her mother Barbara Brann, sister Jessica DenHeeten, brother Dylan (Becky) Brann, sister Chelsea (Michael DeStefano) Heidt, brothers Benjamin Brann, brother Nicholas Eberhardt, and sister Scarlet Eberhardt.
Kaitlyn is also survived by the love of her life, Scottie Hogg, who credits her for saving his life as he wouldn't allow himself to go into shock hoping against hope that he could save the woman he loved – an act the Brann family will forever remember and always be grateful. Kaitlyn passed peacefully in the arms of the love of her life on a quartzite cliffside overlooking one of the most beautiful canyons in Utah.
She will be missed for the rest of her friends and family's lives.
Kaitlyn Brann's final resting place is at Mary Queen of Peace Cemetery in Erie, PA - she has a columbarium niche at eye-level when you first walk into the mausoleum on the left that you can't miss.
INFORMATION ON HER NICHE:
Kaitlyn's ashes are interred inside the TARDIS (the blue police telephone box from the long-running, BBC sci-fi series, "Doctor Who").
My sister used to steal Gideon Bibles from hotel rooms growing up because she liked the feeling of the pages, so we placed the first one she took that we owned in her niche.
We placed a copy of, "Mama, Do You Love Me?" by Barbara M. Joosse with her because it was a favorite book Kaitlyn's mother liked to read Kaitlyn as a little girl (Kaitlyn cradled a copy of it in her casket in May and was subsequently cremated holding it).
We placed a "10th Doctor" (David Tennant) Funko Pop in there because that Kaitlyn's favorite Doctor on the long-running series, and we dubbed her "The Doctor's Eternal Companion" - Tennant would have been the Doctor she most wanted to travel space and time with.
We put sunflowers in there because Kaitlyn loved sunflowers and Van Gough (the Van Gough episode of "Doctor Who": "Vincent & The Doctor" was one of her favorite episodes of the shows).
The displayed black and white painting is a copy of a painting Kaitlyn made for me of "Death" from, "The Sandman" comics by Neil Gaiman when I was going through a rough time - I quoted Death in her eulogy in May. The quote, "You Get A Lifetime" is a famous line the character delivers in, "The Sandman, Volume 7: Brief Lives".
The painting sits on top of a copy of "River Song's diary" from, "Doctor Who" who was one of Kaitlyn's favorite "companions".
The blue, starry heart-shaped rock reminded Kaitlyn's mother of Van Gough's starry night and was purchased at the Getty in Los Angeles.
The rainbow "pride" candle is to represent Kaitlyn as a proud member of the LGBTQ community.
Kaitlyn Marie Brann, age 34, beloved daughter, sister, and girlfriend, died on May 12th, 2023 while rock climbing in Big Cottonwood Canyon in Cottonwood Heights, UT just east of Salt Lake City. Kaitlyn was belaying for her boyfriend Robert Scott "Scottie" Hogg Jr., 30 on "Goodro's Wall" on Storm Mountain Island at the Storm Mountain Island Picnic Area in Big Cottonwood Canyon when part of the rock wall unexpectedly came apart above them and a falling boulder struck her.
Kaitlyn was born July 7, 1988 in Minneapolis, MN to Billy Lynn and Barbara Ann (Goggin) Brann. She grew up in Erie, PA where she graduated from Mercyhurst Preparatory High School in 2006. Kaitlyn attended different Penn State University campuses and ultimately graduated from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and a Minor in Business in 2010. Kaitlyn spent years working in mental health services in Pittsburgh before moving to Salt Lake City several years ago. She transitioned careers and began working in office management in the service industry.
Kaitlyn spent her free time in Utah hiking, biking, and rock climbing in Utah's numerous national parks with Scottie.
Kaitlyn's friends remember her for her boisterous personality, her outspoken and independent nature, her exuberant and infectious smile, her loud laugh, her gentle heart, and her affinity for broken things, both animate and inanimate. She loved animals, was a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and was a big science fiction and comic book fan – Kaitlyn was especially known for being a "Whovian", and her family threw her a "Doctor Who" themed Celebration of Life where she was dubbed, "The Doctor's Eternal Companion".
Kaitlyn's Viewing and subsequent Celebration of Life ceremony were held at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary on Saturday, May 20th, 2023 in Millcreek, UT just outside Salt Lake City. Friends and family attended from all over the country to pay their respects, and many tuned in from around the world via a live stream, which is available for viewing for two more months. Two restaurants in Park City, UT shut down in Kaitlyn's honor that night, and a Reception was held after the Celebration of Life at the Tekila Mexican Grill & Cantina in Park City (formerly the Blue Iguana Park City where Kaitlyn used to work) hosted by the owner, her friend/family member J.C. Martinez to whom the Brann/Hog family are eternally grateful for his kindness and help in their time of need.
Kaitlyn was cremated following her service and the ashes returned to her loved ones with plans to scatter part of them in some of the places she loved most. Part of her cremains will be interred at Mary, Queen of Peace Cemetery in Erie, PA, beside her beloved stepfather Richard Heidt who was interred there just six months prior to her death in November 2022 after passing away from cancer. Kaitlyn's picture and nametag are memorialized at the "No Name Saloon" where she had been working at the time of her death.
Kaitlyn is preceded in death by her fathers Billy Lynn Brann and Richard William Heidt. Kaitlyn is survived by her mother Barbara Brann, sister Jessica DenHeeten, brother Dylan (Becky) Brann, sister Chelsea (Michael DeStefano) Heidt, brothers Benjamin Brann, brother Nicholas Eberhardt, and sister Scarlet Eberhardt.
Kaitlyn is also survived by the love of her life, Scottie Hogg, who credits her for saving his life as he wouldn't allow himself to go into shock hoping against hope that he could save the woman he loved – an act the Brann family will forever remember and always be grateful. Kaitlyn passed peacefully in the arms of the love of her life on a quartzite cliffside overlooking one of the most beautiful canyons in Utah.
She will be missed for the rest of her friends and family's lives.
Kaitlyn Brann's final resting place is at Mary Queen of Peace Cemetery in Erie, PA - she has a columbarium niche at eye-level when you first walk into the mausoleum on the left that you can't miss.
INFORMATION ON HER NICHE:
Kaitlyn's ashes are interred inside the TARDIS (the blue police telephone box from the long-running, BBC sci-fi series, "Doctor Who").
My sister used to steal Gideon Bibles from hotel rooms growing up because she liked the feeling of the pages, so we placed the first one she took that we owned in her niche.
We placed a copy of, "Mama, Do You Love Me?" by Barbara M. Joosse with her because it was a favorite book Kaitlyn's mother liked to read Kaitlyn as a little girl (Kaitlyn cradled a copy of it in her casket in May and was subsequently cremated holding it).
We placed a "10th Doctor" (David Tennant) Funko Pop in there because that Kaitlyn's favorite Doctor on the long-running series, and we dubbed her "The Doctor's Eternal Companion" - Tennant would have been the Doctor she most wanted to travel space and time with.
We put sunflowers in there because Kaitlyn loved sunflowers and Van Gough (the Van Gough episode of "Doctor Who": "Vincent & The Doctor" was one of her favorite episodes of the shows).
The displayed black and white painting is a copy of a painting Kaitlyn made for me of "Death" from, "The Sandman" comics by Neil Gaiman when I was going through a rough time - I quoted Death in her eulogy in May. The quote, "You Get A Lifetime" is a famous line the character delivers in, "The Sandman, Volume 7: Brief Lives".
The painting sits on top of a copy of "River Song's diary" from, "Doctor Who" who was one of Kaitlyn's favorite "companions".
The blue, starry heart-shaped rock reminded Kaitlyn's mother of Van Gough's starry night and was purchased at the Getty in Los Angeles.
The rainbow "pride" candle is to represent Kaitlyn as a proud member of the LGBTQ community.
Kaitlyn was born July 7, 1988 in Minneapolis, MN to Billy Lynn and Barbara Ann (Goggin) Brann. She grew up in Erie, PA where she graduated from Mercyhurst Preparatory High School in 2006. Kaitlyn attended different Penn State University campuses and ultimately graduated from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and a Minor in Business in 2010. Kaitlyn spent years working in mental health services in Pittsburgh before moving to Salt Lake City several years ago. She transitioned careers and began working in office management in the service industry.
Kaitlyn spent her free time in Utah hiking, biking, and rock climbing in Utah's numerous national parks with Scottie.
Kaitlyn's friends remember her for her boisterous personality, her outspoken and independent nature, her exuberant and infectious smile, her loud laugh, her gentle heart, and her affinity for broken things, both animate and inanimate. She loved animals, was a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and was a big science fiction and comic book fan – Kaitlyn was especially known for being a "Whovian", and her family threw her a "Doctor Who" themed Celebration of Life where she was dubbed, "The Doctor's Eternal Companion".
Kaitlyn's Viewing and subsequent Celebration of Life ceremony were held at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary on Saturday, May 20th, 2023 in Millcreek, UT just outside Salt Lake City. Friends and family attended from all over the country to pay their respects, and many tuned in from around the world via a live stream, which is available for viewing for two more months. Two restaurants in Park City, UT shut down in Kaitlyn's honor that night, and a Reception was held after the Celebration of Life at the Tekila Mexican Grill & Cantina in Park City (formerly the Blue Iguana Park City where Kaitlyn used to work) hosted by the owner, her friend/family member J.C. Martinez to whom the Brann/Hog family are eternally grateful for his kindness and help in their time of need.
Kaitlyn was cremated following her service and the ashes returned to her loved ones with plans to scatter part of them in some of the places she loved most. Part of her cremains will be interred at Mary, Queen of Peace Cemetery in Erie, PA, beside her beloved stepfather Richard Heidt who was interred there just six months prior to her death in November 2022 after passing away from cancer. Kaitlyn's picture and nametag are memorialized at the "No Name Saloon" where she had been working at the time of her death.
Kaitlyn is preceded in death by her fathers Billy Lynn Brann and Richard William Heidt. Kaitlyn is survived by her mother Barbara Brann, sister Jessica DenHeeten, brother Dylan (Becky) Brann, sister Chelsea (Michael DeStefano) Heidt, brothers Benjamin Brann, brother Nicholas Eberhardt, and sister Scarlet Eberhardt.
Kaitlyn is also survived by the love of her life, Scottie Hogg, who credits her for saving his life as he wouldn't allow himself to go into shock hoping against hope that he could save the woman he loved – an act the Brann family will forever remember and always be grateful. Kaitlyn passed peacefully in the arms of the love of her life on a quartzite cliffside overlooking one of the most beautiful canyons in Utah.
She will be missed for the rest of her friends and family's lives.
Kaitlyn Brann's final resting place is at Mary Queen of Peace Cemetery in Erie, PA - she has a columbarium niche at eye-level when you first walk into the mausoleum on the left that you can't miss.
INFORMATION ON HER NICHE:
Kaitlyn's ashes are interred inside the TARDIS (the blue police telephone box from the long-running, BBC sci-fi series, "Doctor Who").
My sister used to steal Gideon Bibles from hotel rooms growing up because she liked the feeling of the pages, so we placed the first one she took that we owned in her niche.
We placed a copy of, "Mama, Do You Love Me?" by Barbara M. Joosse with her because it was a favorite book Kaitlyn's mother liked to read Kaitlyn as a little girl (Kaitlyn cradled a copy of it in her casket in May and was subsequently cremated holding it).
We placed a "10th Doctor" (David Tennant) Funko Pop in there because that Kaitlyn's favorite Doctor on the long-running series, and we dubbed her "The Doctor's Eternal Companion" - Tennant would have been the Doctor she most wanted to travel space and time with.
We put sunflowers in there because Kaitlyn loved sunflowers and Van Gough (the Van Gough episode of "Doctor Who": "Vincent & The Doctor" was one of her favorite episodes of the shows).
The displayed black and white painting is a copy of a painting Kaitlyn made for me of "Death" from, "The Sandman" comics by Neil Gaiman when I was going through a rough time - I quoted Death in her eulogy in May. The quote, "You Get A Lifetime" is a famous line the character delivers in, "The Sandman, Volume 7: Brief Lives".
The painting sits on top of a copy of "River Song's diary" from, "Doctor Who" who was one of Kaitlyn's favorite "companions".
The blue, starry heart-shaped rock reminded Kaitlyn's mother of Van Gough's starry night and was purchased at the Getty in Los Angeles.
The rainbow "pride" candle is to represent Kaitlyn as a proud member of the LGBTQ community.
