Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Elisabeth Astin
Dec 29, 2013
Elisabeth Astin graduated this life on Dec. 29, 2013. She was born Sept. 20, 1931 to Eugene Alvin and Rosa Heiniger Schilling. Married to David D. Astin, Jr. on Dec. 30, 1952. She was mother to Helen Rose (Ron) Munns, Linda Marie (Lee) Wade, and Shirley Jean (Tim) Riley.Survived by husband, two daughters (Linda & Shirley) and one son in...
Eleanor Shope
Dec 27, 2013
Elanor Kay Shope, age 88, died December 27, 2013, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Preceded in death by husband of 48 years, Gail Shope; mother, father; 3 brothers, Jack, Roy, and Wayne Kay. Survived by a son, Joe Shope, and 2 grandsons, Matthew and John. At her request no services will be held. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be...
Ernest Chamberlain
Dec 27, 2013
Ernest Martin Chamberlain passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at the Legacy House of South Jordan on December 27, 2013 at the age of 97. He was born April 1, 1916, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Harry and Annie Chamberlain. He was married on June 28, 1937, to his sweetheart, Agnes Fay Barney, in the Salt Lake Temple. They...
William Heck
Dec 27, 2013
Our Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather and Friend passed away December 27, 2013. Bill was born to Raymond Erwin Heck and Madeline Irene Cole June 3, 1919 in Bingham, Utah. The family lived in Midvale, Utah where Bill attended Jordan High School. He enjoyed music and played the French horn, the only instrument the school could make available to him. He...
Dean Sorenson
Dec 26, 2013
Our beloved father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend died unexpectedly December 26, 2013. Dean was born June 4, 1947 in Gunnison, UT, to Max and Emeral Sorenson. As a child he learned to work hard on the farm from his father, who was a wonderful example to him. He loved the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing, and he was an...
Sandra Carter
Dec 26, 2013
Sandra Kaye Lay Carter, 76, passed peacefully at her home on December 26, 2013 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. Sandra was born on December 16, 1937 in Reno, Nevada to parents Howard Kay and Eva Beck Lay. She graduated from North Sanpete High School. Sandra married Richard Donald “Don” Carter on April 2, 1958 in the Manti Temple. She...
Kenneth Blauer
Dec 24, 2013
Our loving husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away on Christmas Eve. Kenneth was born in Soda Springs, Idaho to Frederick Albert and Zella Fay Godfrey Blauer. He married NaDean Prows, January 19, 1974. Kenneth loved his children and grandchildren, fishing, camping and the outdoors. Survived by his wife; children, Ken Jr. (Teresa), Allen (Rose), Brian, Kristine (Brett); 9 grandchildren;...
Jonathan Walden
Dec 24, 2013
Jon, age 41, passed away of natural causes in his home on Christmas Eve. He was the 6th of 11 children born to John Foster Walden and Janice Leavitt.Jon was a happy, highly intelligent, physically active and somewhat shy child. He loved sports of all kinds, computers, food, listening to music and had an incredible memory.As a young adolescent Jon...
Curtis Pickering
Dec 22, 2013
Beloved Husband, Son and “Little Brother”Curtis Linn Pickering, age 53, passed away December 22, 2013, from complications of Pulmonary Fibrosis Disease while waiting for a lung transplant. Born March 4, 1960 in Salt Lake City to Linn Oscar and Wilda Grace Dodge Pickering. Loving companion to Clyde Moore for 28 years; married October 30, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA.Curtis distinguished...
Carolyn Watts
Dec 22, 2013
Carolyn Seifers Watts, 78 years old, beloved mother, wife, sister, and friend passed away December 22, 2013 surrounded by family. She was born May 30, 1935 in Ely, Nevada to Leonard and Hilda Seifers. She married her high school sweetheart, Elwood Lester Watts in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on September 3, 1954. They raised their children in Roy, Utah...
Conrad Hudson
Dec 21, 2013
“Gone to see Chris”Harry left this earth on December 21, 2013 in Taylorsville, Utah. He was born the oldest of 5 children on February 24, 1933 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Art and Effie Hudson. Harry graduated from South High School and right after joined the US Air Force and served during the Korean War, 1952-1956. During the war...
Laumua Aiona
Dec 20, 2013
Our Beloved Mother, Sister, Aunty and Grandmother Laumua A. Aiono was called home by our loving Father in Heaven on Dec 20, 2013 in Murray Utah. She was born on May 19, 1951 in Pago, Pago American Samoa to Matagi Uga & Savilimalu Alo. She married Samasoni T. Aiono on Feb 14th 1976 and sealed their love for all time...
Jesus Colotla
Dec 18, 2013
Jesus Martin Colotla, age 71, died on December 18, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on January 30, 1942 in Mexico City, Mexico to Victor Manuel Colotla and H. Rosa Rojero. He married Carmen “Mely” Bonilla on September 9, 1967. Jesus was an outstanding tennis player. He loved playing different sports including ice hockey. He was an...
D Hughes
Dec 18, 2013
D. Craig Hughes, an Army veteran, great-grandfather and longtime Taylorsville resident died unexpectedly December 18, 2013 at home. He was 71. Craig was born January 5, 1942, in Washington, D.C. to Joseph Walden and Lucille Johnson Hughes. The son of an Agency for International Development employee, he grew up in Annandale, Va.; Beirut, Lebanon; and Manila, Philippines. He had three...
William Mullen
Dec 18, 2013
Peacefully, on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, we said good-bye to our beloved father, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend as he slipped quietly from this mortal life into the waiting arms of his sweetheart, mother, father, and brother. He was born May 31, 1925 to George Lee Mullen and Amelia Marie Schmidt in Salt Lake City where he remained in close...
Ellen Fletcher
Dec 16, 2013
Born on March 26,1917 in Maeser, Uintah County, Utah – as a daughter of Jeremiah Hatch Murray and Rachel Ellen Merkley. Her mother passed away shortly after her birth and she was raised by Keturah Petersen Merkley and Nelson Merkley, Jr., her uncle and aunt.She married W. Clair Fletcher on August 14, 1935 in Vernal, Uintah County, Utah.She had three...
Stanford Price
Dec 16, 2013
Stanford Oliver PriceJune 3, 1917 ~ December 16, 2013Stan is the son of Oliver Newton Price and Anna Alida Burkman. He was born in Bozeman, Montana. He married his beloved companion, Iva Balmforth, on February 27, 1937. Their marriage was solemnized in the St. George Temple on their 11th anniversary. They celebrated their 74 years together in 2011.Stan and Iva...
Marion Jimas
Dec 15, 2013
MARION PETT JIMAS, a loving, caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend passed peacefully through God’s Other Door December 15, 2013. This beautiful soul manifested grace and love to all those she met. She gave companionship and exceptional care to her loving husband in their nearly sixty years of family life together. From this union, Marion and Bob had...
Ramon Madrid
Dec 14, 2013
Born December 3, 1933 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather and friend passed away December 14 peacefully in his home surrounded by loved ones at the age of 80. He married his honey, Susie Lopez in 1954. Ramon was happiest being outdoors, fishing and hunting with his family. He also enjoyed Wendover trips with his honey. He...
Thelma Olson
Dec 12, 2013
“Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.”Thelma was born November 1, 1916. She married (and later divorced) Bill Patterson. She married Ernest Olson on her 32nd birthday in 1948. Thelma died of natural causes on December 12, 2013.Thelma loved life and loved to...
