Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Rene' Saralynne Pfund Murdock
Oct 14, 2025
Rene’ Saralynne Murdock of Provo passed on to the other side on the 14th of October 2025 at the Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah. She was born on the 5th of March, 1955, in Portland, Oregon, to Jacob Pfund and Jean Ellen Edwards. She was a third-generation Portlander. She was married in the Provo Temple to Estel Bradley Murdock...
Robert Wayne Coomes
Oct 12, 2025
Robert Wayne Coomes, 73 of Provo, passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, October 12, 2025. Bob was born August 4, 1952, in Orem, Utah, to George and Lola Mae Coomes. He had 4 brothers and 2 sisters.
Bob received his education at Westmore Elementary School, Lincoln Junior High and Orem High. He worked at the old Conoco gas...
LaRae Fry Hayward
Oct 10, 2025
LaRae Fry Soulier Hayward passed away on Friday, October 10, 2025, at the age of 90.
She was born on March 14, 1935, in Provo, Utah, at Crane Maternity Hospital to Charles Lerwill Fry and Elizabeth Westoby Fry. LaRae was the youngest of twelve children.
She graduated from Springville High School in 1953 and married Bert S. Soulier on March 19, 1953....
Nancy Kaye Carter Jackson
Oct 10, 2025
Nancy Kaye Carter Jackson (84), beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and great-grandmother, passed away on Friday, October 10, 2025, at home surrounded by family members. She was born in Lehi on June 15, 1941, to Edward F Carter Jr. and Maurita Crossley. Nancy grew up in Provo, Utah, and graduated from Provo High School in 1959.
Nancy married her husband, Paul M...
Val Taylor Duncan
Oct 8, 2025
Val Taylor Duncan, age 83 of Lindon, Utah, passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
He was born June 17, 1942, in Fremont, Utah, to Homer and Tressa Duncan.
He was a mischievous student infamous for tipping over outhouses. One of his treasured memories from growing up was his horse.
He completed a course in auto mechanics at Utah Trade Technical School.
On September 21,...
Irene Joyce Krancher
Oct 8, 2025
Irene Joyce Krancher, beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, surrounded by her family. She was 83 years old.
Irene was born on May 15, 1942, in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, Indonesia, to Cornelis Otto Rudolph Hauber and Corrie De Lannoy. From a young age, she was known for her gentle spirit, her strength,...
Karen Lee Andelin
Oct 7, 2025
Karen Andelin, 79, of Orem, Utah passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2025. She was born July 4, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York to George Joseph Levine and Jetta Sylvia Markowitz. She moved from New York to Santa Monica, California in 1959. She married Lars Linwood Andelin on February 3, 1967 in the Los Angeles LDS Temple. He preceded her in...
Veva Jean Sego
Oct 4, 2025
Veva Jean Sego, known to her family as “Jean,” died at the age of 84 years old, in Orem, Utah, on Saturday, October 4, 2025, in the Cascades at Orchard Park Care Center. She was born in the San Luis Valley in Romeo, Co, in Conejos County on March 19, 1941, to Neva (Wilson) and Raymond Sego. Her life, until...
Kathryn Garlick Clements
Oct 4, 2025
Kathryn Clements
December 3, 1952 – October 4, 2025
Kathryn Clements, 72, of Lehi, Utah, passed away peacefully on October 4, 2025, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on December 3, 1952, in Provo, Utah, to Reid and Beth Garlick. Kathryn married Lyle Rodger Clements on September 25, 1971. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Provo Ut. temple. Rod...
Joyce Gardner Bae
Oct 4, 2025
Joyce Gardner Bae, 86, of Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, October 4, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Chapel, 365 South 900 East, Orem, UT.
Joyce was born on November 10th, 1938, to Hugh Raymond Gardner and Alverta...
Orvin LeRoy Shepherd
Sep 27, 2025
Orvin LeRoy Shepherd, 91, passed away on September 27, 2025, in Orem, Utah. He was born on May 30, 1934, in Levan, Utah. On December 8, 1956, he married Doris Adell Hall in Yuma, Arizona. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Los Angeles LDS Temple.
Orvin served 20 years in the United States Navy, including during the Vietnam conflict. After...
Bonnie Grace Valek
Sep 27, 2025
Bonnie Grace Valek (born McKinlay), a beloved mother, devoted disciple, and bold adventurer, returned to her Heavenly Father on September 27, 2025, at the age of 69, following a short but courageous battle with cancer.
Bonnie was born on June 8, 1956, in Mud Lake, Idaho, to Blaine Ford McKinlay and Thelma Grace Zweifel. She later moved to Merced, California, where...
Mark Lawrence Layton
Sep 26, 2025
Mark Lawrence Layton, 75, of Orem, Utah, died in his home Friday, September 26, 2025, after a short battle with metastatic lung cancer.
He was born March 25, 1950, in Lynwood, California, to Ruby Ethel Rauch and Homer Lawrence Layton. They raised him on Locust Avenue in nearby Compton with his five siblings. He enjoyed an adventurous youth riding his bicycle...
Maxwell Jordan Miller
Sep 24, 2025
Max Miller
May 12, 2011 – September 24, 2025
With hearts full of love and sorrow, we announce the passing of Max Miller, age 14, who returned to his Heavenly Father on September 24, 2025.
Max was born on May 12, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada. From the moment of his birth, he brought light and joy into the lives of those around...
Bradly Dean Reynaud
Sep 23, 2025
Son of Dean and Deanne Reynaud, born in Provo, Utah, on February 1, 1957. He had one sister, Vickie, and is survived by his five children: Shawn, Casidy, Cortney, Austin, and Dylan.
Bradley grew up in Orem, Utah, where he played baseball and roamed the orchards with friends until dark. He became an Eagle Scout, and while he enjoyed church, he...
Robert Abbott Edmunds
Sep 23, 2025
In Loving Memory of Robert (Bob) A. Edmunds
Robert (Bob) A. Edmunds was born in 1934 in Waltham, Massachusetts to Clarence Widdicombe Edmunds and Phyllis Marjorie Abbott. He lived a life marked by adventure, service, and deep devotion to family and faith. As a teenager, Bob found purpose and camaraderie in the Boy Scouts of America, earning the rank of Eagle...
Marja-Liisa (Maisa) Tuominen Simpson
Sep 20, 2025
Marja-Liisa (Maisa) Simpson, 83, of Orem, passed away peacefully in the presence of her loved ones on Saturday, September 20, 2025. She was born March 7, 1942, in Tampere, Finland, to Lauri Arvid Tuominen and Aune Mirjam Tuominen. She married Ronald West Simpson on August 28, 1965, in the Oakland LDS Temple.
Maisa was a vivacious, sharp, and loving individual with...
Darlene Borget
Sep 18, 2025
Alice Darlene Brown Borget, 85, of Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 18, 2025. She was born on December 13, 1939, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Archie and Elaine Brown. On December 20, 1957, she was sealed to her eternal companion, John David Borget, in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Darlene lived...
Dorothy June Yeager
Sep 15, 2025
Dorothy June Jopling Yeager, aged 89, residing lately in Orem, Utah, passed peacefully from this life on September 15, 2025, at the Orem Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Facility of old age.
Dorothy was born on February 15, 1936, in Olton, Texas, to parents Ruby and Freeman Jopling and 3 older siblings: Billie, Royce, and Mary. After graduating high school in 1954,...
Eleanor Adell Zuppann Johnson
Sep 9, 2025
Eleanor (Ellie) Adell Zuppann Johnson, 88, died September 9, 2025, at 8:10 pm, with family at her side at the Covington in Orem, Utah.
(Ellie penned her own obituary years ahead, with amendments as life added experiences.)
She was born March 30, 1937, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, first daughter of William Earl and Elma Irene Fitzgerald Zuppann. She married Richard Evans...
