Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Kay Marie Smith
May 10, 2025
Kay Marie Smith was born on June 6, 1936, in the Salt Lake General Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah to Max Clarence Smith, November 14, 1912, Spanish Fork, Utah and O’rilla Olive Büehler, May 2, 1907, Midway, Utah. Marie passed at 88 years of age from a malignant glioblastoma (brain tumor) similar to her paternal grandmother. Marie was the oldest...
Donna Belle Nicholson Durfee
May 9, 2025
Donna Belle Nicholson Durfee, age 87, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 9, 2025, at Covington Senior Living. She was born July 24, 1937, in Salt Lake City to Hjalmar Edwin Nicholson and Wilma Jean Peters Nicholson. She grew up in Provo on the corner of 3rd North and 3rd West. She lived there until her marriage.
Donna attended Timpanogos Elementary...
Roger Cary Prete
May 7, 2025
Roger Prete
February 8, 1963 – May 7, 2025
Roger Cary Prete, age 62, of Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully on May 7, 2025. He was born on February 8th, 1963, in Melfort, Saskatchewan, to Norman and Clara Prete. He married his sweetheart, Christine Rawlings Prete, in the Jordan River Temple who he met while faithfully serving a mission for the Church...
Larry Richard Danley
May 6, 2025
Larry Richard Danley, born February 24, 1952, in Reno, Nevada, passed away peacefully on May 6, 2025, at the age of 73, leaving behind a legacy of resilience, growth, and service. From a young age, Larry’s life was defined by movement, education, and hard work. He spent his early childhood in towns across Nevada—Austin, Battle Mountain, Winnemucca, and Reno—attending various...
Aries Sigua Pangilinan
May 3, 2025
After 48 radiant years filled with love, laughter, and light, Aries Pangilinan passed away peacefully in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 3, 2025, and returned to his heavenly home.
Born on August 20, 1976, in Tarlac, Philippines, Aries was the first-born child of Edgardo and Carolina (Sigua) Pangilinan. He spent his early childhood in the Philippines before moving to Australia...
Jean Ellsworth Nicoll
May 3, 2025
Jean Ellsworth Nicoll
January 30, 1931 – May 3, 2025
Jean Ellsworth Nicoll was born January 30, 1931, in Safford, Arizona. She passed peacefully from this world in the early morning hours of May 3, 2025, attended by her daughter and son-in-law, in Provo, Utah.
Jean is the daughter of William Leslie Ellsworth and Trella Scarlett. Jean was a lovely baby and the...
Genevieve Wilson Morris
Apr 27, 2025
Genevieve Wilson Morris, age 88, of Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her family on April 27, 2025.
She was born on July 9, 1936, in Winnsboro, South Carolina, to Jesse David Wilson and Lepearless Tanner Wilson. On June 24, 1959, she married the love of her life, George Henry Morris, in the Salt Lake Temple of...
Diane Perry Kapp
Apr 24, 2025
Diane Perry Kapp of Provo, Utah, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Diane was born on March 27, 1946, to Rolland and Miriam Perry in a field hospital in Los Alamos, NM, where her father worked as a nuclear physicist on the Manhattan Project. She had two older brothers, Douglas and David, and an older...
Carolyn Odessa Hart Gross
Apr 21, 2025
Carolyn Odessa Hart Gross, 81, of Orem, passed away Monday, April 21, 2025, from complications following a stroke. She was born August 26, 1943, in Warren, Ohio, to Jane Bridget May Lindgren and Herbert Mearle Hart. Her husband, Bruce L Gross, 6 children, 26 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and other family and friends miss her terribly.
Carolyn was in banking for nearly...
Jack Charles Ledyard
Apr 17, 2025
Jack Charles Ledyard, 88, of Orem, Utah, passed away April 17th, 2025. He was born May 9, 1936, in Oregon City, Oregon to Jack C Ledyard and Nellie Minerva Lyon. He married Myra LaVerne Allen on December 23, 1960, in a ceremony at home in Chico, California. They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on July 8, 1963.
Jack served...
Paul Robert Oldroyd
Apr 17, 2025
Paul Robert Oldroyd, 1934–2025
June 29, 1934 – April 17, 2025
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, Paul Robert Oldroyd, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at the age of 90.
Paul was born June 29, 1934, at Crane Maternity Hospital in Provo, Utah, to Terry James Oldroyd and Josephine Herman Oldroyd. He thoroughly enjoyed his childhood growing up...
Norman Edward Wright
Apr 12, 2025
Norman Edward Wright — 1925-2025
A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, early computer pioneer, faithful Latter-day Saint, teacher of youth, husband of 70 years, father of seven, outdoorsman, inveterate reader, amateur historian, faculty member at Brigham Young University, mentor and friend to all — these are some of the things that describe Norman Edward Wright, who died peacefully in...
James Vincent Flaherty Jr.
Apr 11, 2025
James Vincent Flaherty Jr., age 67 of Orem, Utah, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2025. An evening viewing for family and friends will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at Wheeler-Sundberg Funeral Home, 495 South State Street. Funeral services will be Friday, May 2, at 11:00 a.m., also at Wheeler-Sundberg with a viewing held that...
Erica Suzana Araujo Seipert
Apr 10, 2025
Our amazing warrior, Erica Seipert, 29, died April 10th, 2025, after a four-year battle with breast cancer. Erica was born on July 18th, 1995, in Provo, Utah, to Catia and Kevin Seipert and was a big sister to Alexandra Seipert. Erica graduated from Orem High School and attended college, both in Utah and South Dakota, where she resided at the...
Merta Rae Sorensen Anderson Hansen
Apr 10, 2025
Merta Rae Sorensen Anderson Hansen, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at the age of 85 in Logan, Utah. She was born on March 22, 1940, in Provo, Utah, to John Raymond Sorensen and Sallie Palmer Sorensen, who preceded her in death.
Merta’s journey through life was marked by love, commitment, and a deep...
Ralph Irving Pinkham
Apr 10, 2025
Ralph Irving Pinkham (84) of Orem, UT passed away peacefully at home on April 10th, 2025, with his wife Linda by his side. He was born on December 15, 1940, in Lyndon, Vermont to Clarence Dewey Pinkham and Dolores Learnore Smith. On June 23, 1962, he was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. On September 5,...
Owen Richard Bae
Apr 5, 2025
Owen Richard Bae, 91, of Orem, Utah, passed away on Saturday, April 5, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Chapel, 80 South 280 East, Orem, UT.
Owen Richard Bae: son, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather. Owen was born on September 4th, 1933, in Yuba...
Gordon Von Reeves
Apr 2, 2025
Gordon Von Reeves
December 8, 1940 – April 2, 2025
Gordon Von Reeves, born in Provo, Utah, passed away on April 2, 2025, at the age of 84. He was the son of Jay Conrad Reeves and Evelyn Myrtle Reeves, both of whom preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his sister Lois and his beloved son, David.
At...
Elaine Michaelis
Apr 2, 2025
Elaine Michaelis
April 18, 1938 — April 2, 2025
Elaine Michaelis, age 86, passed away peacefully in her sleep the morning of April 2, 2025, in Orem, Utah.
Elaine was born on April 18, 1938, in Tremonton, Utah, to Arthur Ralph and Leatha (Corbett) Michaelis. She was the second of three children. She loved her parents and two brothers, Max Corbett and Arthur...
Rickie R Atkin
Apr 2, 2025
Rick R Atkin
12.28.1954-04.02.2025
Rick R. Atkin, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin and friend, passed away on April 2, 2025, at the age of 70. Born on December 28, 1954, in Provo, Utah, he was the son of George and Hazel (Boren) Atkin. Rick lived a life full of love, laughter, joking and dedication to his family, and his...
