Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Janice Laree Willey
May 6, 2021
Janice LaRee Willey age 81 passed away May 6, 2021 in Riverton Utah.She was born January 19th 1940 in Dallas, TX to I.J. and Ovesa (Bea) Melchior.Happily Married on this earth and sealed for time and all eternity to James Alan Willey on May 2nd 1970.Janice was a certified ceramicist and artist. She operated her own studios in Utah and...
Joseph Christian Jensen, Jr.
May 6, 2021
Joseph Christian Jensen, Jr. “Chris/Papa”1954-2021Chris Jensen was born July 26, 1954 in Price, Utah to Joseph Christian Jensen, Sr., and Clara Cox Jensen. He returned to his heavenly home on May 6, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah after enduring open heart surgery, a sternal bone infection, and the ravages of Covid-19, during a five-month struggle. Chris grew up in...
Jesus Avelar Ponce
May 6, 2021
Jesus Avelar Ponce, age 37, died on May 6, 2021 in Lehi, Utah. He was born December 1, 1983, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Carmen Avelar Ponce and Roberto Cuevas Ponce. He was engaged to the love of his life Maria Eatmon.Jesus was someone who lived life to the fullest, always expressed his heart with honesty and love. He...
William “Bud” Lee Gregovich
May 4, 2021
William “Bud” Lee Gregovich, age 88, passed away on May 4th, 2021, in William E. Christoffersen VA nursing home. He was born on January 7th, 1933, in Great Falls, Montana to Anthony “Tony” and Genevieve “Jean” Gregovich. He married Elaine Nelson Hill on September 21, 1972.Bud joined the USMC in January 1950 and served with the 1st Marine Division in...
Loadean Meadows
May 4, 2021
LoaDean Meadows passed away on May 4th 2021 at her home in Sandy, Utah. LoaDean was born April 30th 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah Fred and Alberta Rosenbaum. She married John Arman Meadows and had five children.She is survived by her children; Arman D. (Paulie) Meadows, Carolyn H. (Robert) Smith, Hal L Meadows, Loren D Meadows and Doni Troy...
Roland Andersen Pierce
May 4, 2021
Roland Andersen Pierce, wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, great great grandfather, and brother, passed away peacefully at his home in Murray, Utah on May 4, 2021 at the age of 93. Roland was born on August 1, 1927 in Gunnison, Utah.He was the oldest of four children born to Ernest Roland and Alvina Andersen Pierce. Roland spent his early...
Carla Vargas-Devlin
May 3, 2021
Carla Vargas-Devlin, age 72, passed away on May 3, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on October 11, 1948 in Bergen, Norway to Ingols Cleveland and Olga Cecilia Sjo.Carla was an avid painter and crafter. She was also an animal lover, especially of her cats. She advocated for animal rights and rescue, and would donate to animal...
Tomio “Tom” Akimoto
May 3, 2021
Tomio (Tom) Akimoto, 94, passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2021. He was born on June 26, 1926 in Winslow, Washington to Fukuichi and Hideko Nonaka Akimoto. He married Frances Akiyama in Sept. of 1956 and has been her devoted and loving husband for 65 years. Tom graduated in 1944 from Hunt High School in Minidoka, Idaho, and served as...
Elaine Williams Nelson Petersen
May 3, 2021
Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend to all, Elaine Williams Nelson Petersen, age 86, reunited with her husband, Raymond ‘Pete’ Neff Petersen, and son Lance, on Monday, May 3, 2021. During this pandemic time, we are grateful loved ones were able to be with her at Jordan Valley Medical Center at her passing. She will be dearly missed...
Sunnee Eight Limb
May 2, 2021
Sunnee passed away on May 2, 2021 after a 12 year battle with cancer. Sunnee was born on October 2, 1953 to Alva Harrison Tippetts and Mary Woneighta Bryant Tippetts in Salt Lake City, Utah.Sunnee is survived by her husband Joseph I. Limb, four children and fifteen grandchildren; Kenneth and Holly – Joshua, Janae and Aaron and David Rawson; Craig...
A. Larue Androes
May 2, 2021
Agnes LaRue Androes, age 84, died on 5/2/2021 in West Valley City, Utah. She was born on 10/30/1936 in Castle Dale, Utah to Bruce and Ila Jensen.She married Norm Androes on 4/5/1957. She loved quilting, sewing, and embroidering. At an early age, she was the relief society president. She held many positions with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
Dennis Leo Lythgoe
May 2, 2021
Dennis Leo Lythgoe, 82, died peacefully from complications of Alzheimer’s disease May 2, 2021, at Sunrise Senior Living, Sandy, Utah. Dennis was born January 23, 1939, in Salt Lake City, the fourth child of Leo Thomas Lythgoe and Lavinia Mitchell. He graduated from Olympus High School and from the University of Utah with bachelors, masters and PhD degrees in history...
Marie Harris Mcdonald
May 1, 2021
Marie Harris McDonald, our beautiful, beloved Mother and Grandmother, 90, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2021 of lung cancer, surrounded by family.Marie was born August 1, 1930, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Alva R. and Josephine B. Harris. Married William L. McDonald, divorced. She was the proud mother of three daughters whom she raised with the...
Robert Cummings
May 1, 2021
Robert Eugene Cummings born on June 19,1969 to John R. Cummings and Sue Werner in Santa Clara, CA. and passed away May 1, 2021. Robert was the first surviving grandchild on either sides of his family and was a favorite from the start. He was a charmer and was known as a young child as ‘The Moocher’. Robert grew up...
Katherine M Sheets
May 1, 2021
On Saturday, May 1, 2021, in the still of the night our beloved mother danced into the arms of the angels. Born Katherine Martha to William Wynn and Martha Ascough on November 8, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their only girl after four boys. She liked being called Kay and might not answer to any other name. She married...
Rosa Velia Galindo Saez
May 1, 2021
“Rosa”, known to her family and childhood friends as Velia, was born on January 1, 1939, in Colonia Morelos, Sonora, Mexico to Guadalupe Ortiz Rojas & Jose Maria Galindo Ramirez. She passed away peacefully on May 1, 2021, after suffering from heart and kidney failure for many years. She was the 4th child of 11 born to her mother. Velia...
Craig Turner
Apr 30, 2021
Our dear husband, father, and grandfather Craig William Turner passed away at the age of 72 on Friday, April 30, 2021 at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah after a courageous fight with many medical conditions. We are so grateful that he died surrounded by loved ones.Craig was born on October 9, 1948 in St. Anthony, Idaho. He grew up...
Melvin W. Harris (Curly)
Apr 29, 2021
Bountiful, Utah- Melvin W. Harris, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend passed away peacefully on April 29, 2021 at the age of 95. Mel was born July 12, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Melvin W. Harris, Sr. and Sarah Anne Beaton McIntyre. Mel’s early years were spent in Victoria, Canada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated...
Delbert Ferrin Selin
Apr 29, 2021
Delbert Ferrin Selin age 91, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by loved ones on April 29, 2021. Delbert was born on December 1, 1929 to Henry Robert Selin and Lucy Marinda Butterfield in Herriman, Utah.Delbert married Joy Lorraine Davis on April 2, 1953 in the Salt Lake Temple. He was an active member of The Church of Jesus...
Norma Daily Schroeder
Apr 29, 2021
Norma Daily Schroder was a loving wife, devoted mother, beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. She was born on September 2, 1976 and she passed away on April 29, 2021. She married Matthew Schroeder on December 18, 2020.Norma loved caring for her three dogs, loved her son Kyle with all her being, as well as her family. She worked to...
