Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Richard Haycock
May 6, 2015
Richard passed away peacefully at home on May 6, 2015. He was born in Salt Lake City on June 25, 1936 to Obed Crosby and Mary Harding Haycock.He attended South High School, University of Utah and Utah State University. He was a member of the Air National Guard. He worked as an Engineer for IBM for 38 years.Richard served many...
Richard Larsen
May 6, 2015
Richard Paul Larsen, 68, returned to Heavenly Father on Tuesday, May 6, 2015 in his West Valley City home following a long illness.He was born October 3, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Edward Lewis Larsen and Martina VanPaddenburg. He graduated from East High School in Salt Lake City. He married the love of his life, Norma Jean Rogers,...
Alice Holt
May 5, 2015
Our beloved mother/grandmother/aunt, was taken home after a long battle of health issues. She was a bright light in our family and was loved by many. Mom loved being around her family, her pets and had a great love of traveling. She will be missed by all the lives she touched, but will forever live on in our hearts. She...
Martha Borter
May 5, 2015
Martha A. Borter, 103, a kind and sweet lady loved and admired by many for her example of living a good life passed away peacefully at home May 5, 2015.Born December 10, 1911 in Interlaken, Switzerland to Friedrich and Elizabeth Schlunegger Abbuhl. Married Emil Gottfried Borter May 6, 1939 in Unterseen, Switzerland. Marriage later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS...
Roy Chambers
May 5, 2015
West Jordan, UT – Roy Lewis Chambers 56, passed away on May 5th, 2015. He left this world peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones after battling pancreatic cancer for 11 months. Roy was born on September 11th, 1958 to Jerry and Lois Chambers in Seattle, WA. He graduated from Rainer Beach High in 1976 where he made lifelong friends....
Nicanor Ramirez
May 4, 2015
Nicanor Ramírez, 72 años, falleció el 4 de mayo de 2015, en Salt Lake City, Utah. Nació el 9 de enero de 1943, en Villa de Purificacion, Jalisco, México, a Manuel Ramírez y Margarita Ochoa. Se casó con Eloísa Corona, el 19 de abril de 1974.A Nicanor le gustaba el aire libre y disfrutaba cada momento con su familia y...
Florence Wood
May 4, 2015
After a long and unfair struggle with dementia, it is with great sadness we must announce our beloved sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great- grandmother Darlene Wood lost her battle on May 4, 2015.She was born Florence Darlene Lester on August 7, 1930. She was married to the love of her life Robert C. Wood on March 23, 1951, for...
Angel Rivera Ortiz
May 3, 2015
Angel Luis Rivera Ortiz was born on April 8, 1936 to Petra Ortiz Negron & Escolastico Rivera Diaz in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. He passed away on May 3, 2015 due to heart failure. He was 16 when his family came to Utah. He married Mary T. Archuleta in April 1957 in Pueblo, CO. They returned to Utah to raise a...
Elizabeth Kranwinkle
May 3, 2015
Elizabeth Banks Petersen Kranwinkle, 94, died peacefully in her sleep Sunday, May 3 in Salt Lake City. Born Dec. 13, 1920, she was a Salt Lake resident her entire life, graduating from West High School in 1939.She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Kranwinkle, a retiree from the Union Pacific Railroad. She was also preceded in death by...
Connie Nelson
May 2, 2015
Today, May 2, 2015 we said goodbye to Connie Nelson, Beloved Wife, Mother, Step-Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother.
Cancer finally took her from us but not without a valiant, brave 4 year battle.
Born August 19, 1944 Connie loved life and lived it to the fullest. She was so beautiful inside and out. She was funny,...
Jayne Ashworth
May 2, 2015
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.” – 2 Timothy 4:7Jayne Louise (Giles) Ashworth, passed away May 2, 2015, in her home surrounded by family. She was 91.Jayne was born November 18, 1923, to Henry and Margaret Giles, in Westerville, Nebraska. She grew up in Arcadia and graduated from Arcadia High...
Roy Young
May 2, 2015
Roy Alma Young Jr. “STUD”“Gone Fishin’”Roy returned home May 2, 2015. He was born in Salt Lake City, April 1, 1944 to Roy and Grace Young. He was the oldest of 7 children Blaine, Lynn, Steve, Elaine, Kay and Denise. Roy grew up in Chesterfield. He spent his youth playing in the river and running in the fields. He had...
Jerry Bird
May 1, 2015
Jerry P. Bird 76, passed away on May 1, 2015 at home. Jerry was born on March 6, 1939 to Leroy Bird and Lillian Bristol Bird in Bluebell, Utah. Jerry served his country honorably for 4 years in the United States Navy. Jerry married Sandra Jeen Bird on May 30, 1968. She was the love of his life and proceeded...
Tharol Jensen
May 1, 2015
Tharol Wesley Jensen, age 72, passed away on May 1, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born October 15, 1942 in Logan, Utah to Wesley O. and Moziene Hurst Jensen. Married Annette Spencer Ludlow.Tharol loved fishing, camping, hunting, woodworking, gardening, canning, truck driving, welding, photography, and especially playing with his grandkids. Although he loved doing many things, family...
Velma Hall
May 1, 2015
Velma R Hall, 94, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 1, 2015. She was born on February 14, 1921 in Bellevue, Idaho to Josephine & Ray Shipp. Velma married Bryan Dalton Hall on April 7, 1939. She is survived by children Mike (Winon) Hall, Dan (Cathy) Hall, Debbie Sweat Hall, Pam (Scott) Solomon, 71 grand and great...
Stanley Mahy
May 1, 2015
Stanley Elwood Mahy, apartment owner and manager in San Francisco, CA died of natural causes at 90 years of age. Stanley was born March 27, 1925 in Oakland, CA to Clyde Mahy and Evelyn Grimmins. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Dixie Lee Ranck Mahy (graduated from Granite High School in 1952 and the University of...
Cass Hernandez
May 1, 2015
Cass passed away due to natural causes on May 1, 2015. He was born in Laredo, Texas on February 3, 1931. Lived in West Valley, Utah for 23 years. Cass loved to dance and was a member of FOE #67 and the American Legion. He was always dancing at both places where he had many friends.Cass is survived by his...
Jeanne Bushnell
Apr 30, 2015
After 94 wonderful years, our beloved Mother and Grandmother passed away peacefully in her home with loved ones at her side.Jeanne was born in Kanosh Utah to James Franklin Christensen and Helen Alice Nadauld. In 1946 she married the love of her life, her late husband Reed Thomas Bushnell (1920-1990); they were married 44 years. In their first 7 years...
Corinne Lavin
Apr 29, 2015
Corinne Stevens Lavin, 78, passed away at her home in Salt Lake City after an extended illness. She was born December 15, 1936 in Kanab, Utah to Joseph Merwin and Virginia Tait Stevens. She married Thomas R Lavin on November 14, 1959 in Salt Lake City. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Together, they raised...
Donna Phelps Bates
Apr 29, 2015
Donna Marie Phelps Bates, having recently celebrated her 90th Birthday, passed away on April 29th. She was born in Oakland California, March 11, 1925 to Rufus and Winnifred Phelps. She was an accomplished pianist, organist and shared her talents throughout her life. Many were blessed by her beautiful music. She met and married the love of her life, Dee Forest...
