Lorna Jane Thacker Merkley Smith
Dec 20, 2018
Following a fall on December 19, 2018, our sweet mother returned to join her loved ones in heaven. Lorna Jane, was a master homemaker. She once wrote “My being at home gave me time to do my thing in cooking and baking. I love to do that and I love to share with others.” We all grew up nurtured by...
Daniel Lewis Topham, Dds
Dec 20, 2018
Daniel Lewis Topham, DDS, our marvelous son, brother, uncle, and friend, died in his sleep at his home in Holladay on the morning of December 20, 2018, of long-standing complications from a yellow-jacket sting on 7/31/1997. The sting caused a severe allergic reaction that resulted in an anoxic brain injury with inexorable deterioration in spite of great efforts by his...
Nellie Campos
Dec 19, 2018
To our beloved Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Aunt and Friend, who left us on the beautiful day of December 19, 2018. She left to join all those who left before her. She was born March 5, 1938 to Jose O’Cana and Josephina Aragon in Center, Colorado. She is survived by her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren. She will be loved...
Donald Arthur Lee
Dec 19, 2018
Donald Arthur Lee“Big Don Lee from SLC”Our sweet, wonderful father and grandfather passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018. He was born to loving parents Arthur and Elma Lee on July 9, 1931. He grew up in Salt Lake City with his parents and brothers Fred and Jerry Lee. He graduated from Granite High School, and married the love of his...
Bruce D. Whitehead
Dec 18, 2018
Bruce Davis Whitehead Jr., age 89, passed away December 18, 2018 in his Cottonwood Heights home. He was born May 14, 1929 to Bruce Sr. and W. Bernice Fuller Whitehead in his mother’s hometown of Statesville, North Carolina.In September 1951, he began a six-month US Army basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He was assigned to Occupation Forces on Salzburg,...
Mark Hanford Riddle
Dec 18, 2018
Mark Hanford Riddle, age 56, passed away at Jordan Valley Hospital in West Valley city, surrounded by his children and wife on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. He was born on November 29, 1962, in Richfield, Utah to Milton Hanford and Margaret (Morrey) Gadd. Mark was a retired Air Force Master Sergeant who served his country for 21 years as a...
Abigail Lea Hickenlooper
Dec 17, 2018
Abigail Lea Hickenlooper was born December 17th, 2018 at 4:09 am and passed away just a little over an hour later at 5:13 am at the Intermountain Medical Center in Murray Utah. Abigail is the daughter of Devin & Tara Hickenlooper (Sorensen) and sister to Connor. Although her life here on earth was short, she will always be remembered for...
Ann Roos Demers
Dec 17, 2018
Ann Roos Demers died of natural causes Monday, December 17, 2018 surrounded by her family. Ann was born in 1928 in Arnhem, Netherlands, the daughter of Johanna Van Wessel and Gradus Van Wessel. In 1954, she became the first of her family to emigrate to the United States, establishing a life in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was followed...
Gordon Peery Austin Jr
Dec 17, 2018
Gordon Peery Austin Jr, age 76, passed away on December 17, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born September 14, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Gordon Peery Sr and Marion Shurtliff Austin. He was married to Carol M. Pankow on August 25, 1966 in the Salt Lake Temple.Peery grew up in Sugarhouse where he attended school...
Jose Mateo Valdez
Dec 17, 2018
Jose Mateo Valdez, age 85, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 17, 2018.He was born on September 4, 1933, in Rio Arriba, New Mexico to Rosenaldo and Jaunita Valdez. Joe resided in Salt Lake City, Utah and worked in facilities maintenance at the University of Utah. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed life‘s simple pleasures such as horseback riding, camping,...
Theone “Nonie” Syme Jorgensen
Dec 17, 2018
Our dear mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great, great grandmother and dearly loved aunt Nonie passed away on December 17, 2018. She died at home surrounded by her loving family.Nonie was born on July 20, 1927 to Alden B. Syme and Gladys Marie Jackson.On November 26, 1947 she married her sweetheart Morris Jorgensen.She loved life, had a vibrant and sassy personality....
Robert Lee Carlon
Dec 16, 2018
Robert passed away peacefully with his wife by his side on December 16, 2018. He was born on December 5, 1933 to Vera May June Runnells. On April 16, 1955 he married his sweetheart Alice Marie Davies. They were later sealed in the Logan temple on May 15, 1963. They had three children together Michael Lee, Randy George, and Terrie...
Jason Robert Kerby
Dec 15, 2018
“Kerby”His little sister must have needed his help, so she came and took him by the hand. Jason Robert Kerby, born August 1, 1974 to Debbie and Wesley Kerby was a very bright child with an infectious smile that included big dimples. Jason grew up learning how to reap the rewards of his quick, infectious charm and nurtured his natural...
Stella Lee Stewart
Dec 14, 2018
Stellie (Stella) Lee Stewart, 88, died at home on December 14, 2018. She was born to Obediah (Dyer) and Flora Ellen (Cook) Day on February 11, 1930, in Hunstville, Tennessee. She married DeRell Porter, later divorced and Ellis Herley Warner, later divorced. On October 1, 1964, she married the love of her life, Francis Lyle Stewart. She took great pride...
Robert (Bob) Dewey
Dec 14, 2018
Robert (Bob) Tempest Dewey, age 84, passed away in Bountiful on December 14, 2018 of natural causes. He was born on April 22, 1934 to Robert Charles Dewey and Duella Bradshaw Dewey in Salt Lake City. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Atlantic Central States mission. After his mission he married...
Gregory Robert Keller
Dec 14, 2018
Gregory Robert Keller, beloved husband, adoring father, son, grandson, brother, uncle, and eternal friend peacefully passed from this life on December 14, 2018 in Spring, Texas, after living with brain cancer for many years.Greg’s brief, but full life was devoted to a humble quest to connect with the people he loved. As a child he was shy and gentle, in...
Thomas “Rex” Wilson
Dec 12, 2018
Thomas Rex Wilson passed away on December 12, 2018 in Taylorsville, Utah. He was born in Gannett, Idaho on December 16, 1933 to Charles and Stella Wilson. He adored his cat. Thomas could watch John Wayne and Clint Eastwood movies all day if you let him.He is survived by Dennis Hall and Peggy Loveless. He is preceded in death by...
Johnny Peckham
Dec 10, 2018
John Gary Peckham passed away on December 10, 2018. He was born on July 19, 1973 to John and Terry Peckham in Salt Lake City. Johnny was a man full of joy who could put a smile on anyone’s face. He was everyone’s friend. Johnny loved Wii Bowling. He is survived by his mother, two sisters: DeeAnn (Lamar) Christopherson and...
Faunda Naillon Danielson
Dec 10, 2018
Faunda passed away peacefully on December 10, 2018 surrounded by her family. She was born on October 30, 1929 in Flowell, Utah to Joseph and Emma Naillon. Faunda married the love her life Ivan Danielson on September 16, 1950. They were later sealed in Jordan River Temple on November 13, 1996. They were married for 68 amazing years. Faunda worked...
Craig Tucker Harston
Dec 9, 2018
Born September 30, 1945 in Lovell, Wyoming, Craig died December 9, 2018 in Chattanooga, Tennessee of a stroke. He was the oldest son of Clive Richards Harston and Elaine Tucker. He was a retired college professor and entrepreneur. Craig was married to Ronda Kay Poole for 48 years and had 8 children, 14 grandchildren, and one great grandchild. He served...