Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front

Oct 15, 2021

Asher Azriel Gleave-Peréz was born sleeping on October 15, 2021 In Sandy, Utah.Asher is survived by his parents Kelya and Landon Gleave.A private family Service will be held on October 30, 2021 at Memorial Lake Hills Mortuary and Cemeteries.I’ll Be There – Author UnknownDaddy, please don’t look so sad,Mama please don’t cry.Cause I am in the arms of JesusAnd He...

Oct 14, 2021

Marva Johnson Whittaker, our precious mom and grandma, after a wonderful life filled with joy, service and love, passed away peacefully at her home on October 14, 2021, one day short of her 98th birthday.

She was born in Salt Lake City on October 15, 1923, to Edwin Earl Johnson and Ruth Pauline Morris Johnson.  Marva spent...

Oct 14, 2021

Wade Wesley Selman, beloved husband and best friend of Heidi, passed away tragically in an automobile accident on Thursday, October 14, 2021.He was born to Wes and Thelma Selman on July 26, 1962 in Lethbridge, Alberta Canada. Thelma Irene Selman, his cherished, loving mother, precedes him in death.Wade was a devoted husband, proud grandfather and father, and endeared son and...

Oct 13, 2021

Kory Welber Newbold, a true hero to so many, passed away at the age of 59, unexpectedly on October 13, 2021 at the University of Utah Hospital. Kory was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on December 24, 1961 to Boyd and Joyce Newbold. He grew up spending time outdoors where he loved to be. He married Lori Kay North...

Oct 13, 2021

With deepest sorrow, we announce that Israel Joe Martin, age 92 passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday 13Oct2021 surrounded by his loved ones.Joe was born on 26Jun1929, in Salt Lake City, and is preceded in death by his parents Jose Ramon (father) and Maria Sarah Gallegos Martin (mother).  He is also preceded in death by four brothers, a sister & Tony...

Oct 13, 2021

Norman “Norm” Stanley Herzinger died at age 96 of COVID-19 on October 13, 2021. Norm was born in Buhl, Idaho on August 1, 1925, the son of Stanley Herzinger and Tillie Smutny. He is preceded in death by his wife, Helen Rice Herzinger, and a brother, Stanley Herzinger Jr.. He is survived by an older sister, Lillian Dana; a daughter,...

Oct 12, 2021

Richard Jon Bell of Park City, Utah passed away unexpectedly surrounded by all of his children and sisters, from a brain hemorrhage in St. George, Utah on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at the age of 66.

Richard was born on October 18, 1954, to Richard Lamoine and Venice Brown Bell.  He was the youngest son to three...

Oct 11, 2021

Our beloved mother, Lottie Ann Ellsworth, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 11th, 2021 surrounded by her children. She was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on July 8th, 1942 to Philo T. and Gene Ann Ellsworth. She was the third of four children in the family. She had two older sisters, Colleen and Kay and one younger brother, Drew.Lottie was...

Oct 11, 2021

Tamara (Tammy) Hortin ~8/15/1959 – 10/11/2021Tammy Hortin was a tough cookie. She rarely sat still during her very busy 62 years, because she was forever busy serving her family and those she loved. The only time she would sit down was to play card games or board games with the grandkids, or cuddle and read with the  grandkids.Tammy met her...

Oct 10, 2021

There once was a beautiful young girl who loved to sing…  Born on June 21st 1929, Mary Frances learned to sing from her mother, Sarah Agnes Maack, but it may have been through her father, Eugene Darwin Maack and his trumpet, that Mary learned to love all music.  Whether playing with her sisters, Jeannie and Margaret, starring in the...

Oct 10, 2021

Doreen Joy Stromberg Gowans, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully at her home on October 10, 2021. She was 86.

Doreen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on September 1, 1935, to Dorothy Banks and Rulon Stromberg. She grew up on a farm in Grantsville where she learned to work hard, an...

Oct 10, 2021

Our wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and brother, Alan, passed away on October 10, 2021, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 74.  Alan was born on August, 18, 1947 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Carl Thurman Larson and Helen Schofield Larson.  He married the love of his life Maureen Jones on January 6, 1973, in Colorado Springs,...

Oct 10, 2021

Betty LaRue Cook Zink Wilkins, born on June 24, 1923, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Charles Henry Cook and Sarah Ann Willden, Passed away on October 2, 2021, at Saint George Rehabilitation.She married Harold Raymond Zink on September 4, 1942, who passed away on January 8, 1968. Later on the May 25, 1973, she married Ronald Wilkins.She worked for...

Oct 10, 2021

Virgil Lee Jensen passed away on October 10, 2021 in Jordan Valley Medical Center. He was one month short of his 98th birthday. He was born on November 11th 1923 to William Wallace and Mary Delila Jensen in Roosevelt, Utah. He grew up on a ranch in Randelett, Utah. He had 5 brothers, George, Ed, Van, Lynn and Stan. He...

Oct 9, 2021

Nancy Lou Pace Hobbs passed away October 9, 2021 at home. She was diagnosed with cancer in January 2021. Nancy was born in Price, Utah on March 21, 1944 to Carlyle and Florence Pace.

Nancy grew up attending schools in Price, Utah and graduated from Carbon High School in 1962, where she was a student council member,...

Oct 9, 2021

Hendrick “Henk” Lieuwe Wykstra, 83, passed away peacefully on October 9, 2021.  Henk was born on October 4, 1938 in Groningen, Netherlands. He served in the United States Army as an aviation mechanic.  He was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  He accepted every calling with faithful diligence.  He worked all his life providing...

Oct 9, 2021

Jerry Gene Gibson passed away on October 9, 2021 in Salt Lake City Utah at the age of 92.  He died at home from natural causes.  Jerry was born July 2, 1929 in Spokane Washington, the son of Velma Gibson.   She died soon after Jerry’s birth and he was raise as an orphan in a state institution.  Jerry overcame a...

Oct 9, 2021

John C. Lodefink passed away in his home in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, October 9, 2021. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Frank and Madlyn Lodefink, his brothers Stephen Lodefink, David Lodefink, and Robert Lodefink. He is survived by his sister Margaret Piplar, his brother James Lodefink, nieces Mary Hardy and Melinda Hudson, and...

Oct 8, 2021

Liani Tjandrapurnama passed away at the age of 87 on October 8, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on August 11, 1934 in Magetan, Java, Indonesia to Tjan Kiem Liang and Liem Ries Nio. She married Duwan Paulus on December 1, 1957.Liani loved her family. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, sewing, and traveling. She loved being outdoors. She...

Oct 7, 2021

David Lynn Matern, age 66, passed away peacefully, in his home, on October 7, 2021.He was born on March 30, 1955, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Alfred Robert Matern and Shirley Jane Bailey Matern. He married his sweetheart, Suzanne Brown Matern, on August 31, 1978 in the Salt Lake City Temple.Dave graduated from Granite High School and Salt Lake...