Orem, UT Obituaries

May 31, 2021

Valerie Joan Hurst was born April 26, 1930 in Provo Utah. She was grateful for the heritage of a lovely Welsh-born mother Lucy Martha Griffiths, and a brilliant father from the back hills of Kentucky, Herbert Northcott Hurst. Joan was the oldest of three sisters, born and raised in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. Joan lived in many states and places, but home was...

May 29, 2021

Gregory Lee Frischknecht, 68, died peacefully in his sleep on May 29, 2021 at his home in Sandy, UT after courageously battling multiple illnesses over the past several years.

Greg was born on October 7, 1952 in Salt Lake City, UT to Donald Jay Frischknecht and Gail Jean Hamblin. Greg earned his Eagle Scout and graduated from...

May 23, 2021

Carolin Joyce Naylor Larsen, a resident of Orem, Utah, passed away on Sunday, May 23, after a final battle with cancer.  Always resilient in any challenge, her final days were no less characteristic of the grace she so easily displayed throughout her life.

Carolin was born December 25, 1939 – our Christmas angel – in Ogden, Utah...

May 20, 2021

Richard Eldon Farley (aka Rick) came to earth on January 31, 1953 to Eldon and Bonnie Farley.  He was the oldest of 5 children and was raised in Sunnyvale California.  His time on earth was finished on May 20, 2021 after a debilitating battle with strokes and dementia.  He had always joyfully anticipated when he would leave mortality behind...

May 11, 2021

Vona Dee Carter Vernon passed away on May 11, 2021 from complications following a stroke. She was born on November 13, 1935 to Stanley Preston Carter and Clara Gull Carter. Vona Dee grew up on a dairy farm on 6th South in Provo. She learned to work hard from an early age alongside her two brothers Delos and Gene....

May 11, 2021

Chester Grant Sheffield, aka C. Grant Sheffield born May 31, 1931 to Vaughn Peter and Edith Hacking Sheffield, passed away on May 11, 2021, succumbing to the cancer that he valiantly fought off for more than 20 years.

He was born in his family home on 1st North 1st East Kaysville Utah.  He was the 2nd of...

May 7, 2021

Julia Helen Hansen Hill, age 98, passed away in Orem, Utah, on May 7, 2021. Helen was born in Centerfield, Utah, on February 18, 1923, into the loving home of Charles Savaren Hansen and Mary Alvira Westover Hansen. She was the fourth of six beautiful daughters. She graduated from Gunnison Valley High School as representative girl (valedictorian), then attended...

May 5, 2021

A. Dean Powell of Orem, Utah passed away peacefully on May 5, 2021 just one week shy of his 94th birthday. Dean was born May 12, 1927 in Magrath, Alberta, Canada and was the fifth of seven children of Shirlef Powell and Florence Reece Powell. At age eight Dean's family moved from Canada to Lehi, Utah to begin anew,...

Apr 25, 2021

Helen Rose Snowberger Moffitt passed away peacefully in Orem, Utah, on April 25, 2021 after nine and a half beautiful decades of meaningful, humane, and caring living.

Many hundreds of wonderful stories serve as metaphors for her life, one example is when, as a young mother, she decided her house needed a basement. So, she took a...

Apr 25, 2021

On the morning of April 25th 2021 Marylyn was reunited with her Eternal Companion G. Reese Pulham and passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in December 28th, 1927 (93) and raised in Lincoln Nebraska with four sisters and a brother which she was very close too and loved very much. Her loves in life...

Apr 22, 2021

May Millemaci Dixon passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, April 22, 2021. She left this life very peacefully. She was born on February 25, 1930 in Bridgeport Connecticut & was preceded in death by her husband Marion Arthur Dixon who passed away on July 3, 2010.

May grew up in Connecticut, graduated from high...

Apr 17, 2021

Thomas Grant LeFevre (88) of Provo passed away on April 17, 2021 at his home in Provo.

Thomas was born September 20, 1932 in Spry, Utah to Sylvia Ann Haycock and Stanley LeFevre. He was the 6th of 12 children. He married Jennie Lee Bird June 11, 1952. Thomas served in the US Navy during the Korean...

Apr 16, 2021

Susanne (Susan) Rollene Warner Harnden, 77 of Orem UT, passed away of natural causes on April 16, 2021. She was born in Santa Monica California on March 8, 1944 to Roland Eugene Warner and Phebe Esther Evans. She attended Springville West Side Elementary, Springville Jr. High and graduated in 1962 from Springville High School. After high school she attended...

Apr 15, 2021

Don Engstrom passed away at the age 85, and at an age that he never expected to achieve because of his poor health throughout his life. He was afflicted with asthma and had many asthmatic attacks and hospitalizations, but he persevered to overcome these obstacles.

Donald Emmett Engstrom was born on March 24, 1936, in Cheyenne, Wyoming....

Apr 13, 2021

It was a day of bittersweet joy on Tuesday morning, April 13, 2021, as Nolan Wendell Skinner joined his wife and son in what can only be imagined as a grand celebration for the patriarch of the Skinner family’s return home.

Nolan Wendell Skinner was born in Grass Valley, California, on August 16, 1941, to Wendell and Ada...

Apr 11, 2021

Edward Cordova, 93 of Lehi passed away peacefully in his sleep

in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 11, 2021.

He was the fourth son born to Salvador Raymundo Cordova and Clarita Lopez on November 17, 1927 in Olathe, Colorado. He graduated from Olathe High School...

Apr 5, 2021

It is not the length of the life but the depth.

The souls of many have lost a true and loving friend.  Dennis Errol Hawley escaped this mortal existence on April 5, 2021 to join his sweetheart Jill, after nearly 10 long years apart, in their heavenly home. Their eyes are opened to happiness, their minds made...

Apr 5, 2021

Christian David Yeates, 57, of Orem, UT, passed away on April 5, 2021, surrounded by his family, after a long and valiant fight with cancer. Chris had a determined and resilient spirit and fought hard until the very end. He will be greatly missed. Chris was born to Gordon and Rita Yeates in Johnson City, NY on August 22,...

Apr 5, 2021

Francisco Jose Avila was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He was the second oldest of Jose and Catalina’s 5 children. He is survived by his wife Sofia (married 59 years) and all his 6 children: Francisco, Jose, Octavio, Sofia, Eduardo and Antonio, their spouses, 29 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Francisco, affectionately called “Jefazo”  (which translated means “big or...

Mar 31, 2021

Marilyn Jean Nelson Olsen, 94, of Provo, beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandma, great-grandma and dear friend passed away Wed., March 31, 2021. She was born Sept. 8, 1926 in Spanish Fork, Utah, the daughter of Hugh LeRoy Nelson and Ruth Ellen Bettess.

She graduated from Spanish Fork High School in 1944, where she was active...