Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Ivy Benson
May 30, 2020
Ivy Virginia Benson was born unexpectedly at 23 weeks gestation on May 28, 2020 at 10:18am at Utah Valley Hospital to David Brooks and CeCelia Hawkins Benson. She was 1lb 9 oz and 12 inches long. She was stronger than anyone anticipated and exceeded everyone's expectations for 2 days before returning to her Heavenly Father's embrace. She died peacefully in her...
John Kratzer
May 24, 2020
John Arkadiy Kratzer, passed away on May 24th 2020 at the age of 22, John’s beloved father in Ukraine was Ivan Shevchuck. John was born on July 7th, 1997 in Mariupol Ukraine.
John was gregarious and generous. He made friends quickly, even with strangers in a store. John married his best friend Samantha on May 22nd, 2019....
Kang Sup
May 18, 2020
Our father, Kang Eun Sup, 강은섭 (姜鈱燮) was born in 1930 in Wonsan, 안변군(安邊郡) area of what is now called North Korea.
His life was changed when his uncle (叔叔, 母方の叔父, 외삼촌), traveled from Seoul to my dad’s village and brought dad’s family to South Korea.
As a teenager, he found a job at a...
Adam Olson
May 9, 2020
Adam Hogan Olson, born December 9,1975, passed away at his home in Layton, UT, on May 9, 2020.
He was born to Jan and Craig Olson in Provo, UT. While a young boy, the family moved to Smithfield, UT where he was raised. Adam enjoyed playing T-ball and little league baseball with his brother Kirk....
John Anderson
May 9, 2020
John Henry Anderson, 95, of Lehi, Utah passed away May 9, 2020. He was born April 23, 1925 in Twin Falls, Idaho, to Arthur Henry Anderson and Elizabeth Leona Hansen Anderson. He married Rose Elvira Tanner on December 28, 1954, in the Salt Lake City, Utah Temple.
John Served in the U.S. Navy and Air Force during...
Russell Brown
May 5, 2020
Russell Olsen Brown passed away of natural causes at the age of 90 on May 5, 2020, at his home in Lehi, Utah. The hallmarks of his life were his love for his family, his work ethic, his integrity, his obedient example, and his devotion to God and country.
He was born in Richfield, Utah, on May...
Mary Colaizzi
May 4, 2020
Mary Colaizzi, 91 of Orem, Utah passed away in her sleep on May 4, 2020 to natural causes. She was born July 6, 1928 in Ogden, Utah to Domenic and Assuntina Villella Decaria. She married John Colaizzi on September 4, 1948. Her husband John preceded her in death on July 24, 1997. Mary enjoyed, crocheting, needle point, quilt making...
Janyce Harrison
May 2, 2020
Janyce Maxfield Harrison, age 88, passed away May 2, 2020, at home in Provo, Utah, of natural causes incident to age and years of health difficulties.
Janyce was born to Richard Elton and Edith Roberts Maxfield on May 18, 1931, in Salt Lake City. She was one of seven children; her twin sister Joyce survives her. She...
Gloria Durfey
May 1, 2020
Gloria Jean Davis Durfey, 72, of Orem, passed away Friday May 1, 2020. She was born June 14, 1947 in Provo Utah to William Nelson Davis and Ruth Ann Wilkinson Davis. She married Thomas Alva Durfey on August 24, 1963 in Orem Utah.
Gloria was a homemaker raising four children with a few “extras” that would happily...
Keven Clift
Apr 26, 2020
Keven Clayton Clift, 47, of Heber City, unexpectedly passed away the morning of April 26th, 2020. He was born on June 8th, 1972 in Orange County, California to James Patrick Clift and Sue Mary Doyle.
Keven Joined the U.S. Army in 1990. He enjoyed alot of things in life, including fishing, camping and fixing things but his...
Willard Gerber
Apr 23, 2020
Willard was born April 7, 1928 to Robert and Lina Moser Gerber, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He passed away in Orem, Utah on April 23, 2020 at the age of 92.
He attended schools in Canada and after graduation came to Orem, Utah to live with his sister and her family. After graduating from Brigham Young University...
Barbara Millett
Apr 22, 2020
Barbara Geane Millett, of Orem, was born December 23, 1941 to Lela Mason and Louis Paul Beffort. She was later adopted by Oliver Davis. She married LeGrande Millett and had three children: Dawn, Shane, and Chris. She also became a stepmom to Randy, Debbie, and Stacy. Barbara passed away April 22, 2020 from the effects of dementia.
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Dorothy Connor
Apr 19, 2020
Just ten days shy of her 94th birthday, our sweet mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, Dorothy Lou Connor (Dottie,) passed away Sunday morning, April 19, 2020, of natural causes in her home in Orem, UT, surrounded by her loving daughters and sons-in-law, Penny and Larry Humphreys of Provo, UT, and Pam and David Farmer of St. George, UT. Born...
Barbara Lunan
Apr 18, 2020
Barbara Jo Lunan, 69, resident of Orem, UT, died April 18th, 2020. She was Born on June 29th, 1950 in Nebraska, on her father’s birthday, to Clarence and Ruth Toland who have preceded her in death. She and Dan Lunan were married for time and all eternity in the Seattle LDS Temple on April 17th 1987.
Barbara was...
Joyce Gillman
Apr 16, 2020
Joyce LaRee Jeppson Gillman of Orem, Utah passed away on Thursday April 16th, 2020. She was born on July 6, 1935 in Provo, Utah to Charles Curtis Jeppson and Katie Ilene Borget. She married her best friend and eternal companion Robert “Bob” Varley Gillman on November 3rd, 1955 in the Manti Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Robert Barlow
Apr 11, 2020
Robert Dean Barlow passed away peacefully on April 11, 2020. His loving wife, Vicky, and his daughter, Freya, were with him when he passed. Born to Robert Cleo and Christia Josephine [Poe] Barlow on March 29, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the fourth of six children. When he was 8 years old, his family moved to...
Betty Allen
Apr 7, 2020
Betty Lou Bird Allen, our loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and friend, left this world peacefully surrounded by her family, April 7, 2020.
Betty was born December 6,1927 in Provo, Utah to Lawrence and Winnifred (Hamnett) Bird. She was the 2nd of 5 children. Betty grew up in a loving home filled with music,...
Pearl Davies
Apr 7, 2020
Pearl Ella Trease Davies departed this life and moved on to a better world on April 7, 2020.
Pearl was born on May 28, 1933 to John Oscar Trease and Ila LaVon Cowling in Wadsworth, Ohio. Perhaps her happiest memories were of the idyllic childhood that she had on the farm in Wadsworth, with her parents and...
Gayle Hall
Apr 4, 2020
Gayle Robinson Hall passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020 after a seven-year battle with brain cancer. The third of six children, she was born on June 30, 1951 in Philadelphia, PA to Merton Mark Kenneth Robinson and Thelma Leola Buck. She married John Norman Hall on April 21, 1973 in the Provo, UT temple. They later divorced.
As...
Marilyn Lee
Apr 3, 2020
Marilyn Joyce Turley Lee, age 89, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, April 3, 2020, at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah. She was born December 24, 1930 in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico as the third child to Clarence Franklin and Anna Tenney Turley, and spent her youth growing up on the family fruit farm. ...
