Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Arlene Anderson
May 29, 2026
Arlene Anderson, born Arlene Elizabeth Anna Kleier, was born and raised in Nebraska on January 12, 1931, and passed away in Colorado on May 29, 2026, at the age of 95.Arlene was the daughter of Herman and Ida Kleier. Her life took her from Nebraska to Utah, and later to Colorado, with family remaining at the heart of each chapter.Arlene’s...
Janice Marie Kranwinkle
May 29, 2026
Janice Marie Medico-Kranwinkle, daughter, sister, and mother passed away on Friday May 29th in her home in Draper Utah.
Janice and her twin sister Candice were born to Carole and Brad Medico on July 22nd, 1978, at Cottonwood Hospital in Murray Utah. Janice married her high school sweetheart Jon Kranwinkle on September 28th, 1996, in the Salt Lake Temple. Janice worked...
Bobbi Jo Erickson-Memmott
May 29, 2026
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Bobbi Jo Erickson-Memmott, who passed away peacefully at home on Friday, May 29th, 2026 at the age of 65, surrounded by her loving family.
Bobbi Jo was born on June 26th, 1960 in Murray, Utah. She lived a life defined by love, kindness, strength, and devotion to her family and...
Wendall C Turner
May 29, 2026
Wendall C Turner—known affectionately to those who loved him as "Dago" or simply "Old Man"—passed away on May 29, 2026, in Kearns, Utah, at the age of 68.
Wendall was born on November 15, 1957, in Dragerton, Utah, to Frank D and Betty "Myrleen" Turner. From a young age, he demonstrated a commitment to leadership and the...
Chancee T. Suwai
May 27, 2026
With deep love and sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved son, brother, cousin, and friend, Chance Mikovich Suwai, who passed away on May 27, 2026, at the age of 30.
Born and raised in Utah before later making Maryland home, Chance brought humor, stubborn determination, loyalty, and love into the lives of those around him. He was the kind...
Fred William Backus
May 27, 2026
Fred William Backus passed away on May 27, 2026, in West Jordan, Utah, from a courageous battle with a rare form of cancer, surrounded by his close family. A loving husband, son, father, uncle, grandpa, great-grandpa, and friend.
Fred was born on April 8, 1948, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Charleen Johnson and Renald Fredrick Backus. He was a West...
Carolyn Ballenger Gill
May 27, 2026
Mary Carolyn (Ballenger) Gill passed away on May 27, 2026, in St. George, Utah. She was born on May 6, 1937, in Anniston, Alabama, to William M. Ballenger and Carolyn Virginia Garing Ballenger.
Carolyn welcomed her first child, Benjamin Carlton “Benji” Pope Jr., on November 6, 1957. Benji, who was born with spina bifida, passed away in infancy. Less than a...
Shirlene (Blackett) Irvine
May 27, 2026
Born in Nephi, Utah, to Sarah (Wanda) and Robert Blackett. Preceded in death by her parents, siblings, Lamar, Vivian, Neldon and husband Bill. Shirlene moved to Salt Lake City and attended nursing school, earning her LPN. She worked in the hospital nursery taking care of her “little ones.” It was in Salt Lake that she met the dashing William Irvine,...
Irene Trujillo Aleman
May 27, 2026
With heavy hearts, we share that Irene Trujillo Aleman, 78, of West Valley City, Utah, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. Irene was born on May 7, 1948, in Murray, Utah, to Epimenio Trujillo and Eliria Leyba. She was the fourth of seven children. She grew up in Lark, Utah, and...
Lula O'Brien
May 26, 2026
Obdulia “Lula” Flores O’Brien, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and loving friend completed her earthly calling at the age of 92 on May 26, 2026, Kaysville, Utah, due to the effects of age and several illnesses.
Lula was born August 7, 1933, to Melecio Soliz & Hilaria Trevino Flores, in Kingsville, TX.
Married to Thomas Larry O’Brien, Jr. in Logan, Utah on...
Thomas Richard Scott
May 26, 2026
Dick Scott, 94 Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother, passed away on May 25, 2026 in Sandy, Utah. He was born on August 1, 1932 in Gordon, Nebraska the fourth of six children born to Leonard and Lucille (Margrave) Scott.
He graduated from Twin Falls, Idaho High school in 1951 and served on active duty in the US Navy...
Jayne Christine Gibbons Gailey
May 26, 2026
Jayne Christine Gailey
Our beloved mother, wife, grandmother and friend, Jayne Christine Gailey, 74, of Syracuse, Utah, passed away on May 26, 2026, following a brief illness. Born on October 2, 1951, in Ogden to Frank and Gail Gibbons, Jayne was the second of four children. She grew up with a deep love for nature and a dream of being a...
Janice "Jan" Irene Tovar
May 25, 2026
Jan I. Tovar, age 76, died on May 25, 2026, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on July 13, 1949, in Winfield, Kansas, to Janet Mae Gold and her husband.
She is survived by her daughter Jacque Tovar, her nephew and his wife, Mikey and Yasmine Palmer, Elisabeth Shippey, and her loving family of choice: the Susugas, Selita and...
Kent William Barben
May 25, 2026
Kent William Barben, age 75, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 25, 2026, at home in American Fork, Utah. He was born on April 28, 1951, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Frank and Barbara Barben.
Kent married the love of his life, Patricia Anne Godfrey, on August 5, 1982, and together they built a life centered around family and love.
Kent...
Candice Campbell
May 25, 2026
Candice “Candi” Campbell, daughter of Jay and Anna Beth (Jensen) Campbell, passed away during the early morning hours last Monday. She was born in Rexburg, Idaho. She grew up in Alamosa, Colorado, where she made dear friends who she stayed close to for her entire life. After high school, Candi studied nursing at Brigham Young University and served as a...
Ronald Earl Hills
May 24, 2026
Ronald Earl Hills passed away on May 25, 2026, at the age of 86. He was born on December 10, 1939, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Earl Hills and Claire Anderson. He married Nan Rae Cooke on June 12, 1965.
Ron was a graduate of West High School class of 1958 and attended the University of Utah. He served in...
Mark Feinauer
May 24, 2026
Mark Barrett Feinauer (1953-2026) died May 24 from complications of a fall sustained about a week earlier.
Mark was born to Lyman and Lorraine Feinauer on April 8, 1953, and was the youngest of five children. He is survived by his four siblings, Rick (Karen), Leslie (Craig) Peery, Marcia (Boyd) Vogeler, and Judy (Dane) Poulton. A bit of a mischievous child,...
Katherine Stewart Wood
May 24, 2026
Our mother has died. Our pretty, talented, gracious, spiritual, clever, brilliant—and a thousand other adjectives that would wear out your patience—mother, Katherine Stewart Wood, has died. And now we are four middle-aged orphans who hardly know what to do with ourselves. But tradition dictates that we tell a short story that will do little justice to the woman we love....
Betty Kvamme
May 22, 2026
Betty Jane Rendon Kvamme 78 of Taylorsville, Utah was Born on October 14, 1947, in Napa California to Daniel & Gabriella Rendon.
On May 22, 2026, surrounded by her adoptive family & friends, took her last breath here on earth & her first breath in heaven.
Preceded in death by her son Terry Kvamme.
She is survived by her son Dennis Kvamme, granddaughter...
Gilbert Medina
May 21, 2026
Beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Gilbert Medina passed away on May 21, 2026, from complications of a cardiac arrest that occurred on April 21, 2026.
He is survived by his four sons, Gil M. Medina, David P. Medina, Richard Daniel Medina, and Mark A. Medina.
At the time of his passing, he was the last surviving sibling of eight brothers and sisters:...
