Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah

Delphia Wright Colyar

Delphia Wright Colyar

Oct 31, 2021

DELPHIA COLYAR

​Sunday, October 31, 2021, one day after her 99th birthday, Delphia Wright Colyar slipped gently away and returned to her Heavenly Father. Her eldest grandson, David Colyar Jr. was at her side.

​Delphia was born October 30, 1922 in Ogden, Utah to Joseph Alma and Sabra Wright. She was the youngest of 5...

Clifton Vern Pyne

Clifton Vern Pyne

Oct 30, 2021

On Saturday, October 30, 2021, Clifton Vern Pyne of American Fork, Utah, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, and friend, passed away at the age of 74.

Vern was born in Provo, Utah on August 11, 1947, to Clifton Morris and Clara Louise "Peggy" (Loveless) Pyne. He is the proud brother to four younger sisters. Vern is...

Nikki Ann Purcell

Nikki Ann Purcell

Oct 29, 2021

Nikki Ann Schuller Purcell began her next big adventure when she passed away peacefully on October 29, 2021, surrounded by her family, and joyfully greeted by her son Andy , who was waiting with open arms on the other side.

Daughter of Harold Charles Schuller and Ann Podovinikoff, Nikki Ann was born October 3, 1947, weighing a...

George S Rowley

George S Rowley

Oct 27, 2021

George Sloan Rowley Jr, 92, of Orem, Utah, returned to his Heavenly Father and was reunited with his sweetheart on October 27, 2021, surrounded by his loved ones.

George was born in Wilkinsburg, PA July 11, 1929 to George Sloan Rowley Sr. and Viola Bella Jones. His early childhood was spent in Trafford, PA. He loved spending...

Audrey Jeanne Ferronato

Audrey Jeanne Ferronato

Oct 25, 2021

Audrey Jeanne Ferronato, 78 of Orem, passed away October 25, 2021. She was born July 1, 1943 to Roe and Fawn Pace in Los Angeles, CA. She is the youngest of three with two older brothers, Don and Ron Pace.

She married Larry Ferronato on June 18, 1964 and they were blessed with two wonderful children: Pamela...

Jose R. Rolando Cordova

Jose R. Rolando Cordova

Oct 25, 2021

Jose Rolando Cordova Sr., age 70, returned home to his loving Heavenly Father and was reunited with his son on Monday, October 25, 2021.

Our beloved Papa Joe, was a man filled with love and humor. He spent countless years serving the Lord in the Manhattan, NY and Provo, UT temples.

He is survived by...

Phyllis Laverne Adamson

Phyllis Laverne Adamson

Oct 24, 2021

Phyllis Cruze Adamson, 74, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on October 24, 2021. She was born to Union Jerome Cruze and Ruth Alta Spears on January 11, 1947 in Phoenix, Arizona. She lived in Hawaii, Tennessee and Ogden, Utah before moving to Provo in 1964. She graduated from Provo High School, where she was yearbook editor, in 1965....

Michael Jay Smith

Michael Jay Smith

Oct 23, 2021

Michael Jay Smith was born on June 20, 1948 in Huntington Park, California; he is the second child of Joe Butler Smith and Alice Virginia Rose Smith. His father was a hospital corpsman in the Navy at the time of his birth. He joined his older sister, Ginnie. Mike lived in San Diego all of his life except for...

Delois Jean Hobson

Delois Jean Hobson

Oct 22, 2021

Delois (Lois) Jean Cash Hobson was born in Buena Vista, Virginia on June 11, 1937, to John Hansford Cash and O'Della Wheeler. She was the oldest of five children. Raised in very humble circumstances, she started learning to play the piano at 8 years old and was playing every week for her LDS church congregation by age 11. Her...

Myrna Rae Baumann

Myrna Rae Baumann

Oct 21, 2021

Myrna Rae Morrill Baumann passed away peacefully on October 21st, 2021, at age 80 of complications from Multiple Sclerosis. She was born on January 5th, 1941, to Luther Cloyd Morrill and Bernice Hinton Morrill in Kingston, Utah. She served a mission in Argentina and then married Richard William Baumann on July 9th, 1964 in the Salt Lake City Temple....

Emogene Vincent Cook Nelsen

Emogene Vincent Cook Nelsen

Oct 20, 2021

Emogene "Jean" Brailsford, Vincent - Cook - Nelsen courageously passed away October 20, 2021 in Orem Utah.

Born in Payson, Utah, April 12, 1947, to George Leonard and Emogene Hone Brailsford she was the fourth daughter of eight children. She was raised on the farm in Benjamin, Utah.

She graduated from Spanish Fork High School...

Jeffrey Lynn Bruning

Jeffrey Lynn Bruning

Oct 19, 2021

On October 19, 2021, Jeffrey Lynn Bruning, better known as "Jeff," departed this life for a long awaited reunion with his parents, his youngest daughter, and other loved ones, as a result of complications following heart surgery.

Born June 1, 1960 in Boise, Idaho, Jeff started school in Boise and eventually graduated from Orem High School in...

Geralda Carpi Pugina

Geralda Carpi Pugina

Oct 16, 2021

In Loving Memory of Geralda Carpi Pugina

Geralda Carpi Pugina 78 returned to live with our Heavenly Father on October 16, 2021 in Orem Utah after a valent lifelong battle with heart issues.

Gerie, as she was known to her friends and family was born on March 19, 1943 in São Paulo, Brazil to Ricieri...

Paul Young Jarman

Paul Young Jarman

Oct 14, 2021

Its is with heavy hearts that Tom and I post that our little brother passed away early on Thursday morning, October 14, 2021 from the horrible Covid 19 disease.

Paul was born January 10, 1959 to Berdean and Sydney Jarman. He spent his childhood on the family farm in Orem graduating from Orem High School in 1977....

Dana Kay Hayward

Dana Kay Hayward

Oct 13, 2021

Our beautiful mother and grandmother, Dana Kaye Gehring Hayward, of Provo, peacefully passed away Wednesday, October 13, 2021. Dana was born November 12, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Paul H. and Belva Erickson Gehring. She lived in Salt Lake City until 1945 when her family moved to Provo. Dana attended elementary schools in Provo, B.Y. Jr. High...

Joana Rae Marshall

Joana Rae Marshall

Oct 12, 2021

A graveside dedication service will be held at a later date (TBD). We will be sharing the date/time/location once it has been determined.

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Joana Rae Marshall, age 47, died in her sleep on October 12th, 2021 at American Fork Hospital while battling Pancreatitis.

Joana was born August 22nd, 1974 in Colorado Springs,...

Launa Mae Stewart

Launa Mae Stewart

Oct 12, 2021

Launa Mae Shippen Stewart, age 72, passed away October 12, 2021, in Irvine, California. Launa was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on August 14, 1949 to Paul Rex and Lola May Shippen. Launa had an older brother, Robert, and eventually two brothers, Lyle and David, and a sister, Kerri, joined the family. At the age of four, the family...

Joseph Alma Ott

Joseph Alma Ott

Oct 9, 2021

Joseph Alma Ott was born December 23rd, 1957, to J. Bevan Ott and RaNae Ott (Bettridge). He passed away on October 9th, 2021, after a sudden fight with kidney failure and pneumonia. He passed peacefully with his family surrounding him in Provo. He is now able to see his Father Bevan and son Casey once again.

Joe...

Tara Victoria Nelson

Tara Victoria Nelson

Oct 9, 2021

Tara Victoria Nelson

May 21, 2021 - October 9, 2021

Tara Nelson passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, October 9th surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Seattle, Washington on May 21, 1969, to Vicki and John McRae. While growing up in Seattle she developed many lasting friendships and was always a...

Merlene Farnworth

Merlene Farnworth

Oct 5, 2021

Life of Merlene Newell Farnworth

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister Merlene Newell Farnworth passed away on October 5, 2021 in Utah Valley Regional Hospital, under the loving care of her husband Blaine E. Farnworth, following several years of declining health and complications.

Merlene was born on February 7, 1939 to Oris James & Elva...