Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah

Gabriele Ingeborg Blair

Gabriele Ingeborg Blair

Nov 1, 2023

Gabriele (Gabi) Ingeborg Blair age 76 of American Fork, Utah passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 1, 2023, after Battling with Dementia for several years. Gabi was born on August 18,1947 in Dortmund Germany to Johannes and Luise Baerthel. Gabi was the only girl and the oldest of 4 children. Gabi immigrated to the United States with...

Helen Wood Ashton

Helen Wood Ashton

Oct 30, 2023

Our beloved mother, grandmother and friend, Helen Wood Ashton, died on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, at age 88 after a brief illness. She always said she wanted to join her loved ones in heaven without having to linger or become incapacitated. We miss her deeply but are truly grateful that her wish was granted.

She was born...

Ivin Laphel Holt

Ivin Laphel Holt

Oct 29, 2023

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests looking out of your front door and fill the need of someone struggling. Get creative and do it, Ivin would!

Ivin LaPhel Holt was born of goodly parents "about 9 P.M." June 18, 1930, in Enterprise, Utah. He was the first of seven children born of James Ivin Holt and...

John W. Bone

John W. Bone

Oct 28, 2023

John W. Bone 1941 ~ 2023

John William Bone, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend returned to his heavenly home to be reunited with many cherished loved ones on October 28, 2023 at the age of 82. He was born March 4, 1941 to George Isaac and Arva Wing Bone and is the second...

Milton Alph Deleeuw

Milton Alph Deleeuw

Oct 28, 2023

Milton Alph DeLeeuw, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on October 28, 2023, leaving behind a legacy of love, dedication, and a life well-lived. He was born on March 15, 1943, in Lyman, Wayne County, Utah, to his parents, Claus and Pearl DeLeeuw. On April 7, 1966, he married his eternal companion, Renae Roper, in the...

Michael Emerson Schanderl

Michael Emerson Schanderl

Oct 26, 2023

Michael Emerson Schanderl, our beloved son, father, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend, passed away on October 26, 2023. Born on August 14, 1978 in beautiful Truckee, California to Michael Bernd Schanderl and Sandra (Sandee).

Mike loved the outdoors, one of his passions was fishing the streams as a toddler in his backyard in Lake Tahoe. Mike seemed...

Laura Lee Welsh

Laura Lee Welsh

Oct 24, 2023

Laura Lee Welsh (Holman) was born in Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, to Howard Holman and RaNay Humpherys on July 10, 1956. She spent much of her childhood in the coastal cities of Central and Southern California, before moving with her family to Orem, Utah, as a teenager. She graduated from Orem High School in 1974. Soon after she...

Robert Jack Fausett

Robert Jack Fausett

Oct 24, 2023

Robert Jack Fausett, or Bob as he was known by most, beloved husband, father, grandpa, brother, and friend passed away at his home on October 24, 2023 surrounded by his sweetheart, Carol and his three children.

Bob was born in Lehi, Utah to loving parents, Jack & Norma Fausett. His dad was serving overseas at the time...

Dorothy Lee Crowley

Dorothy Lee Crowley

Oct 22, 2023

Dorothy Lee Plumb Crowley was born on August 20, 1935, in Pima, AZ, to Alma and Lucille Montierth Plumb. She was born on the kitchen table, with a doctor finally called in when it was discovered she wasn't in the correct position for birth and she nearly died due to lack of oxygen. Despite the difficult start, she lived...

Gerald (Jerry) White Ashworth

Gerald (Jerry) White Ashworth

Oct 19, 2023

Gerald White Ashworth, 98, passed away October 19, 2023, in Orem, Utah. He was born July 2, 1925 in Beaver, Utah to John Ashworth and Vera Campbell Ashworth. He was welcomed by his older sister Beth on her 2nd birthday. Jerry attended school in Beaver and worked on his father's farm. Jerry was drafted the day after he turned...

Lorna Jean Ford

Lorna Jean Ford

Oct 17, 2023

Lorna Jean Reece Ford age 82, born December 28, 1940, in Telluride, Colorado to John David and Goldie Mary Porterfield Reece. She was the youngest of 6 children. Preceded in death by her husband Elden, her father and mother, sisters Ethel Jewel Carlyle, MaryAnne Teuscher, brothers, Fred, George and Raymond. Passed away peacefully in her sleep October 17, 2023....

Joseph Charles Lohman

Joseph Charles Lohman

Oct 16, 2023

Joseph Charles Lohman passed away at his residence on Monday, October 16, 2023, in Orem, Utah. Joseph was born May 15, 2000, in Springfield, Illinois to Jalen and Angela Lohman. In 2012, Joseph moved with his family to League City, Texas. Then, in 2016, they moved to Mound, Minnesota, where Joe graduated from Mound Westonka High School in 2018....

Fay Jean Connolly

Fay Jean Connolly

Oct 15, 2023

Fay Jean Corey was born February 22, 1933, in Globe, Arizona, the daughter of Charles Harry Corey, Jr. and Maxina Ellalee Mecham. She passed from this life on October 15, 2023.

As a child she lived in Cripple Creek, Colorado, Salina, Utah, Globe and Flagstaff, Arizona and various other small towns scattered throughout the Southwest. She graduated...

Kristine Diane Filler

Kristine Diane Filler

Oct 14, 2023

Kristine Diane Filler was born March 13th, 1966 to Gary and Karen Filler in Walnut Creek, CA. Kristy was hearing impaired since birth leading to a tenacity to overcome, a trait that persisted throughout her life. In life, she always stuck to her convictions. She was the second of four children in her family having one brother and two...

Connie Tohara

Connie Tohara

Oct 14, 2023

Connie Stringham Tohara, 73, is at peace and returned home to her Heavenly Father on October 13, 2023. She was born on March 2, 1950, in Blackfoot, ID, to Haven J. and Merle (Morris) Stringham. She is survived by her three children: daughter, Ruth (David) Mullins of Orem, UT; son, Keli (Christy) Tohara of Eagle Mountain, UT; daughter, Naomi...

Kelicia Helquist

Kelicia Helquist

Oct 14, 2023

Kelicia Helquist, beloved daughter, sister and aunt returned to her eternal home on

October 14, 2023.

Kelicia was born on November 28, 1967 in Flagstaff, Arizona-the fourth of seven

children. She graduated from Mountain View High School in 1986.

She worked for decades in the hotel industry, primarily as a breakfast...

Robert Wayne Ellis

Robert Wayne Ellis

Oct 13, 2023

Robert (Bob) Wayne Ellis passed away peacefully at his home on Friday October 13, 2023 surrounded by his family. He was 89 years old. He was under care of hospice. He was a resident of Orem, Utah formally of Upland, California.

Bob was born March 1, 1934 in Los Angeles, California to John Emmanual Ellis and Leila...

Myra Lynnea Hall

Myra Lynnea Hall

Oct 13, 2023

Myra Lynnea Hall was the first-born child of Larry Ray Hall and Carmel Montoya Hall, born on February 17, 1969. Myra was the granddaughter of Esta Nowers Hall and Herbert Ray Hall and Adelina Herrera and Elizardo Montoya. Her siblings are Elena Rae Hall and Orrin Beauprie Hall. Myra is a mother to Tyrel Craig Hubbard, Slone Montoya Clark...

Abbey Kay Bryce

Abbey Kay Bryce

Oct 10, 2023

Abbey Kay Bryce, beloved mother, sister, and daughter passed peacefully into eternity surrounded by her family on October 10, 2023, in Highland, Utah, following a valiant two-year battle with cancer. She was 30 years old.

Abbey was born on September 12, 1993, in St. George, Utah, the third of eight siblings. She spent her childhood in the...