Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Marilyn Jane Heinkel
Aug 23, 2023
Our beloved sister, aunt, and dear friend, Marilyn Jane Heinkel found everlasting peace and the end of her physical pain as she passed from this life to the next on August 23, 2023.We would like to thank the doctors and nurses at IMC in Murray and the many other facilities where she spent time, that cared for her in the...
Claudia S. Venegas
Aug 23, 2023
Claudia S. Venegas, age 103 passed away on August 23, 2023, in Maricopa, Arizona. She was born on October 28, 1919 in Teloloapan Guerrero, Mexico to Jesus Sanchez and Micaela Enoe Fuentes. Claudia married Verulo Venegas on August 15, 1945.She went to school in Mexico City, Mexico. Claudia loved swimming, dancing and most of all singing. Her and her husband...
Terry F. Leonard
Aug 23, 2023
“On August 24, 2023, at age 73, I lost my darling Terry F. Leonard. She was my guiding light, my best audience and my biggest fan. I am forever grateful to have had her in my life. She made me a better person in every way.” -Michael, her beloved.To know Terry was to love her. She was the kindest soul...
Karen Yvette Smirl Droubay
Aug 22, 2023
Our beloved Karen Yvette Smirl Droubay passed away peacefully in her home on August 22, 2023 at the age of 82. She was born on April 10, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah to William Charles Smirl and Thelma LaVerne Oldroyd.As a child, Karen loved spending summers with her grandparents in Fountain Green, Utah and Eugene, Oregon. From an early...
Royal Barlow Simpson
Aug 21, 2023
Beloved husband, father, grandfather Royal Barlow Simpson passed away on Monday, August 21, 2023 at his home in Taylorsville. Born August 20,1947 in Salt Lake City, UT to Erma and Barlow Emanuel Simpson. He attended Granite High School and graduated with a BA in Biology from the University of Utah. He married the love of his life Leslee Ann Bradford...
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...
