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

Mar 23, 2020

Steven Lynn Wilde, born May 5, 1949 – deceased March 23, 2020 at 11:15am. Steven peacefully passed away at the age of 70 at Legacy Village Memory Care in Taylorsville, UT.  Steven was born on May 5, 1949 in Coalville, UT to Lew Jay Wilde & Joyce Lorraine Hammond.On June 19, 1971, he married Laurel Oliver in Elko, NV; together...

Mar 22, 2020

Duane Carlos Jackson, age 83, passed on March 22, 2020 in Sandy UT. Born September 13, 1936 in Parachute, Colorado to Carlos and Winifred Jackson. Duane married JoAnn Leaver on August 9, 1958.

He is preceded in death by his parents and sister Susan Miller, his loving wife of 56 years and his daughter Cheryl Ann Jacobs....

Mar 22, 2020

Craig Wesley Chamberlain passed away on March 22, 2020, from natural causes at Mount Olympus Rehabilitation in Millcreek, Utah. Craig always had a creative mind and was the inventor of the patented Omni-Sphere Dome. The domes were both his life passion and his legacy. He, along with others, built a housing project in downtown Los Angeles, California, with the domes...

Mar 22, 2020

Diana Gay Osborne, age 68, died on March 22, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on November 17, 1951 in Boise, Idaho to Charles Robert Clark Jr. and Viola Louise Betts. She married Blaine Manford Osborne Sr. on July 6, 1969. Diane loved her family, and enjoyed camping and fishing. She loved having family gatherings and BBQ’s....

Mar 22, 2020

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;...

Mar 22, 2020

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...

Mar 22, 2020

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....

Mar 21, 2020

On Saturday, March 21, 2020, Adrienne Valentine Runyon Pilz passed away peacefully in her Salt Lake City home.  Sister Pilz, Grandma Pilz, or angel grandma as she was known, was not sick, or in ill health, but vibrant and energetic to the end. Others would often forget her age, because she had the energy, stamina, sparkle and spunk of...

Mar 21, 2020

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...

Mar 21, 2020

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....

Mar 20, 2020

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...

Mar 19, 2020

DOROTHY SHEATS BURTON (94) lived a long, happy and productive life.  She passed away peacefully on March 19, 2020 in the company of her loving husband of 73 years, Robert T. Burton, and her sons, Robert A. Burton, Daniel S. Burton and Jeffrey S. Burton.

Dorothy was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 3, 1926...

Mar 18, 2020

Born on a mild Summer day, the 24th of June 1939 in Long Beach, California, Grace Lived her entire life with an attitude of warmth and kindness…

Then, at the end of her life of 80 years of giving and service, she left us quietly just before entering through the Gates of Heaven with a "Bang" and...

Mar 18, 2020

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...

Mar 18, 2020

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Mar 17, 2020

Patricia Wright Oliveira passed away on the 17th of March 2020 in Salt Lake City.  She was born in Ogden, Utah on the 5th of April 1923, the sixth of eight children born to Bertha Olivia Eccles and William Arthur Wright.  Her father served three missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Elder David O. McKay...

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...