Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah

Bernadean Cox

Bernadean Cox

Dec 28, 2022

Bernadean (Bernie) Cox of Provo, Utah passed away peacefully on December 28th 2022 after a short illness.

Bernie was born on June 27, 1933 in Provo, UT to Elva Baum Barney. Shortly after birth her mother passed away from appendicitis.

Bernie was adopted by an older couple when she was just a baby. She attended...

Marian Andrew Magnusson

Marian Andrew Magnusson

Dec 25, 2022

Marian Andrew Magnusson, 96, of Orem, UT, passed away peacefully on December 25, 2022 of causes incident to age. Born on May 2, 1926 in Portland, OR, to Walter and Florence James Andrew, she had an older brother and a younger brother and sister. As a youth, she navigated the public transportation of Portland day and night to get...

Georgia Elga Teichert

Georgia Elga Teichert

Dec 23, 2022

Georgia Elga Larsen Teichert passed away Friday, December 23rd at her home in Orem. She was born on July 28, 1936 in her childhood home in her hometown of Ephraim, Utah. She grew up in Ephraim, graduating from Snow High School and Snow College, where she became an accomplished actress, appearing in a number of plays. Her experiences acting...

Wilma Johansen Butler

Wilma Johansen Butler

Dec 21, 2022

Wilma Johansen Butler was born on May 5, 1931, in Ogden, UT, to Theo Matilda Grow and Edgar Andrew Johansen. She passed away peacefully in her home at the age of 91 on the evening of December 21, 2022, with her daughters present. She was a strong and fierce woman all her life. Through her, we have a beautiful...

Dixie Leilani Ortiz

Dixie Leilani Ortiz

Dec 21, 2022

Dixie Leilani Ortiz passed away peacefully in the early minutes of December 21, 2022, in the loving presence of her devoted husband Jerry. She gifted her children and grandchildren 8 days of sacred experiences that will comfort them in the coming days, weeks, and years of missing her until reunited.

Dixie was born August 19, 1944, in...

Julie Anne Sorensen

Julie Anne Sorensen

Dec 20, 2022

Julie Anne Wirth Sorensen (Julie, Jules) passed away Wednesday, December 28th at her home in Orem. She was born in Baker, Oregon on July 11th, 1951, daughter of Arlene and Lewis Wirth. She was the oldest and only girl among her siblings Scott, Blaine, and Jeff. Her childhood was well spent on a ranch in Medical Springs, which she...

Sterling Monroe Bylund

Sterling Monroe Bylund

Dec 19, 2022

Our beloved father and grandfather, Sterling Monroe Bylund, 97, passed away peacefully at his home in Orem on December 19, 2022.

Sterling was born in Santaquin, Utah, on September 30, 1925, to Eric Olaf and Sophia Kirstine Johansen Bylund. He graduated from Lincoln High School. In 1943 during WWII, he enlisted in the Merchant Marines. He spent...

Ryan Daniel Johnson

Ryan Daniel Johnson

Dec 18, 2022

Ryan Daniel Johnson passed into his Heavenly Father's arms on Sunday morning, December 18, 2022, following complications related to surgery. Ryan was born in Provo, Utah to Boyd and Dawna Johnson on Aug. 13, 1976, looking like an old man with a full head of white hair. He earned the nickname of Skeeter because he would rub his head...

Max Leo Haag

Max Leo Haag

Dec 16, 2022

Max Leo Haag. May 30, 1940 - December 16, 2022

Max Leo Haag was blessed into this world in American Fork, Utah to Walter Ferrabee Haag and Amy Louisa Phillips on May 30, 1940.

He is survived by his 3 children Shannon Haag Vaughn (Steve), Darin Haag (Marie), Mike Gammell (Angela), 8 grandchildren, and 12...

Michael John Mendenhall

Michael John Mendenhall

Dec 16, 2022

Michael John Mendenhall passed away on December 16, 2022, in a tragic motor vehicle accident on the Mountain View Corridor in Herriman, Utah. Michael was born in Provo, Utah on July 25, 1993, and passed away at the age of 29. He is survived by his loving parents Barbara and Preston Miner, Richard and Deborah Mendenhall, and siblings: Jennifer,...

Perry Bruce Johnson

Perry Bruce Johnson

Dec 13, 2022

Perry Johnson, 71, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, after a lifelong struggle with heart complications.

He was born on June 27th, 1951, to John Clarence Johnson and Lora Gene Peterson. Perry spent his early years in Bluff, UT with his three siblings. As a kid he loved shooting his .22 out his window, playing with...

Patricia Anne Sperry

Patricia Anne Sperry

Dec 12, 2022

Patricia Anne (Bunker) Sperry "Patty", at the age of 95 passed away peacefully at her home in Provo, Utah on Monday, December 12, 2022 and returned back to our Heavenly Father. Patty was born June 8, 1927 to Vernon Earl and Rose (Stewart) Bunker in the then small town of Las Vegas, Nevada. With a population of just over...

James Nephi Nelson

James Nephi Nelson

Dec 8, 2022

DUE TO A POWER OUTAGE THE FUNERAL HAS BEEN MOVED TO A DIFFERENT BUILDING. WE ARE AT THE LDS CHURCH BUILDING ON 200 NORTH 1051 EAST IN OREM. THE VIEWING WILL BE FROM 11:OO AM TO 12:00 PM. THE FUNERAL WILL START AT 12:30 PM

James Nephi Nelson, our gentle giant and adventurous nomad, unexpectedly left this...

Rosinda Aguilar Meredith

Rosinda Aguilar Meredith

Dec 7, 2022

On December 7, 2022, Rosinda Meredith, our loving mother moved on from this earth and is now with her husband Richard Meredith and other loved ones. After a short illness, she passed away at home with children and grandchildren near.

Rosinda was born August 18, 1942, in Mexico City, Mexico, as the daughter of Jose Aguilar and...

David Demoyne Lindstrom

David Demoyne Lindstrom

Dec 7, 2022

David DeMoyne Lindstrom (Pudge) 93, graduated from this mortal existence on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 from complications following a stroke. David was born on April 17, 1929, in Spring Canyon, Carbon County, Utah, the second son of Godfrey Gustaf Lindstrom and Francis Thelma Cowley. He was raised in the small mining community of Spring Canyon. He attended schools in...

Jesse Loraine Adams

Jesse Loraine Adams

Dec 6, 2022

Jesse Loraine Adams was born Feb. 22, 1942 in Santa Maria, California to Ralph and Hilda Adams. An ambitious middle child with a tomboyish streak, Loraine was a natural born leader. In childhood games she often played the starring role, preferring to play the part of Tarzan or Superman. And she wasn't just playing the part; she had the...

Cora Durfey Burgess

Cora Durfey Burgess

Dec 5, 2022

Cora Durfey Burgess, 98, died December 5, 2022, at her home in Orem, Utah.

She was born December 14, 1923, at home in Bicknell, Utah, to Robert Franklin Durfey and Mary Louisa Ellett Durfey. She moved to Provo, Utah in 1936 at the age of 13 where she later met and married Charles LaVern Burgess on November...

Stephen John Cutler

Stephen John Cutler

Dec 5, 2022

Stephen John Higginson Cutler, age 73, passed away after a long illness on Monday, December 5th, 2022. Stephen was born February 20th, 1949 to his parents Lucille and Douglas Higginson. Stephen, known as "Higgy" graduated from Provo High School in 1967. He excelled in athletics playing baseball and football at Provo High School, lettering in both sports. He went...

Nancy Laureen Albrecht

Nancy Laureen Albrecht

Dec 4, 2022

Nancy Boley Albrecht passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2022. She was born in American Fork, Utah, to Elisha Henry Boley and Edna Maud Boley on December 10, 1938, which was her father's 50th birthday.

As a teenager, she played a clarinet in the American Fork High School Band and the piano in a dance band. She...

Patricia Ruth Shumway

Patricia Ruth Shumway

Dec 4, 2022

Patricia Ruth Hilton Shumway ("Patti") quietly slipped away on December 4th, 2022, two days short of her 90th birthday, surrounded physically and virtually by all nine of her children and other loved ones. Born and raised in Oakland California as the last child of eight and the only girl, she has always been a much-loved center of attention.

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