Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Charlotte R Valdez
Dec 31, 2022
Charlotte passed away unexpectedly on December 31, 2022 in West Valley City.Charlotte was born in Montrose, Colorado to Arthur Valencia Rocha and Flora Verna Martinez Rocha. Charlotte married the love of her life, Solomon J. Valdez on March 8, 1975. They had two children, Angela Starks (Terry) and Solomon Valdez Jr. They loved their children more than anything.Charlotte loved doing...
Carolee Gunn
Dec 29, 2022
Charming, accomplished, academic and athletic; loved by her friends and family, Carolee Gunn passed away peacefully on December 29, 2022.
Born July 14, 1953 to Horace and Nadine Gunn, Carolee grew up in Millcreek, Utah and, outside of extensive travel, lived much of her life in the Salt Lake Valley. She was delighted that her birthday coincided...
Vernon Emil Gorzitze
Dec 29, 2022
Notice is hereby given that I, Vernon Emil Gorzitze, have left this mortal existence, the result of too many birthdays on December 29, 2022.
I was born July 20, 1930 to emigrant parents Herbert and Margaret Uhl Gorzitze in Salt Lake City, Utah. My parents were poor in dollars but RICH in love and faith, always working...
Carolynn Louise Bockholt Hendricks
Dec 29, 2022
. Carolynn Louise Bockholt Hendricks age 87 died on December 29, 2022 in Taylorsville, Utah. She was born on May 27, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Carole M Hansen and Walter Bockholt. She married Darrell S Hendricks. She was raised most of her life by her Grandma Rose and Grandpa Pete Hansen who she loved very much.Carolynn graduated...
Raymond Hansen
Dec 29, 2022
Ray Hansen passed away on 29 December 2022, after a valiant battle with Huntington’s disease (HD). Raymond Carroll Hansen was born in December 1964, the fourth child of six, to Carroll & Veola Hansen. He is preceded in death by his parents, brother Russ and sisters Linda & Tammy (who also died from Huntington’s disease).Ray had a sense of humor...
John Charles “J.C.” Kreeck Jr
Dec 28, 2022
John Charles "J.C." Kreeck Jr passed away at the age of 81 on December 28, 2022 in Millcreek, Utah. He was born on May 11, 1941, in Kansas City, Missouri to Orel Barry and John Charles Kreeck Sr. The family moved to Ogden, Utah when he was very young. Having moved to Salt Lake City after graduation from Ogden...
Parley Thomas Clegg
Dec 28, 2022
Parley Thomas Clegg, 86, passed away on December 28, 2022 in Clearfield, Utah. He was born on November 14, 1936 in Dubois, Idaho.Parley enjoyed spending time outside and loved to fish, camp, and garden. He also had a love for baseball, and especially BYU football.He is survived by his children: William Thomas (Michele), Betty Ann (Dave), Laura (Trey), Linda Kathleen...
Donald Eugene Whipperman
Dec 28, 2022
Cause of death: TMB (Too many Birthdays)Don was born in the early morning hours on January 14, 1924 at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. His parents were Edna Duncombe and Earnest Charles Whipperman. He grew up during the “Great Depression” on a 5 acre farm in East Mill Creek, where he learned early, the necessity of hard work....
Janet Sigrid Jones
Dec 28, 2022
Just beyond the gates of heaven, a long awaited and joyous reunion occurred as Janet Sigrid Jones was welcomed home into her parents loving arms. On December 28, 2022, her courageous battle with a severe 13 year illness was finally over and she was free; free to sing and dance, play the piano, and paint the most beautiful scenery even...
Shirley Irene Adams
Dec 27, 2022
Shirley Irene Adams, passed away on December 27, 2022 in Draper, Utah at the age of 87. She was born on April 21, 1935, in Arizona to Wesley Rufus Vickors and Ruby Moody. She married Joel Adams on April 5, 1953.She loved old cars and going on Rod Runs. She made many baby crochet blankets. In her later years she...
John Rodney Madsen
Dec 27, 2022
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, 84, passed away December 27, 2022 in Sandy, UT. John Rodney (Rod) was born on December 13, 1938 in Nephi, Utah to LaMar Soren and Veneta Hannah Williams Madsen, the fourth of eight children. He married Janice Valate Anderson on October 10, 1958 in Salt Lake City, UT. She passed away on November 11,...
Janet Daneil Davis
Dec 27, 2022
Janet was born October 4, 1953, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Dan Davis Jr and Florence Ella Davis. Passed away December 27, 2022, at the age of 69.Janet Deneal Davis is survived by sons, Justin Davis, Royce Davis and London Davis, all of Salt Lake City, sisters Verlene Swader (Georgia), Anita Swader (Colorado), brothers Dan Davis III (Cathy Davis),...
Larraine Workman Platt
Dec 26, 2022
With tremendous sadness, we announce the death of our mother, Larraine Workman Platt, age 77, of Sandy, Utah. Born May 17, 1945 in Junction, Utah and passed away on December 26, 2022 at her home in Sandy.Our mom loved all holidays, and especially Christmas (this included 6 weeks of 24/7 Hallmark Christmas movies!). When we say “loved”, we mean that...
Ema Lavaka Heimuli
Dec 26, 2022
Ema Lavaka Heimuli, 84, passed away on December 26th, 2022 in West Jordan, Utah. She was born on September 28, 1938 in Neiafu Vava’u, Tonga to Moses Taukimoana and Amele Hopoi of Talu Neiafu, Tonga. She was married to Tevita ‘Uanga Heimuli.Ema was a school teacher, an industrial manufacturing lead, a homemaker, and an astounding member of the Baha’i faith.She...
Stirley Junior Pulver
Dec 26, 2022
Stirley Junior Pulver, age 97, returned to be with his sweetheart in his heavenly home on December 26, 2022 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on August 12, 1925 in Salt Lake City , Utah to Stirley Frisby Pulver and Wanda Annette Beus. While honorably serving in San Diego as an aircraft mechanic in the U.S. Navy he...
Eulalia “Lala” Romero Pando
Dec 25, 2022
Eulalia “Lala” Romero Pando was born September 8, 1927, Chacón, New Mexico to Federico and Matilde Gallegos Romero. Lala passed away, after a long and intense struggle to survive, at 3:30 a.m. December 25, 2022 in South Jordan, Utah.She married Jacob (Jake) Pando, from Cleveland, New Mexico, on January 31, 1944, in the San Isidro Church, in Holman, New Mexico.Jake...
Sharon Lee Jones Meyer
Dec 25, 2022
Sharon Lee Jones Meyer passed away on December 25, 2022, in Murray, Utah at the age of 70. She was born on May 23, 1952, in Charlottesville, Virginia to Walter Bughardt Jones and Marcia Jean Dunlevy.Sharon has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Northeastern University. She was a NICU nurse by profession. She loved to swim, read, watch movies...
Melba Ranae Gardner Rogerson
Dec 25, 2022
. Our mom, grandma, sister, and friend, Melba RaNae Gardner Rogerson passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 25, 2022 at the age of 89. She was born on October 10, 1933, in Auburn, WY, the second of Lloyd and Melba Jensen Gardner’s three children. In 1938, her mother died giving birth to her younger brother Arden J., who...
Krunoslav Bekavac
Dec 24, 2022
Krunoslav Bekavac passed away at the age of 65 on December 24th, 2022 in Salt Lake, Utah. He was born in Zenica, Bosnia on July 14, 1957 to Ana and Rudolf Bekavac. He married Boranka Bekavac on April 24, 1987.Krunoslav enjoyed reading books on philosophy and religion. He loved to go fishing and occasionally would make a trip to Wendover....
John Michael Riley
Dec 23, 2022
John Michael Riley Sr. died of congestive heart failure at the age of 59. He passed on December 23rd of 2022, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on April 25th of 1963, in Del City, Oklahoma to Harold G. Riley and Annette Riley Price.John is survived by his mother Annette R. Price, sons John M. Riley Jr., and...
