Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Utah County, Utah

Jan Squire

Jan Squire

Aug 23, 2026

Our much-loved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, Jan Thurgood Squire, age 76, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2026 in Provo, Utah. She was born in Provo, Utah, to Jack and LaGean Thurgood on September 28, 1949, and has resided in Orem, UT for the last 54 years.

Jan attended Orem High School. She was a ferocious member of the tennis team,...

Lola Sharon Richman

Lola Sharon Richman

Aug 22, 2026

Lola Sharon Richman, age 90, passed away at the Summerfield Retirement home in Orem, Utah on Aug 22nd at 5:08 pm, surrounded by family members.

Lola Sharon Holt was born on Dec. 19, 1935, to William Samuel Holt and Lona Littledike Holt in Trenton, Utah. Sam and Lona welcomed their 2nd child. Sharon’s older brother, Ralph was 2 ½ years old.

During...

George Joseph Woffinden

George Joseph Woffinden

Aug 21, 2026

IN LOVING MEMORY OF GEORGE JOSEPH WOFFINDEN

George Joseph Woffinden died on the afternoon of Friday, 21 August, 2026 in Orem, Utah at the age of 96. He was born 15 May, 1930 in Cedar City, Utah and was the third child born to Franklin Bramwell Woffinden and Lexia Vaneese Harris within a blended family of 10 children. He is preceded...

David Lee Campbell

David Lee Campbell

Aug 20, 2026

David Lee Campbell, 66 years old, passed away on Thursday, the 20th of August, at his home in Provo, Utah, surrounded by his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother, Shirley Dawn, and father, Donald James Campbell. He was born in Joliet, Illinois, and moved with his family to Anaheim, California, at age two. David suffered...

Douglas John Pusey

Douglas John Pusey

Aug 18, 2026

Douglas “Dug” John Pusey, 71, passed away at his home in Provo on August 18, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. Throughout his battle with colon cancer, he faced each day with faith, humor, and courage before returning to his heavenly home.

Doug was born on June 21, 1955, in American Fork to Earl Fisher Pusey and Blanche Gardner Pusey. The...

Bonnie Spengler Kenison

Bonnie Spengler Kenison

Aug 18, 2026

Bonnie Spengler Kenison (1962-2026)

Our dearest Bonnie passed from this life into eternity on August 18, 2026 with her husband cradling her head and her two beloved children holding her hands.

Bonnie Lynn Spengler was born on April 29, 1962 at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C., the first child of William and Jane Spengler. She was later joined by two siblings,...

Roger Orvel Ladle

Roger Orvel Ladle

Aug 17, 2026

Our much-loved husband, dad, grandpa, brother, and friend, Roger Orvel Ladle, passed away at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah on August 17, 2026 at the age of 83 from complications of leukemia and pneumonia.

He was born on November 14, 1942 in Long Beach, California to Orvel Hunt Ladle and Lila Bott Ladle. As a small boy, the family lived...

Wallace Earl Allred

Wallace Earl Allred

Aug 15, 2026

Wallace Earl Allred passed away peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by his four children, on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at the age of 94.  He is survived by a son, Kenneth (Beverly), and three daughters, Janet (Brigg) Steele, Nancy (Val) Hale, and Marilyn (David) Jenkins, 18 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren, and a great-great grandchild on the way.

Born on April 26, 1932,...

Karen Fraughton

Karen Fraughton

Aug 13, 2026

Karen Fraughton, treasured daughter of Elma Thompson and Dee Jay Fraughton, passed away in Taylorsville, Utah on August 13, 2026 following a brief hospitalization.

Karen was born in San Diego on December 12, 1953. She spent childhood Decembers blowing out birthday candles, baking fudge and divinity with her mother and savoring the Christmas cookies of her neighbor, Mrs. Pyke.

Mrs. Pyke would...

Carolyn June Soper Hacking

Carolyn June Soper Hacking

Aug 11, 2026

Carolyn June Soper Hacking, age 89, passed away peacefully on August 11, 2026, in Springville, Utah, surrounded by her loving family.

Carolyn was born in 1937 to Carroll “Pappy” and Virginia “Ginna” Soper in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her family moved to St. Louis, Missouri and then Denver, Colorado. Just before her senior year of high school, they moved to Visalia,...

Claudia Elder Penrod

Claudia Elder Penrod

Aug 10, 2026

Claudia Elder Zaike Penrod was born on November 30, 1940, in Provo, Utah, where she grew up and attended Provo High School. She later attended Barbizon Hair Academy and went on to build a career as a hairstylist, working in the profession for over 30 years.

Claudia was a woman of many talents and interests. She had a wonderfully creative spirit...

Donna Mae Shoell

Donna Mae Shoell

Aug 6, 2026

Donna Mae Powell Shoell peacefully passed away on August 6, 2026, at the age of 98, surrounded by her four daughters. Donna would have celebrated her 99th birthday on August 21st.Donna was born on August 21, 1927, to Thaddeus Ashton Powell and Nicoline Eliza Schow on their cattle ranch five miles southwest of Levan, Utah. She was the youngest of...

Sally Ann Dickerson

Sally Ann Dickerson

Aug 4, 2026

Sally Ann Christiansen Dickerson

Sally passed through the veil peacefully on August 4, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 88 to join family and friends whom we know were waiting with great excitement for her arrival.

She was preceded in death by her husband Larry E. Dickerson, daughter Sue Heaps (Brad), brother Mike Christiansen (Shelly), and parents E....

Kirk Jensen

Kirk Jensen

Aug 1, 2026

Kirk Jensen

May 24, 1957 – August 1, 2026

Stuart Kirk Jensen, known as Kirk, was born May 24, 1957, in Cedar City, Utah, to Frank T. and Rozena Hutchinson Jensen. He spent his first ten years there with his parents and sister Christine before the family moved to Cottonwood Heights. Summers on his grandparents’ farm in Idaho taught him the quiet...

Colleen Craven Pinegar

Colleen Craven Pinegar

Jul 28, 2026

In Loving Memory of Colleen Craven Pinegar

February 17, 1928 – July 28, 2026

Colleen Craven Pinegar, age 98, passed away peacefully on July 28, 2026, at Legacy Village, Provo, Utah. Born on February 17, 1928, in Provo, Utah, Colleen was the beloved daughter of Clyde E. Craven and Irva Ann Barrett, and sister to her late brother, Richard Craven. She grew...

Brian Smith

Brian Smith

Jul 28, 2026

Brian Ralph Smith, 78, passed away peacefully on July 28, 2026, in Orem, Utah.

Brian was born on November 3, 1947, in Wendell, Idaho, to Ralph Smith and Theda Waldron Smith. He spent his early years in the farming communities of southern Idaho, living in Jerome during his preschool years before attending elementary school in Shoshone. When his family later moved...

Leland Robert Nelson

Leland Robert Nelson

Jul 28, 2026

Leland Robert Nelson

October 18, 1942 – July 28, 2026

Leland “Lee” Robert Nelson passed away on July 28, 2026, at the age of 83 after a long battle with cancer. He was born on October 18, 1942, in Logan, Utah, to Robert and Marion Smith Nelson, the second of four children. He grew up alongside his sisters Saundra Aker (the oldest),...

Fangafitu Tasinia Lavaka

Fangafitu Tasinia Lavaka

Jul 25, 2026

Fangafitu (Fitu) Tasini Lavaka

Fangafitu (Fitu) Tasini Lavaka passed on July 25, 2026, at the Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital at the age of 78.

Fangafitu was born to the late Lopiseni & Anahalafatai Finau on June 6, 1948 in Houma, Tongatapu. She attended Beulah College in Tonga, then moved to Fiji in 1971 to continue her education at Fulton University. In...

Barbara Gail Wilkinson

Barbara Gail Wilkinson

Jul 23, 2026

Barbara Gail Wilkinson

April 8, 1943 – July 23, 2026

In the early morning hours of July 23, 2026, our beautiful wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away peacefully at her home.

Barbara Gail Wilkinson was born on April 8, 1943, in Livingston, Montana. She was the third of four children born to James Lawson and Genith Harriet Copenhaver. In 1964, Barbara married...