Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah
Jack Richard Burton
Nov 30, 2017
Jack Richard Burton Jack Richard Burton, 92, formerly of La Grande, Oregon and Boise, Idaho, moved on from this life to his next adventure on November 30, 2017. Jack was born in Baker, Oregon on February 18, 1925, son of James Pled and Mildred Rose Burton. He attended a one-room schoolhouse in Lime and graduated from Imbler High School. In...
Joyce Ilene Stumphy
Nov 30, 2017
Joyce Ilene Jensen Stumphy was born September 23, 1930 in Salt Lake City, UT, daughter of Edgar C. and Isabella Proctor Jensen, and passed away peacefully on November 30. She is preceded in death by her parents and brother Robert John and sister Janis Fleming. Her funeral service will be conducted on December 12 at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home...
Fay Steele
Nov 27, 2017
Fay Etherington Steele, of Orem, died peacefully in her home on November 27, 2017. She was born November 19, 1927 in Salt Lake City to Mary Bartholomew and Robert Etherington. She was raised in Santaquin, where she attended Santaquin Elementary School. She graduated from Payson High School in 1945 and attended Chilicothe Business College in Chilicothe, Missouri. She married Larry...
Susan Lewis
Nov 26, 2017
Susan Faye Reeve Lewis 1952 - 2017 Susan Faye Reeve Lewis, died Sunday, November 26, 2017. She was born September 21, 1952 in Provo, Utah to Robert "Bruce" Reeve and Faye Ferguson Reeve. She graduated from Pleasant Grove High School and owned her own beauty salon for over 10 years. She enjoyed genealogy, sewing, baking, swimming, camping, fishing and spending...
Melva Sorensen
Nov 25, 2017
Melva Kay Sorensen, 75, passed away November, 25, 2017. Born December 4, 1941 in Rock Springs, Wyoming to Kenneth Archie Baum and Dora Melva Peterson. She was the wife of Robert C. Sorensen and they spent 52 years building their life together and raising a family. Children include Teri (Bret) Davis, Todd (Lainie) Sorensen, Dana (Rick) Coates and Keni (Jarrod)...
Earl Vanus
Nov 24, 2017
Earl Ernest Vanus Earl Ernest Vanus passed away peacefully on Friday, November 24, 2017 at the age of 89 in Orem, Utah. Earl was a recent resident of Orem and resided at the Lake Ridge Senior Living center. He will be sorely missed by his friends there including residents and staff. His family wishes to thank them all for their...
Dorothy Verbanatz
Nov 24, 2017
Dorothy Grace Verbanatz, 83 of Orem, passed away November 24, 2017. Funeral Services will be Friday, December 1, 2017, 11:00 a.m. in the Cascade 7th Ward, 400 East 400 North, Orem. Family and friends may visit Friday morning at the church from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Interment will be in Orem City Cemetery. Condolences may be offered to the family...
Hassan Javadi
Nov 22, 2017
Hassan Javadi April 21, 1923 - November 22, 2017 Born in Tehran, Iran Resided in Salt Lake City, UT Our father, grandfather, brother, and uncle, Hassan Javadi, passed away on November 22, 2017 of natural causes in Orem, Utah. During his days on this earth, he lived an eventful, exciting and adventurous life that took him around the world and...
Vaughn Dearden
Nov 20, 2017
Vaughn Lawrence Dearden Having completed his final merit badge, Vaughn Lawrence Dearden grabbed his tool box and went to meet his beloved eternal companion, Afton Marjorie Brown Dearden on November 20, 2017. Vaughn was born in Henefer, Utah on July 10, 1930, to John Hennefer and Ellen Louise Lottier Dearden. At North Summit High School, he played football and was...
Donald Ray Spence
Nov 20, 2017
Donald Ray Spence 1956 - 2017 Donald Ray Spence, 61 of Orem, UT passed away unexpectedly at home on November 20, 2017. Don was born on September 4, 1956 to Harold and Helen Spence in Fort Scott, KS. Don loved spending time with his family, fishing, golfing and being outdoors. Don worked several jobs in his early years, but construction...
Roberta Priscilla Anderson
Nov 19, 2017
Roberta Ord Anderson Obituary Since you are reading this I, Roberta Ord Anderson, am dead. The cause of my death is not important. No matter what the cause, I am still dead. I died November 18, 2017 at the age of 95. I was born on February 25, 1922 in Nampa, Idaho to Robert Lewis and Violet Ann Anderson Ord....
Kathleen Ann Carter
Nov 17, 2017
Kathleen Ann Frewin Carter 1945-2017 Kathi Carter, 72, Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on November 17th, 2017 after a 10-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Kathi was born on March 23rd, 1945 in Salt Lake City, UT, the second of 4 children to Daniel James and Elouise Ann Frewin. Kathi married her sweetheart, Doug, in 1966 in Memphis,...
Margarita Covarrubias
Nov 17, 2017
Margarita Covarrubias, hija de Rosa Orozco y Alfonso Covarrubias, nacio el dia 10 de Junio del ano 1947 en La Villa De Purification, Jalisco, Mexico. Margarita trajo mucha felicidad y amor a sus hijos Yerania, Soledad, Andres, Raul, y Amador. Igual a todos sus 14 nietos, 9 bisnietos, familia, y amistades.
Vera Anderson
Nov 15, 2017
Our wonderful wife, mother and grandmother, Vera Elaine Phillips Anderson, passed away on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 of complications from lingering health problems. Vera was born to Hayden and Clovis Phillips on 24th of January 1949 in Newnan, Georgia. Vera grew up in Palmetto, Georgia, attended public schools and then Ricks College (BYU-Idaho) in Rexburg, Idaho. She married David Soren...
Wyman Virdell Taylor
Nov 15, 2017
After years of struggling with health problems Wyman Virdell Taylor Jr (52) left this life and returned to his Father in Heaven on November 15th 2017. Wyman was the youngest of 9 children he was born on October 1st 1965 in Provo Utah to Wyman Virdell Taylor and Aleen Virginia Dickey. Wyman married Ellice Taylor February 1, 1985 and together...
Virgus Connell Osborne
Nov 14, 2017
Virgus Connell Osborne passed away November 14, 2017 in Provo, Utah. He was born Sept. 30, 1926, in Spring City, Utah, to William Virgus Osborne and Ida Athene Allred. He died at home from natural causes at the age of 91. Con had many great loves in his life-his beloved wife, Marjorie, his six lovely daughters, his sons-in-law, grandchildren and...
Brent Pratley
Nov 10, 2017
Dr. Brent McGee Pratley 1935 - 2017 Dr. Brent McGee Pratley, 82, died on November 10, 2017 at Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah. Brent and his twin, Bruce, were born on September 29, 1935 in Bakersfield, California to Henry Hart and Gladys Cooper Pratley. Following the deaths of their parents, the twins and their two older brothers, Hart and...
Berdean Hales Jarman
Nov 10, 2017
Berdean Hales Jarman "HAMP" "Hamp" quietly and peacefully passed away on Friday afternoon, November 10, 2017. Dad was born at the family home where he grew up on July 17, 1931 to T.LeGrand and Iona Mae Hales Jarman. It was on the farm that Dad learned the value of hard work and the importance of work ethic. It is also...
Walter Oscar Johnson
Nov 10, 2017
Walter Oscar Johnson, 100 of Orem, passed away November 10, 2017. Funeral Services will be Saturday, November 18, 2017, 11:00 a.m. in the Windsor 3rd Ward, 1405 North Main Street, Orem. Family and friends may visit that morning from 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. Interment will be in Orem City Cemetery. Condolences may be offered to the family online at WalkerSanderson.com.
Robert Summers
Nov 7, 2017
Robert Stanley Summers Sr. Passed away November 7, 2017 at the age of 88 at home with his daughter and his grandson by his side. He is now joined with his wife Lavetta. He served as a marine for 27 years. He also worked for the University Mall. He met so many people in his life and made lasting impressions...


