Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah

Gary Daniel Peay

Gary Daniel Peay

May 26, 2022

Gary Daniel Peay was reunited with his eternal sweetheart, O'leah Garlick, on May 26th, 2022. Gary was born to Leslie and Cleone Peay on August 24th, 1936, in Provo, Utah. He joined his sister Marge and was later followed by his sisters, Carol, Nyleen, Anne, Linda, and his brother Larry Paul. It was in this home he learned to...

Susan Delene Wood

Susan Delene Wood

May 26, 2022

Susan DeLene Harris Wood, born March 17, 1951, returned to her Heavenly Father on May 26, 2022. Her sudden passing has been heartbreaking to all who knew and loved her.

Susie was born in Stockton, California, and raised in San Pedro, California. She was a ray of sunshine from the beginning. She was born to Delbert Pierre...

Robert John Blake

Robert John Blake

May 24, 2022

R. John Blake of Orem, Utah died peacefully in his sleep on May 24th, 2022.

John was born the oldest son to Robert and Ruby Blake in 1938 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Growing up he loved drawing, coin and stamp collecting, and golfing. He was an Eagle Scout. He graduated from South High School and the...

Ferneth Brown Courtright

Ferneth Brown Courtright

May 24, 2022

Ferneth Brown Courtright passed away on May 24, 2022 at the age of 87. She was born September 2, 1934 in Virden, New Mexico, to Floyd and Elmina Brown, the sixth of eight children. The family lived and farmed in Virden and Kirtland, New Mexico. The family lost two siblings as children, then her mother died in 1946 and...

Sharon Lynn Fitch

Sharon Lynn Fitch

May 23, 2022

SHARON LYNN POTTER FITCH

February 17, 1938 - May 23, 2022

Sharon Lynn Potter Fitch passed away peacefully on May 23, 2022, from natural causes incident with age. Hers was a remarkable life filled with love for her family, the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and generous service to others.

Sharon was born...

Betty Clements Ericksen

Betty Clements Ericksen

May 23, 2022

Betty Clements Ericksen passed away on Monday, May 23, 2022 at the age of 88. She was born on April 1, 1934, on Easter Sunday in American Fork, Utah to Ezra Albert Clements and Elsie Vernetta Savage Clements. Betty was 13 of 15 children. She married her sweetheart, Leo Henry Ericksen Jr. on August 21, 1952 in Salt Lake...

Joyce Johnson Farnsworth

Joyce Johnson Farnsworth

May 23, 2022

Joyce (Jackie) Johnson Farnsworth (1931-2022)

Joyce "Jackie" Johnson Farnsworth, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away May 23, 2022 in Orem, Utah with her family by her side. She was born April 12, 1931, in Taber, Alberta, Canada—the 8th of 11 children of Leith and Myrtle Johnson. She graduated from Taber High School and attended Brigham Young...

Jared Wynn Hemmert

Jared Wynn Hemmert

May 22, 2022

Jared Wynn Hemmert passed peacefully and surrounded by family on May 22, 2022. Jared was born to Dr. Wynn Howard Hemmert and Joyce Duffin Hemmert at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 6, 1975. He spent time exploring the beaches and wind-swept hills of Pacifica, California, until his family moved to Orem, Utah in 1978. His early...

Nancy Helen Haag

Nancy Helen Haag

May 20, 2022

Nancy H. Stauffer Haag. Beloved Wife, Mother Grandmother and Great Grandmother Born Sept. 07,1942 returned peacefully home to her Father in Heaven surrounded by family on May 20, 2022. Nancy was born in Buffalo New York to Helen Baldwin Stauffer and Paul Hoyt Stauffer. She was raised by her grandparents from the age of 2 yrs old to 7 yrs...

Sandra Kirk Sawaya

Sandra Kirk Sawaya

May 20, 2022

Sandra Kirk Sawaya was born on November 28, 1942, to Wayne and Phyllis Ford Monk in Provo, Utah. She lived courageously with Ovarian cancer for the last two and a half years until passing away peacefully at her home in Pleasant Grove, Utah on May 20, 2022, surrounded by her adoring family. Sandra married Lary James Kirk in the...

William Thomas Jones

William Thomas Jones

May 20, 2022

William Thomas Jones (Tom), passed away on May 20, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 18, 1941 to Thomas and Alice Jones. He graduated from Orem High School, after which he went into the Navy and served in the Vietnam War.

After returning from the service he had many adventures working in...

Robyn Adair Williams

Robyn Adair Williams

May 18, 2022

Robyn Adair Williams, 69 , of Orem Utah passed away on May 18, 2022 in Provo Utah due to complications of emphysema and Covid 19. Robyn was born April 9, 1953 in Cedar City Utah to ValJean and Martha Ellen (Carlton) Williams. He is survived by his children Owen (Emma) Williams, Shannon (Shane) Farley and Kemmer (Suzanne) Williams. Brother Terry...

Colleen Cranmer

Colleen Cranmer

May 15, 2022

Colleen Schilling Cranmer, age 86, passed away peacefully in her home on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Colleen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1936. Her parents were Ramona Williams and Harry Schilling. She grew up in Salt Lake City until her senior year in high school when they moved to Logan, Utah. She worked at the candy...

Elizabeth Ann Shipp

Elizabeth Ann Shipp

May 10, 2022

Elizabeth Ann Shipp passed away peacefully on May 10, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.

Elizabeth "Beth" was born on Friday, December 21, 1934, to Edith Sanders Abstein and William Russell Abstein in Tallahassee, Florida.

Around the age of five, Beth moved with her family to Jacksonville, Florida where she grew up with her five...

Karen C Larsen

Karen C Larsen

May 2, 2022

Karen Cooper Albrecht Larsen

January 17, 1938- May 2, 2022

(Karen wrote her own obituary)

Karen was born in the old Salina, Utah hospital to Don L. and Otheya Crowther Cooper on January 17, 1938. She was a much-awaited baby after ten years of childless marriage. She was raised in Aurora, Utah, where...

Clark L Cox

Clark L Cox

May 1, 2022

Clark L. Cox, beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away on May 1, 2022. He was born on September 20, 1927, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the son of David Marriner Cox and Veda Belle Leavitt Cox. Clark attended schools in Moapa, Las Vegas and Bunkerville, Nevada, graduating in the Class of 1945 from Virgin Valley High School,...

Denise Haag

Denise Haag

Apr 30, 2022

Denise Wiley Haag passed away, peacefully at her home on April 30, 2022. Denise was born on November 12, 1950, the second child, of Joseph LaVon and LaRue Mower Wiley. She spent her childhood living near 800 North in Orem where she had many fond memories with siblings and friends playing in their fun backyard. Denise graduated from Orem...

Alissa Marie Tanner

Alissa Marie Tanner

Apr 30, 2022

Alissa was a true, loyal, and caring daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece and friend.

She was witty, sensitive, and fun.

She loved the babies of our family.

She had earthly struggles that were very difficult for her, but now she is out of pain mentally and physically.

She is now at peace...

Barbara Jean Burnside

Barbara Jean Burnside

Apr 29, 2022

Barbara Jean Burnside 87, of Orem, Utah, went back into the arms of her eternal love on Friday, April 29th. She was born on October 6, 1934 to Elton Mecham and Florence Merillene Mecham. She grew up in Provo, Utah, and later raised her family in Orem, Utah.

She graduated from Provo High School.

On...