Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front

Apr 6, 2007

Cleo Shaw 1916 ~2007

Cleo Monsen Hooper Shaw, age 90, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, April 6th, 2007 from natural causes. Cleo was born in Logan, Utah on May 19th, 1916 to Chris and Ruby Monsen. Cleo married Carl Hooper on December 14th, 1940. They were blessed with a daughter, Christine, who preceded Cleo...

Apr 4, 2007

Barbara Larraine Gibson "Aunt Barbara"

Barbara Gibson, age 83, passed away on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 after a short illness. She was born March 8, 1924 to Clarence and Alice May Gibson in Salt Lake City. She was a faithful member of the LDS Church, serving a mission in Chicago and in various other capacities. Barbara...

Apr 3, 2007

Lloyd A. Bjornn "Together Again"

Lloyd A. Bjornn, a great and gallant man, passed away April 3, 2007 in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born December 22, 1917 to Mammie Florentine Torgerson Bjornn and Theodore Conrad Bjornn. He met the love of his life, H. Elaine Hokanson in Clearfield, UT after the war. They married on April...

Apr 3, 2007

Richard "Gary" Cazier 1933 ~ 2007

Richard Gary Cazier, age 73, died peacefully Tuesday, April 3, 2007 surrounded by his precious family. He was born April 12, 1933, the son of Richard George and Erma Kirsten Skiby Cazier. He married the love of his life Ida Louise Kendrick on June 18, 1955, later sealed for time...

Mar 30, 2007

Elaine Mackay Ottley 08/22/1926 ~ 03/30/2007

Elaine Mackay Ottley passed away Friday, March 30, 2007 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She passed away peacefully at home after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born August 22, 1926, the daughter of Vernon Winder and Abbie Kimball Mackay. Elaine graduated from South High School, June 1943 and...

Mar 28, 2007

LaVella Taggart Burt "Moms"

LaVella Taggart Burt, age 92, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2007 in the same home in which she was born. She was born October 27, 1914 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Mary Laird and Henry M. Taggart. LaVella was a member of the first graduating class of South High School in...

Jun 14, 1953

Denise Romero, 66, returned to her heavenly home and was reunited with her loved ones on December 14, 2019. Denise passed away from a massive heart attack and complications. Denise was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 17, 1953 to Tom and Alice Romero. Denise loved being a caretaker regardless if it was for an adult, kids, or...

Jul 14, 1951

Dick passed away on April 29, 2020, of natural causes, and with his beloved daughter at his side.He was born in Salt Lake City on July 14, 1951 to Jerry and Gloria Hallman, the middle child of three kids. Dick was the wild child of the family – adding a liveliness and enthusiasm to all of their family events and...

Oct 6, 1935

EVELYN BURNETT LONG passed away January 7, 2022, in Tooele, Utah. Evelyn was born October 6, 1935, in Ogden, Utah, to Joseph Henry Burnett and Martha Sarah Hart.  She lived her early years in Sunset, Utah until she moved to Salt Lake City in 1955.Evelyn attended Davis County schools, graduating from Davis High in 1953.  She worked for the LDS...

Jul 25, 1927

Carl W. Bird, Sr., beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend passed away on October 7, 2016.He was born July 25, 1927 in Salt Lake City to Walter J. Bird, Sr. and Martha Peterson Bird. He was the youngest of three children. His sister Erma Jean Bird Cowan and brother Walter J. Bird are deceased.Carl served in the Navy during World...

Mar 30, 1926

Ivins, Utah – Melvin Thomas Day, 95, passed away March 28, 2022, two days before his 96th birthday, at his home in Ivins. He was born the 6th of seven children to Heber Marion Day and Annie Lovisa Jolley, in Benjamin, Utah. He married his sweetheart Edna “Anne” Brown in the Salt Lake Temple June 16, 1947. They made their...

Nov 9, 0204

CENTERVILLE – Mark Kay Hepworth, 71, passed away on November 9, 2024. He was born on April 18, 1953, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Adrian Kay and Helen Hepworth. 

Mark met the love of his life, Janet Forslin, at work, and they married in 1975. Together, they built two homes—one in Woods Cross and another in Centerville—and shared a life...

Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, Thomas Russon Baird, passed away Monday, January 20, 2025, at the age of 70. His departure came far too soon, leaving an unfillable void in the lives of those who love him.

Tom was born on June 8, 1954, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Merritt Marshall "Samm" Baird...

Dorothea Johanne Neilson, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, died peacefully at the age of 91 after a long battle with dementia.

Born in 1933 in Milwaukee, WI, to Ferdinand and Charlotte Jueschke, Thea was the second of seven children. Growing up in Milwaukee, she experienced a multitude of fond memories. One of the highlights of her...

Kevin Ronald Doyle Age 61, Died on 2-26-2022 in West Jordan Utah. Born on 7-24-1960 to Carol Smith and Ronald Wesley Doyle in Joplin MO.He had a deep fondness for writing and doing sketches. He had an overwhelming love of Family, pets and especially music. He was a puppy sitter for 20+ years (70’s & 80’s). He had earned a...

Our loving mother and wife, Evonne Thomas DeHaan, made a peaceful return to her Heavenly Father on August 25th at the age of 80. She was born on November 9, 1941 to Lloyd Midgley Thomas and Reva Morley Thomas in Salt Lake City, Utah. Evonne was the youngest of their three daughters.Evonne loved her role as the youngest child in...

Ferl Rose Barker Call and John Reed Call, cherished parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and beloved companions to one another for 68 years, each peacefully graduated from life last week. Ferl passed away December 9, 2020, at the age of 87. Reed passed away three days later on December 12, 2020, at the age of 91.

Ferl, the youngest...

Uta Gerhild Roth (nee Goetz), born in 1939, was a young girl in post-war West Berlin.  She never forgot the kindness of U.S. GIs who saved her infected foot with antibiotics, and gave her chocolate and oranges at a time when food was in short supply.

Uta loved the wind in her hair as she pedaled her...

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(Bill) Thurman W. Schultz, passed away in his home with his family present on May 12, 2016. He left behind his wife Penny, son Allen, his sister Joy, and many loving family and friends. He was a Veteran of the Air Force. He had many...