Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah
Erva Roberts
Jan 27, 2023
Erva Roberts age 96 of Provo passed away Friday, January 27th, 2023, at her home surrounded by loving family.
Erva was born in Jordanelle, Utah on September 8th, 1926, to Glen and Irene Morris North. She married the love of her life, Glen Roberts on July 29th, 1946, in Provo, Utah. Erva and Glen were later sealed...
Matthew Wright
Jan 26, 2023
Matthew Wright
March 15th,1960- January 26th,2023
On Thursday, January, 26th, 2023 Matthew Wright, our beloved Father, Grandpa, Brother, and Friend, passed away at 62 after many battles with health complications. Born in Waxahachie, Texas to Earnest Wright and Georgia Wright.
He is preceded in death by his father, his mother, Brother Earnest Jr...
Dianne Carol Headman
Jan 26, 2023
Dianne Carol Headman passed away peacefully at the age of 78. After struggling with
Alzheimer disease for 8 years spending the last 5 months in the care of Bel Aire memory care
facility and graduated to the spirit world at 6:05am on January 26,2023.
Dianne was born on November 30,1944 to Milton Rowe...
Kira Rose Johnson
Jan 25, 2023
With deepest sorrow, parents Clint and Rachel announce the passing of their daughter Kira Rose at birth. Kira was born still on January 25, 2023. She was the cherished third child of their family.
Josephine Horne Counsell
Jan 22, 2023
Josephine (Jody) Horne Counsell, 93, peacefully and sweetly returned to her Heavenly Father January 22, 2023 surrounded by her family. She was an only child, born November 13, 1929 in Ogden, Utah, to loving parents Clarence Loraine Horne and Evangeline Greenwood. She resided in Ogden, Utah most of her early childhood years.
Her grandmother made arrangements to...
Verdon Wilde Ballantyne
Jan 20, 2023
VerDon Wilde Ballantyne valiant husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and eternal patriarch of the Ballantyne Family returned to his Heavenly Father on Friday, January 20th, 2023. VerDon was born in Coalville, Utah on February 23, 1936, to Willard Burton and Louise Wilde Ballantyne. VerDon grew up in Park City, Utah where he worked on a large ranch and learned to...
Clark E Varney
Jan 20, 2023
Clark E. Varney, beloved husband and father, of Orem, Utah passed away unexpectedly at his home on January 20, 2023. He was born on February 24, 1933 to LeRoy and Paza Maud Clark Varney in McGill, NV. He graduated from White Pine County High School in 1953 in Ely, NV where he drove the school bus for athletic events...
Vera Sorensen Whiteley
Jan 19, 2023
Vera Sorensen Whiteley
1927 – 2023
Vera was born in Mammoth Utah on July 30, 1927 to Vinnie Stewart Sorensen and Henry Elias Sorensen. She died January 19, 2023 at home in Indianola in the care of loving family. Vera grew up in Utah County, the middle of three sisters that remained best friends throughout...
Cheryl Kay Whiteley Fleming
Jan 11, 2023
Cheryl Kay Whiteley Fleming
1947 - 2023
Cheryl was born in Provo, Utah on February 18, 1947 to Vera Sorensen Whiteley and Kay Otten Whiteley. She passed away on January 11, 2023 at home in Oxford, Alabama. Cheryl grew up in Spanish Fork, Utah the oldest sibling of 2 brothers, Dennis Whiteley and Michael Whiteley...
Peggy Belliston Orton
Jan 7, 2023
Peggy Lee Belliston Orton, 85, passed away January 7, 2023, in her home in Provo, Utah. She was born November 6, 1937, In Rupert, Idaho, to loving parents J. Boyd Belliston and Letha Lora Glenn. She especially enjoyed homemaking, music, and dance classes, as well as Pep Club, at Pendleton, Oregon High School, where she graduated in 1955. Her...
Walter Henry Hills Iii
Jan 6, 2023
Walter Henry Hills III
March 5, 1956 - January 6, 2023
Wally passed away January 6th due to complications following heart surgery that became too much for his body to bear. He was born to Walter Hills Jr. and Vicki Natter Hills in Murray, Utah.
Wally's heart was so full from all those...
Rhoda Louise Haynie
Jan 6, 2023
Rhoda Louise Haynie, age 89, passed away on January 6, 2023. She was born on December 8, 1933 to Francis Melton and Marcella (Sex) Melton. She was preceded in death by her older sister, Modena (Melton) Cox. Rhoda had six children, two of whom, Gloria (Woodworth) Bottom and Deena (Forney) Siebken, also preceded her in death. Her surviving children...
Morris J Adams
Jan 3, 2023
Morris J Adams, 94 of Provo Utah was called home to his Father in Heaven on the morning of January 3rd, 2023. He was born in Orem Utah on September 29th, 1928, to William Dee Adams and Nettie Rhea Brady Adams. Morris was child number 5 out of 11 children. He and his siblings shared in a lot of...
Julio Cesar Ruiz Martinez
Jan 1, 2023
Julio Cesar Ruiz of Orem, UT passed away at home at age 35 on January 2, 2023. He was born September 12, 1987 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. He was the fifth of six children born to Victor Manuel Ruiz Rios and Jacqueline Martinez Ruiz, both now living in Orem, UT. His parents were truly diligent as they cared for...
Joshua Harry Bonner
Jan 1, 2023
Even though we only had Joshua with us for 9 months, our lives have forever been blessed. He left a legacy of love and joy that will remain in our hearts. We will be forever grateful for having him in our family.
Joshua Harry Bonner (March 30, 2022—January 1, 2023)
Surviving are his parents Conlon...
Nancy Lynne Phillips
Dec 31, 2022
On December 31, we lost our beautiful mother, sister, grandma, and aunt, Nancy. She is survived by her sons, Tyler (Jeniffer), Nathan, and Kalin; her Granddaughter, Jakota; two brothers, six sisters, and numerous nephews and nieces. Her husband Zan passed away in 2021.
Nancy Lynne Phillips was born to Charles and Doris Hardy on July 31, 1957,...
Kathrine Mary Woolf
Dec 30, 2022
Kathrine Mary Quilter Woolf passed away under the watchful care of her children on Friday, December 30, 2022. She was born on March 9, 1951 to Glen and Mary Quilter in American Fork, Utah. Kathy married Wayne Kirk Woolf in the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on September 17, 1976....
Theodore Alton Wight
Dec 29, 2022
Theodore "Ted" Alton Wight, provider, exemplar, father, and patriarch to a posterity of over 75 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, passed away surrounded by his family on Thursday, December 29, 2022, from complications resulting from an accidental fall during a nocturnal craving and pursuit of ice cream. He was 90 years old.
Ted's life was an arc from...
Ruth Ann Vreeken
Dec 29, 2022
Ruth Ann Bennett Vreeken lovingly known as Ruthie, 71 of Provo, passed away December 29, 2022, at her home in Provo. She was born January 11, 1951 in Provo, Utah to Alfred Seniour Bennett and Mary Ann Adams Bennett. She attended Orem High, was involved in 4H, and graduated as one of the top in her class in Seminary....


