Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Janice Asay
Sep 7, 2021
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Janice Ellen Asay, 86 of Provo, Utah passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 with family at her side. For the last several years she has missed her loving husband of over sixty years, Jesse Wortham Asay, who passed away just over four years ago. They are survived by their five...
Clinton Gibson
Sep 6, 2021
Clinton Grant Gibson
1933-2021
Clinton Grant “Hoppis” Gibson, 88, of Nephi Utah, died peacefully surrounded by family on September 6, 2021. He was born March 31, 1933, in the mining camp of Sweets, Carbon County, Utah.
He served in the Army during the Korean War and later married his sweetheart, Donna on December...
Steven Young
Sep 1, 2021
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Steven Allan Young, aged 75, passed away in Vineyard, Utah on Sept. 1, 2021, after a short illness. He was born Dec. 7, 1945, in Dallas, Texas, to James Harrell Young and Nita Joyce Jones. He married Patricia Anne Oroian, on July 2, 1966, in Dallas, Texas, and was later sealed in the...
Dorothy Sisneros
Aug 28, 2021
Our beautiful angel Mother and Nana, Dorothy M. Sisneros passed from the loving arms of her family into the loving arms of Jesus in the early morning hours on August 28, 2021. She was born June 6, 1946, in Standardville, UT to Victor and Yvonne Sisneros. She grew up in a one room home in Spring Canyon where her...
Gary Bagley
Aug 27, 2021
Gary D. Bagley passed away on August 27, 2021, in Orem, Utah, attended by his family at his side. Gary was born to wonderful parents Garth and Evelyn Bagley on May 27, 1956. He was raised on a farm and ranch in Koosharem, Utah and learned the value of hard and honest work at an early age. He credited...
Paul Rasmussen
Aug 24, 2021
Paul Finn Rasmussen, 48, of Orem passed away August 24th 2021. He was born December 17th 1972 to Ronald Rasmussen and Sylvia Norve Rasmussen. He married Erica Curran January 8, 1998 then later divorced. He married a second time to Andrea Franke on August 8, 2003 and had 2 children together and later divorced.
Paul loved camping,...
Clayton Vest
Aug 24, 2021
Clayton Thomas Vest, 45, returned unexpectedly to his Heavenly Father August 24, 2021. His fight with addiction was a weight he carried and which ultimately lead to his passing. He was born December 11, 1975 in Provo, Utah to Keri De Nicol and Robert Thayne Murray. He was adopted by Milo Dennis James Vest. Clayton married his high school sweetheart,...
Lena "Lea" Farnsworth
Aug 23, 2021
Lena “Lea” Florence Sturgeon Farnsworth, 98, of Provo, Utah, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021. At the time of her death, she was living in Draper, Utah. She was born on December 1, 1922, in Evansville, Indiana, to Elijah Abrum Sturgeon and Stella Bell Kemp. She married Harold Davis Farnsworth on June 26, 1941, and they joined The...
Rayanna Christiansen
Aug 18, 2021
Rayanna Larsen Christiansen, 83, of Orem, Utah passed away at her home on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. Rayanna was born on December 21, 1937 in Provo, Utah to Rex Larsen and Mary Ann Barton. She married the love of her life, Terry Christiansen, on June 18, 1957 in the Salt Lake City Latter Day Saint Temple. Together, Rayanna and...
Patty Kiser
Aug 18, 2021
Patty Chung Kiser, 85, of Orem, Utah, passed away at home with loved ones beside her Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at 6:16 in the morning. She was born Chang Duk (창득) to her mother Sun Il You (유선일) in Hang Hae Do Sari Wan (항해도사리완), outside of Pyongyang in what is now North Korea, on March 26, 1936, but...
Barbara Hamilton
Aug 17, 2021
Barbara Jean Lee Hamilton, age 79, of Orem passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021, due to pneumonia.
She was preceded in death by her two sons - Robert Lee Hamilton, and Michael Taylor Hamilton. She is survived by her husband, Jesse Robert (Bob) Hamilton; by her grandchildren Skyler Hamilton, Colin (Tracey) Hamilton, Abigail (Benjamin) Anderson, Ian Hamilton,...
James Hoag
Aug 16, 2021
James Lewis Hoag, 78, of Orem, Utah, passed away August 16, 2021. He was born October 9, 1942, in Battle Creek, Michigan to Lewis Truman Hoag and Emily Ida Marie Kader. He was married to Karen Ann Rupp from September 21, 1966 – 1994. He married his lovely wife Barbara Cox Hoag on February 29th, 2000. They were later...
Ray Nelson
Aug 15, 2021
Our beloved husband, father, brother, example and hero, Ray W Nelson, passed away the afternoon of Sunday, August 15th, of age-related causes, less than two weeks after a bad fall. We are so thankful for the chance that we’ve had to gather as a family and surround him in love and service these past many days. We are especially...
Nathan Rohrer
Aug 3, 2021
Our sweet and beloved son, Nathan Thomas Rohrer, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at the tender age of 13.
Nathan was born September 5, 2007 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the first child and only son of Thomas and Rebekah Rohrer. At 20-weeks’ gestation, it was discovered that he had a severe birth defect...
Paul Hyde
Aug 1, 2021
Paul Nolan Hyde, 79, completed his mortal mission and returned to his Heavenly Home on Sunday, August 1, 2021. Born July 16, 1942, in Pomona, California to Nolan LeGrande Hyde and Pauline Estella Mead (Gaskill), Paul dedicated his life to bringing the light and knowledge of the restored gospel to all he came in contact with.
His service in the United...
George Hawkins
Jul 28, 2021
George Elmer Hawkins, 90, of Orem Utah passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2021. He was born July 24, 1931, in Ramah, New Mexico to Alma Henry Hawkins and Cora Bloomfield Hawkins. He married Lela Fay Cook June 6, 1952, in the Salt Lake Temple.
George served in the U.S. Air Force for 21 years. He was an...
Richard Harward
Jul 28, 2021
Richard Glenn Harward, 80, quietly and peacefully slipped away from his family to rendezvous with his awaiting wife in the early morning hours of Wednesday 28 July 2021 in Provo, Utah.
Born January 10, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Wendell R Harward and and Edna May (Collier). Richard was the middle brother to 4 sisters,...
Leon Hurst
Jul 27, 2021
Leon Hurst age 86 of Provo, Utah passed away on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. He was born on September 16, 1934 in Provo, Utah to Esther Skinner and Martin Henry Hurst. He married Suzanne Nelson in 1958 and they were sealed in the Logan temple.
Leon graduated from Provo High and served in the Army and was...
William Newman
Jul 27, 2021
William Pippin Newman, 93, of Provo, Utah, passed away Tuesday, July 27th. He was born March 8, 1928, in Greenville, Mississippi to Robinson Vernon Newman and Annie Laura Newman. He married Bess Rogers Small on February 4, 1950 in Greenwood, Mississippi.
Bill attended the University of Virginia and Mississippi State University. He also enlisted in the Army...
Kenneth Cromar
Jul 25, 2021
Kenneth Young Cromar, known as K, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 29, 1932, to Louine Clawson Young Cromar and Raymond Kenneth Cromar (Ken). He was the oldest of seven children including Don, Dale, Carlie, Bruce, Glen, and Ross. He moved to Denver, Colorado in 1948 and married Anne Ruth West in 1951, they...