Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Jane Ann Rice
Dec 6, 2022
Born March 29, 1949 to Hal and Margaret Meyerhoffer, Jane Ann Rice was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.In 1966 she graduated from Highland High School, and married Charles Seaman. They had 2 beautiful daughters spent two years in Japan and then later divorced. Jane met and married the love of her life Daniel Rice, Jr. in 1976. They...
Christian Max Munk
Dec 5, 2022
Christian Max Munk grew up in a very loving and large family. He was born on February 22, 1961.Love was their language along with laughter and stories. They built stories upon stories and enjoyed sharing them together continually. Along with his family he forged a lifetime of friendships wherever he went. In his mind there was no differentiation between family...
Donna Carolyn Dixon Dansie
Dec 5, 2022
Donna Carolyn Dixon, known by everyone as Carolyn, was born August 12, 1938, in Tooele, Utah to Golden William and Donna Shields Dixon. She passed away December 5, 2022, from heart failure.Carolyn was raised in Pine Canyon, Utah. The only girl with five brothers. She graduated from Tooele High School. She married Loran Smith Dansie on March 2, 1956, in...
Richard Christian (Chris) Nielsen
Dec 5, 2022
Our beloved Chris, passed away on Monday, December 5, 2022. He was born on September 18, 1968 to Richard and Joy Nielsen at Cottonwood Hospital. He graduated from Brighton High and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah.Chris was in constant motion. He stepped on a skateboard at 6 years old and never gave it up, winning many...
Mary T. Green
Dec 4, 2022
Mary T. Green passed away December 4, 2022 at The Wellington in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born November 6, 1923 to James Thomas Hamrick and Minnie Odell Greer. She married Lester Bertleson Green on May 27, 1947.Mary loved flower arranging, knitting and cooking.She is survived by Mary Lucille (Lynn) Wilson, Johanna (Ben) Foust, Noah Howell, Jonah (Ashley) Howell,...
Eufelia Q. Espinoza
Dec 4, 2022
Our wonderful, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother Eufelia Q. Espinoza “Honey” passed away on December 4, 2022. Mom was born in Antonito, Colorado on July 20, 1928 to Guadalupe and Bibiana Quintana. She was the baby of her family with three older sisters and one brother.She grew up and attended school in Antonito and that’s where she found...
Dolores Marie Burke
Dec 3, 2022
Dolores Marie Burke, 91, peacefully passed into the arms of our Lord on December 3, 2022. She was born to Gerald and Eleanor Gautcher in Dunkirk, New York in 1931. Dolores met her loving husband of 70 years, Myles Burke, there when they attended St. Mary’s High School. They were married in 1952. After moving to Chicago and raising their family, they later settled in...
Lionel Lamar Drage
Dec 2, 2022
Our father, Lionel LaMar Drage, only lasted 52 ½ hours without our mother. He passed away December 2, 2022. He truly could not live without her. He was born December 19, 1925 with a healthy dose of humor, wit, perseverance, and intellect. He earned his Bachelors of Business at U of U, then MBA from UC at Berkeley in...
Carl Muir
Dec 2, 2022
Carl Muir, the love of Gladys’ life, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2022, in Murray, Utah, at the age of 87. He was born in Salt Lake City on July 6, 1935 to Harold D and Lucile Muir. He was blessed to be part of a large family with six siblings, which included his twin sister Carma. Carl and...
Byron Edward Jensen
Dec 2, 2022
“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.” ―Julius CaesarOur husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and uncle, Byron Edward Jensen, was born February 9, 1938, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Eugene K. and Erma R. Jensen. He died on December 2, 2022 after a...
Nellie Louise Young
Dec 2, 2022
Nellie Louise Young died at her home on December 2, 2022. She was born in Rupert, Idaho on May 19, 1938 to George Bradford Kendall and Nellie May Thompson. She married Franklin Roosevelt Young on July 3, 1954. They later divorced.Nellie cared for her children and many other children through out her life. She loved to watch the Utah Jazz...
Leslie John Castro Navarro
Dec 2, 2022
Leslie John Castro Navarro, 80, passed away on December 2nd, 2022 in Taylorsville, Utah. Leslie was born on May 24, 1942, in Guayaquil, Ecuador to Carlos Enrique Castro and Albania Navarro. He was married to Maria Soriano and later married Sergia Castro before meeting and marrying Rita Guerrero.Leslie played baseball as a young man, but he especially loved soccer, and...
Kenneth William Fish
Dec 2, 2022
https://memorialutah.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Ken-Fish-Funeral-.m4aIn loving memory. Kenneth William Fish passed away December 2, 2022 at the age of 83 in St. George, Utah after a courageous battle with cancer. Ken was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer in August 2022, but remained mobile and active until his last three weeks.Born November 25, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah to William Edwin Fish and...
Connie Rae Lund
Dec 1, 2022
Connie was born in October 1945 in Coalville, Utah to Jett and Dorothy Wilde. She grew up in Kearns and lived most of her life in West Valley, in a home she loved. She was the third of seven sisters and had many funny stories of how her dad handled living in a one-bathroom house with eight women. She...
Jacqueline Melitta Maria (Schorr) Buchan
Nov 30, 2022
Jacqueline Schorr Buchan
November 1, 1936 – April 10, 2023
Our loving and fun mom, sister, grandma, aunt and friend Jacqueline Melitta Maria Schorr Buchan passed away on Monday, April 10, 2023 in her home surrounded by family.
Jackie was born on November 1, 1936 in West Jordan, Utah to Annaliese and Hans...
Joan "Joanie" (Maack) Drage
Nov 30, 2022
Joan "Joanie" Maack Drage born February 24, 1932 completed her incredible journey of life on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 in SLC with family at bedside. She was a deeply devoted wife and mother, loyal friend, a pilot, singer, pianist, guitarist, reader, sport enthusiast, temple square guide, cabin co-builder, gardener, Family Reunion "Gathering" organizer, and Drage Family Recording Studio Producer...
Erna Moesching Weldon
Nov 30, 2022
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved, Erna M. Weldon, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, who has returned home to our Heavenly Father, where she joined her loved ones on the other side, what a reunion that must have been! She passed on November 30, 2022 in Salt Lake City, UT...
Elijah Meas
Nov 30, 2022
Elijah Meas passed away at the age of 28 on November 30, 2022 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on December 3, 1993, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Sokha Meas and Rit Slart.Elijah dedicated his life to being a father to his daughter, Naomi. He loved music, video games, and most of all, God. His smile could...
Hattie “Florene” Perkins
Nov 29, 2022
Obituary for Hattie Florene Perkins. Age 97. She died on November 29th, 2022, in Kearns Utah. She was born on March 15th, 1925, in Jacksonville Florida to Nora Hattie Musgrove and Thomas Charles Copeland. She married Bion Wilcox Perkins on October 7th, 1944, in the Salt Lake City Temple. She worked at the Telephone Company for 20 years and retired...
Carol Louise Smith
Nov 29, 2022
Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, niece, and cousin passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 29th. She was born in Salt Lake City on January 24th, 1960 to Grace and Richard Anderson. She graduated from West High School and was later married to her eternal companion, Dale, on February 9, 1979 in the SLC Temple....
