Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
William Heck
Dec 27, 2013
Our Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather and Friend passed away December 27, 2013. Bill was born to Raymond Erwin Heck and Madeline Irene Cole June 3, 1919 in Bingham, Utah. The family lived in Midvale, Utah where Bill attended Jordan High School. He enjoyed music and played the French horn, the only instrument the school could make available to him. He...
Michael John Cooper
Dec 26, 2013
Michael John Cooper, loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, and friend passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 26 at home in Salt Lake City.
He was born February 12, 1947 in American Fork, Utah to John Berry Cooper and Merle Udene Cooper. Michael grew up in a loving family. He graduated from Lehi High School...
Dean Sorenson
Dec 26, 2013
Our beloved father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend died unexpectedly December 26, 2013. Dean was born June 4, 1947 in Gunnison, UT, to Max and Emeral Sorenson. As a child he learned to work hard on the farm from his father, who was a wonderful example to him. He loved the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing, and he was an...
Sandra Carter
Dec 26, 2013
Sandra Kaye Lay Carter, 76, passed peacefully at her home on December 26, 2013 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. Sandra was born on December 16, 1937 in Reno, Nevada to parents Howard Kay and Eva Beck Lay. She graduated from North Sanpete High School. Sandra married Richard Donald “Don” Carter on April 2, 1958 in the Manti Temple. She...
Norma Lucille Nelson Mcclelland
Dec 24, 2013
Norma McClelland, 90, passed away peacefully at the family home in Salt Lake City on 24 December. She was born Norma Nelson to Ralph and Ruth Nelson on January 9th, 1923 at Homestake Gold Mining Company hospital in Lead, SD. Her family soon moved from Lead to near Gillette, WY as her father worked for Homestake as plant...
Kenneth Blauer
Dec 24, 2013
Our loving husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away on Christmas Eve. Kenneth was born in Soda Springs, Idaho to Frederick Albert and Zella Fay Godfrey Blauer. He married NaDean Prows, January 19, 1974. Kenneth loved his children and grandchildren, fishing, camping and the outdoors. Survived by his wife; children, Ken Jr. (Teresa), Allen (Rose), Brian, Kristine (Brett); 9 grandchildren;...
Jonathan Walden
Dec 24, 2013
Jon, age 41, passed away of natural causes in his home on Christmas Eve. He was the 6th of 11 children born to John Foster Walden and Janice Leavitt.Jon was a happy, highly intelligent, physically active and somewhat shy child. He loved sports of all kinds, computers, food, listening to music and had an incredible memory.As a young adolescent Jon...
Stanley Spotz
Dec 23, 2013
Stanley Harlow Emerson Spotz, age 81, passed away peacefully December 23, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Veteran of Korean War and recipient of the Purple Heart. Retired from Chevron Oil after 38 years of service. Loving and caring husband to wife Carol.
Stan was preceded in death by his wife Carol, son Bobby, brother Steven...
Patricia Ann Sturges Reynolds
Dec 22, 2013
Our loving sister Patricia "Patti" Ann Sturges Reynolds, passed away December 22, 2013, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born October 16, 1942, in Salt Lake City, Utah the daughter of Donald and Ethel Leek Sturges. Patti graduated from South High School. Married Terry Reynolds June 20, 1970, in Salt Lake City, Utah and together they lived in many...
Curtis Pickering
Dec 22, 2013
Beloved Husband, Son and “Little Brother”Curtis Linn Pickering, age 53, passed away December 22, 2013, from complications of Pulmonary Fibrosis Disease while waiting for a lung transplant. Born March 4, 1960 in Salt Lake City to Linn Oscar and Wilda Grace Dodge Pickering. Loving companion to Clyde Moore for 28 years; married October 30, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA.Curtis distinguished...
Carolyn Watts
Dec 22, 2013
Carolyn Seifers Watts, 78 years old, beloved mother, wife, sister, and friend passed away December 22, 2013 surrounded by family. She was born May 30, 1935 in Ely, Nevada to Leonard and Hilda Seifers. She married her high school sweetheart, Elwood Lester Watts in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on September 3, 1954. They raised their children in Roy, Utah...
Viola Reich Holman
Dec 21, 2013
The Original Farmer's Daughter
Viola Reich Holman passed away peacefully on December 21, 2013 in Taylorsville, Utah, after many years of pain & suffering. She was born July 8, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Erich & Helen Reich. She married Merrill Holman on February 23, 1955 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Viola graduated...
Conrad Hudson
Dec 21, 2013
“Gone to see Chris”Harry left this earth on December 21, 2013 in Taylorsville, Utah. He was born the oldest of 5 children on February 24, 1933 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Art and Effie Hudson. Harry graduated from South High School and right after joined the US Air Force and served during the Korean War, 1952-1956. During the war...
Phyllis Jean Stallings Skelton
Dec 20, 2013
Beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away of natural causes on December 20, 2013. She was born in SLC on June 15, 1924 to Earl Liberty Joseph Carroll Stallings and Aleen Parrish. She married George Oren Skelton on September 28, 1942 and had five children, Barbara, Michael, Robin, Terry Lynn and Suzan.
She received her...
Laumua Aiona
Dec 20, 2013
Our Beloved Mother, Sister, Aunty and Grandmother Laumua A. Aiono was called home by our loving Father in Heaven on Dec 20, 2013 in Murray Utah. She was born on May 19, 1951 in Pago, Pago American Samoa to Matagi Uga & Savilimalu Alo. She married Samasoni T. Aiono on Feb 14th 1976 and sealed their love for all time...
Jesus Colotla
Dec 18, 2013
Jesus Martin Colotla, age 71, died on December 18, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on January 30, 1942 in Mexico City, Mexico to Victor Manuel Colotla and H. Rosa Rojero. He married Carmen “Mely” Bonilla on September 9, 1967. Jesus was an outstanding tennis player. He loved playing different sports including ice hockey. He was an...
D Hughes
Dec 18, 2013
D. Craig Hughes, an Army veteran, great-grandfather and longtime Taylorsville resident died unexpectedly December 18, 2013 at home. He was 71. Craig was born January 5, 1942, in Washington, D.C. to Joseph Walden and Lucille Johnson Hughes. The son of an Agency for International Development employee, he grew up in Annandale, Va.; Beirut, Lebanon; and Manila, Philippines. He had three...
William Mullen
Dec 18, 2013
Peacefully, on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, we said good-bye to our beloved father, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend as he slipped quietly from this mortal life into the waiting arms of his sweetheart, mother, father, and brother. He was born May 31, 1925 to George Lee Mullen and Amelia Marie Schmidt in Salt Lake City where he remained in close...
Mary Ann W. Werner
Dec 17, 2013
Beloved wife, mother, daughter and friend, Mary Ann Wolstenholme Werner, age 49, slipped away peacefully, December 17, 2013, with her husband, family and loving friends at her side at IHC Hospital in Murray, Utah.
Born April 3, 1964, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Daniel Archer and Grace Ruby Meyers Wolstenholme. She graduated from...
Ellen Fletcher
Dec 16, 2013
Born on March 26,1917 in Maeser, Uintah County, Utah – as a daughter of Jeremiah Hatch Murray and Rachel Ellen Merkley. Her mother passed away shortly after her birth and she was raised by Keturah Petersen Merkley and Nelson Merkley, Jr., her uncle and aunt.She married W. Clair Fletcher on August 14, 1935 in Vernal, Uintah County, Utah.She had three...
