Terre Covington, beloved mother, grandmother, wife & daughter, passed away on June 24th after heroically battling stage four Glioblastoma brain cancer. Terre is survived by her five children—Tawni Featherstone (Daniel), Tamber McAllister (Eric), Trace Covington, Tashly Hamel (Chris), and Tevin Covington. She is also survived by Jack & Linda Tyler, her parents, and her five siblings—Aaron, Harold, Brenda, Laura, and Marti. Terre was an amazing, caring grandmother and will be missed by her six grandchildren—Emma, Marcus, Desmond, Lilly, Leo, and Casey.

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Terre was born in Provo, UT, which was the starting point of an attempt to “Carmen Sandiego” the United States of America…Terre moved from Provo to Pittsburg, to St. Louis, to Pittsburg again, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, to Delaware, to Berkley, to Salt Lake again, to Sacramento, to El Dorado Hills, and finally landing in Gold River. While in Salt Lake City, the 2nd time, Terre met Tim Covington and later married in 1981. Together they raised their five children, and remained friends after their divorce.

Terre had a love for sports, especially swimming, and later swam competitively for Murray High School and American River College. Afterward she coached the American River Patriots in Sacramento. She selflessly devoted her athletic expertise to her children, which laid the tracks for their adventurous spirits and love of trying new things.

Terre earned a nursing degree and worked as an SICU nurse for over twenty years. Nursing suited Terre’s compassionate temperament, fulfilling her need to take care of those around her, including her peers and fellow employees. Terre worked for Mercy General in downtown Sacramento, then moved to Sutter General Hospital.

Terre loved spending time with her two dogs Diesel and Toe Tag, and as a caring grandma, visited her grandkids in Utah as frequently as work permitted. Terre also enjoyed cooking barbecue on her Traeger Grill, painting in her spare time, “cautiously” speeding in her Mustangs and watching sports. She devoted much of her exciting and competitive nature to the Sacramento Kings, but never got to see them bring home a championship, (since the 2002 Western Conference Finals were rigged.)

Terre Covington will be greatly missed by all those who knew and loved her.