Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah

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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Skylar Jens Jacobson

Skylar Jens Jacobson

Dec 3, 2022

Skylar Jens Jacobson was born late Wednesday, November 16th, 2022, in Provo, UT. His delivery into this world was easy, but his hardships came quickly. After being life flighted to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, he endured many tests, labs, and procedures. He was a very complex puzzle with many brilliant minds working to solve it. Even...

Michael David Leavitt

Michael David Leavitt

Dec 1, 2022

We lost two of our siblings in the past couple weeks.

Michael David Leavitt, born February 13, 1953 in Aberdeen, Maryland passed away December 1, 2022 from cancer. Mike was the firstborn child, coming while our father was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Mike was the best big brother anyone could want. He was a gentle soul...

Charmaine Ora Barlow

Charmaine Ora Barlow

Nov 26, 2022

Charmaine Ora Hardy Barlow

Daughter of Lavern Hardy and Golden Hardy, was born at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah. During her early years, she lived in Provo with her mtoher and grandmother, Ora Lucy Paulson, while her father was away at war. Her family later moved to Orem, UT where she attended Orem High School. Charmaine...

John Kent Hodson

John Kent Hodson

Nov 26, 2022

IT IS WITH DEEP SORROW THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF JOHN KENT HODSON. HE PASSED PEACEFULLY ON NOVEMBER 26, 2022, IN OREM, UTAH, SURROUNDED BY FAMILY, AT THE AGE OF 79. HE WAS BORN IN OGDEN, UTAH ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1943, AND RAISED IN PLAIN CITY, UTAH BY HIS PARENTS BENJAMIN CLARENCE HODSON AND NORMA ELIZABETH KOTTER (BOTH...

Lourdes Matias Vieira

Lourdes Matias Vieira

Nov 24, 2022

Lourdes (Lu) Matias Vieira, 39, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on November 24, 2022, Thanksgiving Day morning, in Lindon, Utah, after a year battle with brain cancer. She was born on August 3rd, 1983, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Valdomiro Matias and Lourdes Rocha Matias.

Lu was very gifted with an unmatched talent of learning...

Teresa Jean Leavitt

Teresa Jean Leavitt

Nov 23, 2022

We lost two of our siblings in the past couple weeks.

Michael David Leavitt, born February 13, 1953 in Aberdeen, Maryland passed away December 1, 2022 from cancer. Mike was the firstborn child, coming while our father was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Mike was the best big brother anyone could want. He was a gentle soul...