DiAnne Dawson Anderson May 7, 1941 - May 9, 2013 DiAnne Dawson Anderson, 72, peacefully passed away on May 9, 2013 from multiple complications secondary to liver failure. She was born May 7, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Garnett A and Edna Florence Dawson. She was the second of four daughters brought to this eternal union. She grew up in Salt Lake City, Price, and Orem, Utah where she attended public schools and graduated from high...

Kenneth Carl Gehringer 1937 ~ 2013 Kenneth Carl Gehringer, 75, of Spanish Fork, Utah, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Provo, Utah, after a short illness. Ken was born October 25, 1937, to Kenneth Carl Gehringer and Estella Sexton Gehringer in Kawkawlin, Michigan. Ken entered the Coast Guard in 1955 as a Petty Officer 1st Class Engineman. He served his country faithfully for 15 years. He then...

Curtis Thayne Johnson September 24, 1949 – April 30, 2013 Curtis Thayne Johnson, 63, peacefully passed away at home on April 30, 2013 from multiple complications secondary to liver failure while waiting for an organ transplant. Curtis was born on September 24, 1949. He was the first born of five to Thayne and Iris Johnson. During his childhood the family resided in Southern California where he is remembered as being an adventurous and...

Carol Jean Harding Powell Carol Jean Harding Powell died peacefully in her sleep on April 27, 2013. She was born June 17, 1930, the daughter of Emma Jane Barton Harding and Royal LaGrande Harding. The family lived in Delta, Utah, the first seven years of Carol's life before they moved to Provo. Carol graduated from Provo High School. She married Lynn Madsen Powell on August 3, 1949. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...

"Wonderful Wanda" Wanda Mae Higbee Pope Wanda Mae Higbee Pope passed away peacefully at home on April 25, 2013 in Orem, Utah. She was born January 31, 1934 in Winslow, Arizona to Rich and Daisy Higbee. Wanda graduated from Winslow High School (Arizona) in 1952. She graduated in 1956 from BYU with a degree in Elementary Education. While a student, she was a member of the Y Calcari Club and was part of the Rockette's Dance Team. She...

Ntsheesyees Shayde Xaochay passed away Tuesday morning, April 23, 2013, at Primary Children's Medical Center. She is loved by her family and many friends and will be greatly missed by all who knew her and by all those who she touched in her life. Shayde was a sophomore at Timpanogos High School in Orem, UT. She was a published poet in several national student poetry/essay publications and enjoyed dancing and music. She had a multitude of friends...

Virginia V. Medeiros (Ginger) 1918 - 2013 On Saturday, April 20th Ginger, beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, cousin, grandmother, great grandmother and dear friend to many, returned to her Heavenly Father. As she prepared to return to her Heavenly Father, Ginger was accompanied by family members and nurses at her assisted living & hospice facility in Orem, Utah. Ginger was born in San Francisco on June 24, 1918 to her beloved...

Aloha Rindlisbach Porter 1929 ~ 2013 On Friday, April 19th our sweet companion, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt, slipped quietly into the arms of her loving parents and sweet daughter, Tracie, whom she lost in infancy. Aloha Rindlisbach Porter was born on November 11, 1929, in Riverton, Utah, to Lester and Ethel Rindlishbach. She later moved to a farm in Emmett, Idaho, where she learned to work hard and gained her...

Betty Jean Winburn Williams was born in Hartsville, South Carolina to Allan Washington Winburn and Minnie Evie Johnson on October 25, 1933. She was the sixth child of eight brothers and sisters. As a young girl, Betty developed a great love for art, which she cultivated throughout her lifetime. Having completed all the requirements to graduate from Hartsville High by her junior year, she applied to and was accepted to LDS Business College in...

Robert Cannon Bennion 1927 – 2013 Robert Cannon Bennion, age 86, died from effects of myelodysplastic syndrome on April 17, 2013. Over the last few days of his life he was torn between wanting to stay with his wife and family and also beginning to welcome a release from illness, weakness, and the inability to work on such projects as his yard and his novel. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 10, 1927, to Glynn Sharp...