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

Aug 9, 2016

West Valley City, UT – It is with great sorrow I announce that Carolee Ulrich’s work here is now complete! Our dear guardian angel and best friend, our Mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, sister and aunt, our co-worker, neighbor and sweet friend has returned to her true home with her Heavenly Father on this day, August 9th, 2016. As she lay...

Aug 9, 2016

Virginia May Hanni Barney 04/22/1923~08/09/2016. Virginia, age 93, daughter of Samuel Hanni and Elizabeth Littlefield. Born on April 22, 1923 in Salt Lake City,UT. Passed away in Bountiful,UT. Virginia married Donald Barney on July 14, 1944. Virginia was a member of the LDS Church and a graduate of Provo High.Virginia loved her scrabble books! She was always happy to see...

Aug 8, 2016

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After a valiant contest with cancer, Thomas Prestmann Olsen, age 45, rests in peace. His prize was a life of emboldened adventure and adoring family.

Tom was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 22, 1971. His movement through life reflects...

Aug 8, 2016

Norman Vernon Goodsell, age 78, died on August 8, 2016, in West Jordan, Utah. He was born on June 16, 1938, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Olive Wharram and Vernon John Goodsell. He married Dee Ann Nielson on March 2, 1962.Norman enjoyed building model planes, wood carving, leather work and working on plastic canvas projects.He is survived by his...

Aug 8, 2016

On Monday, August 8th, 2016 “Marilyn left this world and has now been returned to star dust from whence she came.”  ~ Her beloved spouseBorn May 12, 1934 in Salt Lake City, UT to Clyde and Margaret Ridd. She married Dean A. Pyper on March 7th, 1951 celebrating their 65th anniversary this year!Marilyn was an avid reader and enjoyed the...

Aug 7, 2016

Our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, and neighbor, returned to her Heavenly Father on August 7, 2016. Born May 22, 1932 in Murray, Utah to Rulon Jay Reynolds and Irene Ellen Ruffell Reynolds. Married Robert Hans Nielsen on March 6, 1953 in the Salt Lake Temple. Claudette was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Aug 7, 2016

Dave was born in Leeds, England two days before Christmas, then lived in Canada, Oklahoma, and grew up in California before settling in Salt Lake City in 1972. Dave was a lover of animals and worked at the University of Utah doing animal research and training researchers for over 35 years. An avid fisherman and outdoorsman, his favorite thing was...

Aug 7, 2016

Patricia Nan Hewlett Simpson, age 74, peacefully passed away at home in Humble, Texas, on Sunday, August 7, 2016. Pat was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Leo E. Hewlett and Afton Lorraine (Holmes) Hewlett on August 26, 1941. Her life was marked by kindness and giving as she influenced everyone she knew for good. Pat lived throughout Utah...

Aug 6, 2016

Elaine Hill Buddell passed away peacefully at her home on August 6th, 2016, at the age of 85. She was born January 29th, 1931 to Andrew John and Mary Ann Hartshorn Hill. She grew up in Salt Lake City with siblings Jack, LaRue, and Lloyd. Elaine graduated from the University of Utah in 1952 with a Bachelor of Science Degree...

Aug 6, 2016

David James Martinez, age 54, passed away on August 6, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah. David was born on September 25, 1961 in Durango, Colorado to Damacio E Martinez and Celia M Romero. He enjoyed bike riding and fishing. He served in the reserves. David was the best construction workers out there. He was a very kind man and...

Aug 5, 2016

Barbara Ann Stewart Price passed away peacefully August 5, 2016, after an extended illness. She was born in Ogden, Utah on December 4, 1943 to Isaac Perry and LaRue Carlson Stewart.  Barbara was raised in Logan, Utah. She married Kelly Roy Price June 12, 1970 in the Logan Utah Temple.

Barbara received her Bachelor's degree from Utah...

Aug 5, 2016

With the warm embrace of his family by his side, Jim passed away peacefully at his home in South Jordan on August 5, 2016.Born December 8, 1932 to Stephanos “Steve” and Angelena “Angie” (Conti) Kalipetsis. The middle of three boys, he grew up in Butterfield Canyon surrounded by his extended Conti family. At age 13, the family moved to South...

Aug 5, 2016

Clyde was born on March 18, 1928 in Boneta, Utah to Elmer and Minerva Tidwell. He married Hanna Ringger on August 25, 1968. Clyde went into the Navy during WWII and served as a Motor Machinist Mate 2nd Class for four years. He learned his trade in the Navy as a diesel mechanic; he also drove trucks for many years...

Aug 4, 2016

In Loving Memory and Forever Two WheelsRodney Glen RussellFebruary 6th, 1973 – August 4th, 2016On August 4th, our beloved father of two, brother, son, and friend, Rod Russell (43) was taken home to meet the Lord. He was bornFebruary 6th, 1973 to Ron and Trudi Russell.Rod had a passion for cars, motorcycles, and airplanes. He always had a way of...

Aug 4, 2016

Chad Halversen, of Salt Lake City, Utah, 74, was released from his earthly cares on Thursday, August 4, 2016 after enduring Parkinson’s disease and renal failure. Chad was born in Cedar City, Utah, on April 30, 1942, to Roy L. and Maude Macfarlane Halversen, both educators who instilled a love of learning and music in all their children. He played...

Aug 4, 2016

Dorothy LaRue Weber, 89, was called home on August 4, 2016. She was born on October 31, 1926 to Herman Henry and Fannie Myrtle Moser. She married Richard Julian Weber on October 31, 1944. Our beautiful, mother, grandmother and great grandmother has been reunited with her soul mate in the hereafter for all time and eternity. She was an old...

Aug 4, 2016

Our dad, Steven Robert Lewis, the hardest working man who ever lived, went fly fishing in the sky the morning of August 4, 2016, another life robbed by cancer.Born to Robert & Geneva Lewis, March 31st,1945. There are so many things to say about Steve, where to start, and where to end?He spent the majority of his working life as...

Aug 3, 2016

Mary Earlene Everett was born in Sheridan, Montana to Earl Addison Everett and Mary Veronica Connell on August 11, 1938. Mary passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah on her 60th wedding anniversary, August 3, 2016, after a short illness. She married John Justin Nash in 1956, later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. They are the proud parents...

Aug 3, 2016

Matthew Larry BalesOctober 21, 1965 – August 3, 2016Our beautiful son, brother, husband, father and grandfather passed away August 3, 2016, at IHC, Murray, UT. with his family by his side. Born Oct. 21, 1965 to Larry W. and Karen P. (Cussins) Bales in San Leandro, CA. A California native Matt moved with his family in 1975 to Sandy, Utah...

Aug 2, 2016

Paul Raymond Clavell, 89, passed away on August 2, 2016, at his home in South Jordan, UT, surrounded by his family. He was born on March 15, 1927, in Mohrland, UT, to Felix and Nellie (Beveridge) Clavell. Paul served in WWII in the Army Air Corps as a chief mechanic on B-29 aircraft. He married the girl of his dreams,...