Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Ronald Ezra Spence
Jul 26, 2022
Ronald Ezra SpenceJuly 5, 1952-July 26, 2022Riverton, Utah-Born in Salt Lake City Ron grew up in the Canyon Rim Area and graduated from Skyline High School in 1971. His family moved to Bennion/Taylorsville Utah in 1973. Ron attended Trade Tech/SLCC 1971-1973 and graduated in accounting. He continued his education at BYU from 1974-1975.Ron lived most of his life in Taylorsville...
Ellis Luthi
Jul 26, 2022
Ellis K. Luthi age 77, loving husband, father, grandpa and GG’s grandpa, passed away Tuesday, July 26th at home.Ellis was born October 26, 1944, in Preston, Idaho to Frank G. and Idella Garrett Luthi.Ellis graduated from Granite High School in 1963. In 1965, he enlisted in the United States Navy.Ellis was a proud Vietnam Veteran, who served as an Aviation...
Chad Elkins Ball
Jul 26, 2022
Chad Elkins Ball left this life on July 26, 2022, after a long illness. Chad grew up in Salt Lake City where he attended West High School (Class of 56). He excelled in sports, earning All-State honors in football and went on to play quarterback at Utah State University. He married his school sweetheart Dorothy Erickson in 1957.Chad loved life...
Max Harvey Weiss
Jul 26, 2022
Throughout his 79 years of life Max died four times; once when he was 20 years old from a car crash. He saw the light but was told that it wasn’t his time just yet. The second time he was hit by another car in 1978 when he tumbled over the car. The third time was when he became non-responsive...
Lucile Graham Watkins
Jul 25, 2022
Our beloved Lucile Graham Watkins passed away on July 25, 2022 at the age of 95.Born July 4, 1927 to Hugh and Lois Graham, and raised with two brothers and three sisters. Married Donald Watkins June 15, 1948 in the Salt Lake Temple. They raised five boys: Rick (Cindy), Don (Linda), Randy, Rob (Cheryl), and Ron. Lucile was later blessed...
James “Jimmy” Raquel Leyba
Jul 25, 2022
1985 – 2022A letter to daddy from Isabella:Dear Daddy,This is Isabella. I am three years old right now but soon I will have my birthday in October and I will be four years old. I keep reminding you that, so you won’t forget. I don’t understand why you left me and mama. This makes me feel very sad. Mama took...
Lavon Winnifred (Isaac) Roberts
Jul 25, 2022
Our mother LaVon Winnifred (Isaac) Roberts peacefully passed away at 97 on July 25, 2022. She was born in Salt Lake on November 15, 1924, the fifth of John and Winnifred Isaac’s seven children. “Torchy” was a fiery redhead according to her 1941 West High yearbook and as attested to by her children. Her flowing mane of bright auburn hair...
Sharon Lee Wilkinson
Jul 24, 2022
Obituary for Sharon Lee Wilkinson, age 71.Sharon Lee Wilkinson passed away on July 24, 2022, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on March 23, 1951, in Ottumwa, Iowa.She married Terrell Glynn Wilkinson on January 15, 1973.She started this world born in a hearse. Our mother was highly cultivated and well versed in many fields: Singing in the Tabernacle...
Teddy Leroy Gunderson
Jul 24, 2022
Our beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away peacefully at home July 24, 2022 holding the hand of his dear grandson, after a brief battle with cancer.Teddy was born December 12, 1938 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Raymond Gunderson and Mary Elizabeth Westenskow Gunderson. He married his sweetheart, Bonnie Glenn Gunderson, November 14, 1957: later solemnized in the Salt...
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Jul 24, 2022
Dean E. Reese passed away July 24, 2022. He was born February 2, 1945 in Olympia, Washington to Billy R. Reese and Mary F Young. He graduated from Bountiful High School class of 1965. He enlisted in the Army and completed his service at Fort Bliss, TX. He had a variety of mechanic and driving jobs during his working years.His...
Betty Christensen
Jul 23, 2022
Betty passed away peacefully of natural causes on the evening of July 23, 2022.Betty was born on November 22nd 1932 to Ira Hale Ratcliffe and Nora Lee Smith in Roanoake Virginia. Betty was the fifth of eleven children. In 1949 the family moved to Bountiful Utah she spent many summers in the orchard picking cherries. She graduated from Davis High...
James Leroy Johnson
Jul 23, 2022
James Leroy Johnson, a wonderful husband, father and grandfather, passed away July 23, 2022. Born to Harold and Margaret Davis Johnson on April 4, 1934 in Provo Utah. He had one brother Verdell. Graduated South High School Class of 1953. Enlisted into the Navy Reserve while in high school. Stationed in Kwajalein Hawaii and Adak Alaska where he was a...
Clinton Reed Wright 11/29/53 – 7/23/22
Jul 23, 2022
Clint passed away July 23rd after suffering a massive stroke the week prior.An amazing father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle and friend, Clint was always there for anyone who needed anything. He did not have the word “no” in his vocabulary, and worked tirelessly for others his entire life. He grew up in a very close-knit family and cherished his relationships...
Raedene Sears Mccombs
Jul 22, 2022
“ A woman worthy of imitation.” RaeDene Sears McCombs left this earth life July 22, 2022, surrounded by family who love and adore her. Everything she did was to perfection, and every person who crossed her path will never be the same.RaeDene was born May 24, 1946, in Preston, Idaho to Lester and Mary Sears. She was the only daughter...
Verla Durney Taylor
Jul 21, 2022
Verla Durney Taylor passed away on July 21, 2022 in West Jordan at the age of 88. She was born on February 10, 1934 in St. Anthony, Idaho to John Leroy Durney and Leretta May Anderson. She married her love of her life on May 31, 1957, Daniel Thomas Taylor, in the Salt Lake City Temple. She was a wonderful...
Jackie Lynn Kofoed
Jul 21, 2022
Jackie Lynn (Cook) Kofoed, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed from life Thursday, July 21st, in Midvale, Utah at the age of 72 after a years-long battle with kidney disease.Jackie was born November 2nd, 1949, to Kenneth Milton & Beverly Faye (Greenwall) Cook in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she spent most of her childhood. She graduated from Bigham...
Alice Bryan Smith
Jul 21, 2022
Alice B. Smith, 96, surrounded by family and friends, passed away after a short illness and other causes incident to age. She is dearly loved and will be deeply missed.Alice was born near Canyon, Texas to Edward and Lorena Bryan. The eighth of nine children, she was the last surviving member of her immediate family.Alice met Willis Duane Smith in...
Kenton Blake Alder
Jul 21, 2022
Kenton Blake Alder (October 13, 1953 – July 21, 2022)Our Sweet brother, uncle and great uncle passed to the Loving arms of his Heavenly Father and Heavenly family after a brief struggle with cancer. Kent was courageous and strong and stayed gentle and sweet to the end.Kent’s life was not typical. He was diagnosed with mental illness at the young...
Toshio Hoki
Jul 21, 2022
Toshio Hoki1928-2022Toshio Hoki, 94, of Sandy died on July 21, 2022.He was born in Gunnison, Utah on May 1, 1928, son of Shigechika and Misa Miyagawa Hoki. The great depression forced the family to move to Holladay, in 1932, where he grew up on a vegetable farm. He graduated from Granite High School in 1946 and attended the University of...
Steven Thomas Berthold
Jul 21, 2022
Steven Thomas Berthold died the way he lived, on his own terms. A charismatic, assertive, boisterous man of many opinions, he would hold captive the attentions of everyone with stories of his adventurous life.Always the center of any gathering he experienced more than most men, living and working hard, never playing until he had “earned it”, holding himself and others...
