Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Saimoa Amosa
Jan 5, 2014
Our dearly beloved father, husband and grandfather PAOGO SA’IMOA SAENA AMOSA passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday, January 5, 2014 at the age of 65 years. He was born in Tuana’i, Western Samoa December 14, 1948. He later moved to the United States and resided in Compton, California. There he met and married his beloved wife Pogaiomealelei Afemata-Tuia in...
Wayne Love
Jan 4, 2014
Loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away of natural causes on January 4, 2014 at the age of 84 surrounded by his family. He was born July 16, 1929 in Kaysville, Utah to Wendell Bruce and Thora-Betsy Love. Wayne and Erma Moss Love exchanged wedding vows on September 9, 1950. Shortly after the wedding, Wayne joined the United...
Patt Crow Brown
Jan 3, 2014
Patt Brown 1938-2014 Sylvia Patricia Crow Brown, 75, passed away peacefully at home on January 3, 2014. Patt was born May 5, 1938 in Ogden UT. She was adopted at age three by her parents Thomas F. Crow and Marian Lomax Crow and subsequently sealed in the Mesa Temple. Patt always felt grateful both to her birth parents...
Fredrick Gardner
Jan 3, 2014
Our Beloved Husband, Father, Brother, Uncle, Grandfather, and Great Grandfather, Fredrick Walter Gardner Jr. joined his eternal companion, Joyce Neil Gardner, on January 3, 2014. Fredrick and Joyce were married May 20, 1948 and later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on June 12, 1959. Born in Bloomfield, New Mexico on May 14, 1927. He is the son of...
Maria Mannek
Jan 3, 2014
Our dearly beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Aunt and Friend, passed away on January 3, 2014. She was born on December 9, 1926, to Kurt and Ella Gangien in Zwickau, Germany. Married Guenter Mannek on July 21, 1950, in Berlin, Germany. She was a faithful member of the LDS Church serving in many callings.She is survived by her husband;...
Diana Lee Hanks Lambert
Jan 2, 2014
Diana Hanks Lambert of Holladay, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2014 at the age of 60. Diana was born May 16, 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Lincoln and Maxine Walker Hanks. Diana grew up in Salt Lake and attended Skyline high school, then college at Utah State University where she met her husband of 11...
Reiko T. Norris
Jan 2, 2014
Our loving mother and friend Reiko Takeuchi Norris returned peacefully and gently to God on January 2, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born January 28, 1929 in Toyama City, Japan. Married Chalmers Gail Norris three times in April, 1953: first in Japan, again by a ship's captain on their voyage to America, and finally by my Grandfather...
Phyllis Watson Jepsen Steneck
Jan 1, 2014
Phyllis Watson Jepsen Steneck, 94, of Holladay, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2014. She was born as a "special Christmas gift" on December 25, 1919 in Mink Creek, Idaho to Hyrum Wilford Jepsen and Agnes Watson.
Phyllis celebrated Christmas Day 2013 surrounded by all four of her children together-along with grandchildren-serenading her with "Happy Birthday"...
Lenard Mower
Jan 1, 2014
Lenard F. Mower1919 ~ 2014Lenard F. Mower, 94, passed away January 1, 2014, at his home surrounded by family. He was born on September 1, 1919, in Fairview, Utah to Orson C. and Glendora (Ames) Mower. He married Billie Demler July 21, 1949. He was a Veteran of the Army during WWII.Lenard is survived by his sons, John (Mary Kay)...
David Kendall
Dec 31, 2013
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, friend, coach, and mentor David Allen Kendall was taken at the young age of 49 from a brain aneurysm on December 31. 2013. Dave, the eldest child of four siblings (Charles Jr., Charlene and Patricia) was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky on November 23, 1964 to Charles and Judith Kendall. He married the love of his life,...
Joseph Lubbers
Dec 30, 2013
Joseph Axel Lübbers passed away peacefully. Born April 29, 1926, died December 30, 2013. He married Wilma Osborn on December 11, 1946 in the Salt Lake Temple. Survived by 9 children: Mike (Trudy) Lübbers, Kathi (Bill) Johnson, Kim (Scott) Hathorn, Julie (Jim) Duncan, Kevan (Susan) Lübbers, Trisha (Kris) Johnson, Rebecca Lübbers, Jolynn (Marty) Bobb, and David (Kim) Lübbers; 37 grandchildren;...
Marian Prigmore
Dec 30, 2013
On December 30, 2013 our loving mother and grandmother, Marian Etta (Moore) Prigmore, 92, passed away peacefully at home in Helper.Marian was born December 21, 1921 in Bingham Canyon, the daughter of Neil McGregor Moore and Mary Agnes Atkinson. She was a collector of angels and lovingly called “The Angel Lady” by her family and friends.She is survived by her...
Gail Joy Warren Dudley
Dec 29, 2013
Gail Joy Warren Dudley passed peacefully through the veil December 29, 2013 in Richmond, Texas where she was loved and cared for by her daughter, Joan, and Joan's family for 18 months. Gail was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 12, 1923 to Thomas Edward and Gwendolyn Parry Warren. Prior to her move to Texas, Gail...
Joylynn Ribe
Dec 29, 2013
Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away at home. She was born in Salt Lake City to Joyce Castro and Victor Tapia. JoyLynn married Mike Ribe on August 14, 1982.JoyLynn considered her 11 grandchildren as her greatest accomplishment. She was the soul center of her family. She loved her DAS family, and spending time with her girls...
Elisabeth Astin
Dec 29, 2013
Elisabeth Astin graduated this life on Dec. 29, 2013. She was born Sept. 20, 1931 to Eugene Alvin and Rosa Heiniger Schilling. Married to David D. Astin, Jr. on Dec. 30, 1952. She was mother to Helen Rose (Ron) Munns, Linda Marie (Lee) Wade, and Shirley Jean (Tim) Riley.Survived by husband, two daughters (Linda & Shirley) and one son in...
Raymond Hanford Searles, Jr
Dec 28, 2013
Raymond Hanford Searles Jr., age 82, died December 28, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born April 20, 1931 in Murray, Utah to Raymond Hanford and Elva Mae Clawson Searles. Raymond married Chloe Lavon Simpson on December 25, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Raymond served for the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean...
Eleanor Shope
Dec 27, 2013
Elanor Kay Shope, age 88, died December 27, 2013, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Preceded in death by husband of 48 years, Gail Shope; mother, father; 3 brothers, Jack, Roy, and Wayne Kay. Survived by a son, Joe Shope, and 2 grandsons, Matthew and John. At her request no services will be held. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be...
Ernest Chamberlain
Dec 27, 2013
Ernest Martin Chamberlain passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at the Legacy House of South Jordan on December 27, 2013 at the age of 97. He was born April 1, 1916, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Harry and Annie Chamberlain. He was married on June 28, 1937, to his sweetheart, Agnes Fay Barney, in the Salt Lake Temple. They...
