Orem, UT Obituaries

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...

Nov 28, 2018

John Karl Witte was a beloved son, brother, father, grandfather, uncle, cousin, and friend. He passed away unexpectedly at his home in Orem, Utah, on November 28, 2018, at the age of 72. John was born April 2, 1946, in Panguitch, Utah, to parents Karl John Witte and Barbara June Luker. After Karl’s death, Barbara married John Woodson, who...

Nov 27, 2018

Oscar George Larsen (better known as “Dunk Larsen” to his family and friends), of Orem, Utah, passed away on November 27th, 2018, at the home of his daughter, also in Orem. He was 87 years old. He was born on July 11, 1931, in Menan, Idaho, to Alden George Larsen and Irma Green Larsen. He married Aleen Riggs in...

Nov 24, 2018

Dennis Llewellyn Jones, 73, of Provo, passed away Saturday November 24, 2018. He was born March 26,1945 in Los Angeles, California, to Llewellyn John Jones and Arlene Hatch Jones. Dennis graduated in 1963 from Carlmont High School in San Carlos, California. He spent most of his life in the Bay Area and moved to Provo in 2016 to be...

Nov 24, 2018

David Max Dastrup passed away on November 24, 2018 at his home in Orem, Utah.

Max was born in Salina, Utah on September 28, 1948 to Ross B Dastrup and Velma Thail Ottley. He spent his “Tom Sawyerish” growing-up years in Salina, Orem, St. George, and Vernal, developing the athleticism that earned him a place on his...

Nov 22, 2018

A very wonderful, honorable, and unique man, Lyle Baaron Gomm passed November 22, 2018 in Lehi, UT of causes incident to a stroke. He was born to Ben C. & Opal A. Gomm in the upstairs of his grandparent’s home in Star Valley, Afton, Wyoming, on July 18, 1941, together with his twin sister, Lila.

He spent...

Nov 21, 2018

Elizabeth Margaret Hedin Kelley, 88 of St. George, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2018.  Graveside services will be held Friday November 30, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Utah Veterans Cemetery and Memorial Park, aka Camp Williams Cemetery, 17111 South Camp Williams Road, Bluffdale, Utah.  There will be a Viewing held at Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary, 495 South State Street,...

Nov 20, 2018

On Tuesday, November 20th, 2018, Rulon Don Winter, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully at the age of 91 (or as he would say, 61 with 30 years of experience;) at his home in Orem.

Born in Pocatello, ID on December 28th, 1926,  Don was the eldest of 4 children born to Rulon Wesley Winter...

Nov 18, 2018

Willis Ray Meldrum of Orem Utah left this life peacefully on November 18, 2018.  He was born December 12, 1942 to Spencer Huie Meldrum and Clara Smith Meldrum in Provo Utah. On July 27, 1961, he married his high school love, Jeanne Buckner, in the Manti, Utah temple.

Willis worked hard to provide for his family.  He...