Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Alan Taylor
May 10, 2015
Alan T. Taylor, age 68, died on May 10, 2015, in Salt Lake City. He was born on September 27, 1946, in Olean, New York. He married Colleen Turpin on December 1, 1981. Alan is survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren. A graveside service will be held Friday, May 15, 2015 at 1:00pm at the Utah Veterans Memorial Park,...
Susan Bullard Benson
May 9, 2015
The world has lost an amazing woman way to early due to Alzheimers.Susan Ann Bullard Benson passed away at the age of 66 in Layton, Utah, May 9, 2015. Born February 9, 1949 in Granby Colorado, Susan was a very strong and loving Mom, Nana, Sister and friend. In 1969 she married Larry Benson. They started our family and shared...
Jeffrey Wilhelm
May 8, 2015
Jeff passed away at home on May 8, 2015. He was my husband, best friend, and concert buddy. He worked and loved the transportation business and only wanted the best for it. Jeff is survived by his wife Kim, parents Cliff and Georgia, mother-in-law Barbara, siblings Suzanne, Melissa, John, Heidi, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law. A graveside service...
George Irving
May 7, 2015
Our beloved husband-to-be, son, brother and uncle, George Richard Irving Jr. passed away May 7th, 2015 after a brief illness. George was born January 19, 1962 at Camp Pendleton in California to George and Sandra Irving. Raised in Montpelier, Idaho and moved to Utah with his Sister and his Mother in 1973.George attended school in the Salt Lake area and...
Gerald Bowers
May 7, 2015
Gerald passed away peacefully on May 7th, 2015. He was born April 18, 1929 in Orderville, Utah to Leigh and Blanche Bowers. He married Mary Lou Waggoner on March 6, 1953. They had four children, Donna, Gerry (Sunetha), Kellie (Hyrum) and Penny (Scott).He was a kind, generous man who had an incredible memory, telling stories one after another. He loved...
Richard Haycock
May 6, 2015
Richard passed away peacefully at home on May 6, 2015. He was born in Salt Lake City on June 25, 1936 to Obed Crosby and Mary Harding Haycock.He attended South High School, University of Utah and Utah State University. He was a member of the Air National Guard. He worked as an Engineer for IBM for 38 years.Richard served many...
Richard Larsen
May 6, 2015
Richard Paul Larsen, 68, returned to Heavenly Father on Tuesday, May 6, 2015 in his West Valley City home following a long illness.He was born October 3, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Edward Lewis Larsen and Martina VanPaddenburg. He graduated from East High School in Salt Lake City. He married the love of his life, Norma Jean Rogers,...
Alice Holt
May 5, 2015
Our beloved mother/grandmother/aunt, was taken home after a long battle of health issues. She was a bright light in our family and was loved by many. Mom loved being around her family, her pets and had a great love of traveling. She will be missed by all the lives she touched, but will forever live on in our hearts. She...
Martha Borter
May 5, 2015
Martha A. Borter, 103, a kind and sweet lady loved and admired by many for her example of living a good life passed away peacefully at home May 5, 2015.Born December 10, 1911 in Interlaken, Switzerland to Friedrich and Elizabeth Schlunegger Abbuhl. Married Emil Gottfried Borter May 6, 1939 in Unterseen, Switzerland. Marriage later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS...
Roy Chambers
May 5, 2015
West Jordan, UT – Roy Lewis Chambers 56, passed away on May 5th, 2015. He left this world peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones after battling pancreatic cancer for 11 months. Roy was born on September 11th, 1958 to Jerry and Lois Chambers in Seattle, WA. He graduated from Rainer Beach High in 1976 where he made lifelong friends....
Nicanor Ramirez
May 4, 2015
Nicanor Ramírez, 72 años, falleció el 4 de mayo de 2015, en Salt Lake City, Utah. Nació el 9 de enero de 1943, en Villa de Purificacion, Jalisco, México, a Manuel Ramírez y Margarita Ochoa. Se casó con Eloísa Corona, el 19 de abril de 1974.A Nicanor le gustaba el aire libre y disfrutaba cada momento con su familia y...
Florence Wood
May 4, 2015
After a long and unfair struggle with dementia, it is with great sadness we must announce our beloved sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great- grandmother Darlene Wood lost her battle on May 4, 2015.She was born Florence Darlene Lester on August 7, 1930. She was married to the love of her life Robert C. Wood on March 23, 1951, for...
Angel Rivera Ortiz
May 3, 2015
Angel Luis Rivera Ortiz was born on April 8, 1936 to Petra Ortiz Negron & Escolastico Rivera Diaz in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. He passed away on May 3, 2015 due to heart failure. He was 16 when his family came to Utah. He married Mary T. Archuleta in April 1957 in Pueblo, CO. They returned to Utah to raise a...
Elizabeth Kranwinkle
May 3, 2015
Elizabeth Banks Petersen Kranwinkle, 94, died peacefully in her sleep Sunday, May 3 in Salt Lake City. Born Dec. 13, 1920, she was a Salt Lake resident her entire life, graduating from West High School in 1939.She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Kranwinkle, a retiree from the Union Pacific Railroad. She was also preceded in death by...
Jayne Ashworth
May 2, 2015
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.” – 2 Timothy 4:7Jayne Louise (Giles) Ashworth, passed away May 2, 2015, in her home surrounded by family. She was 91.Jayne was born November 18, 1923, to Henry and Margaret Giles, in Westerville, Nebraska. She grew up in Arcadia and graduated from Arcadia High...
Roy Young
May 2, 2015
Roy Alma Young Jr. “STUD”“Gone Fishin’”Roy returned home May 2, 2015. He was born in Salt Lake City, April 1, 1944 to Roy and Grace Young. He was the oldest of 7 children Blaine, Lynn, Steve, Elaine, Kay and Denise. Roy grew up in Chesterfield. He spent his youth playing in the river and running in the fields. He had...
Jerry Bird
May 1, 2015
Jerry P. Bird 76, passed away on May 1, 2015 at home. Jerry was born on March 6, 1939 to Leroy Bird and Lillian Bristol Bird in Bluebell, Utah. Jerry served his country honorably for 4 years in the United States Navy. Jerry married Sandra Jeen Bird on May 30, 1968. She was the love of his life and proceeded...
Tharol Jensen
May 1, 2015
Tharol Wesley Jensen, age 72, passed away on May 1, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born October 15, 1942 in Logan, Utah to Wesley O. and Moziene Hurst Jensen. Married Annette Spencer Ludlow.Tharol loved fishing, camping, hunting, woodworking, gardening, canning, truck driving, welding, photography, and especially playing with his grandkids. Although he loved doing many things, family...
Velma Hall
May 1, 2015
Velma R Hall, 94, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 1, 2015. She was born on February 14, 1921 in Bellevue, Idaho to Josephine & Ray Shipp. Velma married Bryan Dalton Hall on April 7, 1939. She is survived by children Mike (Winon) Hall, Dan (Cathy) Hall, Debbie Sweat Hall, Pam (Scott) Solomon, 71 grand and great...
Stanley Mahy
May 1, 2015
Stanley Elwood Mahy, apartment owner and manager in San Francisco, CA died of natural causes at 90 years of age. Stanley was born March 27, 1925 in Oakland, CA to Clyde Mahy and Evelyn Grimmins. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Dixie Lee Ranck Mahy (graduated from Granite High School in 1952 and the University of...
