Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
John Leonard Jackson
May 6, 2014
John Leonard Jackson, 77, passed away May 6, 2014 at his home in Holladay, Utah.
Born October 1, 1936 to Leonard T. and Edna Matson Jackson in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was in the first graduating class of Olympus High School in 1954. John served in the U.S. Army Reserve and as a full-time missionary...
George Davis
May 6, 2014
George Ronald Davis, age 78, died on May 6, 2014, in Salt Lake City Utah. He was born on October 26, 1935, in Salt Lake City Utah to Nathan and Harriet Davis.George worked in the tool and die industry after serving his country honorably in the U.S. Air Force, as an aircraft mechanic. George loved to travel and often vacationed...
Luella Flitton
May 5, 2014
Luella Jane Flitton is a woman who was full of life. She loved dancing and her life was a dance with everyone she touched. The love and energy that flowed through her was contagious. She always made everyone feel important, loved and NOBODY ever went hungry when she was around. It is fitting that on Cinco de Mayo, (May 5th)...
Warren Harding
May 5, 2014
Warren Gamaliel (Bud) Harding passed away on May 5, 2014 in Magna, Utah due to natural causes. Bud was born Nov. 23, 1920 in Seattle, Washington to Robert Horace Harding and Hazel Etta Stott. He was named after Warren Gamaliel Harding, the 29th President of the United States, because he was born on the same day as his inaugural. As...
Jake Redding
May 4, 2014
Jake Redding, age 82, passed away on May 4, 2014 in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was born on August 29, 1931 in Questa, New Mexico, to Florencio Redding and Claudina Cisneros. He married Ruth Belarde (deceased). He later married Betty Jacobson on July 25, 1986 in Heber, Utah.Jake loved the outdoors, especially fishing and hunting. Jake was a hard worker...
Carolyn Bass
May 4, 2014
Carolyn Lee Williams Bass was born in Forest, Mississippi, July 22, 1935, and passed away peacefully May 4, 2014, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Daughter of Eddie E. Williams, Sr. and Esther W. Williams, she graduated from West High School in 1954, and went on to attend Stevens-Henager Business College, graduating with honors.She was baptized at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church...
Ruth Cline
May 4, 2014
Ruth Cline beloved Daughter, Sister, Amazing Aunt and Friend peacefully returned home to her Heavenly Father on May 4,, 2014. Ruth was born August 9, 1929 in Murray, Utah to Lavere Benjamin Cline and Gladys Ruth Crump. She graduated from Granite High and served an LDS mission to the North Central States. Always active in church she served faithfully in...
Carolina “Carrie” Silva Quintana Martinez
May 3, 2014
Carrie Martinez of West Valley passed away May 3, 2014. Born February 3, 1923 in Las Vegas, New Mexico to Pansy Silva. Married Joseph Quintana; later divorced. Married Mike Martinez. Carrie worked hard her whole life. She loved to cook, sew and attend garage sales. She had a heart of gold and gave of her time to everyone who sought...
Marilyn Bailey
May 3, 2014
Marilyn Jean Bailey, Feb 20, 1938 ~ May 3, 2014, beloved mother and friend, peacefully passed away early May 3, surrounded by her children, Layne, Cristi, Jennifer and Nannette—who was surely in the room waiting to welcome her home. Her passing followed a brief battle with an aggressive Thymic cancer. She is also survived by her sister Deanna, three grandchildren,...
Lois Smethurst
May 3, 2014
Our sweet mother, age 88, passed away May 3, 2014. Born May 30, 1925 in Fairfield, ID to Archie and Mary Elizabeth Williams Leininger. Married Floyd Smethurst in 1941. Together they had three children. Mom enjoyed playing cards with her friends, traveling and activities with her family. She had a soft heart for her animals. Lois is survived by her...
Daniel “Danny” Bauer
May 3, 2014
Born December 14, 1945. Died May 3, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Son of George A. and Helen J. Bauer. He served his country in the US Navy during the Vietnam Conflict on the USS Alamo. He worked as a carman for Rio Grande Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad. Danny was a member of many motorcycle clubs over the...
Kenneth Hill
May 2, 2014
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, passed away May 2, 2014 at his home in Ivins, UT. Born July 14, 1948 in Salt Lake City to Eugene Hill and Lois Carl. Married Judy Probst February 16, 1971. Ken graduated from Granger High School in 1966 and went on to proudly serve in the United States Air Force for...
Hanny Van Leeuwen
May 1, 2014
Our dear wife, mother, and grandmother, Johanna (Hanny) Christina Janssen Van Leeuwen passed away peacefully on May 1, 2014 from kidney cancer. She was born March 15, 1942 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands to Pietertje Adema Janssen. She was born in difficult times under difficult circumstances. These circumstances were softened by the love of her mother, grandmother and also...
William Garth Tolley
Apr 30, 2014
William Garth Tolley was mercifully able to "get out and walk" from his home on 30 April 2014, surrounded by loving family members. At 92 ½ he had outlived each of his male ancestors and his siblings. Garth was born 29 July 1921 in Nephi, Utah, to John Floyd (Jack) Tolley and Della Orme Tolley. He graduated from...
Holly Holbrook Aitken
Apr 30, 2014
Holly Holbrook Aitken
July 27, 1973 – April 30, 2014
My beautiful soul mate, Holly passed away peacefully on April 30, 2014. She was born on July 27, 1973 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Shirl Edwin and DeeAnn M. Holbrook. Holly attended Rosecrest Elementary, The Open Classroom, Evergreen Junior High, Olympus...
Glendon Steiner, Jr.
Apr 30, 2014
Our amorous brother, husband, father and friend has lived a full life and returned to his Heavenly Father on April 30, 2014. One of the strongest loving and caring men we know… after a rollercoaster of health problems He fought the good fight and demonstrated a steadfast determination to overcome most any obstacle put in his way! He had an...
Kenetta “Kit” Barton
Apr 30, 2014
Kenetta “Kit” C. Barton“Loving mother & Grandmother”Kenetta (Kit) Candland Barton, 83, South Jordan, UT, and the Holladay-Cottonwood area in the Salt Lake Valley, UT, passed away on a bright, brisk morning, Wednesday, April 30, 2014.Kit was born to the late Kenneth Eugene Candland and Adella Holman in a loving home on a beautiful country lane in Fountain Green, UT., May...
Norma Blake
Apr 29, 2014
Our loving sister, aunt, great-aunt and friend, Jane Blake, passed away peacefully at home April 29, 2014. Jane was born November 9, 1945 in McGill, Nevada to Melvin Wade and Norma Laraine Blake.Survived by her sister, Joy Kampf; brother, Wade Melvin (Pam) Blake, and many nieces and nephews who loved her dearly. Preceded in death by her parents; brother, Thayne...
Constance Karras
Apr 29, 2014
Constance Kanell KarrasConstance (Connie) Kanell Karras, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and aunt, died of natural causes on April 29, 2014. She was born October 8, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah to George and Angelina (Chipian) Kanell. Connie was one of seven children. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Utah and went...
