Orem, UT Obituaries

Jan 5, 2019

Loving Husband, Father and Grandfather, Dale Dutson Astel, 87, of Orem Utah, passed away at his home on Saturday, January 5, 2019, from a valiant battle with leukemia.  Dale was born in Grover, Wyoming to Alma P. Astle and Martha C. Dutson Astle on November 5, 1931.  He was one of 14 children.  His siblings included; Ralph, George, Verda,...

Jan 2, 2019

Kent Rowley, a life-long resident of Orem Utah, peacefully passed away on January 2, 2019. In his 84 years, Kent was universally loved and admired for his humor, grace, judgment, humility, faith and service to others. He always had a smile on his face and a kind word, and he never sought or accepted fame, wealth or public recognition....

Dec 31, 2018

Stephanie Jo Dunnivan Adams, 57 of Orem, Utah passed away December 31, 2018 after her second valiant battle with cancer

Stephanie was born June 26, 1961 in Payson, Utah to Wallace Hennley Dunnivan and Peggy Merlene Davis.  She married Richard Lewis Adams on November 21, 1997 in the Mount Timpanogas LDS Temple. She was proceeded in death...

Dec 30, 2018

Stephanie Ann Lees, age 35, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 30th, 2018, at her home in Provo, Utah. She was born March 17th 1983, in Provo, Utah, to Rusty Dan Lees and Sarah Ann (Humphrey) Landry.

She was a graduate at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah. She worked as a casher at The Club...

Dec 29, 2018

Samuel Welker Levie Thorley was born on December 28th, 2018 to Thomas and Megan Thorley.  Samuel was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome while in utero but he beat the odds and lived to be full term.  He was delivered safely and lived for 40 full hours before he passed away on December 29th 2018.  He...

Dec 25, 2018

Arvid Andrew Kelander, 94 Orem, Utah passed away Christmas morning.   Graduated from P.G. High 1943.  He was a WW2 Vet proudly serving on a LCI in the Navy.  After the war he went to work at Geneva Steel where he was a heavy duty mechanic and his nick name was Swede.  He married Eva Rae Davis and they had...

Dec 25, 2018

Norma Workman (90) of Orem passed away peacefully Christmas morning.  She joined her husband, Peter, who preceded her in death earlier this year.  They were able to celebrate Christmas together once again.

Norma was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 2nd, 1928.  She married Peter Workman on May 30th, 1948.  They were sealed in the Salt...

Dec 23, 2018

Martha Ann Scoresby Griffin, 86, of Mapleton, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018.

Ann was born December 15, 1932, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Alvin Moroni Scoresby and Martha Wilson. She married LeRoy Richard Griffin Jr. on April 28, 1962 in Idaho Falls Idaho and were later sealed in the Oakland, LDS Temple on January 5, 1971...

Dec 19, 2018

Larry Lee Shaver, 73, resident of American Fork, Utah died on December 19, 2018. He was born to Connie and Grace Shaver on December 21, 1944 in Belvedere, CA. He was married to Purificasion Ogatis Maghari Shaver on July 29, 1969. And then later sealed in the Salt Lake City Temple to his family.

Larry was an...

Dec 16, 2018

Cynthia Lee Fuller Hickman, 59, of Pleasant Grove, passed away due to a pulmonary embolism on Sunday morning, December 16, 2018.  She was born on December 14, 1959, in Oxnard, California, to Alton William Fuller Jr and Sarah Venice Lunt Fuller.  They raised her in Camarillo, California.  She married Robert Blair Hickman on December 7, 1983, in the Jordan...

Dec 15, 2018

Beverly Jean Seal Carson Rees, age 88, passed away peacefully on Saturday December 15th, 2018. Beverly was born March 3rd, 1930 in Murray, Utah to Horace Martin Seal and Emma Virginia Bodell. She married Harry Edwin Carson on June 23rd, 1950, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. She was married briefly to Danny Rees from March 17th 2011...

Dec 14, 2018

SERVICE DATE CORRECTION: Elna Ann Christensen Blackham, 85, of Orem, passed away Friday, December 14, 2018. She was born May 21, 1933 in Monroe, Utah, in the bedroom of her grandmother, Annie Julander, who delivered her. She was the only child born to Emmett Christensen and Annie Elaine Julander Christensen. Her mother later married Louie “Lefty” Slavensky who Elna...

Dec 10, 2018

Cristie Hunt Hardman, 48, of Orem, passed away Monday, December 10th, 2018. She was born May 26th, 1970, in Provo, Utah, to Charles Barry Hunt and Carol Ann Benson Hunt. She was engaged to Stephani Moosman.

She loved singing and dancing, and was an avid collector of unique rocks, crystals and bottles. She was fascinated by medical...

Dec 8, 2018

Ellen Elaine Keeler Thompson, age 84, of Orem, graduated from life and joined her sweetheart of 60 years on Saturday, 8 December 2018.

Ellen was born 1 May 1934, in Provo, Utah, to Daniel M. and Virginia Christensen Keeler. She grew up in Provo, as a member of a close and loving family. Ellen’s parents were her...

Dec 7, 2018

Lola Maurine Drage Jensen, 91 of St. George, Utah, passed away on Friday December 7, 2018. She was born November 20, 1927 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah to Alfred Drage and Rhoda Jorgenson Drage. She was the youngest of three children. Her brother Donald (Dixie) Drage and her sister Evelyn (Lloyd) Terry preceded her in death.

Lola married...

Dec 7, 2018

Rupert Carlton Adkins, our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2018, surrounded by his three children and his grandson, Nathaniel. He was born in Logan, West Virginia on January 29, 1937 to parents Rupert Lionel Adkins and Sharlot Quietus Mays. He married Virgilene Hatfield on May 9, 1958. She preceded him in...

Dec 6, 2018

Jeffery Kay Parcell, 54 of Orem passed away on December 6th, 2018. He was born April 11th, 1964 to Norman and Janice Parcell.

Jeff is survived by his two children who love him very much: Brooke and Garrett Parcell; Parents: Norman and Janice Parcell; Siblings: Natalie (Kory) Sorensen and Jana (Lynn) Fryer; Nieces and Nephews: Lacey (Will...

Dec 1, 2018

Carole Castro Bradshaw of Provo, Utah passed away from an aggressive liver cancer on December 1, 2018 surrounded by all of her children at the age of 73. She was born on July 18, 1945 in San Francisco, California to Carmen Bonilla and Felix Castro and is predeceased by her spouse Willard Henry Bradshaw (Orem, 1925-2016). She is survived...

Nov 29, 2018

Glena Mae (Hatch) Hullinger, 81, of Orem, passed away November 29, 2018. Glena was born to Roy and Martha Hatch on June 1, 1937 in Panguitch, Utah. She married her sweetheart Floyd Earl Hullinger on August 9, 1963 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He preceded her in death on Oct. 17, 2017.

Glena graduated from Dixie...

Nov 29, 2018

Bess Small Newman, 90, of Provo, Utah, passed away Thursday, November 29th. She was born November 2, 1928, in Greenwood, Mississippi, to George Jacobs Small and Helen Clement Small. She married William Pippin Newman on February 4, 1950 in Greenwood, Mississippi.

Bess graduated from Mississippi State College for Women with a degree in nutrition. She taught school...