OBITUARIES

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

Jean Shreffler Beveridge

Jean Shreffler Beveridge

Jan 4, 2015

Jean Shreffler Beveridge, born April 15, 1925 in Barnsdale, Oklahoma to Ralph Edward Shreffler and Beulah May Wells Shreffler, peacefully returned to the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on January 4, 2015.  She was surrounded by her family.  Mom married Robert James Beveridge, Jr., on June 27, 1950 in Alexandria, Virginia.  Mom was a convert to the Church...

Elijah Leon Kelly

Elijah Leon Kelly

Jan 3, 2015

Elijah Leon Kelly, 19, of Las Vegas, Nevada, died January 3, 2015 as a result of heart failure. He was born March 11, 1995 in Carson City, Nevada and raised by his grandmother Bonnie Greene, who preceded him in death. Elijah attended Legacy High School in North Las Vegas and graduated from Basic High School in Henderson in 2013....

Kay Austin Schwendiman

Kay Austin Schwendiman

Jan 3, 2015

Kay Austin Schwendiman, affectionately known by family and friends as "GP", age 93, passed away peacefully on January 3, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kay was born on June 24, 1921, in Auckland, New Zealand, to Fred W. Schwendiman and Lillian A. Schwendiman, who were serving an LDS mission in New Zealand at the time. Kay was born...

Justin Andrew Lundgren

Justin Andrew Lundgren

Jan 3, 2015

We have lost our very loved father, husband, son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, and friend, Justin Lundgren, who passed away January 3, 2015.  Justin was born in Westminster, Colorado on August 10, 1974, the oldest child born to Charles A. Lundgren and Jean L. (Lundgren) Merrill.  Justin married Jaime Farnsworth Lundgren in 2004 and has 2 children, Keira and...

Louise Ruth (Warren)  Riding

Louise Ruth (Warren) Riding

Jan 2, 2015

Louise Ruth Riding returned to her loving Heavenly Father on January 2, 2015. She was born November 21, 1937 to William Owen Warren and Ruth Stacy Cloward in Salem, Utah. She married her high school sweetheart, Jerry Russell Riding, on November 15, 1956 in the Salt Lake Temple.  During their 58 years of marriage their lives were blessed with...

Dan Hillesheim

Dan Hillesheim

Jan 2, 2015

Our Dad and hero, Dan Alex Hillesheim, passed away unexpectedly in Gilroy, California on January 2, 2015 in the company of his loving wife and parents. He was born June 9, 1954 in Carson City, NV to Jerrold and Pauline Hillesheim. He graduated from Carmel High School in 1972 and attended Rick’s College where he met the love of his...

Stanley Carter

Stanley Carter

Jan 2, 2015

Stanley William “Father Brown” Carter died peacefully in the VA Hospital on January 2, 2015 in Salt Lake City, UT at the age of 83. He was born on June 14, 1931 in Salt Lake City, UT to Lillian and Gilbert Justin Carter. He attended Granite High School. He and Beverly married in June of 1974. He served in Germany...

Charlene Scholes

Charlene Scholes

Jan 2, 2015

Charlene Jensen Scholes died January 2, 2015 in Sandy, Utah. She was born April 28, 1936 in Byron, Wyoming, to Maurice and Erma Jensen. She married Charles Fremont Scholes in the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple on November 23, 1963.Charlene was an avid reader, cook, homemaker and student of the gospel of Jesus Christ. She was valedictorian of Byron High School...

Gwen Chesley

Gwen Chesley

Jan 2, 2015

Gwen MarcellaWinn Chesley, returned to her Heavenly Father on Jan 2nd, 2015. She was a beloved wife, mother of 7, grandmother of 32, great grandmother of 56, sister and friend.Born June 11th, 1926, to William Marion Winn and Marcella Andrew Winn, in Ruth Nevada.She married Evan Glenn Chesley on October 16, 1946 in the Idaho Falls Temple.Gwen was an accomplished...

Mary Dietz

Mary Dietz

Dec 30, 2014

Cindy was born on Mother’s Day 1957 in Salt Lake City, UT to Tom and Carol Greenwell Dietz. She has been a mother ever since. Cindy was the first grandchild for both sides of the family. Married Michael Daniels. Together they had four children, Jennifer (Victor) Sandoval, Savannah Daniels, Tommy Daniels and Heather (Devin) Abbott; three grandchildren.Cindy created beautiful gift...

John Childs

John Childs

Dec 30, 2014

John David Childs, our father, grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather, 93, passed away quietly and peacefully on December 30, 2014, in Meridian, Idaho, while staying with his daughter. He was born April 10, 1921, in Centerfield, Utah to Hubert and Johanna Jensen Childs. David grew up in Centerfield until age 18 when he went to Ely, Nevada and...

Shirley (Sandy) Meisel

Shirley (Sandy) Meisel

Dec 29, 2014

Shirley (Sandy) Meisel born October 31, 1928 in San Francisco, California, to loving parents, Arthur A. Meisel and Ida (Eda) C. Mohr.

Sandy attended grammar school, high school, and 1 year at San Francisco State College. She never married, but enjoyed life, friends, few-but-good relatives, and miscellaneous pets. Late in life found out, in no uncertain terms,...

Shirley Foulger

Shirley Foulger

Dec 29, 2014

Together Forever ~ Beloved mom and grandmother returned to the arms of her eternal companion December 29, 2014. Born January 24, 1934 to Wayne Startin and Lorene Snarr. Married her sweetheart Gene C. Foulger, February 7, 1952; later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple February 25, 1955. She is a member of the LDS Church and faithful visiting teacher. Shirley...

Larene Gotberg

Larene Gotberg

Dec 28, 2014

B. LaRene Ipson Andersen Dorius Gotberg was born February 2, 1927 to Ivan Vesten Ipson and Vera Grace Morley in San Fransico, Calif. Our sweet LaRene passed away on December 28, 2014, Holladay, Utah incident to age. She graduated from South High School. LaRene loved her family and spent her life serving her family here on earth and those who...

Gloria Critchfield

Gloria Critchfield

Dec 28, 2014

GLORIA CRITCHFIELD – Wife, mom, sister, aunt, niece… and friend, died unexpectedly Dec. 28 2014, at Sandy Health and Rehabilitation, Sandy, Utah; where she touched many lives!!She was born February 27, 1934, the third of six children in Bingham Canyon (Dinkeyville-Salt Lake County), to Joe B. and Elvira Pacheco.Gloria attended Granite High School and later transferred to Judge Memorial Catholic...

Glen Leroy Fagg

Glen Leroy Fagg

Dec 27, 2014

Glen returned to his heavenly father on December 27, 2014. He was born July 11, 1934 to Albert Glen Fagg and Ruby May Barratt Fagg in Murray, Utah. He met the love of his life, LaPriel Tuttle Fagg, while singing in the Sacra Dulce Chorus. They were married in the Manti Temple on July 28, 1962 and shared 52...

James Cameron

James Cameron

Dec 27, 2014

James Wallace Cameron, age 82, passed away peacefully in his home on December 27, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born in Panguitch, Utah on July, 25, 1932 to Velta Steel and Karl Beaty Cameron. He married his sweetheart Naomi Goodsell on January 25, 1958 and later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple.He graduated from Boulder High School...

Edith Ellis Easter

Edith Ellis Easter

Dec 27, 2014

Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Edith Elizabeth “Liz” Ellis Easter passed away peacefully on December 27, 2014 in Sun City, Arizona. Liz was born February 23, 1936 in Houston, Texas to Richard Thornton Ellis and Helen Sherrill Ellis. She attended Milby High School in Houston and then married the love of her life, Lealand “Pete”...

Sylvia Cooper

Sylvia Cooper

Dec 27, 2014

A loving spirit has departed this earth. Sylvia Priwo Bontoft Cooper passed away on December 27, 2014, due to complications after open-heart surgery. She was born on May 16, 1960, to Sigrid Mauritz Priwo and Erich Kurt Priwo in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sylvia lived in Texas a number of years but always considered Utah her home.In 1986 Sylvia married...

Joseph Clayton

Joseph Clayton

Dec 27, 2014

My beloved sweet heart and dance partner Joseph Clairmont Clayton (Clair) returned home to his Father in Heaven on Saturday December 27, 2014 at the age of 87. He was born on February 28, 1927 to Joseph K. Clayton and Margaret E. Sanderson in Salt Lake City, Utah.Clair loved life and most of all loved to dance with his sweet...

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