Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Michael Nielsen
Feb 9, 2015
Our beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, and dearest friend was tragically taken from us early Monday morning, February 9, 2015. Mike was born December 5, 1947 to Vernon and Dora Nielsen. He married his sweetheart Bonnie Jean Christensen on Friday, April 13, 1973 in the Salt Lake Temple.Mike was proud of his Danish ancestry and served an LDS mission in...
Robert Medley
Feb 8, 2015
Robert W. Medley (Bob) known affectionately as Grumpy to his Granddaughter Gina, passed away at his home Saturday, February 8, 2015. He was born June 3, 1926 to Clara Engle and Morgan L. Medley, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He married Ruth Johnson April 26, 1948 in the Salt Lake Temple. She preceded him in death.Although he didn’t finish high...
Gretchen Baird
Feb 7, 2015
Gretchen Vanderhoff Baird passed away on February 7th 2015 in West Jordan, Utah after a long battle with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Gretchen was born on March 16th 1946 in Butler, PA, an only child to her parents Joan (Johanna) and Ken (Jess) Vanderhoff. She grew up mainly in Logan, UT where she attended Utah...
Dona Bills
Feb 6, 2015
Dona L. Woodward Bills passed away on February 6, 2015 in West Jordan, UT. She was born on September 22, 1955 in Pleasanton, CA. to Lou and Don Harold. She worked for Litton/Northrop-Grumman for over 40 years. She loved the outdoors, camping at the family property and hunting. She loved horses and her dog Nikki. She loved her extended family.She...
Darwin Larsen
Feb 5, 2015
Our beloved son, brother, father and grandfather passed away on February 5, 2015. Darwin was born August 1, 1958 to Margaret Sarah Anderson and Rodney Maxfield Larsen in Salt Lake City, Utah. He attended Judge Memorial Catholic High School and Hillcrest High School. Darwin married Cynthia Janet Palmer in 1979. They later divorced.Darwin enjoyed spending time outdoors, especially fishing, golfing...
Loretta Clark
Feb 5, 2015
Our pretty little mama, Loretta, passed away February 5, 2015. She was born February 25, 1935 to Raymond and Lois Madsen in Los Angeles, California. She loved taking the fun bus to Wendover and being with her senior friends. She enjoyed making jewelry and going to concerts with her son Mike, in particular to see The Beach Boys. Her favorite...
Janet Radman
Feb 3, 2015
Janet C. Radman slipped her mortal bonds on Feb 3, 2015 to soar to the arms of her beloved, eternal companion Ivan, who preceded her in 2009.Janet was the devoted Mother of 6 children, Donna (Smylie), Peter, Joanne (Crook), Bronte (Clarke), Martin and Jordan, Grandmother to 30, Great-grandmother of 43.Born in Adelaide, Australia December 31, 1933 to Rowland and Irene...
Norman Hill
Feb 3, 2015
Norman Eugene Hill, son of Effie Francis Thomas and Perl Dewey Hill, returned to his Heavenly Father February 3, 2015. He was the oldest of five children. After his graduation from Fullerton High School he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. This was a choice that would take him around the world. He served a tour of duty in Korea...
William Dunlap
Feb 3, 2015
Capt. William L Dunlap IIDecember 30, 1938 – February 03, 2015Capt. William L Dunlap, Post 77 Sandy, Utah after a valiant battle with cancer he returned home to his Heavenly Father. He passed peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones. William was born in Wellington, WV, to William Ross & Ethel Cline Dunlap. He was married to Ethel Musgrave...
Janice Gomez
Feb 3, 2015
Janice Ross Gomez, age 79, passed away peacefully on February 3, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah, having endured gracefully 7 years of Parkinson’s disease. She was born on September 12, 1935, in Ogden, Utah to George Alford and Iona Ross. As a teenager, Janice had three primary goals in life: go to Hawaii to learn hula dancing, serve a...
Leona Holt
Feb 3, 2015
Leona Irene King Holt, age 100, died February 3, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born September 8, 1914 in Lehi, Utah, to Reuben Frederick King and Mary Eugene Manning King. Leona married Leslie Samuel Holt on October 23, 1931. She was an active member of the LDS Church, an Honorary Rose Society member, and Rose Judge. She...
Raymond Solomon
Feb 3, 2015
Raymond Hinckley Solomon, 73, died February 3, 2015. In 2014 he moved back to Salt Lake City from Arizona where he had lived the last 30 years.He was born to Raymond Cartwright Solomon and Angeline Hinckley Solomon on October 14, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from the University of Utah in Accounting and worked as an accountant...
Robert Ehlers
Feb 3, 2015
Robert James Ehlers, age 90, passed away on Feb 3, 2015 due to complications after emergency surgery. Robert was born May 11, 1924 in Okanogan, Washington to Mary and William Ehlers.Following graduation from high school he served two tours of duty in the Army Air Corps, flying bombing missions from his base in England. Little did he know that when...
Edna Tuck Garce
Feb 3, 2015
Edna Earle Tuck Garce, born on September 30, 1915, in Russellville Arkansas, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at CopperRidge Care Center in West Jordan, Utah. She was born to Eva Jane Lemley Tuck and General Bolar Tuck and was preceded in death by her husband Elbert H. Garce, her brothers John Tuck, Brown Tuck (Lucille), sisters Pauline...
Darlene Christensen
Feb 1, 2015
Our beloved mother and grandmother, Marion Darlene Christensen, passed away Sunday, February 1, 2015 following a stroke. Darlene was born October 26, 1938 in Sterling, Utah to Kenneth and Dora Dennison. In November of 1957 she married Charles R. Christensen. Together they shared a wonderful life. There was a beautiful reunion in heaven when she was reunited with her husband,...
Donna Rasmussen
Feb 1, 2015
Donna Mae Rasmussen1928 ~ 2015Our loving mother passed away on February 1, 2015. She was born on September 5, 1928, in Bountiful, Utah to Roy and Lottie Ballard. She married Grant L. Rasmussen on March 17, 1950, in SLC, UT. She worked as a nurse at LDS and Cottonwood Hospitals for many years. She loved gardening, her cats, children and...
Diane Draper
Jan 31, 2015
Diane Lynn Draper“Lived To Laugh”Our beloved mother and sister passed away tragically from heart trauma in the wee hours of Saturday, January 31, 2015. She was born March 3, 1948 in Virginia to Eugene and Eileen Roskos Draper. Diane enjoyed being an Air Force brat growing up because it gave her the opportunity to see many places with her family....
Gladys Mcglochlin
Jan 30, 2015
Gladys G. McGlochlin, 92, passed away on January 30, 2015, in Cottonwood Heights, UtahShe was born on June 28, 1922, in Meridian, Idaho to Earl Clifford Leach and Hazel Starett LeachAfter a long struggle with declining health, our mother, affectionately known to us as “Ma”, quietly moved on to the next life Friday, January 30, 2015.While attending college in Boise,...
Richard Holzworth
Jan 29, 2015
Devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, brother, uncle, the “Flood Czar” and family Santa passed away January 29, 2015 at his sons home in Herriman, Utah surrounded by family.He was born December 8, 1937 in Glendive, Montana to Dick and Doris Holzworth. He met his soulmate Perrylee in 1954, in South Salt Lake City, Utah. They were married on June...
Bennion Lloyd
Jan 29, 2015
Dr. Bennion Neddo Lloyd, 93, died on January 29, 2015 surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 2, 1921 in Independence, MO to Archie Lloyd and Agnes Neddo. The family moved west and before graduating in 1938 from Granite High School in Salt Lake City, Bennion lived a venturesome childhood in Grace, Idaho, and River Heights, Utah. He...
