Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Zeniff J Cox
May 11, 2019
In the early morning hours of Boneta, Duchesne, Utah, on 17 September 1922, a male child was born to Edward Eugene and Emeline Sitterud Cox, the fifth of eight children. He was given the unusual name of Zeniff J Cox. Zen often proclaimed his relief that his father was reading the 9 th chapter of Mosiah in the Book...
Richard Allen Bellew
May 11, 2019
Richard Allen Bellew passed away peacefully in the presence of loved ones on May 11, 2019. Richard was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 30, 1943. He is preceded in death by his parents Jesse Allen Bellew and Genieve Piepgrass Bellew. Richard married Nancy Carter Thomas on January 1, 1972 in Elko, Nevada.
Richard retired...
Geraldine “Gerri” Backus
May 11, 2019
Our dear sister, aunt and friend passed away on May 11, 2019. Although we are saddened at her passing, we are comforted to know that she has reunited with her beloved mother and best friend Dorothy B Steiger. She was born on March 25, 1943 and spent her entire life in Salt Lake City. She worked at the Playhouse for...
Bill D. Riley
May 11, 2019
On the morning of May 11, 2019, our beloved husband, father, son, brother, and grandfather peacefully left this world and is now free from his pain and struggles. Bill was born on January 4, 1942, in Alamosa, Colorado to Lemuel Francis and Roberta Riley. Bill graduated from Granger High School in 1960 and later received his teaching degree from the...
Aniken Bouaseng
May 11, 2019
Aniken Bouaseng died on May 11, 2019. He was born March 22, 2015 in Riverton, Utah to Duran Bouaseng and Loxane Konesavanh. Aniken loved playing with toy cars, loved to dance and sing, and loved to watch his favorite cartoons (Blaze and the Monster machines, Team Umizoomi and PJ Masks). Most of all he loved playing with his older sister. ...
Lew “Bud” Wallace Cross, Jr.
May 11, 2019
Lew Wallace Cross, Jr. passed away May 11, 2019 from natural causes. He was born in South Salt Lake on November 29, 1927 to Lew Wallace, Sr. and Irene Gudmundson Cross. Lew served in the Navy during WWII and Korea. He was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings. Lew...
Mary Jean Riddle
May 11, 2019
Mary Jean Riddle left us to join her mother the day before Mother’s Day, May 11, 2019. She passed at her home in West Jordan Utah surrounded by love and family. Mary Jean was born on July 2nd 1958 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Lou Jean Jacobson and Daniel P Gates; she was the youngest of five siblings. She...
Donald Ray Zarkou
May 10, 2019
Donald Ray Zarkou, 87, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and friend passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on May 10, 2019. Don was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 21, 1931, the youngest of six children. His parents, Christ Zarkou and Sigrid Johansen Zarkou, were both immigrants.
Don attended West High...
Ruby Macneil Slotte
May 10, 2019
(Nellie) Ruby MacNeil Slotte, age 96, passed away peacefully on May 10, 2019, in Murray, Utah. She was born on May 27, 1922, in South Bountiful, Utah to Clouide J MacNeil and Kitty Flem MacNeil. Ruby married Runar J Slotte on June 1, 1940. Ruby grew up in Bingham Canyon, Utah. She graduated from Bingham High in 1940. During WWII...
Ron W Christensen
May 10, 2019
On May 10, 2019 our world grew a little darker as our husband, father, grandpa, brother, and uncle’s light went out. Ronald Wayne Christensen was born on May 18, 1942 to Clyde and Louise Christensen. He grew up in Murray and graduated from Murray High. He served in the Army for three years in the 60s.He was a bit of...
Alicia Peña Lessley
May 10, 2019
Our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Alicia Peña Lessley, age 84, died peacefully surrounded by her family on May 10, 2019.Alicia was born on June 25, 1934 to Hermeneguildo Peña Garza and Simona Garza Flores in Monterey N.L. Mexico. She married her sweetheart, Romie Floyd Lessley on August 6, 1963. Alicia loved tending to her roses, fruit trees and...
Adalyn Othala Monson
May 10, 2019
On Friday May 10th 2019, our sweet baby Adalyn Othala Monson returned to her father in heaven surrounded by her loving family. Gaining her angel wings meant she would be a hero to many children through the organ donation program, though her time with us was short. She touched many lives and taught us how precious life can be. She...
Dolores R. Jackson
May 9, 2019
Dolores R. Jackson, age 79, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on May 9, 2019 in Bountiful, Utah. She was born on October 31, 1939 in McPhee, Colorado to Fred and Emilia Martinez. Dolores eloped with Merrell T. Jackson and they were married on July 30, 1960 in Elko, Nevada. Together they had 4 beautiful children. In her younger...
Carol Dawn Korpela
May 9, 2019
Carol Dawn Korpela passed away at her home on May 9, 2019. She was born to John Lowell Johnson and Betty Jean Clark on October 26, 1948 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Jay Carrick in 1967 in Salt Lake City and they together had two sons, John and Jacob Carrick. She later married Jay Korpela in 1977 and...
Harold Wayne Nielsen
May 8, 2019
Harold Wayne Nielsen age 87, returned home to his heavenly father and loved ones on May 8, 2019.He was born on January 7, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Christian Einar and Agnes Theodora Nielsen.He graduated from West High School where he met and married the love of his life, Lois Jean Burbank on February 1, 1951.He joined the...
Mina Ruth Muse
May 8, 2019
Mina Ruth Muse, age 92 passed away at St. Joseph Villa on May 8, 2019 of advanced age and Alzheimer’s. Mina Ruth was born April 06, 1927 in Many, Louisiana to Willis M and Rosa Elizabeth Peterson Muse. She spent her childhood in Many, Louisiana. She graduated high school in Fisher, Louisiana and business school in Shreveport, Louisiana. The family...
Reva T. Whitelock
May 7, 2019
Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother Reva Thompson Whitelock returned to our loving Heavenly Father on May 7, 2019. Reva was born in Levan, Utah on March 17, 1934 to Erick P. and Anna Marie Thompson. She was the fourth of five daughters.Reva grew up on a large farm, which taught her hard work and frugal living. She graduated...
Jane Geneva Simpson-Gray
May 7, 2019
Jane Geneva Simpson-Gray, age 94, died on May 7, 2019 in Draper, UT. She was born on August 31, 1924, in Coriscana, TX to Elmer Hope Northern and Lillie Minor Prater. She married Harold Walter Simpson on September 4, 1942. Jane was a devoted wife of 64 years; matriarch to generations, and a faithful servant of God and fellow beings....
Monique Elizabeth Mcmullen Rodriguez
May 7, 2019
Monique Elizabeth McMullen Rodriguez passed away early on Tuesday morning May 7, 2019, after many years of complications from battling with a brain tumor, a meningioma, she had since 1977.Monique was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Harry Eldon McMullen and Harriet Elizabeth Thompson. Her family moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin so her father could teach French and Humanities at the...
Genevra “Jeri” Cohenour
May 7, 2019
“Wishing on a star, catching moonbeams in a jar,watching over us from afar, that’s our Nana”Genevra (Jeri to most who knew her) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 29, 1924 to Lee Hopkins and Dora Bell. She grew up during the Great Depression and graduated from West High in 1941. She married her first husband that same...
