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Local Obituaries for Families in Salt Lake County & Along the Wasatch Front
Jared Fischer
Jan 6, 2022
Jared Fischer, 85, returned to his heavenly home on Thursday, January 6, 2022 from the effects of a very aggressive fast growing cancer.Jared was born to the late Emil Karl Franz Fischer and Charlotte Louise Baade Fischer in Berlin, Germany on July 19, 1936. Some of his earliest memories were of the challenges and difficulties of living in a country...
J. Carl Rasmussen
Jan 6, 2022
Joseph Carl Rasmussen Aug 31 1927 – Jan 6 2022 Carl was born in Coltman Idaho, raised in Ucon Idaho to Joseph Lloyd Rasmussen and Dora Elizabeth Simmons August 31, 1927, the 3rd of 10 childrenCarl joined the Marines when he was 17. Watching World War II happen, he knew he needed to help, just waiting to be old enough...
Larry L. Smith
Jan 5, 2022
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather of West Valley City, Utah age 75 passed away following complications after heart surgery.Larry was born to Les and Ruth Smith in Des Moines, Iowa. Survived by wife Connie of 54 years, daughter Cindy (Curtis), son Bob (Teresa), four grandaughters, Autumn, Amy, Heather and Tara. Ten great grandchildren, one great great grandson...
Joan Morrow
Jan 5, 2022
Joan Jessen MorrowA loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend passed, in Draper Utah, and returned to her Heavenly Father.Joan was born December 9, 1932 to Christopher Leo Jessen and Matilda Fern Jacklin Jessen. She grew up in Kingston, Utah. She married Leo William Morrow November 12, 1954. They lived most of her married life in the Midvale –...
Alvin Robert Walkenhorst
Jan 5, 2022
Alvin Robert Walkenhorst was born August 6, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His parents were Robert Gustav Walkenhorst and Lena Pauline Friedrike Westwerwelle Walkenhorst who had immigrated to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1923. Al passed away, Tuesday, January 5, 2022 at home surrounded by his wife of seventy years and his seven children. As a young boy he...
Dorothy Robbins James
Jan 4, 2022
Dorothy Robbins James our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend returned to her Heavenly Father on January 4, 2022. She was born on February 1, 1931 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Spencer Long Robbins and Lillian Henrietta Robbins. She met her spouse, Morgan E. James on a blind date arranged by mutual friends. They were later married July 16,...
Nancy C. Lee
Jan 4, 2022
Nancy Carroll LeeNancy was born to Jewel Cates Brown and Afton Brown on August 2,1939 in Gregg County Texas. She grew up and lived all over theWestern United States, including Texas, Oklahoma, California,Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada.Nancy was a fast friend, she always welcomed you with a cup of coffeeand conversation. She loved giving and she was...
Nola Dixie Munson
Jan 4, 2022
Nola Dixie Munson- “Smilin’ Dixie”, our beloved wife, mom, grandma, sister, aunt and friend peacefully returned to her Father in Heaven on January 4th, 2022, from natural causes in her home in Holladay, UT.Dixie was born on January 29, 1932 in Cannonville, UT to Irving and Daisie Johnson. Although she moved to the city; her heart never left the red...
Marina Celia Bayona
Jan 3, 2022
Our cherished Marina Celia Bayona, 64, passed away peacefully on January 3, 2022 surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on March 12, 1957 in Zacatelcoluca, El Salvador to her late parents, Maria Adela Valencia Reyes and Salvador Contreras. After having her two children and marrying her husband Miguel, she moved to Southern California in 1988 to provide a...
Helen Candelario
Jan 3, 2022
Helen passed away on January 3, 2022, at her home in Magna Utah. She was born November 25, 1946, to Nick and Dora Gallegos. She met and fell in love with George Candelario on November 25, 1966. They were later married April 2, 1977.Mom loved listening to music, singing to her grandbabies, and trips to Wendover with our dad. She...
Hai Van Ngo
Jan 2, 2022
Hai Van Ngo Age 94 peacefully passed away on January 2, 2022 in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.Hai was born on March 26, 1927 in Soc Trang, Vietnam to Tong Ngo and Thi Xieu Xuan Truong. He was happily married to Hue Quach who was his partner in life for 60 years at the time of his passing.Hai was a devoted husband...
Arlene Hicks
Jan 2, 2022
Our beautiful sweet gram has gone to be with the lord, her husband of 40 years, her daughter, and her grandson on January 2, 2022.She was born in Oklahoma to Orva and Bertha Marler. She was one of eight children. She married her one true love K.L. Hicks on September 18, 1944. They had their daughter, Kay Lynn. She had...
Erika Kim Koike Beam
Dec 31, 2021
Erika Kim Koike Beam, 32, passed away in Ogden, Utah in December 2021. Erika was born on March 14, 1989 in Incheon Seoul Korea. Her loving parents, Timothy and DeNese Beam, and her big brother, Gerik, brought her to join their family in America on August 19,1989. Erika was a precocious, witty, and an extremely intelligent child. She adored her...
Darlene Tucker Jensen
Dec 31, 2021
Darlene Tucker Jensen passed away at 85 years old. She died on December 31, 2021, in St. George, Utah. She is survived by two brothers, Fayette and Lynn (his wife Joie), children, Sherrie, Deanna, David (wife LeeAnn), Robert, and Patty (husband Larry), 16 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, her spouse Keith Jensen, her...
Marchene Nielsen Bywater
Dec 31, 2021
On December 31, 2020 Velma Marchene Nielsen Bywater, of Murray, Utah passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her family. Marchene was born in Salt Lake City on May 16, 1937 to her late parents C. Morton Nielsen and Velma Pauline Malmgren. She and her brother Mike grew up in Van Nuys, California and mingled with many movie stars...
Jay E Nelson
Dec 31, 2021
Jay E. Nelson passed away December 31st, 2021 unexpectedly at the age of 86. He was a great Dad and Grandpa. He was a kind and caring man with a quiet sense of humor. Jay and his twin sister Janice were born on April 17th, 1935, in Lynndyl, Utah to Charles F. and Orpha L. Nelson. Jay’s older brother, Elroy,...
John Alvin Nageli
Dec 31, 2021
John came to life on December 11, 1935. He was the son of Jacob and Stella Nageli. He made his final retirement on December 31, 2021 by the pool.Survived by his wife of 52 years; Patricia Burbidge Nageli, son Brian, daughter Rebecca, grandchildren: Christian, Ashlee, and Brady, sister Sandra (Mark) Golder, and two sister-in-laws.He is preceded in death by his...
Gloria (Glo) Ann Patterson
Dec 30, 2021
Gloria (Glo) Patterson passed peacefully on December 29, 2021 in Millcreek, Utah. She was born January 6, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Gordon Petersen and Virginia Orullian.Gloria is survived by her loving husband, Stephen W. Patterson and many family members and friends.Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Memorial Holladay~Cottonwood Mortuary, 4670...
Rayko Paravan
Dec 30, 2021
Rayko Paravan, 92, passed away on December 30th 2021 in Riverton Utah from an infection called Osteomyelitis and stage 5 Kidney failure. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 7, 2022 at memorial Redwood Mortuary and Cemetery (6500 South Redwood Road, Taylorsville UT 84123). The Viewing will start at 1pm, Memorial Services at 2pm, and Graveside at 3:30pm.Rayko was...
Melvin Ed Luker
Dec 29, 2021
Our loving husband, father, brother and grandfather, Melvin Ed Luker, age 78, passed away on December 29, 2021. He was born on December 18, 1943 to Eldred William Luker and Ruth Olive Opil Hendrickson in Salt Lake City, Utah. He married Eileen Joan Goodfellow on September 20, 1967, and their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple on...
