Melodi Fortson, age 8 months, died on March 22, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born July 18, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Isaac and Sarah Fortson.Melodi and her twin sister were born at 25 weeks gestation. They spent 4 months in the NICU before getting to come home.Melodi is survived by her parents, Isaac and Sarah;...
I entered this world 20 December 1933, the bottom of the Great Depression. My goodly parents were Leslie Nephi and Nora Cox Fielding, who owned a small potato farm in Jameston, near Shelley, Idaho. We were needy but never went hungry or homeless. My claim to fame was my 30-foot fall from a tree at age eleven. I recovered from...
Louise McFarlane, age 92, passed away peacefully at home March 22, 2020, in Kearns, Utah. She was born on August 15, 1927 in Midvale, Utah to Karlo & Matija Serdar. She married Charles “Bud” McFarlane February 22, 1948 in Elko, Nevada.Bubba loved going to concerts in Wendover with Bud. Mom also attended concerts with family members at Usana and Vivint....
Loving Mother, Grandmother, Aunt and dear friend, Jan Padfield passed the portals of mortality and stepped into eternity March 21st, 2020. Born on New Year’s Day, 1925 in Bothwell, Box Elder County, Utah, she was the sixth of seven children born to Hans and Hazel Anderson. In 1928, the family moved to Summit County where Jan was a talented student...
Gary Lee Clement1953 ~ 2020Gary Lee Clement, 66, passed away on March 21, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on November 14, 1953, in Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah, to Lee Ellis Clement and Ruth Gilbert Clement.Gary graduated from Box Elder High School in 1972 and was an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America....
Carole Margaret Bridgewood Davis passed away peacefully with her son by her side after suffering a massive stoke to her brain stem. Carole was born in Ontario, Canada by her parents Margaret Court and Charles Bridgewood. Carole later moved to Houston with her parents and became a U.S. citizen when she was 13 years old. Her father, who had heart...
I was born October 11, 1924 in Standardville, Carbon County, Utah, to John William Irvin Ellis and Margaret Emma Bennett, and was the youngest of five sisters, LaRue, Amy, Beth and Bonnie. Standardville was a major coal mining town of that era.One of the earliest things that I can remember was being in the hospital when I was four years...
On March 18, 2020, Dad shook the world from heaven as he took Mom home. Carmaleita “Carmen” Arellano was born on April 15, 1942 to Mae and George Zimmers in Cottage Grove, Oregon. She had three brothers and one sister.The family eventually moved to Calwell, Idaho, where she met the love of her life, Fred Arellano. They had four children,...
Our Moma D was a sparkling mix of homespun sophistication. Social distancing was an impossibly foreign and frosty concept to her. She was admitted to hospice on Friday, the 13th as her adult children, 19 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren were simultaneously notified. She simply couldn’t die without connecting with us all, rubbing her hands together, raising her arms high...
Shirley Jean Goodman Coleman died at the age of 87 in Sandy, Utah. Shirley was born on June 12, 1932 in Durango, Colorado. Shirley’s parents were Karl Nahum Goodman and Leona Emma Tanner Goodman. Shirley was married to Lawrence Clenten Coleman on February 14, 1951.Shirley loved having her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren around her. She had a strong testimony of...
Quat Dinh Vu was born on June 21, 1948 in Tinh Ninh Binh, Vietnam. He passed away peacefully on March 18, 2020 with his loving wife of forty-nine years by his side. He is survived by his wife (Mui); his children Phong (Thuy), Huy (Andrea), Tung (Phuong), Kiet (Mary Grace), and Tam; his grandchildren (Harry, Khoi, Phuong, Chuong, Thanh, and...
Laurie Lynn Bermudez, 59, beloved wife, sister, aunt and friend passed away unexpectedly on March 17, 2020 in Salt Lake City UT.Laurie was born December 8, 1960 in Denver Colorado to Joan Ellen Vigil and Arthur Del Toro. She had long time career in the medial field. She met her husband Nicolas Bermudez in Santa Barbara in 2009 and married...
Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Colleen Smith, left her earthly home and returned to her heavenly home on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.Colleen was born to Wells Boise and Leda Walker Anderson on August 31, 1926, in American Fork, Utah. After working as a real-life Rosie the Riveter during WWII, she met and married Raymond E Smith on October...
Connie Sue Lund went back home to our Heavenly Father on March 17, 2020 at the age of 70. Her parents were Guy and Barbara Lindsey. She married Richard Floyd Lund on October 25, 1966. He was her one and only LOVE. Now they are back together.Together, they had six children: Cody (Diane) Lund, Shon (Patsy) Lund, Cheyenne (Carrie) Lund,...
Hampton Winn Woodside, Age 50Died on March 17, 2020, in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.He was born on May 29th, 1969, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Carol Winn Woodside and Edward Reed Woodside.Hamp started life as a globetrotter, for at the age of three months, he and his mother traveled to Guatemala to join his father Edward, who was working as...
Lynda LaVee Stephens Andersen, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, reunited with her eternal companion, Bill (“Red”) on March 16, 2020. She was born October 6, 1940 to Ted E. Stephens and LaVee Kenner Stephens. She was sister to Blair Stephens (Bonnie), Fay Hunt (David), Beverly Ford (Brian), Claudia Mecham (David) and Ted Stephens (Diane). She married her childhood sweetheart,...
Joan Romney, age 89, died on March 16, 2020, in Bountiful, Utah. She was born on October 23,1930 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Henry and Josephine Swensen. She married Lowell Romney.Joan like to read, especially biographies. She was a Pink Lady at South Davis Hospital. She had a business selling dolls, worked Sperry Univac and was an excellent seamstress.She...
Blaine Stewart Speakman, 39 passed away unexpectedly on March 15, 2020. He was born on March 10, 1981 in Murray Utah to Alton and Susan Speakman.Blaine attended Hunter High School and graduated with the class of 1999 where he also played football. He received his Eagle Scout at the age of 13 years old. Blaine was very patriotic and loved...
Melia (Miley) Furgis, born December 22, 1930, passed away March 13, 2020, after a fulfilling and long life, at 90 years old. She was born and raised in Bingham Canyon, Utah, a melting pot of multiple nationalities, where her father Chris G. Furgis had emigrated from the Southern Peloponnese. Later, her mother Jenny (Yannoula) Karteroulis’s was brought to the United...
Obituary for Francisco Cornino “Paco” Sanchez. Age 54. Died on 3/12/2020 in West Valley, Utah. Francisco was born on 6/5/1965. Francisco Sanchez had a big heart, a generous spirit, was kind to all; but above all: was deeply loyal to and loved his family. Francisco loved both of his sons. Francisco Sanchez loved to watch and play sports, his favorite...