Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Dianne Riley Berger
Oct 8, 2023
Dianne Riley Berger, aged 81, passed away peacefully on October 8, 2023, in Draper, Utah surrounded by her children. She was born on May 14,1942, in Beaver, Utah to John and Margaret Riley.
Dianne grew up in Beaver, Utah, where she acquired her knowledge of horses, learning how to care for, love, understand them, and ride them. One of her...
Marie Edwards Baker
Oct 8, 2023
Edna “Marie” Baker died at age 95, on October 8, 2023, at the home of her daughter in Brigham City, Utah, Box Elder County, Utah. She was born on September 27, 1928 in Brooker, Bradford County, Florida to Arthur Allen and Lottie Norman Edwards. She was born at home, on the farm, the middle of three children. She had...
Ruth Ridens
Oct 8, 2023
Ruth L. Ridens, 81, of Salt Lake City, passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2023, at Meadow Brook Rehab and Nursing in Salt Lake City. Born on July 19, 1942, in Los Angeles, California, she was the daughter of the late Robert Steele and Alice Galbransen. She is survived by her husband Jerry Wayne Ridens, Sr. and son Jerry Wayne...
Maria Isaias Martinez-Acebedo
Oct 8, 2023
Maria Isaias Martinez-Acebedo passed away on October 8, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah at the age of 57. She was born on July 6, 1966 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico to Leòn Martinez and Catalina Acebedo.
Maria is survived by her daughter Yesenia Hernandez-Martinez; son Pedro Hernandez; granddaughter Adalyn R. Hernandez; mother Catalina Acebedo; and by her brothers...
David Raymond Spencer
Oct 8, 2023
David Raymond Spencer, 87, died on October 8, 2023, in Meadow Peak, Memory Care Unit, Taylorsville, UT surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 8, 1936, in Salt Lake City, UT to Joseph Raymond and Lucy Young Sanborn Spencer.
He married his sweetheart, Dawn Nichol who preceded him in death on July 12, 2016.
David grew up in East...
Sherry Marie Northrop
Oct 7, 2023
Sherry Marie Sandberg Northrop, born on June 29, 1965, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to parents Robert and Bernice Sandberg, left this world on October 7th, 2023. She departed this life peacefully, at her home in Colorado Springs, surrounded by love.
Sherry attended West High School, Class of 1983, where her talents as a gymnast shone brightly. On December 9,...
Velia Garcia
Oct 6, 2023
Velia Garcia, age 92, passed away on October 6, 2023, in Murray, Utah. She was born on March 29, 1931, in Chihuahua, Mexico to Ruben and Ascension Garcia. She married Alfonso Molinar in September 1979.
She was the most amazing daughter, sister, and “Auntie Bella” as she was called by Doris's grandchildren. Her love, wisdom, integrity, honesty, and being responsible...
Lynn Reid Frandsen
Oct 6, 2023
Lynn Reid Frandsen (96) died of natural causes October 6, 2023. He was born on April 13, 1927 in Price, Utah to Royal H. and La Priel Guymon Frandsen. He married Janice Burton on June 28, 1960.
Lynn was educated in Price and enlisted in the Navy in March of 1945, finishing high school by correspondence. As a Yeoman...
Lois Bjork Banks
Oct 6, 2023
On 6 October 2023, a beautiful fall morning, full of color and the smells of Fall, Lois Bjork Banks, 88, of Holladay, UT, passed away peacefully, at home, with family at her side.
Born in Provo, Utah, to Joseph Alma Bjork and Wilhelmenia Ricks Bjork, Lois was raised on a small farm in American Fork, UT, for 6 months,...
LaVar Roberts
Oct 6, 2023
LaVar Roberts passed away in the early morning hours of October 6, 2023, surrounded by loved ones at his home in Murray. Across the span of his 91 years, he was farmboy, a veteran of the Korean War, a businessman, a father, and an aficionado of the great TV westerns.
He was born on March 11, 1932 in Austin, Utah...
Fern Maude Hawkins
Oct 5, 2023
Fern Maude Hawkins, age 83, passed away on October 5, 2023 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was born on February 28, 1940 in Provo, Utah to James Loyd Baxter and Berniece K. Baxter. Fern later married Larry Oran Hawkins on July 4.
Fern was a great wife, mother, and grandma. She worked for a meat factory in both Utah and Hawaii...
Porter Rosco May
Oct 5, 2023
Porter Rosco May ended his life on October 5, 2023. Porter was born on February 10, 2000 to Clinton and Kellie May in West Jordan, Utah. He graduated from Murray High School in 2018.
Porter was an avid sports fan and enjoyed attending Utah Jazz games and cheering for the Cincinnati Bengals. He loved spending time outdoors whether at Lake Powell...
Arthur Wilford Gansauge
Oct 5, 2023
Arthur Wilford Gansauge died on October 5, 2023 in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. He was born October 31, 1934 in Duluth, Minnesota to William and Evelyn Mabel Gansauge. He married Walborg Sigfried Slinning on February 6, 1954. Art was sealed for all time and eternity to his beautiful wife “Wallie” on May 17, 2005. He loved traveling with her, especially...
Juanita Deon Dikes
Oct 4, 2023
Juanita Deon Dikes passed away on October 4, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 6, 1934 to Wilhelmina Johanna Pistorius and Hyrum Joseph Boettcher. She was married to Robert Osborne Cooley (1955), later divorced; Levier Ray Stoddard (1960), later divorced; and Roy Gregg Dikes (1985), later divorced.
She had many...
Christiane Renate Sharp
Oct 4, 2023
Christiane Renate Sharp went to her eternal rest on October 4, 2023. She was born August 23,1950 in Saint-Chamond France to Herbert and Lieselotte Koecher. France and much of Europe was still recovering from World War II at the time and life wasn't easy.
Christiane moved to The United States as a girl with her parents and started a...
Virginia Olson
Oct 4, 2023
Virginia De Jong Olson, aka Momma Ludwig, passed away October 4, 2023 at her home in West Valley City, Utah, at the young age of 65.
Virginia was born December 11, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Maarten and Maartje De Jong. She graduated from West High School and started a family shortly after. Virginia married...
Donald Lee Magnuson
Oct 4, 2023
They say time heals broken hearts and diminishes the depths of grief. But how can time make such a difference? All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Don was born on July 28, 1930, in Boise, Idaho, to Adolph and Alma Magnuson. He passed from this life into the next on Oct. 4, 2023. He grew...
Alene Banks Gerber
Oct 4, 2023
Alene Gerber passed away peacefully October 4, 2023 from natural causes. She was 92. Alene was born to Arthur Jarvis Banks and Tora Almira Duke on June 3, 1931 in Palmyra, Utah. She had a wonderful childhood growing up in the country across from Salem Pond. She developed musical talent early on and sang in school competitions and performances including...
Weldon Carl Payne
Oct 4, 2023
Our loving father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend passed away on October 4, 2023 at the age of 85. He was born on May 13, 1938 in Aurora, Utah to Conrad C. and DeLora Ogilvie Payne. Their family later moved to the Avenues of Salt Lake City where he attended East School, graduating in 1957. Weldon met the love...
Phyllis Sampson Gervol
Oct 3, 2023
Phyllis Sampson Gervol, 93, died on October 3, 2023, in West Jordan, Utah. She was born on February 7, 1930 in Chisholm, Minnesota to Neal Sampson and Ida Jonson. She married Anthony "Tony" John Gervol on May 29, 1949. She was married to her husband Tony, for 47 years.
Phyllis was a devoted daughter, sister, cousin, aunt, wife, mother,...
