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

Apr 6, 2015

Charles Edward Bishop was born on September 8, 1921 and passed away on Monday, April 6th, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born in Corbin, Kentucky to Oscar Bishop and Rhoda Gay. In 1938, Charles joined the Marine Reserves and at the outbreak of World War II, he served with the Marine Corps in the Pacific campaign. He...

Apr 6, 2015

Robert Mark Johnston, our beloved son, brother, stepfather, uncle and friend, passed away unexpectedly on April 6, 2015. He was born April 10, 1964 in Murray, Utah to Roger and Lois Ione Hansen Johnston.Mark loved to spend time with family and friends. He was kind, generous, caring and funny. He had a quick sense of humor that will be sorely...

Apr 5, 2015

On April 5, 2015, Jack passed away at home due to complications of Double Pneumonia. He was born on February 26, 1926, in Hilversum, Netherlands to Lourens Beuk and Johanna Berendina Dinkelman. The family barely survived W.W.II with Jack going into hiding at 18 years old to avoid being caught by the Germans for slave labor. After the war he...

Apr 4, 2015

Jason Kim Taylor, age 45, passed away after a valiant fight with cancer on April 4, 2015 at home surrounded by family and friends. He was born November 21, 1969 to Kim Y. and Carolyn W. Taylor in Salt Lake City, Utah. He attended Highland High School, Merced College, San Jose State University and the University of Utah where he...

Apr 4, 2015

Our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great, great–grandmother, sister and friend, age 97, passed away peacefully on April 4, 2015 with her sweet daughter by her side. She was born December 17, 1917, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Fred and Julia Nydegger. She married Melvin John Pehrson, March 1, 1941, in the Salt Lake Temple. He died April 22, 1996....

Apr 4, 2015

Our son, brother, and uncle Zachary Stephen Roy Gray returned home to his Heavenly Father unexpectedly on April 4th, 2015, at the age of 28. He was born in Tucson, AZ to Stephen and Janet Gray on February 12, 1987. Zac grew up in Tucson, AZ and South Jordan, UT. He graduated from Bingham High School in 2005.Zac found great...

Apr 3, 2015

Our beloved mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend, Jackie Rae Idom passed away peacefully April 3rd 2015 at home surrounded loved ones after a long battle with emphysema.She was born August 26th 1934 in Garfield, Utah, to John Harold and Elizabeth Jackson Workman. She married Regan Oliver Idom, November 26th 1949 in Tijuana, Mexico. For the most of her life...

Apr 3, 2015

Newell Garld Lund, age 84, passed away surrounded by family on Friday, April 3, 2015. Newell was born February 18, 1931 in Gunnison, Utah to Alva H. and Amber Metcalf Lund. He grew up working on the family farm and graduated from Gunnison High School. He served his country in the United States Air Force. He married Lyda Blanche Jeffries...

Apr 2, 2015

E. Bernita Tanner McCarthy Waterfall

Our loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, Edna Bernita Tanner McCarthy Waterfall passed away April 2, 2015 surrounded by many members of her family.  She was born May 18, 1921 in Odgen, Utah, the daughter of Edna Bertha Malan and Henry Bernard Tanner.  She was the oldest of eight children, having six...

Apr 2, 2015

Kenneth Lofgreen, husband, father and grandfather (“Mor Far”), passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family, on April 2, 2015. He lived his life valiantly and taught us much about patience, humility, and longsuffering through our experience together with Alzheimer’s.Ken was born August 29, 1928 in Kramfors, Sweden to Carl W. and Dagny Karolina Ohman Lofgren. He was raised and...

Apr 2, 2015

Karl Heinz Goeckeritz, age 79, passed away peacefully at his home on April 2, 2015 in Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah after a valiant battle with cancer.He was born May 21, 1935 in Chemnitz, Germany to Karl Albert and Johanna Derr Goeckertiz. After he finished his schooling in East Germany, he worked as a machinist in an automobile factory. As...

Apr 1, 2015

Laura Edith IrwinSeptember 19, 1963 ~ April 1, 2015A true Steel Magnolia & Beautiful RoseDaughter, Sister, Mother, Grandmother and FriendOn April 1, 2015, we here on earth lost a beautiful soul. Laura Edith Irwin left us to continue her eternal journey after a long and painful, debilitating illness. In trying to improve her health she underwent gastric bypass surgery in...

Mar 31, 2015

Michael Scott Bailey, beloved brother, son, uncle and friend passed away peacefully at home on March 31, 2015.  He was born on February 15, 1951, to Robert and Betty Bailey in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was loved dearly by his family and was a gentle peacemaker.

He served an LDS Mission in Dallas, TX. Upon returning...

Mar 31, 2015

Mar 31, 2015

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, Denice Yazzie left her family and friends all too soon on March 31, 2015 in Continental Divide, N.M. due to a tragic accident. Denice was born in Provo, Utah, August 2, 1948 to proud parents Viola Helen Harris and Roy Narient Dearing. She joined the US Army, married Hoskie “Wilson” Yazzie Jr. and after...

Mar 30, 2015

On March 30, 2015, our beloved son, father, brother, uncle, and friend passed away at home peacefully to join his Father, brothers, and grandma in heaven. Joseph was an extraordinary man with limitless love for his family and friends. He will be remembered as a man who loved to laugh, loved others before himself, and who chose family above all...

Mar 29, 2015

Maxine Rose Martinez, age 64, passed away on March 29, 2015. She was born on July 11, 1950, in Ogden, Utah, To Mike Martinez Sr. and Jackie Fuentes.Maxine enjoyed music, working on cars, hunting, bowling, playing pool and visiting family members.She is survived by Robert Martinez, Leroy Santistevan Jr., Charles Santistevan, Amy Aquirre, Gina Houston, Marie Webb, Sergio Martinez, Ziana,...

Mar 29, 2015

Jane Hinckley Lauth, 80, of Salt Lake City, passed away peacefully March 29, 2015 at Intermountain Medical Center surrounded by her loved ones. Jane was born January 11, 1935 in Salt Lake City to Mary Alice Walker Hinckley and Eugene Callister Hinckley, both educators. She graduated from East High School, attended the University of Utah and fulfilled her life-long dream...

Mar 28, 2015

"ITCH"

Don Blackwell passed away peacefully at home on March 28, 2015.  Don was born on February 5, 1929, to William and Matilda Blackwell in Marysvale, Utah, the youngest of six children.

On November 29, 1949, Don married Geraldine Howes in the Manti Temple.  Geraldine preceded Don in death on June 3, 2014.

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Mar 28, 2015

Eva Sigrid Porsboll Dixon passed away peacefully at her home on March 28th, 2015. She was born on April 25, 1926 in Oslo, Norway to Hans Peder Henrik Peterson Porsboll and Dagmar Elfrida Larson Porsboll. She was the youngest and much-loved little sister in a large family of eight brothers and sisters. Her family were devout members of The...