Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Robert "Bob" Eugene Schocker
Jan 22, 2020
Robert "Bob" Eugene Schocker, longtime resident of Holladay, Utah passed away on January 22, 2020 at his home, at the age of 87.
Bob was born in Los Angeles California to Herman and Virginia Jones Schocker who preceded him in death. His family moved to Utah when he was a young boy. The family lived in a...
Emerson Farnes Berntsen
Jan 22, 2020
Emerson Farnes Berntsen passed away on January 22, 2020 in Rexburg, Idaho. Loved and respected as a man of integrity, generosity, faith, selflessness, and leadership, Farnes led a life of hard work, service, dedication, and joy.
He was born December 22, 1922 in Rexburg, Idaho to Peter W Berntsen and Kate Edalene Farnes. He married his sweetheart,...
Anton Tonc
Jan 22, 2020
Anton “Tony” J Tonc1980-2020Anton “Tony” Joshua Tonc, age 39, passed away unexpectedly January 22, 2020. Tony was born November 11, 1980 to Anton and Susan (Moyes)Tonc. Tony graduated Intermountain Christian High school 1999, completed his EMT certification, was a personal trainer, and worked security for several venues throughout the valley.Tony enjoyed spending time with the guys at the shooting range,...
Jane Robertson Berry
Jan 22, 2020
Jane Robertson Berry, age 63, died on January 22, 2020, in S.L.C., UT. She was born on April 4, 1956, in Payson, UT to Fred & Alice Willey Robertson. She married William Kett Berry on February 20, 1975.Jane was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints & served in many callings.She is survived by her...
Robert “Bob” Harry Florence
Jan 22, 2020
Robert “Bob” Harry Florence passed away peacefully at home on his 80th birthday, January 22, 2020. He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Linda Neish Florence, five children (spouses) Roger, Tiffanie Sammons (David), Kim Bell (Jeff), Jed (Amy), Amber Price (Ryon), nine grandchildren, Mitchell, Victor (Brandi), Christopher, Maci, Nick, Trey, Owen, Shaylie and Branson, two great-granddaughters Bently,...
Phyllis Ruth Haines
Jan 22, 2020
Phyllis Ruth Haines passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on January 22, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah due to complications from COPD. She was 82 years old.Phyllis was born on March 12, 1937 in Heron Lake, Minnesota to her parents Marvin and Helen Newcomer. She married Vernon Leroy Haines on September 4, 1954. They moved to Seattle, Washington...
Adelyn Vickie Phillips
Jan 22, 2020
“An angel in the book of life wrote down my baby’s birth, then whispered as she closed the book ‘too beautiful for earth.'” -UnknownOur beautiful, little girl Adelyn Vickie Phillips was born January 8, 2020 at 11:46 PM and passed away on January 22, 2020 at 2:08 AM in the arms of her loving parents.Although her life was cut short...
Shirlene Pearl Buxton Peterson
Jan 22, 2020
Shirlene Pearl Buxton Peterson passed away at home on January 22, 2020, in Draper, Utah. She was born on August 8, 1939, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Verl and Phyllis Buxton. She married Stanley Peterson on February 15, 2006. Shirlene was the best example of kindness and forgiveness that this earth has ever known. She was a mother of...
Elda Jarrett Martell
Jan 21, 2020
Elda Jarrett Martell peacefully passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 in Lehi, Utah. Elda was born on March 23, 1928 in Nephi, Utah to Robert Ronald Jarrett and Ellen Olpin Jarrett. She had eight brothers and one sister. Elda was born to humble beginnings. She often recounted the hardships of her family during the Great Depression.
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Richard Ray Lefevre
Jan 21, 2020
Richard Ray LeFevre was born on November 7th, 1942 in Tooele, Utah to Norman Wines LeFevre and Ramma Lou Smith. He returned home to his Heavenly Father on January 21st, 2020. Richard had a very happy childhood with is Mother Ramma, Aunt Lois and Uncles Buddy and Smitty. He had many adventures in the Tooele countryside with his cousins Rick,...
Andrew Robertson
Jan 20, 2020
Andrew Robertson came into this world on March 26, 1998. Andrew passed away peacefully on January 10th, 2020. He was 21 years old. He died in his sleep at home with his father and his brother, Jack. Our family is deeply saddened by his passing.Andrew was a unique spirit and touched all he knew with his booming presence, his jovial...
Gizella Elizabeth Papellas Juhasz
Jan 20, 2020
Gizella Elizabeth Juhasz, left us quietly on the morning of January 20th at the age of 96. It is difficult to imagine that this quiet woman, with great inner strength and determination was able to carry on almost two full years after the death of her husband of over 70 years. Her strength and endurance are some of the characteristics...
Fredrick Raymond Booth
Jan 20, 2020
Fredrick Raymond Booth passed away on January 20, 2020 at the age of 96 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on November 4, 1923 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Benjamin Booth and Lora Ann Hill. Dad grew up in Salt Lake City, and graduated from West High School in June 1941. At the age of 19, Dad...
Stella L Steiner
Jan 19, 2020
Stella Steiner passed away on January, 9, 2020 in Murray, Utah. She was born on September 11, 1938.Stella went on a mission, served in the United States Navy, then married her husband and had children. Our mother was different from most mothers. She had schizophrenia, a “mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion,...
Harold Olsen
Jan 19, 2020
Harold Demont Olsen, age 91 passed away on January 19th, 2020, at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on August 13, 1928, the oldest of eight children born to Fayben Charles and Vera Chader Olsen.At the age of 22, Harold married his high school sweetheart Patricia Ann Whitmore, age 20, on June 24, 1951. They had...
Robert “Urs” Ursel Peterson
Jan 18, 2020
Beloved FatherPassed away on January 18, 2020 in Mesa, Arizona at age 82. He was born December 29, 1937 to Deon Holman Peterson. Married Joyce Lynn Healy on February 19, 1960 in the Manti Temple.Urs loved horses, sports, and was an avid bowler; he worked for Kennecott Copper mine, he retired in 2005.He found great joy in his family and...
Glenda May Workman Kichas
Jan 17, 2020
Early Friday morning, our beloved mother passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was born in Evanston, Wyoming to Joseph Arthur and Edna May Workman on May 24, 1932. A graduate of East High School, she married her high school sweetheart, Sam Nick Kichas, on September 29, 1951. They made their home in Holladay, Utah where they...
Charles William Bell
Jan 17, 2020
Charles William Bell passed peacefully into the hereafter on January 17th, 2020, leaving a large family.Charles was born September 30, 1931 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the first of three sons to William James Bell Jr. and Rachel Rothada Ridley. His brothers are James Ridley Bell (Barbara), and Eugene Frank Bell (Linda, deceased). He and his wife, Jeanine White Shurtleff Bell are...
Kathryn Guthrie
Jan 17, 2020
Kathryn Joy Koch Owens Guthrie passed away on 1-17-2020 surrounded by her “men” and still hoping for another female to balance the testosterone. Born in Las Vegas, Nevada on 4-17-1954, Kathy blamed Vegas for her love of gambling and blamed picnicking under a mushroom cloud for her physical ailments. Kathy is survived by her husband Lee, father Frank, sister Karen,...
Roberta Morris Stephens
Jan 16, 2020
Roberta Morris Stephens, age 81, passed away on January 16, 2020 at her residence in Welcome Home Assisted Living. She was born on November 26, 1938, in Salt Lake City to Virginia Belle Hyde and Robert Lee Morris. On August 25, 1961, she married Arvel LeRois Stephens in the Salt Lake Temple. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education...
