Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Nita Marie Owens
May 29, 2024
Nita Marie Smith Owens, 79, of Orem, Utah, died of natural causes on 29 May 2024 and was reunited with her beloved Lyle.
Nita was born in Macon, Georgia on 18 October 1944, the first of four children of Thomas Hiskey Smith and Mildred Catherine George. Her father was stationed at Cochran Field in the Army Air Corps at the time...
LeIla Ogden
May 28, 2024
LeIla Ogden (91) of Orem, Utah, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2024— four days short of her 92nd birthday. She was born June 1, 1932, to Morris DeVon Ogden and Geneal Nielson. She spent her youth in Richfield and attended schools there. She graduated from Richfield High School before going on to BYU. She was an accomplished musician (piano)...
Walter Rulon Bandley
May 28, 2024
Walter Rulon Bandley | March 10, 1938 – May 28, 2024
Walter Rulon Bandley, 86, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 28, following a brief illness.
Walt was born March 10, 1938, in Burley, Idaho to Rulon and Maude Sutton Bandley. He was raised on their family farm in Burley and moved to Orem, Utah after the death of his father in...
Dennis Gregory Stutz
May 26, 2024
Dennis Gregory Stutz, born on November 22, 1942, passed away on May 26, 2024, leaving behind cherished memories and a legacy of passion and patriotism. Residing in Orem, Utah, Dennis was a distinguished Army Captain who served our country with unwavering honor. He was a man of many joys, including the tunes of Ringo Starr and Elvis Presley, a proud...
Thomas Elton Prince
May 26, 2024
THOMAS ELTON PRINCE passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at the age of 78. He was born October 31, 1945, to Cecil William Prince and Alice Iown Bangerter Prince. He was preceded in death by both parents and a newborn baby daughter, Seraph. He is survived by his wife, Myra Killpack Prince, six children: Troy,...
Myrna Dee Muhlestein
May 25, 2024
Myrna Dee Gardner Muhlestein passed away peacefully on May 25th, 2024, at the age of 83. She was born to Myron and Mildred (Earl) Gardner in October of 1940 in Ely, Nevada. Her family moved to Grand View Bench in Provo, Utah, when she was eight years old. In May of 1960, she married J. Keith Muhlestein. They lived...
Gerald David Connelly
May 24, 2024
Gerald ‘Jerry’ David Connelly, 66, of Orem, passed away Friday, May 24, 2024. He was born May 23, 1958, in Provo, Utah, to Wallace D Connelly and Vivian Long Connelly. He married the love of his life, Merlene Rowley, on January 13, 1978.
As a teenager, Jerry began his lifelong career at Connelly Heating & Air Conditioning, a family business started...
Aimee Angelika Christiana Stutz
May 23, 2024
Aimee Stutz, a vibrant and spirited soul, passed away on May 23, 2024, at the age of 40. Born on December 27, 1983, Aimee lived in Orem, Utah. Despite facing physical challenges from a car accident and other ailments, Aimee's energy and zest for life never waned. Known for her infectious laughter and love of art and music, Aimee brought...
Virden James Blackham
May 23, 2024
Virden James Blackham, 87, of Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully, in the early morning hours, on Thursday, May 23, 2024.
He was born on February 19, 1937, in Kenilworth, Carbon County, Utah, to John Rostron Blackham and Olena Elizabeth Rostron Blackham.
He proudly served an L.D.S. mission to England and traveled there aboard the ship the Queen Mary. He was still in...
Norma Gail Larson
May 18, 2024
Our beautiful wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin, and friend, Norma Gail Rogers Larson, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 18th, 2024.
Norma Gail was a New Year’s Baby, the firstborn in Winslow, Arizona on January 1, 1939. She was the only child of Trent Hugh and Gavere Richards Rogers. Her father’s career in highway construction required frequent moves allowing a young...
Lorna DeAnn Jenson
May 18, 2024
Lorna DeAnn Lundgren Jenson, surrounded by family, returned to her Heavenly Father on May 19th, 2024. She was welcomed by her husband of 48 years, and we imagine their reunion was full of hugs, kisses, and dancing.
She was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on April 7th, 1941 to Bruce and Lapreal Lundgren. She moved many times during her childhood, including...
Sylvia Margarita Atkin
May 9, 2024
Sylvia Atkin (Pratt) was born on January 3, 1953, in Sonora Mexico, to McKay and Teresa Pratt. She peacefully passed away on May 9, 2024, at the age of 71, in Orem, Utah. Sylvia is survived by her husband, Rick Atkin, her daughters Teresa Saez, Brandi Christensen (Derek), and Lisa Chipman (Richard) and one son Rickie Atkin, along with 12...
Tyler Arthur Staples
May 8, 2024
Tyler Arthur Staples was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 15, 1939. His adoptive parents, Paul and Edith Staples, raised him and loved him dearly. He spent his first five years on Pine Mountain in a sheepherders camp, building cities in the soil. His dad then moved the family to Mud Lake, Idaho. Tyler joined the U.S. Navy from...
Glenda Kay Jorgensen
May 6, 2024
Glenda (The Good Witch) Kay Jorgensen, 81, of Pleasant Grove, Utah, passed away on May 6, 2024, surrounded by family and loved ones. She is a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to all. Glenda was born on November 27, 1942, in Ogden, Utah, to Clarence Byron Funk and Nola Pope Funk. She lost her father when she was just...
Ashby L. Snow
May 5, 2024
Ashby L. Snow, 84 of Springville, Utah, passed away Sunday May 5, 2024. He was born October 18, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan, to Arthur Lincoln Snow and Dorothy Francis Ann Shea Snow. He married Barbara May Farrell on August 15, 1962, in Bloomfield, Michigan and they were sealed in the St. George Temple on September 12, 1962. She preceded...
Brenda June Young
May 2, 2024
On Thursday, May 2nd, Brenda June Young our sister, Special Aunt ‘B’ and friend passed from this life to a better into the waiting arms of her father and mother, Murray Penrod Young and Bernece Cullimore, and her brothers Bob and Stephen; along with Nieces – Janelle Bartlome and Marci Jones, Nephew Gordon Scott and Brother-in-law Clark.
Brenda spread love and...
Patricia Reese
May 1, 2024
Patricia Lunceford Reese, 82, of Mapleton, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 1st, 2024. Patricia was born in Provo, UT on July 24, 1941. She was born to loving parents Vernett Perkins and William Joseph Lunceford, where she was the eighth of nine children. When Patricia graduated high school she married her high school sweetheart David...
Oralia Aguirre
Apr 29, 2024
Oralia Aguirre was born on a beautiful spring morning on March 21, 1942. She was originally from El Chirimoyo, Durango, born to Mrs. Guadalupe Quinteros and Víctor Maderias. Oralia was born to good parents and grew up eating many cherimoyas and soursops from her parents' trees. She enjoyed riding horses with her father, and often went camping with some of...
Diane Boulton Cutler
Apr 26, 2024
Diane Boulton Cutler returned to the loving arms of her Heavenly Father Friday, April 26th, 2024 at home surrounded by her loving family and in the arms of her husband and sweetheart Kay.Diane was born in Orem, Utah on September 23rd, 1945 to James Martin Boulton and Helen Carter Zobell.She was the oldest of four children: brothers; David Martin Boulton,...
J. Richard Jones
Apr 24, 2024
On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, James Richard Jones was recruited to join the Paradisical All-Sports Team, the Celestial Gardening Association, and the Society of I’m Healthy. I’m Happy. I’m Terrific as I Can Be. Terms of his contract: WORK and JOY!
Richard made his earthly debut on July 16, 1929, in Fillmore, Utah, to Hyrum Pidding and Martha Kirkham Jones. He...
