Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
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...
Brent Roylance Nokleby
Feb 2, 2015
Brent Roylance Nokleby was born in Boise, Idaho on October 29, 1958 to Lee Nokleby and Lucille Roylance Nokleby. Brent learned to work hard at a young age. He spent much of his boyhood helping his father at his candy business and delivering papers for his early morning paper route. He was always busy; whether it be making trouble...
Herbert Nelson Russell
Feb 2, 2015
Herbert Nelson Russell, 90 yrs. old, passed away, on 2 Feb 2015 at Central Utah Veterans Home in Payson, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Herb was born 9 Feb 1924 to Luther and Alberta Russell, in Modesto, California. He was a Veteran of WWII and Korean War. While in the military he met Leah Whitehead and after a...
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...
Bertha Mitchell Dunn
Jan 31, 2015
Bertha Mitchell Dunn, born August 17, 1920, in Cache Junction, Utah to Milton Reuben Mitchell and Helene Behnken Mitchell completed her mortal existence January 31, 2015 peacefully attended by her family. She was preceded in death by her parents and all her siblings: Milton R. Mitchell, Jr., Helene M. Robertson (James H.), Theresa Mitchell, and Anne M. Heath (Richard). ...
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....
Denver C Harper
Jan 30, 2015
When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God. --Mosiah 2:17 Lt Col Denver C Harper, 85, departed this earthly life on Friday morning, January 30, 2015, in Provo, Utah. He was born in Pink Hill, North Carolina, on February 10, 1929, to Thurman Elvin and Alice (Davis) Harper. ...
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...
Aipopo Tauafagaoe
Jan 28, 2015
Aipopo Misa Tauafagaoe passed away peacefully at home while surrounded by her children and family on January 28, 2015 at 6:40p.m.She was born to Misa Tulika of Matautu Falelatai and Pale Fiso of Vaito’omuli Palauli on February 29, 1932 in Matautu Falelatai, Samoa.She is the fourth of thirteen children. Aipopo married the love of her life, Ropati Pa’apa’a Tauafagaoe in...
Richard Wright
Jan 28, 2015
G. Richard Wright passed away Wednesday January 28, 2015. His family finds comfort remembering his joyful-loving spirit.Rick was born February 1, 1954 to Floyd and Betty Wright in Visalia, California. He received a degree in Chiropractic Science at the University of Western States in Portland, Oregon. In 1976 Rick married Karen Pope, together they had four children. Rick and Karen...
Gerald Geter
Jan 28, 2015
Gerald “Jerry” David Geter, Sr. ,79, died on January 28, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on October 30, 1935 in Indianapolis Indiana, to Goldie (Hayes) and William Geter. He married Rose Montaniez and had five beautiful kids. They later divorced. Gerald served in the United States Navy. He was a talented musician and loved blues. Gerald...
Ethel Scott Eldredge
Jan 28, 2015
We will miss you mom.“My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here,My heart’s in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go.”– Robert BurnsEthel was born in Glasgow, Scotland on June 21, 1919, daughter of Ethel Cordelia Fairbrass Scott and David Schoular Scott. Early morning, January 28, 2015,...
Ann Wimber
Jan 27, 2015
This world lost a precious soul on January 27, 2015, with the passing of Patricia Ann Sherren Wimber, and she will be deeply missed.Ann was born on April 5, 1935 in Salt Lake City to Amy Eileen Simmons Sherren and James Thomas Sherren. While attending the University of Utah, she met and married Ray Ted Wimber in the Salt Lake...
