Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Verna Simper Cardwell
Jul 3, 2019
Verna Simper Cardwell, age 96, died Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at her home in Murray, Utah. She was born Sept. 5, 1922 in Vernal, Utah to Walter Simper and Edna Bowthorpe Simper. She married Charles Cardwell on July 3, 1951. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Verna was the last contact with our family’s...
Evan Dallas Millsap
Jul 3, 2019
The course of history has been irrevocably changed by the passing of Evan Dallas Millsap—a statement which to a stranger may seem grandiose but which to those who knew him seems entirely inadequate.The Earth is 4.543 billion years old and Evan arrived December 1st, 1992. For 9,710 beautiful days he loved learning, exploring, and testing the limits of his own...
Mohenoa Masi
Jul 3, 2019
Mohenoa Iolotele O Lapaha Masi passed away peacefully at his home on July 3rd 2019 surround by his loved ones.Mohenoa was born on September 11, 1947 to Nehumi and Ana Masi in Tongatapu, Tonga.He married the love of his life Latu Vaisioa Masi in 1968 and had two beautiful children Nehumi Leka Masi and Mele Mafi Vaitohi. In 1999 they...
Li-Hui Liao
Jul 3, 2019
Li-hui Liao passed away at her home in Sandy, Utah on July 3, 2018, at age of 76 years. wLi-hui was born on 16th April, 1943 in Taichung city, Taiwan to De-Rong Liao and Xiu-Shen Chen. She attended the National Chengchi University of Taiwan, graduated with bachelor degree in Department of Mathematical Sciences. She was a teacher and taught in...
Dale Arthur Kinder
Jul 2, 2019
Dale Arthur Kinder passed away July 02, 2019 after a brief, intense battle with lung cancer surrounded by loving family and friends. Born June 1, 1945 in Lehi, Utah to James Elmer Kinder and Florence Manning-Kinder. He began working for the Union Pacific at the age of 18 where he continued to rise through the ranks, retiring after 37 years...
Evelyn Wenona Long Mayfield
Jul 2, 2019
Evelyn returned to our Heavenly Father at 5:17 PM on July 2, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. She was a phenomenal woman. She was kind, loving, courageous, and very stubborn.Evelyn is survived by her brother, Richard Long; daughter, Laurie Mayfield; son, Henry Kenneth Mayfield, grandchildren, Lisa (Cody) Candelaria, Amanda Mayfield, Natasha Johnstone, and Shaylyn Johnstone; great-granddaughter, Adina Romano; son-in-law...
Marilyn Foster Wright
Jul 1, 2019
Heaven let us borrow an angel to call our own. On July 1, 2019, Marilyn Foster Wright, 86, went home. With beauty and grace, she left peacefully surrounded by her family singing her into the next life. She taught us many things, but above all, unconditional love.
Ivan and Hildred Foster welcomed four children, first Marilyn, followed...
Leah B. Sugden
Jul 1, 2019
Our social butterfly flew away on July 1, 2019.Leah was born on February 12, 1926 in Salt Lake County, Utah.Leah married Richard T. Sugden in 1946.Leah is survived by her loving children; daughters Joyce (Charles) Dillier, Judy (Lloyd) Machal and daughter-in-law Diane Sugden; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one great great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.Leah is preceded in death by...
Dennis Craven Congrove
Jun 30, 2019
Dennis Craven Congrove passed away on 6/30/2019 in Riverton, UT. He was born on 9/15/1948 in SLC, UT. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He enjoyed fishing, golfing, gambling, and football. He especially loved spending time with his family. He was a very humble and generous man, who loved to joke around. He was the concrete foundation of...
Darrel Young Rushton
Jun 30, 2019
Darrel was born November 20, 1930 in East Ely, Nevada to Jack Louis Rushton and Vera Bertell Young. He was the second of four sons. He was raised and attended school in Ely, Nevada. Darrel attended Brigham Young University where he fell in love with LeAnn Clegg who was his landlord’s (Joseph and Ruth Clegg) daughter. They were married in...
Christopher Paul Hyatt
Jun 29, 2019
Christopher Paul Hyatt, 35 years old, passed away June 29, 2019 in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. Chris was born September 13, 1983 in Salt Lake City. He grew up in Kansas City, MO and Grand Junction, CO and finally spent the rest of his life in Salt Lake City, UT. He was married to his best friend Roxanne (Vester) Hyatt...
Alan Simmons Peck
Jun 29, 2019
Our loving brother, uncle and friend, Alan Simmons Peck, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 29th, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born May 25, 1925 in Kaysville, Utah to Rulon and Dora Simmons Peck. Alan spent most of his childhood Berkley, California and the Salt Lake City area where he attended Granite High School.In 1943, Alan joined the U. S....
Rae Lyn Kelson
Jun 29, 2019
Our dear sister, Rae Lyn Kelson, returned to her Heavenly Father on June 29th, 2019.Rae Lyn was born on November 18th, 1945 to Arvel Eugene Kelson and Velma Emily Kelson.Rae Lyn is survived by her siblings: Beverly (Charles) Webber, Maurine Ward, Arvel “Kelly” Kelson, Ron (Janet) Kelson, DiAnn Thompson, and Robin (Steve) Valerio.Rae Lyn is preceded in death by her...
Mary Cielos Maestas Sanchez
Jun 29, 2019
Mary Cielos (Maestas) Sanchez, age 90, passed away peacefully in her sleep on June 29, 2019. Born on July 23, 1928 in Mora, New Mexico to Amalia Maestas. She married her best friend and love Jose Abenicio Sanchez in Taos, New Mexico on August 18, 1948. Mary was a loving and devoted mother to her four children; Albert Sanchez, Frederick...
Christina Webster Slock
Jun 29, 2019
Our mother, grandmother and friend passed away Saturday, June 29, 2019 surrounded by loved ones in her home. Born October 29, 1938 in Hartlepool, England to George and Rowena Webster. She came to the United States with her family when she was 15 years old. She married Frederick H. Slock in 1958. She enjoyed a long career at Westminister College,...
Patricia Violet Hubbs Graham
Jun 28, 2019
"Together Forever"
Patricia Violet Hubbs Graham, 95, our loving mom, grandma and grandma-great reunited with her sweetheart as she passed away on Friday, June 28, 2019. She was born to Wayne and Grace Lillian Hoose Hubbs in Phoenix, Arizona. She was married and sealed to Robert Hugh Graham in the Salt Lake Temple on February 14, 1946. Family was...
Mark Adrien Elton
Jun 28, 2019
Born to Dan and Carole Elton on October 24, 1960 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Died June 28, 2019 in Saratoga Springs, UT. Mark was able to experience many cultures and customs as he was raised in a military family. Mark was able to make anywhere he was his home and made friends with everyone around him.
Mark...
Kaye. L. Sleater
Jun 27, 2019
Our beloved Husband, Brother, Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather and Friend, Kaye passed away peacefully June 27, 2019 in Murray, Utah surrounded by his loving family at home.The son of Leroy and Irene Lamont Sleater, was born July 9, 1934 in Salt Lake City, UtahAfter graduating from East High School, he spent time in Hawaii with his best friend Kent and...
Mark Lynn Allred
Jun 26, 2019
Mark was born to Art and Connie Allred on February 14, 1973. He was the third of six boys and had a strong and loving heart.Mark was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a strong man that always served others. He was well known for helping others in their time of need. Mark’s...
Joan Bailey Thomas Johnson
Jun 25, 2019
Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend passed away peacefully in the early morning hours on June 25, 2019. Joan was born in Draper, Utah on January 8, 1932, the fifth child of the six children born to William Ensign Thomas and Elizabeth Irene Bailey Thomas. Joan had a twin brother, Jerry. She graduated from Granite High School in...
