Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah

Betty M Lowry

Betty M Lowry

May 26, 2020

Betty Muhlestein Lowry, Born January 20, 1930, died peacefully on May 26, 2020. Betty exemplified angelic qualities of love, compassion, gratitude and service in every aspect of her life and with everyone she was around, neighbors, friends, family and even strangers. She served endlessly with a smile. She loved the Savior, her husband of 72 years, her 6 children and...

Oranee Abbott

Oranee Abbott

May 22, 2020

Oranee Harward Abbott, age 80, passed away surrounded by her family on May 22, 2020 in Provo, Utah. Oranee was born in Payson, Utah on June 23, 1939 to Thomas Orin Harward and Alma Renee Barney Harward. Oranee was the 9th of 10 children, and she grew up in Salt Lake City where she attended East High School. When Oranee...

Marie Bertha Marie Deroest

Marie Bertha Marie Deroest

May 21, 2020

Marie DeRoest, 88, of Orem, UT passed away on the evening of Thursday, May 21 in her home surrounded by her family. Marie was born on April 9, 1932 in Portland, OR. She was raised in Sumpter, OR by her loving parents Laurence and Emma Graves. She married the love of her life, Joe DeRoest, on March 26, 1948. They...

Howard Curtis Nielson

Howard Curtis Nielson

May 20, 2020

Howard C. Nielson died of natural causes on Wednesday morning, May 20. He was living in South Carolina with his daughter Mary Lee Jackson, who was holding his hand when he passed away peacefully, to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart and wife, Julia (Julie) Adams Nielson, who passed away 17 years earlier. Howard was also preceded in death by...

Albert "Hap" Smith

Albert "Hap" Smith

May 20, 2020

"Hap" Albert David Smith 78, passed away peacefully at his home in Santaquin, Utah on May 20, 2020 surrounded by his family. His larger-than-life persona, his Ripley's Believe It or Not stories and trademark stubbornness will never be forgotten. Hap was born to Hazel Elizabeth James and Albert Andrew Smith on November 9, 1941 in Ogden, Utah. He was the...

Heather Ashley Fox

Heather Ashley Fox

May 16, 2020

A live broadcast of services may be watched at www.walkersanderson.com Wednesday May 20, 2020,12:00 pm, ______________________________________ Heather Ashley Fox, 31, of Orem, Utah passed away peacefully in her home with loving family around her after a courageous battle with Colon Cancer on Saturday May 16, 2020. Heather was born March 22, 1989 in Orem Utah to Shawn and Annette Fox....

Naomi Watson

Naomi Watson

May 14, 2020

Naomi Anastasia Watson, age 22, was born August 23, 1997 in Donetsk, Ukraine and passed away on May 14, 2020 in Rexburg, Idaho after a life-long struggle. Naomi was adopted when she was two years old. She grew up in South Korea, Baldwinsville New York, Kerkrade Netherlands, Montclair Virginia, and Mapleton, Orem and Spanish Fork Utah. She graduated with a...

Sylvia Pitts

Sylvia Pitts

May 14, 2020

1939 -2020 Sylvia Clark Pitts passed away peacefully in her home on May 14, 2020. Sylvia was born July 05 1939 to Elmo R. and Melba Thorn Clark. She married Robert Ted Pitts on June 7, 1957. She is survived by her husband, Ted and her children, Daina Pitts, Robert Dean (Deanna) Pitts, Andrea (Kregg) Holdaway, Kaylynne (Randy) Nelson, 4...

William Prue

William Prue

May 3, 2020

Live streaming of the services will be available at www.walkersanderson.com on the Live Webcast page starting at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 7, 2020 William Kent Prue (1937 – 2020) William K. "Bill" Prue passed away peacefully of natural causes, at his home in Lehi, Utah on May 3, 2020. Bill was born on May 18, 1937, in Provo, Utah...

Kathryn (Kitty) Rowley

Kathryn (Kitty) Rowley

May 2, 2020

There will be a live stream of the graveside service on Wednesday May 6, 2020 at 1 p.m. Condolences may be offered to the family and a live broadcast of services may be watched at www.walkersanderson.com __________________________________________________________________________ Kathryn "Kitty" Rowley, 92, of Orem, Utah, went to be with our Heavenly Father on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020, surrounded by her loved...

Ivan Taylor Call

Ivan Taylor Call

Apr 28, 2020

Our wonderful husband, father, and grandfather Ivan Taylor Call, 85, of Orem, Utah, passed away on April 28, 2020 in Provo, Utah. He was born October 22, 1934 in Ely, Nevada to Ivan and Marietta Taylor Call. He grew up in Ely and graduated from White Pine County High School in 1952. While in high school he met his sweetheart...

Richard Scott Carter

Richard Scott Carter

Apr 27, 2020

Due to concerns over Corona virus, private family viewing and services will be held with social distancing protocol and wearing of masks observed for both. A private family visitation will be held Friday morning with a private family funeral to follow., Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem. Interment in Orem City Cemetery. Live Streaming of services will...

Sharlene Johnson Cordes

Sharlene Johnson Cordes

Apr 24, 2020

There is a time and a season under heaven, and our dear wife, mom, grandma, sister & friend lived beyond her favorite season of fall, after open-heart surgery, only to have her mind and body make the decision to leave this earth to join her beloved son Devin, and adored mom and dad in heaven in the spring. Although she...

Norma Cochran

Norma Cochran

Apr 22, 2020

View Live Webcast at www.walkersanderson.com for graveside services, Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. Memories may be shared and condolences offered to the family online at www.walkersanderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norma Anderson Cochran passed away peacefully in Provo, UT on April 22, 2020 from natural causes. Norma was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 1, 1923. She was the...

D. Rex Gertsch

D. Rex Gertsch

Apr 22, 2020

View Live Webcast at www.walkersanderson.com for graveside services, Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. Memories may be shared and condolences offered to the family online at www.walkersanderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duane Rex Gertsch, the first child of Jeremiah Gertsch and Blodwen Marsh Thompson Gertsch, was born November 15, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah. When Rex was 16 months old, his...

Michael Harris

Michael Harris

Apr 22, 2020

Michael Ralph Harris passed away on April 22, 2020 from metastasized Kidney/Lung Cancer and Parkinson's disease. He was born in Burbank, California to Ralph Irvin and Ruth G Harris on August 31, 1944. Survived by wife Cheri Harris, children Michael S. Harris (Melissa), Ashlie Seipert (Chris), Jessica Kimble (Chris), 8 Grandchildren (Micah, Madison, McKayla, McCoy, Sophia, Stella, Conrad, and Henry),...

Newton Warnick Andrus

Newton Warnick Andrus

Apr 22, 2020

View Live Broadcast at www.walkersanderson.com for graveside services, Monday, April 27, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. Memories may be shared and condolences offered to the family online at www.walkersanderson _________________________________________________________________________ Newton Warnick Andrus passed away April 22, 2020, at the age of 77 due to congestive heart failure. Newt was a man who loved to see and understand the world, loved...

David Henry Taylor

David Henry Taylor

Apr 18, 2020

David H. Taylor, 72, of Riverton, passed away peacefully in his home and returned to his Heavenly Father on April 18, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was an amazing husband, father, brother, "Bopa" and a man that could fix anything that needed fixing. He was devoted to serving others and showed his love for Heavenly Father by...

Lyndella Bryant

Lyndella Bryant

Apr 17, 2020

Lyndella (Lindy) McLaws Bryant May 29, 1930 -- April 17, 2020 Lindy McLaws was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Franklin and Marion McLaws on May 29, 1930. She was the oldest child in a family of three, Larry and Monte following after her. Her father was a photographer and stonemason. His work took them many places as they lived during...

Henny Marie Gautier-Kitchen

Henny Marie Gautier-Kitchen

Apr 16, 2020

Henny Marie (Pedersen) Gautier-Kitchen, of Provo, Utah, returned to her Father in Heaven on 16 April 2020, shortly before her 85th birthday, after a long illness. Henny was born on 30 May 1935 in Aarhus, Denmark. As a young child, she remembered the hardships of growing up under the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Seeing much suffering...