Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Dorothy Nielsen
Mar 18, 2020
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
Mar 18, 2020
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
Mar 18, 2020
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
Mar 17, 2020
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...
Colleen Smith
Mar 17, 2020
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
Mar 17, 2020
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 Woodside
Mar 17, 2020
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 Andersen
Mar 16, 2020
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
Mar 16, 2020
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
Mar 15, 2020
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
Mar 13, 2020
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...
Francisco Cornino “Paco” Sanchez
Mar 12, 2020
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...
Linda Diane Nemelka
Mar 12, 2020
Linda Diane Nemelka, 57, was born on May 22nd, 1962 in Riverside, California. She married Cory David Nemelka Sr. on April 2 1980 and the marriage was solemnized April 2, 1981 in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they were blessed with five wonderful children: Amanda Jean, Sarah Elizabeth, Cory David Jr., Jessica Anne, and Alicia Diane. She is survived by...
Peggy Elaine Mcnair Haycock
Mar 11, 2020
Peggy Elaine McNair Haycock returned home to her Father in Heaven on March 11, 2020 in Salt Lake City Utah. She was born February 2, 1939 in Salt Lake City to Thomas Irvine McNair and Violet Elaine Thompson. Peggy attended Olympus High School and while going there met her eternal sweetheart Richard Obed Haycock. Peggy and Dick were married on...
Enid Helen Fuller Faust
Mar 11, 2020
Enid Helen Fuller Faust, age 90, peacefully left this life on March 11, 2020 in Midvale, Utah. She was born on March 7, 1930 in Leeds, Utah to Helen Susannah Pope and Reed Fuller. She married Daniel Finlinson Faust on October 21, 1950. She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel, and sons George David and Keith. She is...
Andrew Bath
Mar 10, 2020
Died on March 10, 2020 after many years of struggling with ongoing health issues. He kept his sense of humor and died on his own terms.Andy was born February 22, 1930 to Andrew C. Bath and Eula Marie Royer.Andy married Carol Swensen and had four children. They later divorced. Andy married the love of his life, Eva Z. Nielson on...
Mary Larrinaga
Mar 9, 2020
María-Josefa Lejarcegui Inunciaga, 86, died March 9, 2020, in her home in West Jordan, Utah.She was born on March 19, 1933 to Sotero Lejarcegui Irazabal and Juana Inunciaga Altamira in Ibárruri, Bizkaia (providence of Basque Country of Spain), Euskadi.She married John Larrinaga in Muxika, Bizkaia, Euskadi on November 18, 1954. John then returned home to the United States and Mary...
John Carl Furness
Mar 8, 2020
John C. Furness, age 69, passed away on March 8, 2020 at his home in Lehi, Utah. John was born on January 16, 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah to John and Emma Furness.He graduated from South High School, joined the Army and served in Vietnam from 1969 – 1971. In 1971, he married his sweetheart, Mary Fausett, and they...
Kathleen J Wiens
Mar 8, 2020
Kathleen Johnson WiensSeptember 16, 1922 – March 8, 2020Born September 16, 1922 in Brigham City to David Peter (nee Jorgensen) Johnson and Olivia Sabine Johnson, the youngest of six children. In 1924 family moved from Mantua to Salt Lake. Attended Granite High School and decided to join her siblings in Los Angeles, where they had gone to find work. She...
Phyllis Ann Birrell
Mar 8, 2020
Phyllis Ann Birrell, age 95, from Salt Lake City, Utah passed away peacefully on March 8, 2020. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 7, 1924 to Leonard Joseph and Martha Christine (Blaszczyk) Preleyko. She married Lawrence Linck Birrell, a handsome man who adored her, at age 24 in Niagara Falls on February 19, 1949 and they were sealed...
