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

Dec 1, 2019

+In Loving Memory of SKARLET LUKA BECKMost people only dream of angels… we held one in our armsSkarlet, our precious little Angel was born Oct 2, 2019. She returned to her Heavenly Father, only two months old, Dec 1, 2019. Skarlet was a Iittle beauty! She was born 6 lbs 14 ozs with deep blue eyes and soft wisps of...

Nov 30, 2019

Our dear father Lee Christensen passed away on Nov. 19, 2020 at the age of 87. Lee was born in August of 1933 in Salt Lake City and raised by two wonderful parents William and Tressie (Hansen) Christensen.

Lee was a very personable individual and touched the hearts of many. He will not be forgotten. He taught...

Nov 30, 2019

Dolly was born in 1928 to Maurel O Bell and Hazel Johnston Bell in Richfield, Utah.  While growing up, she attended school in Richfield, Utah, Twin Falls, Idaho, Elko, Nevada and B.Y.U. Provo, Utah. She served a full-time LDS mission to the Texas, Louisiana Mission. Dolly was married to Clyde A. Rasmussen for 55 wonderful years. Dolly spent 17...

Nov 30, 2019

Jacqueline Merritt Gnemi died on April 14 in Salt Lake City.   She was born in December 1929 in Chadbourn, North Carolina to Edgar and Ruby Merritt.  She attended elementary school in Chadbourn and high schools in Chadbourn and Wilksboro, North Carolina.  She graduated from Clevenger College in 1950 and was subsequently employed as a Medical Assistant and later as...

Nov 30, 2019

My beautiful daughter was born on October 16, 2019; she was 6 lbs. and 3 oz. and was 18.5 inches long. She was a healthy baby; nothing was wrong with her. She was loved by her parents, sister, grandma, grandpa, great grandparents, great aunts, great uncles, and aunties and uncles. Everybody loved her a lot. She was everything to me...

Nov 30, 2019

Ruby Robbins Parker, 97 years old East Midvale native, returned to her Heavenly Father from her loved home Saturday morning, November 30, 2019. Her long life was spent caring, teaching and serving others. She will be greeted by a throng she helped through family history and temple work. She was an ordinance worker for 10 years. She performed ordinances for...

Nov 29, 2019

Janice Howcroft Reyes passed away November 29, 2019 to be reunited with her parents.  Janice was born to Louis Eugene and Melba Loretta Howcroft on July 17, 1946.  Janice was raised by Linden and Norma Howcroft in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Many times Janice lived with her grandparents, and she spoke about the fun times living with them.  She watched...

Nov 29, 2019

Sandy, UT –Floris Duncan Haile passed away peacefully on November 29, 2019 in Sandy, Utah. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Floyd E. Duncan and Edna Bennett Duncan.Floris was the oldest of four children her sisters are Dayle Duncan White (Clyde), Anna Jo Wayne (John), Edna Ruth Hilton (Keith). Floris is survived by her 2 daughters Lia...

Nov 29, 2019

Marjean Preece Pincock Taylor 89, our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away on November 29, 2019 in West Jordan, Utah.  Marjean was born December 3, 1929 in Sugar City, Idaho to John Lewis Pincock and Verda Bair Preece Pincock.  She married her high school sweetheart W. Reed Taylor on November 24, 1948 in the Salt Lake...

Nov 29, 2019

Duane passed away peacefully at home on November 29, 2019, after battling with Alzheimer’s/Dementia. He was born on December 30, 1938, in Salt Lake City, UT to Meldo and Olive Dixon. He served in the Army Reserves from 1959 – 1965 where he was honorably discharged. He then went on to be a machinist/estimator in the manufacturing industry for 45...

Nov 29, 2019

Marjean Preece Pincock Taylor, 89, our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away on November 29, 2019 in West Jordan, Utah. Marjean was born December 3, 1929 in Sugar City, Idaho to John Lewis Pincock and Verda Bair Preece Pincock. She married her high school sweetheart W. Reed Taylor on November 24, 1948 in the Salt Lake...

Nov 28, 2019

Ilene Read Wall passed peacefully on Nov. 28, 2019 at the age of 97 in her Sugar House home. Born February 16, 1922 in Hooper, UT to Mary Lavon Garner and Frank Hardy Read. She was the second of five children: Dorothy Irene Dixon (deceased), Don Frank Read (deceased), Kenneth Thomas Read (deceased), and survived by youngest brother, Blair Garner...

Nov 28, 2019

In loving memory, Clavon A. Rugg, our husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend passed away suddenly during the early morning hours of November 28, 2019, surrounded by his family. Clavon was born on March 11, 1940 to Alvin Clavon and Reta Rugg in Salt Lake City, Utah. He married Sharon Deveraux November 14, 1959, and later solemnized in the Salt...

Nov 27, 2019

ATTENTION: The obituary printed in the Salt Lake Tribune incorrectly listed a viewing on Friday, December 6. All services for Wilma will be held on Saturday, December 7. We are saddened by the loss of our mother and grandmother, Wilma Jean Beebe Petersen, who passed away peacefully on November 27, 2019 at the age of 89. She leaves behind a...

Nov 26, 2019

Linda Ann Cook Gardner, our beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away on November 26, 2019.  Linda was born on March 9, 1940, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Esther Howard and Joseph Hyrum Cook.  Linda grew up on Wander Lane in Holladay where she was still living in the house, she helped her parents build as a child...

Nov 25, 2019

Gilbert Philip Freedman, age 92, passed away peacefully on November 25, 2019, in Salt Lake City, surrounded by his family.  Born December 23, 1926 to Irving and Charlotte Freedman in Chicago IL, where he resided for many years. He served as a Staff Sergeant for the US Army in the Asiatic Pacific Theater, 7th Cavalry during WWII.  He married Ruth...

Nov 25, 2019

Geraldine Ardith Hardy Maskil, age 85, passed away on November 25, 2019, in South Jordan, Utah. She was born on October 20, 1934 in Price, Utah, to Lloyd and Enid Hardy of Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Kenneth Robert Maskil Sr. in 1961.Geraldine spent most of her life as a nurses aide. She cared for many people with illnesses...

Nov 24, 2019

Johanna Wilhelmina Kuinera Ombach Walker

August 27, 1934 to November 24, 2019

Our beloved Mother, Omi, Grandma, Great-Grandma passed away surrounded by her children on November 24, 2019. Joyce was born in Amsterdam Holland - the Netherlands on August 27, 1934, to Jacobus Johannes Ombach and Adriana Maria van der Horn.

She attended schools in...

Nov 24, 2019

Richard Jay Ross, age 72, passed away on November 24, 2019, in Sandy, Utah. He was born on October 7, 1947, in Price, Utah, to Eugene and Melba Ross. He is survived by his daughter Theresa (Don) Gillett, brothers Boyd and William Ross, sister Karleen Erickson, three grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents Eugene...

Nov 23, 2019

Richard Allen Gates passed away on November 23, 2019 in Salt Lake City at the age of 82.Richard was born on February 5, 1937 in California to Loris “Bud” Hanan Gates and Melba Irene Crew Gates. He married Patricia Ann Bradford on November 5, 1964. Richard served in the Army in his youth. He was an Army sharpshooter and received...