Current:Home > NewsRodeo Star Spencer Wright Remembers Late Son Levi, 3, at Heartbreaking Funeral Service -FinanceCore
Rodeo Star Spencer Wright Remembers Late Son Levi, 3, at Heartbreaking Funeral Service
View
Date:2025-04-13 06:10:45
Levi Wright's legacy will live on through his family.
Rodeo star Spencer Wright and his wife Kallie Wright recently shared their most cherished moments with their 3-year-old son—who died on June 2 from injuries sustained in a toy tractor accident—to honor his memory at his funeral service.
Describing his son as "the funniest kid," Spencer remembered how Levi loved tractors, often making a beeline to its section whenever the family was at a toy store.
"'Dad, can I look at the tractors?'" he recounted during Levi's June 11 funeral, before quipping to guests how usually "that means I'm bringing a tractor home."
Sepncer—who also shares daughter Steeley, 5, and son Brae, 10 months, with Kallie—continued with a chuckle, "I'd usually have to pry it out of his hands."
Spencer also noted that Levi had a big sense of humor, playing pranks in the public to embarrass his parents. Still, Kallie said Levi was "impossible to get mad at."
"He was as pure and tender as they come," she shared in a speech of her own. "He had always been shy, but once he could talk, he wasn't afraid to say how he felt."
Kallie, too, acknowledged Levi's love of tractors that noted that "one of his favorite places" was with his dad whenever the family needed to work on their ranch.
"If Spencer was digging or building something," she recalled, "Levi was always right there on dad's knee."
Levi was hospitalized in critical condition May 21 after accidentally driving his toy tractor into a Utah river. He was removed from life support nearly two weeks later.
"Levi loved his big sister, Steeley, and playing with her was one of his greatest joys," read his obituary published by Southern Utah Mortuary. "They were instant best friends. The verdict was still partially out on his baby brother, Brae, but Levi often asked to 'hold baby.'"
"Levi's family would like to extend a warm thank you to the volunteers and first responders that participated in his search and rescue," the tribute added, "as well as the attentive and compassionate staff at Primary Children's Hospital."
Keep reading for more Wright family moments.
Kallie Wright shared a photo of son Levi—who was taken off life support in June 2024 following injuries sustained after he fell in a Utah river on a toy tractor—and daughter Steely alongside husband and rodeo star Spencer Wright in 2022 writing, "Snuck away to spend some time with Dad!!"
Kallie posted this photo of Levi with his face covered in chocolate in 2022, captioning the moment, "I can't not share this, he loves his ice cream!"
In February 2023, Levi and Steely helped their parents announce that there would be a baby boy joining their family. "We are so lucky!!" Kallie wrote at the time. "Thanks to my bestie Mindy Sue Clark for the fun reveal with the kids!"
Baby Brae was born in August 2023, Kallie shared on Facebook Aug. 2 writing, "Introducing Brae Milo Wright! Our hearts are so full!"
At the end of January, Kallie posted a photo of Levi and Steely posing in the field with their dogs.
As the family of a rodeo star, Levi and his siblings spent their fair share of time around horses, with Kallie posting this sweet image of her and Levi riding a horse together in March 2024.
During Levi's hospital stay, Kallie changed her Facebook profile photo to this sweet mother-son moment.
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (7735)
Related
- Retirement planning: 3 crucial moves everyone should make before 2025
- The NBA Cup is here. We ranked the best group stage games each night
- Why Jersey Shore's Jenni JWoww Farley May Not Marry Her Fiancé Zack Clayton
- Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and gas companies
- Person accused of accosting Rep. Nancy Mace at Capitol pleads not guilty to assault charge
- Former North Carolina labor commissioner becomes hospital group’s CEO
- Cleveland Browns’ Hakeem Adeniji Shares Stillbirth of Baby Boy Days Before Due Date
- 'Unfortunate error': 'Wicked' dolls with porn site on packaging pulled from Target, Amazon
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- All Social Security retirees should do this by Nov. 20
Ranking
- John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
- Man waives jury trial in killing of Georgia nursing student
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Mixed Use
- Watch as massive amount of crabs scamper across Australian island: 'It's quite weird'
- Scoot flight from Singapore to Wuhan turns back after 'technical issue' detected
- John Robinson, successful football coach at USC and with the LA Rams, has died at 89
- Wildfire map: Thousands of acres burn near New Jersey-New York border; 1 firefighter dead
- Wicked's Ethan Slater Shares How Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Set the Tone on Set
Recommendation
Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
Benny Blanco Reveals Selena Gomez's Rented Out Botanical Garden for Lavish Date Night
Real Housewives of New York City Star’s Pregnancy Reveal Is Not Who We Expected
Katherine Schwarzenegger Gives Birth, Welcomes Baby No. 3 With Chris Pratt
Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
DWTS' Sasha Farber Claps Back at Diss From Jenn Tran's Ex Devin Strader
Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger welcome their first son together
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson weighs in on report that he would 'pee in a bottle' on set