Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Norene H. (Jones) Greene
Dec 16, 2014
Our sweet Mom, Grandmother and Great Grandmother passed away peacefully on December 16, 2014. Her parents were Melba Gunnel and Sterling Jones. Mom was born on October 5, 1925. She was one of six children and was raised in Wellsville, Utah. At an early age, she learned the value of hard work while milking cows and helping in the...
S. Elvon Warner
Dec 15, 2014
S. ElVon Warner, beloved husband, father, grandfather, passed away on his birthday, December 15th, at age 79.
ElVon's life was full of love and devotion to his wife and family and always put his family before his own needs. He married the woman of his dreams, Carol in 1958. He was a loving father of his two...
Donald Ray Hughes
Dec 15, 2014
Donald Ray Hughes, age 76, passed away on December 15, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on June 22, 1938 in Central, Arizona to Hubert Jessie and Lois Marie Hughes.
He married Freeda Fern Henrie for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple on December 9, 1961. Don loved to fish and...
Vernon Savage
Dec 15, 2014
Vern Savage, beloved husband, father and grandfather, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 15th 2014. He was born the sixth of seven children on June 13, 1922 in Declo, Idaho to Joseph and Bertha Savage. He spent his life working and raising a family in Pocatello, Idaho; Ely, Nevada; and West Valley City, Utah. After...
Betty Whitehead
Dec 15, 2014
Betty Irene Crosby Whitehead, our sweet mother and “Grammy”, age 91, died peacefully at home in Bluffdale, Utah on December 15, 2014 from natural causes due to old age. She was born at home in Salt Lake City to Charles Hannibal and Ida Katarina Anderson Crosby. She graduated from East High School. She worked her entire adult life, mostly as...
Steven Walters
Dec 15, 2014
Bear’s gone cruising’Bear died Monday, December 15, 2014 following a long courageous battle with the ills of life. His spirit can fly free now that it’s no longer shackled to a weak, ill body.Steve was born June 29, 1941 in Salt Lake City, son of Clyde A. Walters and Luella Wilkinson. He and his brother Bob were raised by their...
Vauna Mae (Leany) Paxton
Dec 14, 2014
East Millcreek, Utah—Vauna Paxton died peacefully in her sleep on December 14, 2014, at the age of 91. She was born on May 30, 1923, in Hurricane, Utah, the second of eight children born to Hyrum Nelson Leany and Viola Delsy Workman Leany. Vauna grew up in St. George, Utah, and graduated from Dixie High School. She married Baker...
Ivan Lora
Dec 14, 2014
Ivan R. Lora, age 60, passed away on December 14, 2014. He was born May 25, 1954 to Felicia Ferreira and Augusto Lora in Santiago, Dominican Republic.Ivan was a successful business owner and entrepreneur. He loved spending time in the great outdoors with his family and friends. Ivan also loved animals.Ivan is survived by one son Ivan J. Lora, and...
Rebecca Maria Aguayo
Dec 13, 2014
Rebecca Maria Aguayo passed away peacefully on December 13, 2014. She was born in Dinkyville, Bingham Canyon, Utah to Jesus Aguayo and Maria Arellano Aguayo on August 20, 1934.
Always a proud academic and scholar she graduated from Bingham High with a 4.0. She received her BSN from St. Benedict's School of Nursing and began a career...
Katherine Matsumiya
Dec 13, 2014
Our beloved daughter and sister, Katherine “Bunny” Matsumiya passed away on December 13, 2014. She was born on September 15, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Kay and Sego Matsumiya. She spent her childhood in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and graduated from Olympus High School. She received her B.A. in Art History from the University of Utah. While attending...
Roger Schmitt
Dec 13, 2014
Roger Rolf Schmitt left this life on December 13, 2014. He was born June 9, 1949 to Margarethe Ottilie Krieg and Friedrich Schmitt in Frankfurt, Germany. He married Sallie Anne Royle on September 11, 1981. Though born in Germany, he loved being an American. He collected eagles in all forms and sizes, especially with American flags. He changed from long-haul...
Hazel Lloyd
Dec 12, 2014
Hazel V. Lloyd age 97, passed away in the early morning hours of December 12, 2014. She was born in VanBuren County Iowa in 1917. Hazel married Glen Eugene Lloyd on May 26, 1954.She worked as a Trust Operations Officer at First Security Bank for 30 years. Hazel spent many years as a volunteer at Cottonwood Hospital. Much time was...
Oliver Hunter
Dec 11, 2014
Oliver Rollin Hunter passed away December 11, 2014 surrounded by family. Ollie was born on January 7, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Oliver J. and Ella I. Hunter. He married Donna J. Georgeson on August 28, 1986.Oliver loved woodworking, playing with rocks, computers and teasing friends.Survived by Wife, Donna; Sister, Evelyn Kueffner (Fred); Sister-in-Law, Dottie Harrington; Daughter, Madison...
Viola Andrus
Dec 10, 2014
Our loving mother, sister, grandmother, and wife peacefully entered into the next phase of life, surrounded by those that loved her the very most.She is preceded in death by her son, Douglas Ray Albretsen.Regretfully, she leaves many friends and family, who loved her deeply.She is survived by her brother, Carl Boulden; sister, Carol Ditzer; her children, Roger, Terra, Peggy, Johnny,...
Edgar Miller
Dec 10, 2014
Edgar Hugh Miller, 87, passed away at home December 10, 2014, from complications of a stroke.Hugh was born in Claresholm, Alberta CA, on February 9, 1927 to George W. & Emma S. Miller, the youngest of five children. His family moved to Utah when he was a child. He graduated from South High School where he met his sweetheart, Nadine...
Vanessa Romero
Dec 9, 2014
Vanessa Ann Romero was born in Salt Lake City, UT April 8, 1991 to Cindy and Ron Romero. She left this world unexpectedly on December 9, 2014 with loving family and Tim by her side.Vanessa was a great single mom who adored her son, Jeremy. She prided herself on being a wonderful mother. Vanessa was a full time student at...
Walter Gudat
Dec 9, 2014
Walter Paul Gudat “Opa,” was born February 6, 1930 to August Gudat and Elisabeth Heppner in Bielefeld, Germany. Walter married Hildegard Stalhberg on March 17, 1950. They immigrated to America in 1956 where Walter worked as a machinist, a trade he learned while still in Germany. Walter was co-founder of Bonneville Machine, Inc. where he worked in many different positions...
Stephen Bowman Cannon
Dec 8, 2014
Stephen Bowman Cannon passed away peacefully in his home on December 8, 2014 in the presence of loving family members. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 9, 1951 to Howell Q. and Ruth Bowman Cannon.
Stephen was a wonderfully sensitive, generous and gentle soul with a great sense of humor and an easy...
Barbara Casper
Dec 8, 2014
Mom left her earthly home a few hours after her 84th birthday. She had bravely battled cancer and was ready to be pain free. She was born December 7, 1930 in San Bernadino, California to Patsy Bennett and George Tucker, later adopted by Earl Gettle. She was an only child. In her youth she loved horses, cowboys, orange groves, and...
Wanda Christenson
Dec 8, 2014
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister passed away peacefully on December 8, 2014. She was born June 6, 1923 in Salt Lake City to Carl and Dora Ballegooie. Married Frank W. Christenson on September 30, 1941; later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple in 1959.Wanda was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she was...
