Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Jack Douglas Barber
Feb 20, 2020
Jack Douglas Barber, age 72, died on February 20, 2020 in SLC, Utah. He was born on September 21, 1946 in SLC, Utah to Ray Douglas Barber and Emily Bland. Jack married and was widowed by Cindie Marie Kelson Barber. He loved cars, the outdoors and Elvis. Most of all, he loved his dog Sparky and his family. He loved...
Max Tovey Hardy
Feb 19, 2020
Our loving father Max Tovey Hardy, age 86, returned home to his Heavenly Father on February 19, 2020 in South Jordan, Utah. Max was the youngest of five children born to George and Annette Hardy on September 27,1933 in Bountiful, Utah.Among the beautiful apple orchards surrounding his home, he first learned to work. While young, Dad had the opportunity to...
Kiyoshi “Kenneth” Nodzu
Feb 19, 2020
Kiyoshi “Kenneth” Nodzu passed away on February 19, 2020, just barely over a week after celebrating his 93rd birthday. Kiyoshi was born on February 8, 1927 to Kentaro and Shige Nodzu (Notsu) in Kenilworth, UT, a small mining town in Carbon County. He was the second of eight children and his youth was spent in various small towns; the last...
Tod Dalton Johnson
Feb 19, 2020
Tod Dalton Johnson passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family on February 19, 2020.Tod was born on July 23, 1947 to Delbert and Carolyn Johnson in Salt Lake City, Utah. He attended East High School, graduating in 1965 where he excelled in football, basketball, and baseball and quarterbacked his high school football team to the state championship. He...
Mariana Giovanna Molina
Feb 18, 2020
Mariana Giovanna Molina, was born on Friday, December 24th, 1999 in Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah. She had a beautiful and kind soul full of love for others and animals. On Tuesday, February 18th, 2020, we said good-bye as shereturned to the arms of our Heavenly Father. She will be missed by so many of her family and friends that...
Venice “Joan” Rushton-Carlson
Feb 18, 2020
Taylorsville, UT – Born on a snowy Sunday afternoon at 5:00PM in Salt Lake on November 28, 1937, to loving parents George E. and Venice Farnsworth Griggs, the first of 3 children. I married Blaine M. Rushton, my high school sweetheart, were married 25 years, and brought three beautiful children into the world, Kevin B., Troy M., and Tari Jo....
Byron Lee Blackwell
Feb 17, 2020
Byron Lee Blackwell passed away surrounded by his family and friends on February 17, 2020 in West Valley City, Utah. He was born on May 19, 1973 in West Valley City, Utah to Leland Churchill and Afton Smithson Blackwell. Byron attended the American Fork State Training School until 1995. He later moved to a residential group home and day program...
Leroy (Lee) Caton Pierce
Feb 17, 2020
Our loving father, grandfather, brother, and uncle, Lee Caton Pierce, 76, passed away suddenly due to complications of Parkinson’s Cognitive Dementia on February 17, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Lee was born January 30, 1944, to Farrell Melvin Pierce and Esther Eleanora Quaschnick Pierce in San Mateo, California. His greatest joy came from loving and serving his family, friends,...
Piper Lynne Prescott
Feb 16, 2020
Piper was born November 9, 1961 to Linda Kaye Johnson Baxter and Harald H Prescott (deceased) and passed away on February 16, 2020. She succumbed to Ovarian Cancer and Anti-YO Antibody, which took away her ability to walk, feed herself and communicate clearly. She is survived by her mother, stepfather Ronald J Baxter, brother Jeffrey Harald (Tina) Prescott, and...
Mark William Shelton
Feb 16, 2020
14 December 1953 – 16 February 2020 – Mark William Shelton passed away on 16 February 2020 in Kearns, Utah from complications of dementia. Mark was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to William Doyle and Joanne Mildred Sartor Shelton. Mark grew up on Smiley Drive in Taylorsville and graduated from Cottonwood High School in 1972. He was an Eagle...
Dennis George Moffat
Feb 15, 2020
Dennis George Moffat joined his Family in Heaven on Feb. 15, 2020 in Sandy, UT. He was born in Murray, UT on Jan. 13, 1939 to Lucille Lynn and George Scofield Moffat.
He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Southern States Mission, following which he married Karen Anderson on...
"Sandie" Sandra Daryl Working Anderson
Feb 15, 2020
Sandie peacefully passed away on February 15th, 2020 with her family by her side. Sandie was born on June 18th, 1942 in Los Angeles CA, and was married September 7th, 1962, and had 3 children: Laureen, Julianne, and Mark of Salt Lake City Utah. She is preceded in death by her much loved and adored father Loren F Working...
Mark Henry Martinez
Feb 15, 2020
Mark Henry Martinez, age 46, passed away unexpectedly Saturday February 15, 2020. He was born April 5, 1973 in Salinas, California. Loving son to Vivian Moreno and Mark Martinez. Mark was an avid sportsman. He loved to fish. He was a pool shark and an amazing artist. Mark was very intelligent and graduated high school at the age of 16....
Mary Vosnos
Feb 14, 2020
Loving wife, cherished mother, adored yiayia (grandmother), great-grandmother, and world-traveler, Mary (Maritsa) Vosnos left this earth peacefully surrounded by her family. She is now rejoicing with her Lord and Savior and the many loved family and friends in Heaven.Maritsa was born in Levidi, Greece and migrated to the U.S. at 17 years old. Along with learning another language and finishing...
Joyce Elizabeth Poll Castro
Feb 14, 2020
Joyce Elizabeth Poll Castro, age 79, passed away surrounded by her family on February 14, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on September 2, 1940 to Roland Poll and Lillis Forman in Salt Lake City, Utah.Joyce graduated from Hollywood Beauty College, and enjoyed doing cosmetology work. She also went to Salt Lake Community College to become a...
Keith Allen Harmes
Feb 14, 2020
Keith Allen Harmes, age 87, passed away on February 14, 2020 at Summit Senior Living in Kearns, Utah. He was born on April 3, 1932 in Black River Falls, Wisconsin to Gordon and Martha Harmes. He married Diana Hathaway on June 27, 1975.He enjoyed motorcycle racing, snow skiing, snowmobiling, sky diving, hunting, fishing, camping, scuba diving, water skiing and boating....
Luitsen Vredeveld
Feb 14, 2020
Our loving husband, brother, father, grandfather and friend Luitsen (Lou) Vredeveld, passed away at age 68 on February 14, 2020, in Sandy, Utah. He was born April 30th, in 1951. His family migrated from Almelo, Netherlands to Salt Lake City when he was three-years-old. He married his sweetheart, Carol Lynn, on August 27, 1971.Lou helped his family clean offices when...
Russell “Russ” Harry Carlson
Feb 14, 2020
Russ was born the day after Christmas, December 26, 1935, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Harry O., and Emily M. Meacham Carlson, he passed away on February 14, 2020. His family lived in Richfield, Utah, while his father served in World War 2. He attended West High School. After High School, he married Patsy J. Madil, and they had...
Lorraine Ross
Feb 14, 2020
Lorraine Ross left this world to keep a Valentine’s Day date with her husband Vincent on February 14, 2020. She died at 2:03 pm MST in Salt Lake City surrounded by many family members. She had 5 children, 20 grandchildren. and 48 great grandchildren with 3 more on the way.A private family Memorial service was held on February 16th.Service InformationMemorial...
Kent Sherman Ricord
Feb 13, 2020
February 13th, 2020, our family said goodbye to this brave soldier. Kent Sherman Ricord, age 69, fought with fierce bravery against a rare, aggressive, and vicious type of cancer (Collecting Duct Carcinoma).Kent was born August 22nd, 1950, to Edison W. Ricord and Elda May Gray. Kent was truly young at heart, and was known for his love of animals, comic...
