Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Magda Iris Gutierrez
Dec 13, 2020
Our sweet beloved Magda left us December 13th. She passed away surrounded by her loving daughters Juliana and Elizabeth Gutierrez. She fought a long hard battle with Covid. She joins her loving husband Plinio Gutierrez who was recently called away from us just two weeks ago. They were married December 20, 1982. Their love was so strong we felt that...
Anselmo “Rafael” Brito
Dec 13, 2020
On Sunday afternoon of December 13, 2020, our beloved Anselmo “Rafael” Brito, father of four children, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, peacefully passed away at the age of 85. Rafael reunited with his loving wife Norma on the eve of their wedding anniversary. Rafael was born on August 8, 1935, to Pablo Aguilera and Paula Brito in the Island of...
Sharyn Ellen Wood Humphreys
Dec 12, 2020
Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, Sharyn Ellen Wood Humphreys of Taylorsville, Utah, passed away on Saturday, December 12th,2020. She was 73 years old. She fought a long and debilitating battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease.Sharyn was the first child born to parents Paul Webster Wood and Catherine Badger Wood on June 6th, 1947 in Cedar City, Utah. She...
Marvin Donald Wassmer
Dec 12, 2020
Marvin Donald Wassmer, born May 30, 1938, passed peacefully from this life on December 12th, 2020 in the loving company and care of his wife. The joyful reunion he experienced afterwards with his sweet parents and younger brother was something with which he had long anticipated with great love and excitement. Marvin will be greatly missed by all who knew...
Panagiotis Koukoulias
Dec 12, 2020
On Saturday, December 12, 2020, our beloved husband, brother, dad, and papou, Panagiotis “Pete”, lost his long battle with Alzheimer’s. Pete was born on October 27, 1936 to Agathoklis and Magdalini Koukoulias in Elefsina, Greece. Pete immigrated to the United States with his parents and 2 sisters and settled in Salt Lake City in 1955. He was known for having...
Kirk Edman Judd
Dec 11, 2020
Kirk Edman Judd, age 65, passed away on December 11, 2020. He was born on December 1, 1955 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Thomas and MaryLu Judd. He married Cristine Leone Dinse on March 15th 1985 and they were sealed in the temple August 10th 1987.Kirk graduated from Highland High School and from Ricks College and he also and...
Fay D. Manzanares
Dec 11, 2020
Fay D. Manzanares transitioned home to her heavenly Father on December 11, 2020, at 5:55pm in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 91. She was born on May 10, 1929, in La Madera, New Mexico, to Adolfo and Genara Martinez. She married Isaac O. Manzanares in 1946 and together they had 13 children.Fay was a devout Catholic and a woman...
Earl Martin Horne, Jr.
Dec 11, 2020
Earl Martin Horne Jr. was born in Salt Lake City Utah on August 18, 1952, and passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020 of COVID-19 pneumonia.During his difficult birth he suffered a brain injury which affected his intellectual abilities for the rest of his life.Earl was given for adoption at 2 weeks to Earl M. and Verda C. Horne. At...
Andrew Val Gomez
Dec 11, 2020
View the Funeral live by clicking the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81095330746Meeting ID: 810 9533 0746We would encourage you to open the link at 10:45am to witness the color guard.The state of Utah has lost a Pioneer in Emergency Medicine and one of the all-time great First Responders Born April 27, 1941 in Bingham Utah to parents Clotilda (Tilly) Ontiveros and Reuben...
Francisco Javier Vazquez Almanza
Dec 11, 2020
Francisco Javier Vazquez Almanza, age 48, passed away on December 11, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on November 2, 1972, in Guadalajara, Mexico to Jose Antonio and Marie de la Cruz Vazquez. He married Esperanza Padilla on October 10, 1992. Biking was his passion. Being with family was his favorite. Francisco always had a smile on...
Mary Furse Barton
Dec 11, 2020
Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Mary Furse Barton died December 11, 2020 in North Logan, Utah. Mary was born January 10, 1935 in Salt Lake City to LaRue Robinson Seager and Ernest Harry Furse. She was their fifth child and only daughter. She graduated from East High School.She met her future husband James “A” Barton in class at BYU. ...
Sherry L Fife
Dec 10, 2020
On Thursday December 10, 2020, Sherry Louise Fife, loving wife and mother of three, passed away at the 69, surrounded by her adoring family, after a brief battle with lung cancer. Sherry was the third of five children to Bill J. Parson and Arlene Frye Parson, in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 6, 1951. Sherry was a beautiful person,...
Taaga Gautavai Tauvao
Dec 9, 2020
Taaga Gautavai Tauvao passed away gently and peacefully on December 9, 2020 at home in Sandy, Utah surrounded by her loved ones. She was born November 29, 1956 in the village of Utulei, on the island of PagoPago in American Samoa, the eldest daughter of Pepe Taualai Gautavai and Faitasia Puefua Gautavai.She is preceded in death by her Mother and...
Joe M. Herrera
Dec 9, 2020
Jose Macedonio Herrera, age 78, passed away on December 09, 2020 in Hurricane, Utah. He was born on September 14, 1942, in El Rito, New Mexico to Candido Herrera Sr. and Rebecca Martinez. He married Virginia Arlene Velasquez on November 28, 1959.Jose liked to go camping, fishing and hunting with his boys. He loved to joke and tell stories of...
Ronald Garth Daybell
Dec 9, 2020
Ronald Garth Daybell, age 84, was reunited with his beloved wife, Betty Daybell, on December 9, 2020.He was born on January 10, 1936, the third of seven children, born to LaVar Miles and Myrle Petersen Daybell.He enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, his horses, and traveling with mom and the dogs in their RV. Ronald also loved spending time with his grandchildren.He...
Louise W Carter
Dec 9, 2020
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, Louise Warr Carter, passed away on December 9, 2020. Louise was born on August 13, 1937, in Granger, Utah, to William and Olga Warr.Louise married the love of her life, E. Paul Carter, November 8, 1957. They solemnized their marriage in The Salt Lake City Temple on August 4, 1971. They settled in...
James Gifford Turley
Dec 8, 2020
James Gifford Turley passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 8, 2020. He was born February 15, 1944 in Los Angeles, California. Shortly after his birth, he was adopted by Gifford and Catherine Turley. He was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah where he attended West High School and joined the Air Force prior to graduating.While serving our country,...
Conrad Reed Fuller
Dec 8, 2020
Conrad Reed Fuller, age 88 died on December 8, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on January 2, 1932 in St. George, Utah to Reed Fuller and Helen Susannah Pope. He married Marian Mackay on April 17, 1952 in the Salt Lake Temple.Conrad owned and operated a variety of different businesses during his lifetime. He saw himself...
Vicki Giles Coles
Dec 8, 2020
Vicki Giles Coles peacefully passed away in the arms of her children and was reunited with her eternal companion and awaiting family members on December 8, 2020 in her home in South Jordan, Utah.She was born on June 20, 1951 in Salt Lake City Utah to Guy Franklin Giles and Rhoda Ann Farmer Giles. She was the fifth of six...
Francois Albert Rook
Dec 7, 2020
Francois Albert Rook, 72, of Sandy Utah passed away peacefully on December 7th at his home with his family by his side. He fought a long hard battle of PTSD, Leukemia and Pneumonia in the end.Francois also known as Frans was born in Rotterdam Holland to Angelina Barton Rook and Albertus Rook on October 21, 1948. His family immigrated to...
