Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Walter Muir
Mar 13, 2017
Walter Edward Muir, age 69, of Orem, Utah, passed away Monday, March 13, 2017. He was born December 8, 1947 in Milford, Utah, to Walter Henry Muir and Mary Elizabeth Edwards Muir. He married his sweetheart, Arda Jean Pierce on September 12, 1970. She preceded him in death February 6, 1989.
Ed served in...
Gayla Green
Mar 12, 2017
Gayla Fuhriman Green passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 12, 2017. She was born on August 3, 1928, in Providence, Utah, to Newel Lavon Fuhriman and Mamie Marguerite Johnson.
She attended South Cache High School and L.D.S. Business College before her call to serve in the North Central States Mission. Upon...
Alexis Catterton
Mar 7, 2017
Alexis Lynn Noble Catterton, aged 22, of Heber City, Utah, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017. She was born June 17, 1994, in Provo, Utah, to Troy Noble and Katherine Davisson-Miller. She was the wife of Travis Catterton, mother to her beautiful baby boy Kellin Noah Catterton. She graduated from Wasatch High School in 2012 and worked...
Bruce Carter Sr.
Mar 6, 2017
Major Bruce Justin Carter, Sr., age 82, passed away peacefully at his home in Orem, Utah, on Monday, March 6th, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 27th, 1934, in Provo, Utah, to Claud 0 and Katherine Carter. He married Ellen Tafoya on October 15, 1954, in the Mesa Arizona Temple.
Brian Rodriguez
Mar 4, 2017
Our beloved Brian Rene Rodriguez passed from mortal life into eternity on Saturday, March 4, 2017, in Lafayette, Colorado, surrounded by family members. He was born February 24, 1964, in Los Gatos, California, to Joyce and Raul Rodriguez, the fifth of eight children, who were joined by two adopted cousins later. He attended schools in Hayward, California,...
Gerald Cooper
Feb 28, 2017
Gerald Romaine Cooper, aka “Coop”, 83, of Springville, Utah, died February 28, 2017. He was born on Christmas Day in 1933 to Esther Sunderland Cooper and Otis Cooper in Guthrie, Oklahoma. He married Connie Jo Cooper of Pleasant Grove, Utah, February 23, 1963. He grew up in Lynwood, California, and attended Compton Junior College after High School....
Jonathan Hill
Feb 15, 2017
Jonathan Paul Hill, 36, passed away unexpectedly on February 15, 2017, at his home in Provo, Utah. He was born on June 27, 1980, in Brenham, Texas, to Roy Dean Hill and Deborah Foster.
Jonathan graduated from high school in 1999. Shortly thereafter, he served an LDS Mission in the Novosibirsk Russia Mission....
Evelyn Jacobsen
Feb 14, 2017
Evelyn Iona Allred Jacobsen, 79, a courageous, brave and loveable woman, left this earthly life February 14, 2017, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She passed peacefully at her home with her loving husband by her side.
Evelyn was born July 1, 1937, in Roosevelt, Utah, to Harold and Florence Leavon Allred. ...
Fay Parker
Feb 14, 2017
Fay Snow Parker was born February 21, 1925 to James Elbert and Lucina Snow Parker, one of 11 children, at the family dairy farm and homestead in Joseph, Utah (10 miles southwest of Richfield, Utah). At 18 he was drafted in the Army in WWII and served 27 months in the South Pacific and joined forces in...
Linda Rowley
Feb 13, 2017
Our much loved mother, grandmother, sister and daughter, Linda Knight Rowley, age 74, died peacefully in her home on Monday, February 13th, 2017.
Linda was born on July 28, 1942, Olympia Washington, the oldest of five children to Howard and Margaret Knight. She was sealed for time and all eternity to Thomas H....
Cindy Biggs
Feb 11, 2017
Cindy Ann Larson Biggs, 51, of Orem, Utah, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017, in the Park City Hospital. She was born November 20, 1965, to Rita and Russell Larson. She is survived by her husband Daniel Biggs; daughters: Heather, Katelyn and Breanna; two brothers: David and Kevin; four grandchildren; and many friends.
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James Trego
Feb 11, 2017
Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather James “Jim” Trego died peacefully in Utah Valley Medical Center on February 11, 2017, in Provo, Utah, at the age of 90.
Jim was born on November 26, 1926, in Bellwood, Pennsylvania, to John Elliott Trego and Laura Edith Watters.
Jim is...
Afton Wilcox
Feb 10, 2017
Afton LaRue Williams Russell Wilcox, 91, of Tooele and Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully on 10 February 2017. She was born to David Charles Williams and Florence Minerva Anderson Williams of Oasis, Utah.
She was married to H. Calvin Russell (divorced) and then to Glen L. Wilcox. Both have preceded her in death....
Brian Holdaway
Feb 2, 2017
Brian Roger Holdaway, 50, of West Jordan, Utah, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017. He was born April 30, 1966, in Sterling, Colorado, to Roger Ahrens and Lynda Kaye Moore. He was raised by his late father, Marion Kay Holdaway. Brian married Tina M. Brandt on May 23, 1992, in Provo, Utah.
Brian started his...
Leo Robertson
Feb 1, 2017
Dr. Leo Eugene Robertson was born in Springville, Utah, to Leo Glenisla and Cecil Marjorie Nash Robertson on May 24, 1922. He served in the Canada Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from January 1942 to April 1944. He attended University of Utah for both his undergraduate and Medical Doctorate degrees graduating in...
Herbert Hill
Jan 29, 2017
Herbert Jackson Hill, born August 25, 1924, in Portland, Oregon, died peacefully in his sleep on January 29, 2017, in Orem, Utah, surrounded by his family. He is preceded in death by his parents, John Griffin Hill and Henrietta Hurdman, his older sister Bessie Nollsch, twin sister Hazel Debbold Hanson, grandson Tyler Griffin Hill and great grandson...
Renee Smith
Jan 24, 2017
Renee Clotilde Smith, 93, passed away on January 24, 2017, in Lindon, Utah. Renee was born in Auxerre, France on October 14, 1923, to Jules Argault and Jeanne Seguin. Renee emigrated to Argentina with her family in 1938, then to Uruguay in 1941. Renee emigrated to Montreal, Canada in 1947 where she worked at the United Nations....
Katherine Norris
Jan 21, 2017
The relentless ravages of run-away cancer has claimed another victim. Katherine Treva Blackburn Norris, 67, beat cancer in the first round but then it came back and showed no mercy. Her passing on January 21 in Orem, Utah left a big void in the Kenneth Norris Family of 3 sons, 3 daughters and 14 grandchildren. She was...
Dahrl Billings
Jan 19, 2017
Dahrl Thompson Billings, 87, of Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully at her home in Orem on Thursday, January 19, 2017.
Dahrl was born November 2, 1929, in Elwood, Utah, the last of 10 Children born to Soren Junius Thompson and Garda Victoria "Tory" Anderson.
She attended elementary school in Elwood...
Dewey Zubeck
Jan 17, 2017
Dewey J. Zubeck died in Orem, UT, January 17, 2017. He was born in Kenilworth, UT, on April 14, 1921, the 5th child of Joseph and Martha Dansworth Zubeck.
He grew up in Orem, UT, and attended schools there. He left Lincoln High School early to serve in the Army in WWII. After the...