Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Phillip Loftus
May 27, 2022
Phillip “Earl” Loftus, 84, of Orem, UT, passed away peacefully at his home of 49 years with his daughters at his side, 27 May 2022. He was born the 4th of 8 children in the family home in Moore, ID to James “Elmer” Loftus and Ellen Rebecca King on 17 July 1937. On 20 Jan 1956, he married the...
Sharon Miles Bryant
May 24, 2022
Sharon Arlyne Wolke Miles Bryant passed away on May 24th, 2022, in Springville Utah. Sharon was born on May 14th, 1941, in Cook County Chicago lL. She married Roger Miles in 1959 and together they had five children. They later divorced, and she moved with her five children to Utah to start a new life. Sharon worked most of...
Dana Edwards
May 23, 2022
Dana Marie Edwards passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 23rd.
Graveside services:
Thursday, May 26th at 11:00 AM
Orem City Cemetery 1520 North 800 East Orem, Utah
You are welcome to join us at the home of Lavell and Dana immediately after services.
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Arline Rowley
May 18, 2022
Arline Gay Willoughby Hone Rowley, 85, of Provo, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022. She was born March 8, 1937 in Provo, Utah to Evelyn Selman and William Leroy Willoughby. She was an exemplary “A” student with a high IQ. She graduated from Lincoln High School in Orem where she was active in journalism, being a feature editor of...
Judith Prentice
May 17, 2022
On May 17, 2022 God received an a most precious angel. Judith Adell Prentice of Mount Pleasant, Utah died peacefully at home her hands held tightly by her children and grandchildren, the loves of her life. Throughout her life she was passionate in sewing, quilting, and crafting. She made such amazing gifts with her hands that were so full...
Wilma Goodman
May 17, 2022
Wilma (Mendenhall) Goodman passed away on May 17, 2022, at the age of 94, in Orem, Utah. Wilma was born on August 10, 1927, in Cedar City, Utah, to John William Mendenhall and Elsa Hunter Nelson.
After graduating from Cedar City High School, Wilma attended Branch Agricultural College in Cedar City, Utah. Wilma then moved to Provo,...
Gaylin Rollins
May 14, 2022
Gaylin Wade Rollins, 81, passed away peacefully on May 14, 2022 in South Jordan, Utah. He was born July 12, 1940 in Lyman, Wyoming, to Porter Eyre and Elease (Elmer) Rollins, the 4th of five children. Gaylin married Joyce Mecham in the Salt Lake Temple on August 20, 1965.
Gaylin grew up working on the family farm...
Clair Pay
May 12, 2022
Clair Paul Pay, 89, of Orem, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2022. He was born on January 13th 1933, in Nephi Utah to Leon and Evelyn (Taylor) Pay. He married his “sweetheart” Colleen Horrocks in Santaquin and was later sealed in the Manti Temple. She preceded him in death on October 11th, 2021. They were married for 68 years....
Robert Olsen
May 12, 2022
Robert B. Olsen
March 23, 1929 – May 12, 2022
Robert B. Olsen, the Patriarch of the Olsen Clan, was born March 23, 1929 in Orem, Utah, to William Jennings Olsen and Marcella Hawkins Olsen, the sixth of seven children. He attended schools in Orem, and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1948. It didn’t take...
Virginia Wright
May 8, 2022
Virginia Moody Wright passed away on May 8, 2022, due to the effects of covid after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Virginia was born in Annapolis, Maryland on March 7th, 1942 to Alton B. Moody and Ruth Leah Isbell Moody. Her childhood home was in Camp Springs, Maryland in the Washington D.C. area where her father was...
Lanford Woodward
May 3, 2022
Lanford Hyrum Woodward, age 84, passed away peacefully at his home in Klamath Falls, OR on May 3, 2022. Lanny was born May 27, 1937 in Frenchtown, MT to Hyrum J. and Dorothy Nuhn Woodward. His father was a civil engineer for the government, so the family moved frequently while Lanny was growing up. The family lived in Montana...
Betty Winter
May 2, 2022
Betty LaVon Marriott Winter, 91, passed away May 2, 2022. She was born in Coronado, California to Ren Donaldson Stewart and Blanche LaVon Brown Stewart. She married Frank Manford Marriott September 6, 1946 and Rulon Don Winter September 20, 2014. They both preceded her in death.
Betty worked in a dental office as an office manager. She...
Betty Harrison
May 1, 2022
Betty Louise Alcorn Harrison, age 89 of Orem, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022. Funeral services will be on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 11:00 am at Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary, 495 South State Street in Orem with a viewing held that morning from 9:30-10:30 am prior to the services. Burial will be in the Provo City Cemetery. Condolences for the...
Craig Davis
May 1, 2022
Craig Alan Davis, 63, of Pleasant Grove, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2022. He was born August 21, 1958 in Long Beach, California, to Ross Roosevelt Davis and Mary Lyn Carter Davis.
Craig grew up in Long Beach, CA where he once skipped school and rode his bike to Disneyland with his friends. When he came home...
Vera Smith
Apr 30, 2022
Vera Elizabeth Smith, age 92, passed away on April 30, 2022, from kidney failure. She was a devoted wife, mother of four, grandmother of 19, and great-grandmother of 18. From age 16, she was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Vera (“Liz”) was born July 10, 1929, in Columbus, Georgia, the...
Timothy Anderberg
Apr 29, 2022
It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Timothy Keith Anderberg. Tim returned to his heavenly home on April 29, 2022, surrounded by his loving children. He passed away from an aggressive form of cancer.
Tim was born in Provo, Utah on November 7, 1957, to Keith Lavon Anderberg and Esther Fetterley Anderberg. He was...
George Nielsen
Apr 28, 2022
George Eric Nielsen, 59, passed away in his Orem home on April 28th, 2022. George was born on October 2, 1963, in Orem, UT to Mel Jarvis Whiting Nielsen & Max George Nielsen. He was the youngest of Mel and Max’s five children.
In his youth, George (better known in those days as Eric) enjoyed the orchards...
Dorothy Porter Hanks
Apr 28, 2022
Dorothy Louise Anderson Porter Hanks passed away peacefully on April 28, 2022. She was born March 29, 1931, in Cordova, Alaska to Carl Louis Anderson and Gertie Youngedyk. The oldest of 3 daughters born to Carl and Gertie. She married G. Wayne Porter in the Logan Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on November 20,...
Gayle Clay
Apr 26, 2022
Gayle C Maxfield Clay, 90, passed away from this mortal life peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. She was born March 14, 1932 in Bountiful, Utah to George P. Clay and Dorothy Anna Cliff. She married Gerald (Jerry) J. Maxfield on November 20, 1951 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple who preceded her in death.
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Angelina Pacheco
Apr 25, 2022
Angelina Salene Tafoya Pacheco, 91, our precious and devoted mother, wife, sister, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away at home on Monday, April 25, 2022, and was surrounded by her family throughout her struggle and final moments. Angie was born on January 23, 1931, in Denver, Colorado to Bernabe Tafoya and Hilaria Lucero. She had a happy childhood...
