Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah

Cory J Hinckley

Cory J Hinckley

Mar 9, 2021

Cory J Hinckley died suddenly on March 9th 2021 in Provo, Utah. He was born February 17th 1981 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ronald Stanley Hinckley and Rhonda Park Hinckley. He married Bridget Lee in Spanish Fork, Utah, and they are the parents of Aubrey, Kiara/Eden and Nathan Hinckley. They later divorced. He survived by his parents, children and...

Dixie Jackson Kirkwood

Dixie Jackson Kirkwood

Mar 8, 2021

Dixie Jackson Kirkwood passed away in her sleep on March 8, 2021, two weeks after undergoing heart surgery. She was 78 years old. Dixie was born and raised in Hill Spring, a small, rural town in southern Alberta, Canada. The baby girl to Samuel and Iona Jackson, Dixie had seven older siblings and six older half-siblings who helped teach her...

Sophie Mae Slade

Sophie Mae Slade

Mar 7, 2021

Sophie Mae Slade age 62 of Orem, passed away Sunday, March 7, 2021. A Live Broadcast of services may be viewed Saturday, March 13, 2021, 10:30 a.m. at www.walkersanderson.com, where condolences and memories may be offered to the family. Arrangements entrusted to Walker Sanderson Funeral Home of Orem. For those that cannot watch it livestream it will be available shortly...

Marie Joan Young

Marie Joan Young

Mar 3, 2021

Marie Joan Ferre Young, age 84, peacefully returned to her heavenly family, Wednesday evening, March 3, 2021, surrounded by her family. She was born December 2, 1936 to Noal and Caddie Pace Ferre in Vineyard, Utah. She was the eleventh of twelve children. Marie had fond memories of growing up in Orem where she loved to spend time on the...

Harrison Tavana

Harrison Tavana

Mar 1, 2021

Harrison Dennis Lauleleioamoa Tavana passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by those who love him most on March 1, 2021 at the tender age of 7, following a 6-month battle with brain cancer. Harrison was born in Provo, Utah on December 20, 2013 to parents, DeeDee and Dennis Tavana. All who knew Harrison, loved him. He made friends everywhere...

Jeanne Francoise Rutishauser

Jeanne Francoise Rutishauser

Feb 28, 2021

Jeanne Françoise Antonorsi Rutishauser (1928 - 2021) Jeanne F. Antonorsi Rutishauser returned to her heavenly home on Sunday, February 28th. 2021. She was born in Marseille, France, of goodly parents: Laurent Emmanuel Antonorsi and Marie Agostini. She was fortunate to have a happy home and three loving sisters: Louisette, Mireille, and Huguette. Jeanne was raised in France, taught to honor...

Richard Clifton Brown

Richard Clifton Brown

Feb 26, 2021

Richard Clifton Brown 1943-2021 Richard Clifton Brown peacefully passed away early in the morning of February 26, 2021 after years of failing health. He was born to Forrest Arthur and Hazel (Flowers) Brown in Denver, CO on December 11, 1943. He was raised in Ellis, KS and graduated a Railroader from Ellis High after which his undergraduate education took him...

John Krommenhoek

John Krommenhoek

Feb 25, 2021

John Krommenhoek passed away on February 25, 2021, of causes incident to age. He was born July 11, 1945 in Zeist, The Netherlands, just after its liberation from Nazi forces .He was one of nine children born to Mathilde Lemken and Jan Krommenhoek. Four of the children immigrated with their mother to the United States in 1957. After living in...

Megan Ashley Edwards

Megan Ashley Edwards

Feb 24, 2021

Megan Ashley Edwards, 26, loving mother, daughter, sister, and friend to everyone that knew her, passed away on Wednesday February 24th, 2021 in Provo Utah, surrounded by her family and friends. Megan was born on December 1st, 1994 in Payson, Utah to her loving parents, Kim Baker of Salem, and Jason "Charlie" Edwards of Delta. Megan grew up and went...

James Lyle Emmons

James Lyle Emmons

Feb 23, 2021

James Lyle Emmons 1948 - 2021 James Lyle Emmons, 72, passed away February 23, 2021 in Orem, Utah. He was born September 10, 1948 in Artesia, CA to Hollis James Emmons and Dolores Ilene Padelford. He married Lois Ann Terry on March 14, 1970 in Exeter, CA. After Ann's passing in 2014, he married Dana Robison on October 14, 2017...

Katie Marie Lorton

Katie Marie Lorton

Feb 19, 2021

Katie Marie Robinson Lorton age 45 of Union, Missouri, passed away unexpectedly from natural causes, February 19, 2021. Katie was born March 1, 1975 to Dennis Robinson and M. Janis Wirick. Katie grew up in Orem, Utah. She played the piano and swam competitively on a USA swim team. She swam for her high school team and graduated from Mountain...

Robert Edgar Graul

Robert Edgar Graul

Feb 18, 2021

Private family services will be on Saturday February 27, 2021. There will be a livestream of the service on Saturday at 11 am. Just go to www.walkersanderson.com and click view live webcast. It will also be available on Roberts obituary shortly after the service ________________________________________________ Robert Edgar Graul, devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed peacefully from complications of COVID-19...

Brandie Renee Siegfried

Brandie Renee Siegfried

Feb 17, 2021

In Memoriam: Brandie Siegfried Brandie Siegfried, professor and author, whose erudite scholarship won praise across several disciplines, and whose teaching inspired and changed lives of students while challenging them with her famously arduous and demanding vision of what they could accomplish, died on Wednesday, February 17, in Provo, Utah. She was 57. Her death, at home, was attended by her...

Faye Heimdal

Faye Heimdal

Feb 17, 2021

Martha Faye (Roland) Heimdal went to her Heavenly home to be with her parents, 7 siblings, and husband of 56 years on February 17, 2021. She was 80 years old. She was born on March 3, 1940 to Henry Pratt and Mary Belle (King) Roland. She grew up and attended school in and around the Macon, Georgia area. She moved...

Ruth Emig

Ruth Emig

Feb 16, 2021

Ruth Arlene Steinerson Emig, age 96, of Orem, Utah, formerly from St. Louis, Missouri , passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2021. Ruth was born June 16, 1924 in Boise, Idaho, to Reinhart and Louise Ann Steinerson. She was preceded in death by her husband Elmer Joseph Emig. Ruth has four children, Jeanne Yates, Joe Emig, Charlie Emig and Kathy Savens....

Charles Richard Hardy

Charles Richard Hardy

Feb 16, 2021

Charles Richard Hardy ("Rusty") passed away unexpectedly on Feb 16, 2021, from a sudden heart attack. He was born on July 27, 1950 in San Bernardino, CA to Kenneth & Beverly Hardy. He was raised in southern California with 2 brothers and 1 sister. He attended Colton High School in Colton, CA. And went on to Mt. San Antonio College...

Richard Allin Nelson

Richard Allin Nelson

Feb 16, 2021

There will be a live stream of the service on Wednesday February 24, 2021 at 12 noon. Just go to www.walkersanderson.com and click watch live webcast. For those that cannot watch it live it will be available on Richards obituary page shortly after _________________________________________________________________________ Richard Allin Nelson, 76, passed away on February 16, 2021 from cardiac complications. He was surrounded...

Linda Beckstead

Linda Beckstead

Feb 16, 2021

Linda Beckstead was born September 10, 1968 in Redlands, California to Merrill and Nanette Beckstead. She passed away on February 16, 2021 in Provo, Utah from an unexpected accident in her home. Family and close friends are invited to celebrate her life Tuesday, February 23, 2021 from 5-7 p.m. at Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem. Please...

Jeannie Clarissa Cowley

Jeannie Clarissa Cowley

Feb 14, 2021

Jeannie Cowley, 62, passed away peacefully on February 14, 2021 at her brother's home in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She is free again after a debilitating and devastating struggle with dementia. Jeannie was born in Madison, Wisconsin on January 7th, 1959, the first of five children to Gerald Cowley and Marcia Kleve Cowley. Most of her childhood was spent in South...

Reuben Perry Ficklin

Reuben Perry Ficklin

Feb 11, 2021

A live broadcast of the service may be viewed at 11:00 a.m. on this link - https://zoom.us/j/97235140380 - please join us. __________________________________________________- Reuben Perry Ficklin completed his mortal journey on February 11, 2021 from natural causes. Perry was born on September 18, 1935 in Gonzales, Louisiana to Newton Reno and Hilda Gautreaux Ficklin. He was the oldest of their six...