Orem, UT Obituaries

Mar 31, 2021

After a lifetime of traveling the world, Marilyn Openshaw Chapman has embarked on an exciting journey beyond this mortal existence, returning to her Father in Heaven and to the loving embrace of family members that left before her. Her departure took place just before dawn, March 31, 2021 after heartfelt farewell wishes and warm-loving embraces from close family and...

Mar 27, 2021

The world is a sadder and emptier place due to the passing of David Ivan Sovine on March 27, 2021 after almost 58 full and meaningful years here on Earth. David contracted the cruel Covid-19 virus, and after a brief but valiant battle succumbed to its effects surrounded by family and loved ones at his bedside.

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Mar 24, 2021

Marvin Lee Hardy, 85, of Orem, UT passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2021. He was born September 29, 1935, in Leslie, Idaho, to Ernest Lovel Hardy and Sivilla M. Patten. He married Vivian Mae Daniels on October 8, 1954, at the Little Rock Ward house in West Jordan, UT.  They later divorced and she preceded him in death.  He...

Mar 22, 2021

Joyce Standing Hill, 92--the last survivor of her generation of family—died shortly after the stroke of midnight on March 22, 2021, following a long decline due to incidents of age. The daughter of Arnold Rudolf “Barney” Standing and Josephine Lindquist Standing, she was born in Logan, Utah, on December 2, 1928. Her father served his entire career in the...

Mar 17, 2021

Jean Elizabeth Fossum (Parker) 71, of Orem passed peacefully away Wednesday March 17, 2021.  She was born on September 14, 1949 to Donald and Catherine Fossum.  She attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho where she met her husband Mike Parker of Blackfoot, Id.  They were married in June of 1969.  They had 4 daughters, Dana, Michelle, Kristina and Sarah....

Mar 14, 2021

LeeAnn Jackson, 83, of Orem UT.  passed into the arms of her Heavenly Father, Sunday, March 14, 2021. She was born January 5, 1938 in Provo, Utah

She was preceded in death by her first husband Keldon J. Mann, as well as her husband Paul R. Jackson, whom she was sealed to for time and all eternity...

Mar 13, 2021

Lola Pearl (Mason) Lees age 88 of Orem, Utah passed away peacefully in her home with family on March 13th, 2021.

Lola was born in Aurora, Utah to Vivian Austin Mason and Ursula Pearl Curtis on November 11th, 1932. Lola married Ronald Charles Lees on August 15th, 1950 in Orem, Utah.

They had 4 sons...

Mar 10, 2021

Josiah Ronald Mendenhall, was born and passed away on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. He was born to Michael John Mendenhall and Karen Denise Winkler Mendenhall. Graveside Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 19, 2021 at Orem City Cemetery 1520 North 800 East, Orem, Utah.

For those unable to attend the Graveside it will...

Mar 10, 2021

Wilma Jones Adams, loving Wife, Mother, Grandma, Daughter, Aunt, Sister and Friend, passed through the veil on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Santaquin, Utah, of causes incident to age.  We can only imagine the freedom of spirit from an infirmed body and glorious reunion with family and friends on the other side!

Wilma was born in Las...

Mar 6, 2021

Jeanette Marie Millet Powell, age 80 of Lindon, Utah, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 6, 2021, at the Spring Gardens Assisted Living Center.

Jeanette was born in Provo Utah to Joseph Burr Millet and Anna Agnes Duffin Millet on December 4, 1940.  She married her Eternal companion, Lynn Eugene Powell from Levan Utah,...

Feb 26, 2021

In Loving Memory of

Sandra Gladden-

Born: July 19, 1951        Died:  February 26, 2021

Our family regrets to announce but humbly accepts that Sandra Gladden of Pleasant Grove Utah has returned to her heavenly home at the young age of 69.

Sandra was born in Salt Lake City, Utah...

Feb 26, 2021

Leona May Rumberger was born on November 29, 1928, in Los Angeles, California.  It happened to be Thanksgiving Day that year, which was a most appropriate day for her.  She was the second child and the first daughter born to Sarah Leona and Harvey Arthur Makemson.  She had one older brother, Frank, and later got one younger sister, Jean. ...

Feb 21, 2021

After a long and courageous journey with cancer, Luella Maria Barlow Smith, 73—wife of Steven Glen Smith—passed away peacefully on February 21, 2021, at home surrounded by her loving family. Maria was born on November 24, 1947, in Santa Monica, California, the only daughter and youngest child of Edmund Garrett and Evva Maria Burnham Barlow.

Maria graduated...

Feb 14, 2021

Malin Mark Davis, 78, of Orem, Utah, passed away on February 14th, 2021.

He was born in Preston, Idaho, on May 30, 1942, to Fredrick Mark and Ora Marie Davis.  Malin graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Business and Social Science in 1964.  Malin was married to Deanna Lynn Jensen in 1966.  He is...

Feb 13, 2021

Velda Williams Harward passed away peacefully at her home on February 13, 2021 at the age of 93.  She was born August 25 1927 in Phoenix, Arizona to Vernal and Bergeta Jesperson Williams.  Velda is preceded in death by her sweetheart and husband VerDon Harward, their son Randall V Harward, her parents and siblings Verl Gaylen Williams, Dalvin Williams,...

Feb 13, 2021

Texal Elijah Searle passed away February 13, 2021, in Sandy, Utah. He was born March 25, 1927, in Delta, Utah, to Charles D. and Ruth Maxfield Searle, the youngest of ten children. Tex married Esther Knight in the Salt Lake temple on October 18, 1950.  They had four children.  After Esther died in 2010, he married Mary Gwen Holdaway....

Feb 11, 2021

Maria del Rosario Torres, 64, of Orem, passed away peacefully on February 11th, 2021. Rosario was born July 25th, 1956 in Torreon, Coahuila to Alfredo Torres and Esperanza Magallanes. She studied to be a private accountant as a trade in Mexico.

Rosario married her sweetheart, Tobias De La Cruz, and they were sealed on March 21st, 1978...

Feb 11, 2021

Heaven has gained an angel.

Kathryn (Kathy) Holt Tamietti Biesinger, 76, of Salt Lake, returned to our Heavenly Father on Thursday, February 11, 2021.  She was born February 28, 1944, in Provo, Utah, to Roy and Verna Holt.  She married her former spouse Roy Tamietti on March 22, 1963, and former spouse Val Biesinger on December 3,...

Feb 7, 2021

Leda Ann Crandall Beale passed peacefully in her home in Provo, UT on February 7, 2021. She died of natural causes and was surrounded by her three loving children, Barbara DeVol, Rhonda March, and Gary Beale.

Leda was born on June 19, 1922 in the small mountain town of Peoa, UT. She was the eldest of four...

Feb 6, 2021

Our wonderful brother, father, son, and uncle, Jaime Sanchez Gomez age 48, was called home by his Heavenly Father on Saturday, February 6th 2021 and our world will never be the same without him, but we are eternally grateful for the time we had with his bright spirit in our lives.  Jaime was born March 2nd, 1972 in San...