Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
John Lowell Dignan
Aug 21, 2023
John Lowell Dignan, 66, passed away on Monday, August 21, 2023, in the comfort of his home.John was born on April 29, 1957, in Billings, Montana to Daryl Edward Dignan and LaRue Boberg Dignan. He married the love of his life, Cindy (aka Thia) on July 4, 2009.John was proud of his experience with fire safety while working at MSA...
Gerald Don Curtis
Aug 20, 2023
Gerald Don Curtis was born was born February 6, 1938 in Salt Lake City to Alva and Myreel Potter Curtis. He was the fifth of nine children. He had many friends and was a natural athlete. He served as the ninth-grade president at Granite Park Junior High and graduated from Granite High School lettering in five different sports. He went...
Marilyn “Lyn” Ford
Aug 19, 2023
Marilyn (Lyn) Ford, Age 88, died Saturday, August 19th, in Sandy, UT. She was born in Nephi, Utah, to John Edmund (Ted) Hill and Zelda Pay Hill. She Married Howard J. Ford on October 15th, 1955, in Ely, NV. Lyn was an independent woman with a successful healthcare career as a nurse, educator, and researcher. She was an associate professor...
Janet Butler Kwan
Aug 18, 2023
Our wonderful and hardworking mom and granny, Janet, passed away peacefully on a beautiful August morning due to old age. Janet was born and raised in Salt Lake City as the oldest of four children of Marjorie Valone Beveridge and Malcom Dale Butler. She met and married Patton Kwan in 1962 after meeting in the restaurant industry. They continued their...
Joyce Elayne Wanta
Aug 18, 2023
Joyce Elayne Wanta passed away on August 18, 2023, in St. George, Utah. Joyce was born on April 3, 1926, in Wausau, Wisconsin. She married George Wanta on September 11, 1948, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He preceded her in death in 1978.Joyce is survived by three daughters, Vicki Frech (Gary), Georgine Bills, (Gary), and Kristine Fullmer. She had four grandchildren...
Jeneal Maxfield Boggess
Aug 17, 2023
JeNeal Maxfield Boggess, age 83, died August 17, 2023 in Sandy, Utah. She was born on June 2, 1940, in American Fork, Utah to Louis E.O. and Rosamond Palmer Maxfield. She married H. David Boggess on June 27, 1980, in Kemmerer, Wyoming.JeNeal was born and raised in South Jordan and Riverton, Utah along with five siblings. She had an in-depth...
Philip Summerhays
Aug 17, 2023
Born and raised in Salt Lake City of goodly parents, J. Bennion and Ruth Stohl Summerhays, I had a great life – challenges, tribulations, and all. I passed on the 17th of August 2023, excited to see the great family and friends who went before but will miss for a time those I leave behind.I grew up in the family...
Betty Jane Petrie Hawley Mead
Aug 17, 2023
Betty Jane Petrie Hawley Mead (93) passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Orem, Utah on August 17, 2023 due to complications of dementia. She was born July 31, 1930 in Berwyn, Illinois to George Rowe Petrie and Alvira Francis Sawyer. Betty Jane’s mother passed away when she was 18 months old and since it was during the Depression...
Martin (Marty) Clifford Spradlin
Aug 17, 2023
I am heartbroken to announce the death of my husband Martin Clifford Spradlin. He peacefully passed away on August 17, 2023, after a short but courageous battle with not one but two wicked and terminal diseases; Lung Cancer and Pulmonary Fibrosis.Marty loved music; he had the talent of being able to hear a song and then play it back flawlessly...
Feiloaiga Kativa Lefaoseu
Aug 16, 2023
Feiloaiga Kativa Lefaoseu passed on to the other side of the veil on August 16, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah at the age of 66. She was born on June 7, 1957 in Malaela, Apia Samoa to Faagao Koese and Savae Losoloso Kativa.Feiloaiga married Salefao Lefaoseu, together they had six children. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother....
Lugene Brewer Bowthorpe
Aug 16, 2023
Lugene Brewer Bowthorpe of Holladay, Utah passed away peacefully on August 16, 2023 among her family. She was 92 years old.Lugene was born in Ogden, Utah on November 2, 1930 to Ellen and Herbert Brewer. She had four siblings, Ellen, Leland, Read, and Nanette. Much of her childhood was spent in Salt Lake City working and playing with family and...
Barbara Ann Wiggleton
Aug 16, 2023
On August 16, 2023 Barbara Ann Wiggleton passed away in her home peacefully. She was born in Salt Lake City to Marvin and Belva Wiggleton on April 23, 1954. She enjoyed watching WWE wrestling especially when Duane “The Rock” Johnson was on. She was avid Utah Jazz fan, and looked forward to watching Stockton and Malone, or could be found...
Mary Lou Hillman
Aug 16, 2023
Mary was born on August 21, 1961 to Adeline (Morales) Hillman and Benjamin Albert Hillman. She fell asleep and returned to Paradise on August 16th. Mom gave her, her name Mary Lou from the Rickey Nielsen song “Hello Mary Lou goodbye heart”. Mom definitely lost her heart to her beautiful Mary!Mary struggled all her adult life with her Lupus but...
Mele Tu’Ipulotu Takai
Aug 16, 2023
Mele Tu’ipulotu Takai was the true definition of angelic as she elegantly reflected every aspect of the word. Her warm charm would bring a fiery and vibrant fire and passion into the lives of those around her. She was the foreperson for her family after the loss of her mother Mele Vunivola Takai to Covid-19 in 2020 – she used...
Jeanine S. Pace
Aug 15, 2023
Jeanine Smith Pace passed away quietly at her daughter’s home in Sandy, Utah on August 15, 2023. A loving mother, sister, Aunt, grandmother, and friend, she will be remembered for her kindness, independence, incredible resilience and sense of humor.Born Rilla Jeanine Smith, she grew up on a farm in Sunnyside, Washington and graduated from Granger High School. She attended Brigham...
Helen Saina Ete (Lilomaiava)
Aug 15, 2023
Helen Saina Ete (Lilomaiava) passed away in West Valley City, on August 15, 2023. She was born to Sam Ah Yee and Faaeteete Tauala Fano in Utulei, American Samoa on September 1, 1959.Helen was sealed for time and all eternity to her late husband Malae Ete. She was a graduate of Santa Ana Valley High School in June of 1977...
Barbara Alice Whitson
Aug 15, 2023
Barbara Alice Whitson passed away on August 15, 2023 just a week shy of her 72nd birthday in Salt Lake City, Utah after quite a life of being a “tough broad.”She was born on August 24, 1951 in Red Wing, Minnesota to Ramona Jean Orvick and John Merritt Whitson. She had two sisters, Jana and Kay. She was blessed with...
Gary Lee Knight
Aug 15, 2023
Gary Lee Knight passed away on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. Gary was born on September 18, 1946 in Provo, Utah to Ralph Waldo and Fern Young Knight. He grew up attending Utah County Schools in Orem, Goshen, Payson. He lived on a fruit farm in Orem where they grew a variety of fruit trees. His family moved to Genola where...
Nancy Mattingly
Aug 14, 2023
On August 14, 2023, Nancy Mattingly 74 passed away at home surrounded by her family. She fought a hard fight with kidney failure as well as heart failure. She was born on July, 30, 1949 in Salt Lake City to Betty Fletcher & Lawrence Virginia. She was like a mother to all her siblings and helped raise them all. She...
Calvin Kay Sharp
Aug 14, 2023
Calvin Kay Sharp, 74 of West Jordan passed away peacefully surrounded by family members on August 14,2023. He was born on March 25,1949 to Earl and LaRue Sharp in Murray, UT.For over 20 years he in worked in construction as a drywaller. In June of 2022 he finally decided to retire after 43 years of dedicated employment at Evans and...
