Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah
Janice Piccolo
Nov 4, 2019
Janice Marie Piccolo, 82, passed away peacefully on November 4, 2019 due to complications from surgery. She was born February 5, 1937 in Newton, MA to Dorothy Marie Julian and Frank Piccolo. She was the oldest of four children. Janice graduated from Katherine Gibbs Business School in Boston and was a superb and highly sought-after administrative assistant. She worked for...
Lazell Druce
Oct 31, 2019
LaZell was born June 21, 1927 in Springville, Utah to Jacob and Permelia Felix, the youngest of six children LaZell said "after mother raised the older children, she was too tired to teach me anything, so we had a party all the time, it was a ball." LaZell loved traveling from a young age. Because her father worked for the...
Candace Miller
Oct 31, 2019
Our sweet mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Candace Lee Miller left this earthly existence on October 31, 2019, after a short illness. She was born on November 7th, 1956 to Louis Lee Miller and Dolly Avis Morgan Miller in Big Springs, Texas. She grew up as an Air Force Brat, as she would say, Before settling in Orem, Utah where she...
Matthew Davis
Oct 30, 2019
On Wednesday October 30, 2019 our loving son and brother died peacefully at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Matt was born in Orem in 1979 and graduated from Orem High School. He attended Utah Valley University and spent most of his career working in the fuel industry. His life was full of adventure with his family, friends,...
Colleen Platt
Oct 27, 2019
Colleen Johnson Platt, 75, passed peacefully on October 27, 2019, in Lehi, Utah, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She was born on March 9, 1944, in Buckhannon, West Virginia, to George U. and Betty Ann Phelan Johnson. Raised in California, she graduated from Merced High School, and then went on to receive her bachelor's degree in Humanities from Brigham...
Dick Paulsen
Oct 24, 2019
Dick Ray Paulsen, 77, our treasured husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away at home on October 24, 2019 surrounded by his wife and children after his courageous fight against bladder cancer. Dick was the third child of a family of four boys and one girl born to Ray and Mae Paulsen of Ephraim, Utah on December 2, 1941....
Marjorie Stucki
Oct 23, 2019
Marjorie Lenore Curtis Stucki, age 90, died Wednesday, October 23, 2019 in Orem, Utah. She passed away peacefully in her sleep. Surrounded by family, Margie slipped from this life into the arms of her loved ones who preceded her in death. Margie married William Richard Stucki on July 30, 1951. After more than 56 years of marriage, she has been...
Mark Facer
Oct 23, 2019
Mark Rolla Facer died peacefully at home in Provo Utah on October 23, 2019 at the age of 87 surrounded by his family. Mark is survived by his children Mark Facer, William Facer, Burnett Facer, Shannon Facer, James Facer, Keith Facer, Lucille Facer, David Facer and Amanda Olsen as well as numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is preceded in...
Barbara Steele
Oct 22, 2019
Barbara Sue Breseman Steele passed away peacefully on October 22, 2019 after a sudden and short battle with Glioblastoma. Barb was born July 22, 1950 in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Elizabeth Mable Day and Robert Lavern Breseman. She spent her childhood in Vicksburg, Michigan. Barb was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Shortly after joining the...
Edmond Hyatt
Oct 21, 2019
Edmond Preston "Pres" Hyatt, age 95, died October 21, 2019, in Orem, Utah. He was born November 15, 1923, to Clarence E. and Belle Edmonds Hyatt, in Joliet, Illinois. He served as an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers during WWII, where he met his wife Ora Mae Sorensen, who died in 2017. Pres received his BS and MS...
Shirley Peterson
Oct 18, 2019
Shirley Rae Carter Peterson, 72, of Orem, passed away peacefully in her home on Friday October 18th 2019 at 8:30 a.m. Shirley is preceded in death by her father, James (Jim) Arthur Carter, her mother Flora Fae (Richins) Carter and her sister Gloria (Carter) Healey. Shirley is survived by her loving husband of 52 years, Harold Brent Peterson.Shirley is lovingly...
Hye Byon
Oct 18, 2019
Hye Ryung Byon, age 55, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2019, at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah. Born on December 27, 1963, in Chengsong-gun, South Korea, to Jong Mok Lee and Hye Sook Li, Hye Ryung was the second oldest of four children. She served as an LDS missionary in the Seoul Korea Mission from 1985 to 1986....
Arlene Lapp
Oct 17, 2019
Arlene Rae Diefenthaler Lapp, age 85, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2019. Memorial Services will be Saturday, October 26, 2019, 1:30 p.m. at the L.D.S Chapel at 481 East Center Street, Orem. Condolences may be offered to the family online at www.walkersanderson.com.
Charles Morrison
Oct 16, 2019
Charles "Chuck" Henry Morrison, 82, of Provo, UT Passed away on Wednesday October 16, 2019 in Payson, UT. He was born January 31, 1937 in Payson, UT to William J Morrison and Dorothy Matilda Howell, he had 4 brothers (William, Donald, Dale, Melvin) and 1 sister (Darlene). Chuck grew up in Payson, UT, and graduated from Payson High School. He...
Orpha Gardner
Oct 16, 2019
Orpha Stokes Gardner was born in Logan, Utah on February 12, 1927. She was the younger of identical twins, and the sixth of seven children born to Henry Harold and Edna Packer Stokes who lived in Franklin, Idaho. The family moved to Twin Falls Idaho when she was a toddler. Eva and Orpha were nearly inseparable as children. They became...
Colby Hargis
Oct 16, 2019
Our beloved husband, father, uncle, brother, son and friend, Colby Dean Hargis, passed away October 16, 2019 at the age of 34, after losing his battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Colby was born in Provo Utah on November 21, 1984 to his parents Chuck and Jodi Hargis. Colby is the youngest of four children. Ever since the day...
Sherilyn Butala
Oct 14, 2019
Sherilyn Pearson Butala passed away very unexpectedly at her home in Provo, Utah, on October 14, 2019. Sheri was born to loving parents, Dale Francis Pearson (deceased) and VerLynne Freebairn Pearson, and into a loving family in Salt Lake City, Utah arriving on January 30, 1959. She grew up in Provo, Utah graduating from Provo High School, class of 1977,...
Sherilyn Butala
Oct 14, 2019
Sherilyn Pearson Butala passed away very unexpectedly at her home in Provo, Utah, on October 14, 2019. Sheri was born to loving parents, Dale Francis Pearson (deceased) and VerLynne Freebairn Pearson, and into a loving family in Salt Lake City, Utah arriving on January 30, 1959. She grew up in Provo, Utah graduating from Provo High School, class of 1977,...
Max Hansen
Oct 14, 2019
Our beloved father and grandfather, Max Ephraim Hansen, returned home to his Heavenly Father on Monday, October 14, 2019. Max was born on March 25, 1924 in Provo, Utah, to Ephraim J. Hansen and Cleo Miller Hansen. He was the second of three children. He graduated from Provo High School in 1942 and soon after married his high school sweetheart,...
Lynne Lynn
Oct 14, 2019
Lynne Croft Lynn passed away peacefully on October 14, 2019, after a courageous struggle with the debilitating effects from a series of strokes. She was a remarkably gifted and capable woman whose faith, hope, and charity blessed the lives of so many. Lynne was born on October 26, 1939, in Lovell, Wyoming, to Dr. Thomas Brown and Elna Dalley Jones...


