Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front

Mar 17, 2023

Nels Mark Timm passed away March 17, 2023 at the Sandstone Skilled Nursing Center in Bountiful, Utah. He was born January 23, 1943 to Walter and Florence Timm.He married the love of his life, Alicia L. Timm on May 28, 1971. He was a loving husband to Alicia for 51 years, and gave her such a wonderful life.Nels graduated from...

Mar 16, 2023

Larry Wayne Bowen (Age 69) passed away unexpectedly due to a construction site accident on March 16, 2023 in South Jordan Utah. He died doing what he was most passionate about, building homes.Larry was a master carpenter and General Contractor at Big B Construction. He was best known for his beautiful custom homes with elaborate wood work. His memory will...

Mar 16, 2023

Vonda Mae Fairchild Oborn passed away on March 16, 2023 in Tooele, Utah. She was born April 16, 1917 in Burley, Idaho to Ansel Fairchild and Mabel Fletcher. She married Milton William Oborn on August 16, 1936.She was an expert golfer. She loved four wheeling and gardening. She worked at the airport. She loved homemaking. She was a vendor and...

Mar 16, 2023

Steven Edward Butcher passed away March 16, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born August 7, 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Andrew Monroe and Mary Louise Cowling Butcher. He married Suzanne Sloan November 26, 1980.Steve graduated from Granite High in May of 1969. He began work as a brakeman/switchman for Union Pacific as a young man....

Mar 15, 2023

Mar 15, 2023

Mary Jane Edwards, age 76, died on March 15, 2023. She was born on December 20, 1946 in Ely, NV to Wendell and Jane (Craig) Edwards. Mary graduated from White Pine High School in the summer of 1964 and moved to the Salt Lake Valley where she continued her education and received a Bachelor’s degree from Salt Lake Community College....

Mar 15, 2023

Geraldine “Gerri” Housley Jenson returned home to her heavenly father on March 15, 2023 at the age of 87 years old.Gerri was born in Morgan, Utah on June 15, 1935 to Charles Greer Housley and Isla Katherine Rich.On March 9, 1962 Gerri married the love of her life Lynn M. Jenson who she shared many wonderful years with until his...

Mar 14, 2023

The world lost a shining light on March 14, 2023 with the death of our beloved Father, Grandfather, Brother and Friend, John Seaman. John was born in Schenectady, New York, on 02-03-1949 alongside his twin brother James, and preceded by his sister Anne Marie, to James W. and Edna M. Seaman.John attended both public and Catholic schools, graduating from Brophy...

Mar 13, 2023

Raqué Antoinette Thomas-Webb died March 13th, 2023, in West Jordan, Utah due to post-partum complications with her loved ones by her side. She was born on July 29th, 1991, in Layton, Utah to Carolyn Alexander and Robert Lee Flague. She grew up in the Salt Lake Valley, graduated from Taylorsville High School and then attended some college classes. From a...

Mar 13, 2023

David Dale McRae passed away in Taylorsville, Utah on March 13, 2023, due to ongoing health challenges. He was born Jun 3, 1965, in Salt Lake City, Utah to loving parents Dale and Karron McRae. Married Carrie Dalton later divorced. David was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He participated in Scouting and as a...

Mar 13, 2023

Jeffrey L. Royce (67) passed away on March 13, 2023, in Taylorsville, Utah. He was born on November 10, 1955, in Elgin, Illinois to Carolyn Miller and Stewart Thornton.He is survived by Clint Royce (Mary), stepfather, Brian (Kathy LeMay) Royce, brother. Nieces; Breanna Royce and Kerensa (Fidel) Canchola, and, Candace and Coralie Wilkes, cousins.Jeff worked for Granite School District 26...

Mar 12, 2023

Yaw Opoku Agyemang, a husband, father, son, brother and friend passed away on March 12, 2023, at the University of Utah Hospital. Yaw was born in Ghana, son of Kwasi Opoku Agyemang and Grace Ama Nyarko. He earned his SSCE at Asanteman Secondary School, earned his certification as a teacher at Offinso College of Education. He eventually moved to the...

Mar 12, 2023

Ella Greger Sandberg passed away on March 12, 2023, at the age of 96. Ella was born in Rypin Poland onJune 22, 1926. During World War II she met her husband Frank who was in the US Army . Married on July19, 1948, in Wremen, Germany. Ella and Frank arrived in Salt Lake City in 1948. Ella became a U.S....

Mar 12, 2023

Our beloved husband, father, brother and grandfather, Paul M. Miyagishima, 79,  of Midvale, Utah passed away March 12, 2023.Paul was born January 20, 1944 in Bingham Canyon, Utah to Kamesaku and Anna Tanikuni Miyagishima. Paul graduated from Bingham High School in 1962 and went on to work at Kennecott Copper Corp. for 40 years until retiring in 2002.On September 28,...

Mar 12, 2023

Patricia Gay Laub Newman, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, passed peacefully on March 12, 2023.  She was 96 years old.  Her family, who she so faithfully cared for and loved with all her heart, were with her at this tender and sacred time.  She was an example of love and devotion to her family.Patricia was born on the 24th of...

Mar 11, 2023

Lenna Joy Sandall Ells died Saturday March 11, 2023, at the Salt Lake Regional Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born December 24, 1943, in Pocatello, Idaho to Clarence Armand Sandall and Edith May Stewart Sandall. She married Wallace Everett Ells on February 1, 1965, in the Logan Temple. He died August 15, 1988.She grew up and...

Mar 10, 2023

Robert Joseph Blake Jr, age 53, died doing what he loved on March 10, 2023 in Hurricane, Utah. He was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania on October 29, 1969, to Robert Joseph Blake Sr and Melissa Kay Richael Ostrander. On April 25, 2011, he married Paige LeAnn Bogue Poulsen in Kaysville, Utah.Robert is an Eagle Scout and graduated from Meadville Area...

Mar 10, 2023

Rachel C. Petzold, of Meridian, Idaho passed away on March 10th, 2023, at the age of 86. Rachel was born on November 2, 1936, to Chester and Lois Cording in St. Paul, Minnesota. She moved from Minnesota to Arizona with her family at a young age and graduated from high school in Cottonwood, Arizona. She went on to attend Northwestern...

Mar 10, 2023

Thân Trọng Anh, age 79, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on March 10, 2023.Born in 1944, Anh recently celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. Anh is survived by his wife Phan Thị Hồng Thanh, six children; Đức,Tại (Carla), Thanh Trực (Tưởng Huấn), Thanh Thảo (Benjamin), Thanh Thủy (Vinh), and Thanh Từng (Michel) and nine grandchildren. During his...

Mar 9, 2023

Michael Leslie Miller Mike passed away on March 9, 2023, after years of health issues and is now at peace, Mike was born on October 21, 1956, to Les and Wanda Miller. Mike was the eldest of four siblings. He was born with heart issues and was not expected to live beyond 6 months, but he defied all odds and...