Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
August Leon “Lee” Orlob
Jan 23, 2019
August Leon “Lee” Orlob passed away January twenty-third from an age related illness. He was ninety-five years old. Dad was born on July seventeenth, nineteen twenty three in Salt Lake City. He attended East high school and he graduated from the University of Utah.He was on active duty in the U.S. Army over the course of three wars- World War...
Franklin R. Wood
Jan 23, 2019
Franklin R Wood passed away at age 75 on January 23, 2019, surrounded by his family.He was born on April 26, 1943 in Murray, Utah, to James Harvey and Alice Parker Wood.He was raised in Bennion, UT as the youngest of 4 children. He attended Granger High School and immediately joined the work force as a Heavy Equipment Operator for...
Elisiva Luisa Mani Sandness
Jan 22, 2019
Elisiva Lu’isa Mani Sandness, a.k.a. “Lu” (Isa) passed away peacefully with her family by her side and returned home to her Heavenly Father on January 22, 2019 after a courageous battle with liver failure. The family would like to thank Dr. Brown and the entire medical team at Intermountain Healthcare Hospital in Murray for their caring professionalism. Luisa was born...
Paulette Richins Vredenburg
Jan 21, 2019
Paulette Richins Vredenburg born October 23, 1944 in Los Angeles, CA. to Erving LaGrand Richins and Lenora Augusta Reid passed away peacefully from health complications on January 21, 2019. Paulette grew up in American Fork with one sister Carol Lee Doramus. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and took extreme joy in her family. Her generosity knew no...
Leonard Eugene Burrows, Jr.
Jan 21, 2019
Gene passed away peacefully surrounded by family on January 21, 2019. Gene was born on September 29, 1925 in Garland, Utah to Leonard Eugen Burrows, Sr. and Eva Ellaline Thornock.Gene graduated from Box Elder High School on May 22, 1943. He attended Weber State College and Utah State Agriculture College where he was an honor student. In 1944 he served...
Ealexus Alexandre Carvalho Rocha
Jan 21, 2019
Ealexus (Lexi) Rocha July 5, 1993 – January 21, 2019 Born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised in Sandy , Utah passed away unexpectedly on Monday, January 21, 2019 at the age of 25.She loved traveling and discovering new places. She loved music and playing her violin. She loved her Brazilian heritage and in 2007 had a wonderful opportunity...
Dennis Ray Clark
Jan 21, 2019
Dennis Ray Clark passed away unexpectedly on Monday, January 21, 2019 of a heart attack. He was born November 15, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to James Raymond and Norma Helen Allen Clark, the third of three children. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and faithfully fulfilled many callings in his...
Betty Arlene Newberry Colianna
Jan 20, 2019
Beloved Aunt Betty Colianna, of Pacific Beach, California, passed away on January 20, 2019 in a hospital in La Jolla, California as a result of a fall and injury at home.Betty was born July 5, 1929 in Ogden, Utah to Harry Newberry and Winifred Eleanor “Nellie” Williams Newberry. Betty was the youngest of their eight children, she grew up in...
Mary Lurae Carter Johnson
Jan 19, 2019
Mary LuRae Carter Johnson passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019 in Centerville, Utah age 91. She was born May 16, 1927 in Provo, Utah, to Raymond Crawley Carter and Fannie Louise Irons. She married Paul Emil Johnson on June 3, 1947.Mary loved to read and spend time knitting, crocheting, doing embroidery, needlepoint and quilting. She served in the Salt Lake...
Melba Foote Morris
Jan 19, 2019
“Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories.”Melba Foote Morris passed away surrounded by loved ones at her home in West Jordan, Utah on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at age 80. Melba was born on April 14, 1938 in Gunnison, Utah and was the 8th of 9 children in her family. She married her childhood...
Lisa Ann Geist
Jan 19, 2019
Ipswich/Sandy, UT – Lisa Ann Geist, 60, of Sandy, UT died Saturday January 19, 2019 at the Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT following a short illness.Born in Ipswich, MA on August 12, 1958, she was the daughter of Frank W. and Rita (Troccoli) Geist. She was raised in Ipswich, MA and graduated from Ipswich High School, a member of...
Barbara Jean Johnson Porter
Jan 19, 2019
Barbara Jean Johnson Porter passed peacefully away at her home in the early hours of January 19, 2019 after a hard fought battle with cancer. Known to her family as Theme, she was born October 24, 1946 to Barbara Cannon and Walter Clawson Johnson to whom she was a devoted and affectionate daughter. Her brother, R. Bruce Johnson, was her...
David (Dave) Allen Hemingway
Jan 18, 2019
David (Dave) Allen Hemingway was a remarkable man that will be missed terribly. Yet people keep telling us that he is in a better place. We disagree. You see, Dave had a profound impact on all those that had a chance to cross his path. Almost immediately people would recognize and often comment to us about his charismatic nature or...
Dean Carlyle Hirschi
Jan 17, 2019
Dean Carlyle Hirschi was born December 29, 1924 In Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, California to Arthur Hirschi and Helen M. Mani Hirschi. He experienced an idyllic childhood growing up on Odessa Avenue, a home with a one-acre backyard where the neighborhood children would congregate to enjoy the clubhouse, tunnels and caves. Dean was always with his younger brother, Dick,...
Evelyn Taft Christensen
Jan 17, 2019
Evelyn Taft Christensen, 88, returned home to her Heavenly Father on January 17, 2019, and is reunited with her eternal companion and husband, Donald T. Christensen. Evelyn was born on January 26, 1930 in Salt Lake City, UT, to Ivan and Alda Lucinda Russell Taft. Evelyn was the fifth of seven children. She attended Salt Lake schools and married Don...
Dean Carlye Hirschi
Jan 17, 2019
Dean Carlye Hirschi was born December 29, 1924 In Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, California to Arthur Hirschi and Helen M. Mani Hirschi. He experienced an idyllic childhood growing up on Odessa Avenue, a home with a one-acre backyard where the neighborhood children would congregate to enjoy the clubhouse, tunnels and caves. Dean was always with his younger brother, Dick,...
E. Ladonne Isom
Jan 17, 2019
E. LaDonne Isom, age 82, passed away on January 17, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on September 19, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Clive and Ethel Orr Jensen. She married Robert Eugene Isom on May 29, 1990.LaDonne enjoyed the simple things in life. Her favorites included painting, puzzles, the color purple, stuffed animals, bubble...
Sonia Petersen Westbrook
Jan 17, 2019
Mom was born on May 29, 1927 to loving parents, Jens Petersen and Ingeborg Jacobsen in Bountiful, Utah. She graduated from Davis High School. Mom enjoyed music from a young age and was an amazing pianist, performing at many occasions. She instilled this love for the piano in her family and among many children and young adults whom she taught.She...
Julie Oliverson
Jan 16, 2019
Julie Anne Pearson Oliverson July 30, 1969 – January 16, 2019Julie was born in Salt Lake, Utah. She graduated from Taylorsville High School. She was in the Young Women’s presidency in Magna, Utah. She married Ronald Oliverson and during their time together they had three beautiful children; whom she lived her life for. She loved fast cars and enjoyed going...
Richard Wallace Olsen
Jan 15, 2019
Richard Wallace Olsen was born June 24, 1939 to Grant Alma Olsen and LaRue Wallace along with his twin Sister Louise in Salt Lake City, Utah. At the age of 79 he died January 15, 2019 at his home in Midvale, Utah. Richard was married three times Dena Gibson Allen-Olsen, Carolyn Johnson Sharp, and Hetty Williamson. Richard served in the...
