Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah

Jose Horacio Montoya

Jose Horacio Montoya

Jul 19, 2022

Jose Horace Montoya, our beloved Husband, Father, Brother, Grandpa and Friend passed away peacefully at his home in Springville, UT on July 19th, 2022, after a short battle with leukemia.

Horace was born on Oct. 7th, 1947 in Price, UT, to his parents Jose Maria Montoya and Eleanor Mercure Montoya. They lived in Rains, UT and later...

Shirlee Rae Mitchell

Shirlee Rae Mitchell

Jul 18, 2022

Shirlee Rae Gourley Mitchell, 94, passed away in her home in Orem on July 18, 2022.

Shirlee was born March 9, 1928, in Eureka, Utah, to her parents Verda and George Gourley. Shirlee was preceded in death by her husband Paul Robert Mitchell and her son Sanderson Alex Mitchell. She is survived by her son David G....

Leah Lawanna Wilkinson Colunga

Leah Lawanna Wilkinson Colunga

Jul 18, 2022

Leah Lawanna Wilkinson Colunga

1949 ~ 2022

Leah Lawanna Wilkinson Colunga, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 18, 2022.

She was born to Max Wilkinson and Colleen Follett on August 14, 1949, in Provo, Utah. Leah married Jimmie D. Colunga in August 1967 in Provo, Utah (later divorced). Together they had...

Letha Grace Burrell

Letha Grace Burrell

Jul 17, 2022

Letha Grace Larson Burrell, age 95, our loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend passed away in the early evening of July 17, 2022.

Letha was born on April 6, 1927 as the sixth child of thirteen in the family of James Alma Larson and Grace McBride Larson. She was born at her...

Russell Alexander Hollingworth

Russell Alexander Hollingworth

Jul 16, 2022

We are so very sad to announce the passing of our beloved son, brother, grandson, and friend Russell Alexander Hollingworth age 23 of Provo, Utah who took his life after a long-term battle with anxiety and depression on July 16, 2022.

Russell was born in the American Fork Hospital and was the most beautiful baby ever sent...

August Wilhelm Jaussi

August Wilhelm Jaussi

Jul 14, 2022

August Wilhelm Jaussi, age 96, died Friday, July 15, 2022 in St. George, Utah of natural causes. He was born August 26, 1925 in Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho, a son of Gottfried and Susanna Schlunegger Jaussi. He married Laureen Berdell Richardson on December 23, 1955 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple.

He completed all of his...

Earl Leroy Demson

Earl Leroy Demson

Jul 13, 2022

Earl Leroy Demson

1948-2022

Earl Leroy Demson ,74, passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Born May 18, 1948 to Louis Restall Demson and Darlene Minnie Hazel in Payson, UT, Earl was an only child. He joined the United States Navy on August 20, 1968 and became a Dental Technician (DT). He was...

Merle Y Craig

Merle Y Craig

Jul 12, 2022

Merle Yearsley Craig passed away peacefully on July 12, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.

Merle was born in San Francisco, California but moved to Utah county at a young age where she was raised in the Provo/Orem area. She graduated from Orem High School in 1960 where she participated in Student Council and danced for the...

Sharon Huff Willes

Sharon Huff Willes

Jul 9, 2022

"To die will be an awfully big adventure." ― J.M. Barrie

Sharon Huff Willes embarked upon the next great adventure of her life on July 9th, 2022, returning to her husband, family, and Heavenly Parents.

Sharon Huff was born November 8th, 1937 to Archie Huff and Lucile Emery Huff. Sharon, or Sherry, grew up in...

Marsha Eiten

Marsha Eiten

Jul 9, 2022

Marsha Lynn Brand was born in Grand Junction, Colorado on September 28th, 1946 to Dean F. Brand and Hazel Mae Cook. Her brother, Dennis Brand, preceded her in 1976. Marsha passed away on July 9th, 2022 due to many health concerns and eventually natural causes. Marsha was the mother to five amazing children, Kristen Michele, Troy Ryan, Kyle Aaron,...

Deanna Davis

Deanna Davis

Jul 7, 2022

Deanna Gai Davis, maiden name Dimick, life-long resident of Orem, Utah, peacefully passed in her own bed, surrounded by loved ones, on July 7, 2022.

Born on September 30, 1943, in Orem, Utah, she was the third child of four. Her idyllic childhood, spent romping barefoot in her parent's strawberry fields, climbing apple trees and riding her...

Brent Leon Zobell

Brent Leon Zobell

Jul 6, 2022

Brent Leon Zobell, age 77 and long-time resident of Orem, passed away at The Charleston Assisted Living Residence in Cedar Hills on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Brent was born on January 25, 1945 in Richfield, Utah to Orene Staples. He spent his childhood years in Sevier County, eventually moving to Orem and graduating from Orem High School in 1963....

Jacqueline Nelson

Jacqueline Nelson

Jul 2, 2022

Jacqueline (Harker) Nelson was born September 19th, 1943, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to Douglas and Mildred (Bennett) Harker. She passed away Saturday July 2, 2022 in Orem, Utah in the hospital after a brief illness at 78 years old surrounded by family.

Jacquie is survived by her husband Orrin Nelson They had six children; Preceded in death...

Renee Taylor Earl

Renee Taylor Earl

Jul 1, 2022

Renee Taylor Earl passed peacefully away at her home in Orem, Utah on July 1, 2022, just two weeks prior to her 92nd birthday. She was born July 15, 1930 in Salem, Utah, to Roy Thomas and Annie Hortense Nelson Taylor, the third of four beloved children. Renee adored her parents, her older sisters Lu and Ilene, and her...

George Richard Ryskamp

George Richard Ryskamp

Jul 1, 2022

George Richard Ryskamp

6 May 1950 - 1 July 2022

Surrounded in love by his wife and four children, George Richard Ryskamp died peacefully on

1 July 2022 at Utah Valley Medical Center in Provo, Utah.

George was born on 6 May 1950 in Detroit, Michigan, to Rix and Clarice Ryskamp....

Judith Charlotte Pavia

Judith Charlotte Pavia

Jun 28, 2022

Judith Charlotte Pavia, 81, of Saratoga Springs, Utah, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at Highland Glen Memory Care Home in Highland, Utah. Judy was born on July 14, 1940 in Syracuse, New York to John and Marjorie Goodness Hayford. On May 13, 1961, she married Leonard Prosper Pavia in Pocatello, Idaho. Their marriage was sealed in the...

Cleo Buchanan

Cleo Buchanan

Jun 28, 2022

Park City, UT—Cleo Baker Buchanan passed from this life on June 27, 2022. She was born January 14, 1928.

Cleo will be remembered for a life of generosity and service. She kept her family close and provided a lifetime of loving care to each of her children and grandchildren. She lived in service to friends, always understanding...

Barry Lamar Bartlett

Barry Lamar Bartlett

Jun 28, 2022

Ever the lover of a good fireworks display, Barry LaMar Bartlett (aka Papa Bear) "shot on over" to the other side when he quite suddenly graduated this life on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. It appears the giant heart beating in his chest just simply needed more room to grow, more people to love and more kingdom building work to...

Alma Delia Zepeda

Alma Delia Zepeda

Jun 27, 2022

Alma Delia Zepeda, 46 of Orem, passed away Monday, June 27, 2022. Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, July 1, 2022 at 6:00 pm in the St. Francis of Assisi Church, 65 East 500 North, Orem. Family and friends may visit that evening at the church from 4-6pm.

Condolences may be offered to the family online...

Harvey Bruce Higley

Harvey Bruce Higley

Jun 23, 2022

Harvey Bruce Higley passed away in his home at the age of 81 on Thursday, June 23, 2022 of heart failure.

Bruce was born July 23, 1940 in Soda Springs, Idaho to John Warren Higley and Martha Lovenia Stones. Growing up he developed a strong work ethic that shaped his entire life. His mother passed away when...