Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Mary Lucille Reid Ellis
Nov 5, 2023
Mary Lucille Reid Ellis, age 91, passed away Sunday, November 5, 2023 at home with her family gathered around her. She was born in La Jara, Colorado in 1932 to James and Julia Estelle Reid, and raised on a small farm with her eight siblings. Her life on the farm in the cold San Luis Valley was tough but for...
Howard Henry Gill
Nov 4, 2023
Howard Henry Gill passed away on November 4, 2023 in Saint George, Utah at the age of 86. He was born on May 7, 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Henry J. Gill and Beatrice Webb Gill.
Howard married Mary Carolyn Ballinger in the Salt Lake LDS Temple in 1961. Together they raised two children, William “Bill” and...
Nancy Kathleen Newman Ivie Arnold
Nov 4, 2023
Nancy K. (Newman) Ivie Arnold, Age 80, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, Nov. 4th at her residence in Cedar City, Utah. Nancy was born July 26, 1943 in Garfield, Utah to Harold and Joan Newman. Nancy was raised with her 3 siblings in Garfield, and later moved to Kearns, Utah where they loved to play. After graduating...
Debra Palur Johnson
Nov 4, 2023
Debra, age 71, passed away November 4, 2023 at her home in Sandy Utah with her husband and children at her side. She fought with cancer during 2022 and won the first battle, but the cancer came back more aggressively in Fall 2023 and in just a few weeks took her life.
She was born December 2, 1951 to...
Gary Grant Daniels
Nov 4, 2023
Gary Grant Daniels, 89, passed away in Murray, Utah on 4 November 2023. Born in Mount Pleasant, UT, on 23 October 1934, Gary was the son of Charles Henry Daniels and Alice Henrietta Anderson.
As a child, Gary described himself as a teaser and as a budding pugilist. A lifelong friend and Mt. Pleasant neighbor said that Gary “was a...
Ralph Middlemiss Wright
Nov 4, 2023
Ralph Middlemiss Wright, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, passed away peacefully at the age of 93 in his home November 4, 2023, surrounded by family.
Here is the obituary he penned for himself many years ago:
“I was born June 7, 1930, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Ralph Bassett and Afton Middlemiss Wright. I graduated from East...
Delia Yuvon Barney Bulkley
Nov 4, 2023
Delia Yuvon Barney Bulkley was born February 28, 1932, in Richfield, Utah. She married Bert Bulkley in 1948, and they were later solemnized in the Manti, Utah, temple.
Yuvon and Bert were married on this earth for 72 years. Together, they had three children: Leita Rogers, Loyd (Leandro), and Larry. They had 11 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren. She...
Ellen Kathleen Bailey Parker
Nov 3, 2023
Ellen Kathleen Bailey Parker, loving wife, superlative mom, and doting nana to two grandchildren she adored–and a bulldog–peacefully passed from our presence November 3, 2023, from natural causes. She was 71. As anyone who knew her might expect, her last words were, “I love you.”
Ellen was born to Willis Woodrow Bailey and Joan Marie Nichols Bailey on August...
Ralph L Hughes
Nov 3, 2023
Ralph L Hughes, age 84, returned to his Heavenly home with his loving family by his side on Friday, November 3, 2023. Ralph was born on August 11, 1939 in Mount Pleasant, Utah to Joseph Worthen Hughes and Bertha Christina Larsen. Ralph married Vallene Moesser on August 2, 1963 in the Salt Lake Temple. They have four children, Kristin, Randy...
Betty Jean Legg
Nov 3, 2023
Betty Jean Legg, 98, born July 24, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Albert Leroy Butler and Irene Stanley Butler, passed away on November 3, 2023 of natural causes--with her family by her side after a long, well-lived life.
Betty was able to live in her own home for 65 years, and only spending the last 2 years...
Carlyle Charles Berensen
Nov 3, 2023
Our Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, and Great-Great Grandfather Carlyle Charles Berensen passed away peacefully on November 3, 2023 at the age of 90. He was born November 17, 1932 in Kenilworth, Utah to James Henry Berensen and Venice Nelson. He was the 11th of 15 children. He had 7 brothers and 7 sisters.
They were a close-knit family and Carl...
Alyssa Renee Roth
Nov 2, 2023
Alyssa Renee Roth, born in Colorado Springs, CO on July 30, 1988, died unexpectedly in her sleep on November 2, 2023. Lyssa lived her short life on her terms and with so much love and shared her heart and laughter with everyone.
Lyssa at times struggled to find her way, so it was interesting that her best swimming stroke...
Denis Patrick Downing
Nov 2, 2023
Denis Patrick Downing, 78, passed away on November 2, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Richard Denis and Dorothy Collins Downing.
Denis served in the United States Navy from 1964-1967.
He was an accomplished artist who was passionate about his talent. He especially enjoyed painting southwest scenes, trains and other scenes of...
Ronald Erich Millet
Nov 1, 2023
Ronald Erich Millet age 70 passed away on November 1, 2023 at his home in West Valley City, UT. He was born on May 29, 1953 to Lore Funk in Weinheim, Germany. He married Joy Lynn Glazier on August 7, 1980 in New Orleans, LA.
He worked in the food industry at American Strevell, Fleming Foods and later in...
Cindy Ewell Searle
Nov 1, 2023
Cindy Ewell Searle passed away unexpectedly on November 1, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Cindy was born on May 22, 1960 to David Ewell and Betty Lou Lee in Spanish Fork, Utah. She married Michael Lynn Searle on June 18, 1997. She loved the outdoors--camping and fishing, specifically. She was a foster mother to many and worked as a...
Mark Cory Brunson
Oct 31, 2023
In loving memory of
Mark Brunson
09/09/1985-10/31/2023
It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the untimely passing of our beloved Mark Brunson, who departed from this world on 10/31/2023. He was 38 years old.
Mark was born on 09/09/1985 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a Son, Brother, Uncle Bert, Partner, Friend and...
Peggy M. Lyon
Oct 31, 2023
Peggy M. Lyon (63) passed away unexpectedly on the evening of October 31, 2023.
Born November 24, 1959, in Ogden, Utah, to Avan and Dorsie Probasco.
Beloved wife and companion of William David Lyon for 43 years.
Peggy was a graduate of the Layton High School class of ’78. She then continued her education at Utah Technical College, earning a...
John Dean Spuhler
Oct 30, 2023
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, John Dean Spuhler passed quietly into the waiting arms of a loving Heavenly Father on October 30, 2023. He was 99 years old, lived in his own home, provided for himself and continually sought out ways to serve his neighbors.
He looked forward with great anticipation to a sweet reunion with his eternal...
Karen Lynn Wright
Oct 29, 2023
Karen Lynn Wright, 59, passed away unexpectedly on October 29, 2023 in Murray, Utah. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 8, 1964 to John G. and Gayle Wells. Karen Graduated from Highland High school in 1982 and went on to attend Utah State University for several years. She later went on to work for Valley...
Karen Rae Bertagnole
Oct 29, 2023
Karen Rae Bertagnole passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, on October 29th, 2023 at the age of 84. Karen was a kind, loving, hard working, independent, generous, compassionate, and joyful soul. She had a heart of gold, a passion for travel, laughter and making memories with her family, whom she loved more than anything else in the...
