Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Theodore "Ted" Taylor
Aug 25, 2018
Theodore M. “Ted” Taylor, age 79, passed away peacefully at his home with family by his side on Saturday, August 25, 2018. He was born November 16, 1938 to Theodore M. Taylor and Clara Mae Orton Taylor at their family home in Provo. Ted attended schools in Provo graduating from Provo High in the class of 1956. Ted married...
Franz Johansen
Aug 23, 2018
Franz Mark Johansen, of Provo, Utah, passed away on August 23, 2018.
Born May 10, 1928 in Huntsville, Utah, to Mark Colton Johansen and Seneth Chloe Allen, he spent his youth working on his family farm and enjoying the hills and river bottoms of the Ogden Valley. Not long after WWII, he served an LDS mission in the...
Shirley Andersen
Aug 23, 2018
Shirley Hoyt Andersen, our beautiful mother, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, August 23, 2018. She was the youngest and last surviving child of 11 children born to Eliza Ann Parry and Timothy Cook Hoyt. She was born July 28, 1920 in her beloved Snowflake, Arizona. She felt her childhood was idyllic and spoke of her happy...
Bert Hall
Aug 21, 2018
Bert F Hall, 87, of Orem passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2018. He was born May 26, 1931 in Provo to Jasper Lanning Hall and Caroline Ferguson Hall. He and Ann Siggard were married on June 22, 1990 in American Fork and sealed in the Provo LDS temple on November 13, 2010. He is survived by his wife, Ann...
Angel Concepcion Catalan
Aug 14, 2018
Angel Alberto Concepcion-Catalan, 37, of Puerto Rico passed away, August 14, 2018.
William "Kirk" Love
Aug 13, 2018
William “Kirk” Love, 66, of West Lafayette, Ohio passed away Monday, August 13, 2018. He was born in Rigby, Idaho on May 9, 1952 to the late William H. and Barbara (Bowen) Love.
Kirk graduated high school in Shelley, Idaho. After high school he enlisted in the United States Army and served as an air traffic controller...
Peter Workman
Aug 11, 2018
Peter Workman (90) of Orem passed away peacefully Saturday, August 11. Peter was born in Hatch, Utah, October 18, 1927. He served in the US Navy during WWII. He married Norma Alene Curtis May 30, 1948 and they were sealed in the Salt Lake LDS temple. Peter worked at Geneva Steel for over thirty years.
Peter’s life...
Lisa Hunsaker
Aug 11, 2018
Lisa Elaine Hansen Hunsaker passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, August 11, 2018 of complications from a lingering illness. She was born April 3, 1962 in Provo, Utah to David and Darlene Borget. She was the third child and first daughter born to her parents which soon included four additional brothers and one sister.
Lisa will...
Mark Lefevre
Aug 8, 2018
Mark Thales LeFevre, age 48 of Provo, Utah, passed away august 8, 2018 at him home. He was born in Provo, Utah January 8, 1970 to Thomas Grand LeFevre and Jennie Bird LeFevre.
Mark attended Provo High School where he was on the competitive swim team. He later received an associate’s degree in applied sciences and worked...
Hadyn Smith
Aug 8, 2018
Hadyn Lowell Smith, 94, of Orem, Utah, died Wednesday, August 8th, 2018, at the Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah.
Born November 22, 1923, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Hadyn Layborn and Lula Mae (Beesley) Smith, he was a retired civil servant who worked for the Navy at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, as...
Carole Christiansen
Aug 7, 2018
Carole Ann (Peterson) Christiansen passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones on August 7, 2018.
Carole was born on March 27, 1964 in Inglewood, CA to Ross and Merrilynn Peterson. She had many challenges in her life that she rose above. She was the glue in many relationships through her lifetime. Carole loved fashion and...
Dixie Sorensen
Aug 6, 2018
Dixie Ellen Sorensen, 83, of Orem, UT returned to her sweetheart on August 6, 2018. She was born on June 10, 1935 to H. Mearl Lunt and Cora Elizabeth Young in Nephi, UT. Dixie married the love of her life, Don, on June 18, 1951 in Evanston, WY. He preceded her in death on June 20, 2018.
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Alexandra Turner
Aug 4, 2018
Alexandra May Turner, age 76, returned to our Heavenly Father at 12:55am, surrounded by her family, on August 4th at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She was born in Birmingham, England on May 14, 1942 to Alexander Ward and Ella May Harris. She married John Henry Turner in 1968.
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Legrand Baker
Aug 2, 2018
LeGrand Liston Baker, 80, of Orem, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 2, 2018, following a brief illness.
LeGrand was born November 2, 1937, on his grandfather’s ranch in Boulder, Utah; then grew up on a small farm in Utah Valley. He attended Spanish Fork and Lincoln high schools. After graduating from Brigham Young University in 1963,...
James Robinson
Aug 2, 2018
James Lorin Robinson, 83, of Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones in his home on Thursday, August 2, 2018. He was born February 6, 1935 in Caliente, Nevada to Albert Lorin Robinson and Maud Ashley Hatton Robinson. He was the 6th of 8 children. He married his eternal companion Vanae Rowley on June 12, 1959 in...
Kelly Rawlings
Aug 1, 2018
Kelly Eugene Rawlings of Orem, UT passed away quietly in his home Wednesday, August 1st. Kelly was born in Provo, UT on August 19th, 1958 to Gene and Kathryn Rawlings.
Growing up Kelly loved all things outdoors, horses, and sports. Though small for his age, Kelly worked hard to keep up with bigger boys and never backed...
P. "Magdalene" Hanson
Aug 1, 2018
Patricia "Magdalene" Murphy Young Hanson Warren, aged 86, passed away August 1, 2018. Born April 16, 1932 in Bloemfontein, South Africa to parents Edward Murphy, and Susarah Rousseau.
Magdalene was 16 years old when she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and immigrated to Alberta, Canada. In 1952, she married Gail Young in the Alberta Temple....
William "Bill" Barckley
Jul 31, 2018
William “Bill” Samuel Barckley, age 65 of Orem, passed away Tuesday July 31, 2018. He was born April 15, 1953 in Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, to Wilbur Pershing Barckley and Juanita Gloria Perez Barckley.
Bill was a man of many talents. He attended BYU, Rick’s college, and graduated nursing school from South Puget Sound College...
Kathryn Wood
Jul 31, 2018
Kathryn Pryor Wood, 70 years old of Orem, Utah passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family after a battle well fought against Cancer. She was born in Cedar City, Utah to Harry Melling and Edith Pryor. She was married to her husband of 46 years, Joseph Brent Wood. They were married on June 23,1972 in the Salt...
Michelene Harrigan
Jul 31, 2018
Michelene “Mikey” Harrigan, 66, of Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully in her sleep Tuesday, July 31, 2018. She was born July 2, 1952 in Evanston, Illinois to William Timothy Harrigan and Eileen Barger Harrigan.
Mikey loved learning and took college classes throughout her life. She attended Lutheran Bible school, pursued a degree in nursing and went back...