Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah
Rebekah Joy Magill
Sep 5, 2017
Rebekah Joy Magill, daughter of Shawn Patrick Magill and Autumn Snow Tannehill Magill was born November 7, 2008 at Timpanogos Hospital in Orem, Utah. She and her family lived in Saratoga Springs, Utah until she was four years old and then moved with them to Pleasant Grove, Utah. That same year she was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer called...
Earl Jack Connelly
Sep 3, 2017
Earl Jack Connelly 1937 - 2017 Loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, and dear friend, passed away Sunday, September 3, 2017 at the age of 80. Jack was born June 1, 1937 in Levan, UT. He was the 7th child of Ramsey Duncan Connelly and Anna Elizabeth Anderson. He married his beloved wife Janice Strong Connelly on July 1, 1966 in...
Amy Elizabeth Barfuss
Sep 2, 2017
AMY ELIZABETH BARFUSS Amy was born on April 6, 1976, in Orem, Utah, where she lived for most of her life. She attended Mountain View High School as a teen. She married Todd S. Barfuss, the love of her life, in January of 2000, and together they had four beautiful daughters together: Taylor, Abigail, Samantha, and Elizabeth. Amy supported her...
Cassandra Squires
Aug 30, 2017
Cassandra Squires June 16, 1989 - August 30, 2017 Cassandra Squires was born on June 16, 1989 in Suffern, New York to Alan Squires and Bernadette Figliacconi. Cassandra lived in a small town called Maybrook, New York with her parents and older sister, Melissa, until the age of two. The family moved to Las Vegas where her sister, Rebecca was...
Ted Eugene Ridenhour
Aug 29, 2017
Ted Eugene Ridenhour passed away peacefully on August 29, 2017, after 86 years of loving service to his family, church, and community. Ted was born on November 30, 1930, to Ralph Lynn and Mary Nina (Spears) Ridenhour in a small rural community near Mount Pleasant, North Carolina. He attended Mt. Pleasant High School and earned an Associates Degree from Pfeiffer...
Jay Butler
Aug 25, 2017
Jay Butler passed away peacefully on Friday, August 25, 2017 in Provo, Utah. Jay was born in Payson, Utah in 1950 to Willard Butler and Allie Houston Butler. He grew up in Redwood City, California and there graduated from Sequoia High School. Jay served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from 1969-1971. He received a...
Estella Brown
Aug 25, 2017
Estella Kay Wiley Brown passed away peacefully at her home in Provo, Utah on Friday, August 25th of 2017 at the age of 68. After her valiant fight with cancers of the breast, bone, and blood, and congestive heart failure, she turned her gaze toward Heaven and bade us farewell. Her unwavering faith in God, strong will to live, positive...
John Helfer
Aug 22, 2017
Dr. John Helfer, 74, died on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 due to complications of polycythemia vera in the Intermountain LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City surrounded by his immediate family. John was born in Manhattan, New York to Arthur and Madeleine Louise (Taylor) Helfer and was the youngest of two boys. His drive for adventure started early with stories of...
Richard E Palmer
Aug 19, 2017
Richard E. Palmer Our beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, Richard Edwin Palmer, passed away suddenly on Saturday 19 August 2017 in American Fork, Utah, while involved in a service project for one of his home teaching families. Richard was born on 23 April 1948 in Farmington, New Mexico to George Elmo and Pearla Peine Palmer. He spent his childhood...
Kent S Stewart
Aug 17, 2017
Kent S. Stewart, 72, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on August 17th, 2017 in Orem, Utah. He was born in American Fork, Utah on November 2nd, 1944 to Alma Evan "Perk" and Leah Deane Stewart. He graduated from Orem High School in 1962. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Kent...
Margene Olenik
Aug 12, 2017
Margene (Hassell) Olenik left this earth in the quiet peace of her home on August 12, 2017 in the company of her dear children, grandchildren and adoring husband. Her passing marked the culmination of a two-and-a-half year, courageous journey with cancer. Margene, more fondly known as "Honey" to her eleven grandchildren, was born May 28, 1955 in Albuquerque, New Mexico,...
Juanita Grace Stone Clark
Aug 8, 2017
Juanita Grace Stone Clark 1930 - 2017 Juanita Grace Stone Clark, age 87, died on August 8 at her home. She was born February 20, 1930 in Herriman, Utah to Gerald David Stone and Grace Miller Stone. She attended schools in Provo and graduated from Provo High in 1948, then attended BYU where she was a Cougarette. On August 10,...
Gay Bailey
Aug 5, 2017
GAY LYNN BAILEY July 22, 1945-August 5, 2017 Ahh, if you knew this beautiful lady, then you were the recipient of her genuine love and kindness. Her story is best told by the hundreds of people who will be forever changed by her beautiful smile, concern, a gentle hug or squeeze of the arm, and the many gifts that she...
Marie Gish Crowley
Aug 4, 2017
Marie Gish Crowley, 82, of Orem, Utah, passed away surrounded by her family on August 4, 2017 due to complications following emergency open heart surgery. She was born November 12, 1934 to Albert Michael and Melba (Dalley) Gish in San Gabriel, California. Marie married Lionel Paul Crowley on August 8, 1953 in the Mesa, Arizona LDS Temple for time and...
Kelly Lee Johnson
Aug 1, 2017
Kelly Lee Johnson passed away from heart failure on August 1, 2017. Kelly was born in Provo, Utah September 3, 1956 and resided in Orem with his family until he served in the Canada Calgary Mission. In high school, his love of the theater blossomed and he was awarded a theater scholarship at Brigham Young University. At BYU, he earned...
Gloria Mathews Hilton
Jul 31, 2017
Gloria Mathews Hilton 1924 ~ 2017 Gloria Mathews Hilton, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend passed away July 31, 2017 in Orem, Utah. She was born on July 5, 1924 to Ila Thompson and James Morrell Mathews in Scipio, UT. She was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of...
Beulah May Lazenby
Jul 30, 2017
Beulah May Lazenby 1933 - 2017 Beulah May Lazenby, passed away in her sleep early Sunday morning July 30 at the age of 84. She was born into a loving home as the 3rd child of Theo DeVerl Clark and Beulah Josephine Chadwick Clark on May 1, 1933 in Spanish Fork, Utah. Her siblings were Ruby Ann Clark Bassett (Ralph),...
Amadeo Frixione
Jul 29, 2017
Amadeo Oscar Frixione (Frix), passed away peacefully with family by his side at his residence in Payson, Ut. on July 29, 2017. at age 75. He was born on April 20, 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Pedro and Maria Frixione. He was the oldest of twelve siblings. He attended a private school and learned fluent English at an early...
Vera Mae Krueger
Jul 29, 2017
Vera Mae Krueger, 96 of Vineyard, passed away July 29, 2017. A visitation will be Friday, August 4, 2017, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. at Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem. Interment will be in the Fort Logan Cemetery, Littleton, CO. Condolences may be offered to the family online at WalkerSanderson.com.
Cyntha Hirst
Jul 28, 2017
Cyntha Ann Cowan Hirst 1926 - 2017 Cyntha Ann Cowan Hirst passed away on July 28, 2017. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 31, 1926, to Lela and Almaran Cowan. Cyntha grew up in Salt Lake, graduating from East HS. She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Utah (1947), Master's degree from the University...


