Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah

Judy Backus

Judy Backus

Jul 19, 2019

Judy Lynette Backus Judy Lynette Backus returned to her heavenly home surrounded by her loving husband and children on Friday, July 19, 2019. Judy was born on May 14, 1945 to Gerald and Francis Pyne in Pensacola, Florida. Her younger years consisted of life on the family fruit farm in Orem, Utah; she was the oldest child and enjoyed growing...

Thomas Verbanatz

Thomas Verbanatz

Jul 19, 2019

Thomas Ralph Verbanatz was born in Detroit Michigan on March 27, 1933, to Peter and Marjorie. They moved to Butte Montana where he spent his childhood and ended up moving in his teen years to Orem Utah with his only sibling, Josephine, and her new husband Tom Adams. He was an excellent athlete in all sports and enjoyed a collegiate...

Rivka Graaff

Rivka Graaff

Jul 17, 2019

Rivka Michelle Galbraith Van De Graaff, age 55, passed away after a valiant battle with cancer on July 17th, 2019. She was surrounded by her loving family members who'd all flown to Amsterdam to be by her side. Born in Provo, Utah in July of 1964, she was raised with four siblings in Jerusalem by her parents David Galbraith and...

Jeannine Parker

Jeannine Parker

Jul 15, 2019

Jeannine Holt Parker, age 62, passed away July 15, 2019. Jeannine was born on March 13, 1957 in American Fork, Utah. She was preceded in death by her father, Hyrum Holt and her mother, Florence Holt. She is lovingly remembered by her children Melissa West (David), Ross Parker (Lisa), and Lony Parker (Krista), her siblings Marsha Nelson (Richard), Charlene McAllister...

Kelley Johnson

Kelley Johnson

Jul 14, 2019

Kelley Quinn Johnson passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday July 14, 2019. Kelley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and attended school there graduating from Cottonwood High School. He lived in the Murry area for many years before moving south to Washington Utah living there until the last 8 months of his life. He lived in Cedar...

Larry Hulvey

Larry Hulvey

Jul 13, 2019

Larry Franklin Hulvey, age 73 of Lindon, passed away on July 13, 2019.  Memorial Services will be Friday, September 27, 2019, 7:00 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building, located at 1051 East 200 South, Lindon. Condolences may be offered and memories shared with the family online at www.walkersanderson.com

Barbara Jackson

Barbara Jackson

Jul 13, 2019

Barbara Elaine Jackson was born an only child to James Alfred and Norma Aileen Meyerott on March 29, 1932 in Oakland, California. She married Jay Terry Jackson on June 11, 1960. She is the mother of four children, Devin, David (Lora) Jackson, Karen (David) Egbert and Kimberly Johnson. She has nine grand children and seven great-grand children. Barbara loved her...

Jerrold Myrup

Jerrold Myrup

Jul 11, 2019

Jerrold Jay Myrup was reunited with his wonderful wife, Carol, on 11 July 2019.  He was born May 16, 1931 in Provo, Utah to Leon John and Maime Elizabeth Clark Myrup.  He grew up in Provo and spent time on the Hill Creek Ranch in Ouray, Utah and the Sandy Ranch in Garfield County, Utah with Granddad A. M. Myrup. ...

Billy Felton

Billy Felton

Jul 11, 2019

Billy Ray Felton, age 57, of Orem, Utah, passed away due to complications from a stroke Wednesday afternoon, July 11, 2019 surrounded by his wife and children. He was born August 15, 1961, in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Billy was a respected Master Automotive Technician for 35 years until he battled Congestive Heart Failure and succumbed to Diabetes related health issues...

Louise Johnson

Louise Johnson

Jul 11, 2019

Emily Louise Wilcox Johnson Emily Louise Johnson left this world to rejoin the love of her life, brothers, and beloved sister, July 11, 2019. She was 96.  Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 20 in the LDS Church located at 1875 N. 280 West, Orem. Family and friends may visit from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at...

Janet Ethel Ferguson Wing

Janet Ethel Ferguson Wing

Jul 10, 2019

Janet E Ferguson Wing, age 77 of Provo Utah, died on July 10, 2019 surrounded by family in Provo, Utah. She was born August 31, 1941 to Ray B. and Lois Monson Ferguson. She married Lynn Boyd Wing on October 17, 1957 in Preston, Idaho. They made their home in Provo for over 60 years. Her husband Lynn Boyd Wing...

Thomas Mcclure

Thomas Mcclure

Jul 7, 2019

Thomas Hardy McClure, 81, returned to his heavenly father on July 7, 2019 at his home. Tom was born May 2, 1938 in Vancouver, Washington to David and Josephine McClure. He graduated from Colton high school near Fontana, California and he served a LDS mission in the Western States. He met his lovely wife, Paula Irmeli Jouste while attending BYU...

Maxine Keith

Maxine Keith

Jul 6, 2019

Maxine Davis Keith, 92, returned to her Father in Heaven on July 6, 2019 from complications following pneumonia. Maxine was born on March 10, 1927 in Provo, Utah to William Burdell and Flossie Belle Kitchen Davis. She was raised in Edgemont during the great depression in humble circumstances and knew the value of hard work. Maxine regularly outworked everyone around...

Geraldine Ann Pigott Golding

Geraldine Ann Pigott Golding

Jul 5, 2019

Geraldine Ann (Jerry) Pigott Golding was born July 9, 1923 in Rochester, Minnesota.  She graduated from Mankato High School in 1941, shortly before the U.S. entered World War II.  With few athletic opportunities for girls during that time, Jerry played on the boys hockey team, and on the boys tennis team.  With the men going away to war, women were...

Avon Anderson

Avon Anderson

Jul 4, 2019

Avon Lucille (Peterson) Anderson August 25, 1935- July 4, 2019 Avon Anderson passed away peacefully on the 4th of July in Alpine, Utah. She was born in Weiser Idaho, the fourth of five sisters and lived in Salmon, Idaho and Nyssa, Oregon as a girl. After high school she graduated from the BYU nursing program and worked as an RN...

James Jensen

James Jensen

Jul 4, 2019

James C. "Jim" Jensen — a phenomenal family man, friend, neighbor, and mentor to those who loved him dearly — passed away on July 4th at his home in Lindon. Jim "The Old Boy" filled our lives with an abundance of love, compassion, words of wisdom, and laughter, leaving those he knew feeling appreciative, humbled, and better for having known...

Jillian Robinson

Jillian Robinson

Jul 1, 2019

Jillian Nicole Robinson has been a joy in our lives since the day she was born September 26, 2000 to Steven and Rebecca Robinson. From a young age she loved everyone she met and was always reaching out to others in need.  Being too concerned for the safety and feelings of both teams she never excelled at any particular sport...

Morris Gardner

Morris Gardner

Jul 1, 2019

Morris David Gardner was born July 31, 1926, in Logan, Utah, the youngest of 3 children of Anthony Snow Gardner and Almeda Stowell Hill.  The family moved to King City, California the next year, as his father Anthony accepted a position working for the California Orchard company.  At age 7, the family moved back to Utah, settling in Coalville, where...

Bryan Kennedy

Bryan Kennedy

Jun 26, 2019

Bryan Trevor Kennedy, born to Kurt and Vickie Kennedy on June 12,1980, returned home to proud and loving Heavenly Parents on June 26, 2019, due to complications of Cardiomyopathy. He is loved fiercely by his eternal wife, Danielle (Raynes) Kennedy and their three children: Charlotte, Oliver, and Josephine.  Bryan created a happy, peaceful, and meaningful life by treasuring every moment...

Mark Terpenning

Mark Terpenning

Jun 23, 2019

MARK LEE TERPENNING (Grandpa, Gramps, and PaPa) age 65 passed away peacefully on June 23, 2019 at Utah Valley Hospital due to complications of Leukemia. MARK was born April 26, 1954 at CFB Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. He is the second child of Marion L. Terpenning and Jacqueline D. Gates. MARK is predeceased by his parents and younger sister Rory Lynn...