Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Christy Lynn Martensen
Jun 3, 2025
Christy Lynn Orton Martensen, 73, passed away in Orem, Utah, on June 3rd, 2025, surrounded by dear friends and family. She was born on April 7th, 1952, in Walla Walla, Washington to Grant and Pearle Orton. Christy was the third of four daughters. When she was 13 years old, she moved with her family to Honolulu, Hawaii. Her experience in...
Leslie Joel Faden
Jun 3, 2025
Leslie Joel Faden, age 79 of Orem, Utah, passed away on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, June 5th at 10:00 a.m. at the Orem City Cemetery, 1520 North 800 East, Orem, UT.
Condolences for the family may be expressed on this page.
Keith Wayne Perkins
Jun 1, 2025
Keith Wayne Perkins (91) returned to his Heavenly Parents surrounded by his family on Sunday, June 1, 2025.
Keith was born on January 5, 1934, the 2nd son of Gene and Gertrude Perkins. He was reared in Mesa, Duncan, and Safford, Arizona. Moving back to Mesa his senior year, he learned the art of photography, taking photos for the school yearbook,...
Richard Orville Chatterton
May 29, 2025
Richard Orville Chatterton passed away peacefully on May 29, 2025, at the age of 86. A man of quiet strength, enduring faith, and deep devotion to family and service, Richard’s life was a tapestry woven with love, duty, and curiosity.
Born on June 8, 1938, to Orville Edmund Chatterton and Elfrieda Johndina Ellefsen, Richard grew up with a strong sense of...
Ronald Butler
May 25, 2025
Ronald Bay Butler, age 95, passed away on May 25th, 2025, in Oceanside, CA.
Ronald was born in Jackson, WY, on October 29th, 1929, to parents Albert Nathan and Mary Edna Bay Butler.
Ronald’s childhood was spent in Jackson, WY, Oklahoma City, OK, Stanley, ID, and Richfield, Utah. After graduating, he spent some time at Snow College in Ephraim before a year...
Thomas Clinton Lewis
May 22, 2025
Thomas Clinton Lewis, 70, of Nephi, Utah, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Funeral services are under the direction of Wheeler & Sundberg Funeral Homes.
Condolences may be expressed to the family on this page.
Greg Callister Larsen
May 19, 2025
Greg Callister Larsen passed away unexpectedly on May 19, 2025. He was born to Don Ferguson and Marilyn Callister Larsen.
He married Melodie Robinson on July 12, 1975, and they were blessed with four amazing children: Jenny (Jason) Earl, James (Tara) Larsen, Lisa Larsen, and Jon Larsen. He also had four fabulous grandkids, Brian, Ethan, Hannah, and Josh.
For Greg, family was...
Charles Henry Fratcher
May 17, 2025
Charles Henry Fratcher Jr. passed away on May 17, 2025, in American Fork, Utah. He was born on October 3, 1941, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Charles Henry Fratcher Sr. and Marian Isabelle Steele. He married Sharon Lynne McCaughey on September 23, 1964, and they were married just shy of 60 years.
He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and went...
Venice Powell Breinholt
May 16, 2025
Venice E. Powell Breinholt, age 83, passed away peacefully in her Sagewood Residence in South Jordan, UT on May 16, 2025. She was born on May 14, 1942 to Clinton Lavell Powell and Margaret Elizabeth O’ Neil. She was the youngest of 2 children. Venice was born with a strong personality. Arriving severely premature and weighing just 2 lbs. and...
Lester Deuel Campbell
May 12, 2025
“Lester Deuel Campbell, beloved husband, father, grandfather, teacher, and disciple of Christ, passed away peacefully on May 12, 2025, at the age of 80. He was born in Shelley, Idaho, to David Odell Campbell and Leah Harker Campbell.
Lester served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Western Canadian Mission (1959–1961). He later served a...
Trina Ann Reed Davis
May 11, 2025
Trina Ann Reed Davis was born to Linda Fay Osborn and Keith N Reed in Provo, Utah, on June 24, 1968. She passed away May 11, 2025, at Parkdale Health & Rehab in Price. Trina did a lot of hobbies and read a lot. She went to Provo High School and graduated in 1987.
Trina is survived by several siblings: Richard...
Kay Marie Smith
May 10, 2025
Kay Marie Smith was born on June 6, 1936, in the Salt Lake General Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah to Max Clarence Smith, November 14, 1912, Spanish Fork, Utah and O’rilla Olive Büehler, May 2, 1907, Midway, Utah. Marie passed at 88 years of age from a malignant glioblastoma (brain tumor) similar to her paternal grandmother. Marie was the oldest...
Donna Belle Nicholson Durfee
May 9, 2025
Donna Belle Nicholson Durfee, age 87, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 9, 2025, at Covington Senior Living. She was born July 24, 1937, in Salt Lake City to Hjalmar Edwin Nicholson and Wilma Jean Peters Nicholson. She grew up in Provo on the corner of 3rd North and 3rd West. She lived there until her marriage.
Donna attended Timpanogos Elementary...
Roger Cary Prete
May 7, 2025
Roger Prete
February 8, 1963 – May 7, 2025
Roger Cary Prete, age 62, of Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully on May 7, 2025. He was born on February 8th, 1963, in Melfort, Saskatchewan, to Norman and Clara Prete. He married his sweetheart, Christine Rawlings Prete, in the Jordan River Temple who he met while faithfully serving a mission for the Church...
Larry Richard Danley
May 6, 2025
Larry Richard Danley, born February 24, 1952, in Reno, Nevada, passed away peacefully on May 6, 2025, at the age of 73, leaving behind a legacy of resilience, growth, and service. From a young age, Larry’s life was defined by movement, education, and hard work. He spent his early childhood in towns across Nevada—Austin, Battle Mountain, Winnemucca, and Reno—attending various...
Aries Sigua Pangilinan
May 3, 2025
After 48 radiant years filled with love, laughter, and light, Aries Pangilinan passed away peacefully in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 3, 2025, and returned to his heavenly home.
Born on August 20, 1976, in Tarlac, Philippines, Aries was the first-born child of Edgardo and Carolina (Sigua) Pangilinan. He spent his early childhood in the Philippines before moving to Australia...
Jean Ellsworth Nicoll
May 3, 2025
Jean Ellsworth Nicoll
January 30, 1931 – May 3, 2025
Jean Ellsworth Nicoll was born January 30, 1931, in Safford, Arizona. She passed peacefully from this world in the early morning hours of May 3, 2025, attended by her daughter and son-in-law, in Provo, Utah.
Jean is the daughter of William Leslie Ellsworth and Trella Scarlett. Jean was a lovely baby and the...
Genevieve Wilson Morris
Apr 27, 2025
Genevieve Wilson Morris, age 88, of Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her family on April 27, 2025.
She was born on July 9, 1936, in Winnsboro, South Carolina, to Jesse David Wilson and Lepearless Tanner Wilson. On June 24, 1959, she married the love of her life, George Henry Morris, in the Salt Lake Temple of...
Diane Perry Kapp
Apr 24, 2025
Diane Perry Kapp of Provo, Utah, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Diane was born on March 27, 1946, to Rolland and Miriam Perry in a field hospital in Los Alamos, NM, where her father worked as a nuclear physicist on the Manhattan Project. She had two older brothers, Douglas and David, and an older...
Carolyn Odessa Hart Gross
Apr 21, 2025
Carolyn Odessa Hart Gross, 81, of Orem, passed away Monday, April 21, 2025, from complications following a stroke. She was born August 26, 1943, in Warren, Ohio, to Jane Bridget May Lindgren and Herbert Mearle Hart. Her husband, Bruce L Gross, 6 children, 26 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and other family and friends miss her terribly.
Carolyn was in banking for nearly...
