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Funeral Saturday for mom of man freed from Venezuela jail

A public funeral is scheduled Saturday to remember the life of a Utah woman who spent nearly two years pushing to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail.

Anderson and Goff Mortuary owner Chad Anderson said Wednesday Laurie Holt's funeral is Saturday at 12 p.m. at a Mormon church in the Salt Lake City suburb of Riverton. A viewing is scheduled Friday night at the mortuary in Draper.

The 50-year-old Laurie Holt died unexpectedly Sunday at her Riverton home, less than one year after her son Josh Holt returned to the U.