Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
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...
Doris Andersen Dubbeld
Apr 28, 2014
Doris Andersen Dubbeld, born May 9, 1931, passed away April 28, 2014 just ten days short of her 83 rd birthday. Mom was born to Clarence Gerard (Art) Andersen and Ida Mae Edwards Andersen in Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended school in Salt Lake and graduated from Granite High School in 1949. Always proud to...
Verna Gerber
Apr 28, 2014
Verna Despain Gerber passed peacefully in her home on April 28, 2014. She was born August 13, 1956 in Salt Lake City to Connie Fernandez and Vernon Despain. After earning an Associate’s Degree from SLCC, she began a career as a tour driver often driving high school, college, and national sports teams. It was during this time that she met...
Deforest Winslow
Apr 28, 2014
DeForest Wayne Winslow passed away April 28, 2014 in Murray, Utah. He was born September 17, 1917 in North Platte, NE to George Earl Winslow & Dessie Belle Updike. He was the youngest of 9 children. On January 4, 1941 he married Elaine Sdrales in Elko, Nevada.Grandpa was in the Navy and worked at HAFB where he tested aircraft engines....
Leo Walton Wood
Apr 27, 2014
Leo Walton Wood, 95, beloved husband, father and grandfather, including five great-grandchildren, passed away peacefully at his home on April 27, 2014. He was born in Malad, Idaho on February 7, 1919 to James C. and Minetta Adeline (Walton) Wood. He married Doris Mae Riches May 14, 1947, later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. He served in...
C. Quentin Wheat
Apr 27, 2014
It is with great sadness that we share with you the passing of our beloved husband, brother, and friend Quentin Wheat who passed away April 27, 2014, in Saint George, Utah He was born February 13, 1939 to Claude and Elizabeth Stillman Wheat in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was an avid outdoorsman and always an East Millcreek...
William “Jake” Rowe
Apr 27, 2014
Jake Rowe, age 37, passed away on April 27, 2014. He was born on November 30, 1976 to Debbie Jacobson Reese and William James Rowe Sr. He graduated from Granite High School as valedictorian and a sterling scholar. Jake received his Eagle Scout during high school. He received a full scholarship to Westminster College, where he graduated with his MBA...
Robert Norton
Apr 27, 2014
Robert “Bob” Norton, age 67, passed away the morning of April 27, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was anxiously waiting for the weather to get warmer so he would feel better and could play golf.Bob was born in Provo, Utah on July 14, 1946 to D.R. Norton and Naomi Gaisford Norton. He attended Provo High School. After graduation,...
John Turner
Apr 27, 2014
John Douglas Turner, passed away on April 27, 2014, incident to age. He was born on September 13, 1921, in Clear Creek, Utah, to Alfred Turner and Mary Jane Wilde. He was one of 12 children. He married Betty Jane Clawson on June 26, 1941, in the Salt Lake Temple. She currently resides in Garden Terrace Memory Care.He was an...
John Birkeland
Apr 27, 2014
John August Birkeland 2/22/22 – 4/27/14What a ride I’ve had! Hope you have your dancing shoes on Bevie, cuz here I come. I was born in Bergan, Norway and lost both my parents at an early age. I came through Ellis Island when I was 8 and ended up as a foster child in Hettinger, North Dakota along with my...
William "Jake" Rowe
Apr 27, 2014
Jake Rowe, age 37, passed away on April 27, 2014. He was born on November 30, 1976 to Debbie Jacobson Reese and William James Rowe Sr.He graduated from Granite High School as valedictorian and a sterling scholar. Jake received his Eagle Scout during high school. He received a full scholarship to Westminster College, where he graduated with his MBA in...
Glenn Lemmons
Apr 27, 2014
“Bubba" Glenn Lemmons, beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, was reunited with his darling Jean on April 27, 2014, at the age of 82. Glenn was born in Laverne, Oklahoma, to Alexander Harvey Lemmons and Laura Ellen Valentine. After serving in the United States Navy, he married Jean Anderson on December 9, 1949, and enjoyed nearly 60 years...
Rene Johnson
Apr 26, 2014
Rene Merlin Johnson1924-2014Rene Merlin Johnson was born October 30, 1924 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Clarence Frithiof and Annie Blaylock Johnson. He began his schooling in Idaho Falls. The family moved to Shelley, Idaho, where he finished high school, graduating in 1942 with the honor of valedictorian of his class. He enlisted in the Navy in 1949 and served as...
