Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah

Oralia Ferron

Oralia Ferron

Oct 19, 2020

Please adhere to proper social distancing and please wear a mask. There will be a live stream of the service on www.walkersanderson.com _________________________________________________________________________

Carol Vivian Hoover

Carol Vivian Hoover

Oct 18, 2020

Our Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Great Great Grandmother, Carol Vivian Bartlett Hoover, passed away on October 18, 2020. Carol was born on August 18, 1931 in Provo Canyon to Willis "Wick" Earl Bartlett and Maud Elizabeth Nielsen Bartlett. She spent her childhood and early youth riding her horses and loving the freedom of exploring all the mountains around her...

Iris Ashby

Iris Ashby

Oct 17, 2020

Iris Austin Ashby, 93, of Highland, Utah, passed away, October 17, 2020, as the result of a long life well-lived. Iris was born to Howard Glenn and Genevieve Higginson Austin on August 11, 1927, at Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the wife of the late Grant Victor Ashby. Together they raised their family of six...

Wayne Ross Finnegan

Wayne Ross Finnegan

Oct 16, 2020

Wayne Ross Finnegan passed away, October 16th, 2020 at 9:46 AM, from injuries sustained in an accident. Wayne was born May 30th, 1944 in Anaconda, Montana to Elmer & Catherine Finnegan. He grew up there and graduated as a Copperhead at Anaconda High, where he participated in track and basketball. Some fond memories include shooting a homemade rocket with his...

Lorna Dorothy Christensen

Lorna Dorothy Christensen

Oct 15, 2020

Lorna Dorothy Johnson Christensen, passed away October 15, 2020, one day shy of her 82nd birthday, due to COVID-19, an invisible foe that the world is continuing to fight. She fought as hard as she could but in the end, she became one of the faces that will forever represent this pandemic in our history books. Lorna was preceded in...

Suzanne Blakesley

Suzanne Blakesley

Oct 8, 2020

A live webcast will be available on our Live Webcast Page on www.walkersanderson.com We ask you to adhere to safe social distancing and please wear a mask if you are attending these services _____________________________________ On October 8, 2020, heaven gained a beautiful angel. Suzanne Holm Blakesley, age 75, died peacefully at her home, in Washington, Utah. She is finally reunited...

Richard Jones

Richard Jones

Oct 7, 2020

Richard Tyler Jones passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 at the age of 33. He will be deeply missed by his friends and family who always counted on him for a hug and a (sometimes inappropriate) laugh. Tyler was born on January 14, 1987 to Randall and Julie (Dennett) Jones, Orem, Utah. He grew up in Utah County...

Robert Lundquist

Robert Lundquist

Oct 6, 2020

A Live Broadcast of services may be viewed at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, October 10, 2020 at www.walkersanderson.com, where condolences and memories may be offered to the family. ________________________ Robert Henderson Lundquist died at his home in Orem, Utah, on October 6, 2020, at the age of 89, after several years of Alzheimer's Disease and recently suffering two strokes. He was...

Carol Wight

Carol Wight

Oct 3, 2020

Carol Ann McNairy Wight passed away at Utah Valley Hospital at 2:22 am, on 10/03/2020. She was surrounded by her family in love and drifted peacefully away into the arms of her husband and her mother and father. Carol Ann McNairy was born on March 12, 1942 in Santa Monica, CA to Louis B McNairy and Helen Howe McNairy. She...

Ila Beryl Peterson

Ila Beryl Peterson

Oct 2, 2020

There will be a public visitation on Friday October 9, 2020 from 6-8 pm at Walker Sanderson Funeral Home. Please adhere to social distancing and we require masks while attending the visitation. The family will have a private service on Saturday October 10, 2020 starting at 11:00 am. Everyone is welcome to watch the live stream of the service. It...

Andrea Rossel

Andrea Rossel

Oct 1, 2020

Our beloved daughter, sister and mother, Andrea Rossel passed away September 30, 2020. Andrea was born April 19, 1986 in Lima, Peru to loving parents, Pelayo Alberto Bonilla and Bertha Nelly Melgar. The family moved to Utah when Andrea was 17 years old where she graduated from Timpview High School. She continued her education studying criminology and wanted to become...

Donna Barnes

Donna Barnes

Sep 28, 2020

Donna Joan Miner Barnes (88) passed away peacefully at home on Monday, September 28, 2020, having been well and lovingly cared for by family members and Hospice. Donna and her twin brother, Donald Rowan Miner, were born March 21, 1932, to Earl Martin and Thelma Brown Miner at Suburban Hospital in Southgate, California, the fifth and sixth children of the...

Leslie Gerald Nielsen

Leslie Gerald Nielsen

Sep 23, 2020

Leslie Gerald Nielsen January 31, 1939 - September 23, 2020 Leslie Gerald Nielsen, 81, of Orem, returned to his beautiful wife and Father in Heaven on September 23, 2020. He was born January 31, 1939, in St. Johns, Arizona, to William Ole Nielsen and Gwendolyn Tiffany Nielsen. Although he went through life mostly known by his middle name Gerald, he...

Lalah Cameron

Lalah Cameron

Sep 19, 2020

Friends and extended family are invited to view the Monday memorial live or after the event on the funeral home's website (www.walkersanderson.com). To watch the stream of the Funeral Service and the Memorial Life video just click on photos and videos right above ________________________________________________________________ Lalah Nielsen Cameron 1932 - 2020 Lalah Nielsen Cameron passed away peacefully at her Orem home...

Lee F Cox Braithwaite

Lee F Cox Braithwaite

Sep 18, 2020

1936 – 2020 Lee F. Cox Braithwaite, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away on Friday, September 18th from the effects of aging. Lee was born on September 26, 1936, in Provo, Utah to Leonard and Violet Braithwaite. He enjoyed growing up with his brother Dale and sisters Ruthmary, Kathleen, and Rosemarie on West Center Street near his...

Richard Keith Grover

Richard Keith Grover

Sep 18, 2020

A Live Webcast of services may be viewed at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 28, 2020. Go to www.walkersanderson.com - connect to link on home page. _____________________________________________________________________________ Richard K. Grover, our dear Dad, beloved husband of 65 years, and "Bubba Dick," passed away peacefully at his home in Provo, Utah, on the morning of September 18, 2020. Richard was born in...

Linda Albertina Mortensen

Linda Albertina Mortensen

Sep 17, 2020

Linda A Mortensen passed away after a long battle with PSP September 17, 2020. Linda was born in American Fork, Utah December 28, 1944, a daughter of Albert John Nystrom and Katherine Johanna Nystrom. Linda attended school in Pleasant Grove and graduated from Pleasant Grove High. After high school she worked her way through many years of college, Pasadena City...

Stephen Sutton

Stephen Sutton

Sep 17, 2020

Stephen Sutton, age 33, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2020. Arrangements entrusted to Walker Sanderson Funeral Home of Orem. Condolences and memories may be offered to the family at www.walkersanderson.com

Elaine Harris

Elaine Harris

Sep 14, 2020

Elaine Evans Harris, of Orem, passed away September 14, 2020, just 13 days prior to her 89th birthday. Elaine Harris Obituary written by her on March 1, 2019 I was born September 27, 1931 to Jesse and Delila (DeSpain) Evans. Our family lived most of my growing up years in Arizona. When I was very young, our family spent my...

Patricia Mcewan West

Patricia Mcewan West

Sep 14, 2020

Patricia McEwan West, age 78 of Orem, passed away peacefully Monday, September 14, 2020. She and her identical twin sister Lynda were born August 25, 1942 in Provo to parents Lester and Grace Lewis McEwan. She was preceded in death by her Parents, Brother David McEwan and twin Sister Lynda Nerdin. She was a kind and loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother,...