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

Apr 15, 2017

Diane Burke passed away peacefully April 15, 2017 at Spring Creek Healthcare Center in Holladay.She was born in Tremonton, Utah on June 20, 1934 and spent her youth in Honeyville, having been raised in the loving home of Maudell Seager and Tolman Burke.Diane left Utah at an early age to pursue a career. After attending and working at Utah State...

Apr 15, 2017

Our mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend Shirley Ann Read Gillies passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017 at the age of 74, due to complications from a stroke.Shirley was born July 19 1942 in Twin Falls Idaho, the first of three children to Ray and Hannah Read. For most of her childhood, she called a farm in Kimberly, Idaho home...

Apr 14, 2017

Lola Irene Dye Lewis passed away on April 14, 2017. She was born on June 24, 1932 in Pocatello, Idaho to Robert Ernest Dye and Mary Irene Johnson. She married Frank S Lewis on July 7, 1950 and was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple.Lola will be remembered for her feisty “I can do it!” spirit, her love of...

Apr 14, 2017

Ruth Ann Clark, age 62, passed peacefully in her sleep on Friday, April 14, 2017. Born to Glen Arthur Pratt and Lois Ruth Evans on May 27, 1954 in Salt Lake City, she was a lifelong area resident. Dedicated to service and a devoted member of the LDS church, Ruth was committed to the Relief Society efforts, equal rights for...

Apr 14, 2017

Hyrum Clarence Thomson Jr. was born on February 11, 1928 to Janette Tanner and Hyrum Clarence Thomson in Salt Lake City, Utah.  He had 3 older sisters:  Eleen (Paul) Williams, Melba (Marty) Larsen, and LaRue (Tony) Shaw.He attended South High School where he was on the Track Team as a Pole Vaulter, and he was the Center on the Football...

Apr 13, 2017

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Luman Doyle (Bill) Lewis, 92, passed from this world on April 13, 2017 at the Central Utah Veteran's Home in Payson, Utah.  Luman leaves a legacy of faith in God, love of family and country, and service to all to those who were privileged...

Apr 13, 2017

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SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Our much loved father, husband, brother, grand-father, great-grandfather and friend, returned home on Thursday, April 13, 2017.  Dad passed away peacefully, embraced in love and surrounded by family. Einar was born August 1, 1921 in Winter Quarters,...

Apr 13, 2017

Benjamin Kent Taylor, 82, passed away peacefully on April 13, 2017, in South Jordan, Utah. He was born on July 18, 1934, in Lewisville, Idaho to Marion Lewis and Sarah Elizabeth Taylor. He married Joyce Hart Taylor on March 15, 1957 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple.Kent worked in the automobile business and served as a car sales manager at...

Apr 13, 2017

Apr 12, 2017

Gaylene F. Chapman, 54, passed away on April 12, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gaylene was born on August 18, 1962 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Gordon Lee and Carolyn H. Ferguson. She married the love of her life, Steven M. Chapman, on November 28, 1984.Gaylene loved children, teaching, camping, and being around friends. She graduated from Salt...

Apr 12, 2017

Miriam Ann Howarth Simkins, age 82, passed away on April 12, 2017, in West Jordan, Utah, with loved ones at her side due to circumstances incident to age.  She was born on August 29, 1934, to Thomas and Esther Howarth in Heber City, Utah, the third of five children.  She always spoke fondly of her early years in Heber, milking...

Apr 11, 2017

Maria Ursula (Lula) Ulibarri was born to Carlos Ulibarri and Petra Tafoya Ulibarri on July 15, 1927 and passed on 4/11/2017.  Maria spent her early years in Plaza Blanca, NM, Later she moved to Colorado Springs, CO. where she started working as a nanny for a family from there, later she moved to England with the same family, but it...

Apr 10, 2017

Ross Wherritt Baum, age 83, passed away on April 10, 2017, in Cottonwood Heights. He was born on September 13, 1933, in Heber City, Utah to Irene Olivia Williams and Isaac Fulwell Baum. He married Janet Cotton-Betteridge on February 9, 1962 in the Salt Lake City Temple.Ross joined the Navy and served in the Korean War. Received a Bachelor’s of...

Apr 9, 2017

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Zina Jean BATEMAN, passed away April 9, 2017. Jean was born June 29, 1937 to John Isaac and Lillian Eva Mac Donald EVANS in American Fork, Utah, third of seven children. She graduated from American Fork High in 1955 and attended Utah...

Apr 9, 2017

Dennis Walter King, Age 83, died on April 9, 2017 in Centerville, Utah. He was born on March 2, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Genevieve and Walter King. He married Cherie Ann Symes on February 19, 1955.He was an engineer in every sense of the word. From math to model trains, and teaching to model planes, he taught...

Apr 9, 2017

Bryant Alfred Jensen, age 84, passed away peacefully at home, Sunday, April 9, 2017. He was born Feb. 21, 1933, in Burley, Idaho, to Alfred Jensen and Edith Adelia Nye. Bryant married Beverly Gwen Carroll Feb. 28, 1958 in the Salt Lake Temple.He loved his family, music, carpentry, the gospel and was a true friend. He enjoyed their cabin in...

Apr 8, 2017

Verla Powell Timmerman, loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother, friend and neighbor, passed away April 8, 2017 to the waiting arms of her Heavenly Father after suffering for several years with pulmonary fibrosis and diabetes. Verla was born March 21, 1930 in Holladay, Utah. She graduated from Granite High School in the Class of 1948 with her other club...

Apr 7, 2017

Susan passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 7, 2017. She was born on January 11, 1944. She married Willard M. Johnson on March 25, 1961 after being set up on a blind date. They just recently celebrated their 56th anniversary.She loved oil painting, sketching, quilting, movies and playing with her grandkids and great-grandkids.Susan owned her own beauty salon....

Apr 6, 2017

Richard Muir Herman passed away April 6, 2017 at home in Salt Lake City.  He was born July 17, 1931 in LaMoure, North Dakota to Richard and Margaret (Muir) Herman.  He married Iris Simon in 1952.  Dick served in the US Air Force from 1951 through 1955.  He graduated from North Dakota State University in 1960 in Electrical Engineering...

Apr 6, 2017

God opened his arms and welcomed our Mom back home on Thursday, April 6, 2017.Frances Marie Holst Fullmer was born to Paul and Mette Holst on February 25, 1922. She grew up with three brothers, Lewis, Glen (Casey), Fred and one sister, Martha (Mcintyre). Her father passed when she was 18 and Mom embraced the job of caring for her...