Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah
Sarah Christine Easler Fernsten
Sep 23, 2017
At home on September 23, 2017, our adored mother, beautiful grandmother, proud great-grandmother, sister, aunt and loving friend slipped into the waiting arms of her husband Dan and son Chris. She waited 19 months to reunite with Dan and 9 years for Chris. Through our tears comes incredible joy as we envision her reunion with loved ones. Sarah Christine Easler,...
Dixie Mae Shoemaker Facer
Sep 19, 2017
Dixie Mae Shoemaker Facer 1932 - 2017 Dixie Mae Shoemaker Facer died peacefully at home in Provo Utah on September 19 at the age of 84. She was surrounded by her family and her loving husband. Dixie is survived by her husband Mark Rolla Facer and her children Mark Shoemaker Facer, William Richard Facer, Burnett Shoemaker Facer, Shannon Lynn Facer,...
Wallace Lynn Brereton
Sep 18, 2017
Wallace Lynn Brereton (Wally) was born August 15, 1937 in Provo, Utah to Lynn Elmer and Neva Marie Rasmussen Brereton. He was raised in Edgemont and graduated from Lincoln High School. Wally married Linda Briggs on July 29, 1960. The next four years were spent at Camp Hanford, Washington and Presidio of San Francisco where Wally honorably served for the...
Vernice Curtis Mayer
Sep 18, 2017
Vernice Curtis Mayer 1924 - 2017 "Together Again" Vernice Curtis Mayer passed away September 18, 2017 at South Ogden Post-Acute (SOPA) nursing facility in South Ogden, Utah. She was born in Declo, Idaho on July 14, 1924 to George and Minnie Curtis. She attended school in Pleasant Grove, Salem, and Spanish fork. She married Glen Mayer on February 1, 1947....
Robert Emanuel Dillman
Sep 16, 2017
Robert Emanuel Dillman 1924 - 2017 Robert Emanuel Dillman was born on September 3, 1924 to Helen Vera Green and Herbert Emanuel Dillman in West Haven, Connecticut. He died on September 16, 2017. Bob lived in his beloved West Haven, Connecticut until retirement. At that point he moved to Orem, then Lindon, and finally Sandy, UT. Bob was preceded in...
Bruce Norman Topham
Sep 16, 2017
Bruce Norman Topham age 69, of Benjamin, passed away September 16, 2017. Bruce was born in Provo, Utah to Norman Westley Topham and Elda Lorraine Van Ausdal on June 13, 1949. Bruce was married to Ruthanne Bennet 1969 and later married Ronie Lee O'bannon in 1990. He served in Vietnam for the United States Army where he served from 1967-1969....
Gloria Dean Ostler
Sep 16, 2017
Our beautiful mother Gloria Dean Clark Ostler peacefully passed away surrounded by her family on Saturday, September 16, 2017. Gloria was born November 28, 1933 in Salt Lake City, Utah to John Albert Clark and Vera Butler Clark. She was the oldest of 7 children, and a Mother to the 2 younger brothers as her Mom passed early in life...
Myron Earl Broadhead
Sep 15, 2017
Myron (Mike) Earl Broadhead 85 of Orem, Utah passed away September 15, 2017 in his home with his family by his side. Mike was born March 01, 1932 in Wallsburgh, Utah to Earl J. Broadhead and Arla Mecham Broadhead. Mike was the oldest of five children; Norman (Holly Peterson), Leonard, Gerald, and Joan (Gordon) Gines. Mike married his high school...
Sharlene Nielsen Allred
Sep 14, 2017
Sharlene Nielsen Allred, long time resident of Pleasant Grove, Utah, and former resident of Osmond Senior Living, Lindon Utah. Grew up in Nephi, Utah. Parents Earl & Margaret Nielsen. Siblings: Bonita Corry, Laurence Nielsen, Margaret Olsen. Children, Rick Olsen, Tammy Olsen, Allan Olsen, Kerry Olsen, Vaughn Olsen, Doug Osborne. Preceded in death by her husband Donald LaFon Olsen, son Kerry...
Bella Dolores Zirbes
Sep 10, 2017
Dolores Hutchings Zirbes 1934 - 2017 Our loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother, (Bella) Dolores Hutchings Zirbes, 83, of Provo died peacefully September 10, 2017 surrounded by her family. Mom was born on January 13, 1934 in Shelley, Idaho to Doyal Hutchings and Donna Snelson Hutchins. She was the oldest of four children and the only daughter. She...
Lonnie James Moran
Sep 10, 2017
Lonnie James Moran 68 from Orem, Utah passed away with his family by his side Sunday, September 10, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. Lonnie was born in Browning, Montana on February 2, 1949 to Roger John Moran and Imelda Marie Johnson Moran. The family moved to Glasgow, Montana where Lonnie grew up and attended Saint Raphael's Catholic School....
Gary Luther
Sep 7, 2017
Gary P. Luther died peacefully in his sleep on September 7th, 2017 at the age of 72. He was at home surrounded by his family. Gary is survived by his wife, Annis, his three children Tasha Lawson, Tiffany McCloud, and Trever Luther along with 4 grandsons. He is also survived by his older brother Gene Luther, his older sister Carol...
Larry Grant Johnson
Sep 7, 2017
Larry Grant Johnson 1938 - 2017 Larry Grant Johnson passed away on September 7, 2017 in Springville, Utah from Alzheimer's. He was born Dec. 7, 1938 in Provo, Utah the only child of Ivy Biggs Johnson and William Kent Johnson. Most of his early years were spent in Orem, Utah where he attended schools graduating from Orem High School and...
Kelly Gene Smith
Sep 6, 2017
Kelly Gene Smith, 51 of Orem passed away Wednesday September 6th, 2017 in Draper from a courageous battle of cancer surrounded by his family and dear friend Dean. Kelly was born on June 10th, 1966 in Provo to Father M. Duane Smith and mother Doris Darlene Smith. He grew up in Orem as the youngest of three siblings. Graduated from...
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...


