Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Marilyn Joy Grant Newman
Jul 4, 2024
Marilyn “Miki” Joy Grant Newman
(AKA Marilyn Joy Grant)
November 25, 1930-July 4, 2024
Marilyn “Miki” Joy Grant Newman, 93, of Provo, Utah, passed on peacefully in her home Thursday morning, July 4, 2024. She was born in Portland, Oregon, on November 25, 1930, to Arvin Wright Grant and Kathryn “Kay” Grace Hoag Grant. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ...
Barbara L Gordon
Jul 4, 2024
Barbara L Gordon, 87, of Vineyard, Utah, passed away, on Thursday, July 4, 2024. She was surrounded by her children and loving husband from Alzheimers / dementia.
Barbara Louise Blackwell Gordon was born September 6th 1936 to Rita Florence Marshall and James Charles Blackwell at 186 Haley Road, Forest Gate, London E7,England. This is where her life journey began.
Barbara was the...
Marlene Ruth Meshinski
Jul 4, 2024
Marlene Ruth Hales Meshinski
Born July 6, 1932, Ogden, Utah
Died July 4, 2024, Cedar Hills, Utah
Marlene Hales Meshinski passed away peacefully on July 4, 2024, with her sister Karen at her side. She was born July 6, 1932, in Ogden Utah to Arthur and Ruth Jackson Hales. She was preceded in death by her husband Francis “Ski” Meshinski, and her brother...
Arlo J Nelson
Jul 3, 2024
Arlo J. Nelson, 96, passed away peacefully at home on 3 July 2024. Born 20 February 1928 in Leamington, Utah, to Lawrence Jay Nelson and Laura Loretta Bowman. He and his wife Ann were life-long residents of Utah, living in Orem for the past 65 years.
Arlo graduated from Delta High School and LDS Seminary and received an Associates Degree from...
Margaret Ann Shaw
Jul 1, 2024
Margaret was born to Arden Edwin and Hazel Hilton Allen on August 4, 1933, in Oakland, California. On July 1, 2024, she passed away peacefully after a long courageous battle with old age and FSHD Muscular Dystrophy.
She grew up in Oakland, California when LDS members were longing for the Oakland Temple to be built. She graduated from Oakland High School...
Lisa Caroline Cook
Jun 29, 2024
Lisa Caroline Cook, 57, of Orem, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2024. She was born on December 2, 1966, in Bryan, Texas to John Lawrence Christensen and Nina Marie Rex Christensen. She married the love of her life, Thomas Wayne Cook, on February 27, 1987, in Bell County, Texas.
Lisa was raised in a loving home with nine brothers and sisters....
Afton Graff
Jun 29, 2024
Afton Finch Graff passed away peacefully after 95 years on June 29, 2024, surrounded by her children. She was born on April 29, 1929, in Orem, Utah, the seventh of seven children born to Joseph H. Finch and Elizabeth Ethel Davis Finch. At birth, she was delivered in their home by a midwife. She remained in Orem all of her...
Nancy Louise Wilson
Jun 27, 2024
Nancy Louise Wilson
May 5, 1948 – June 27, 2024
Nancy Louise Wilson, 78, of Orem Utah passed away Thursday, June 27, 2024. She was born to Norma Louise Maloy Smith and William Smith on May 5, 1948, and was later adopted by William Kennith Bigler. On September 6, 1968, Nancy and Dennis William Wilson were married in the Mesa Arizona Temple....
Carol Reese Nielson
Jun 27, 2024
Beloved wife, mother, grandma and grandma-great, Carol Reese Nielson, 90, died June 27, 2024 in Orem, Utah. She was born December 17, 1933 to Thomas and Nedra (Watkins) Reese, the oldest of four children. Carol grew up in American Fork, Payson, Lakeview, and Orem, Utah.
Carol’s childhood was a happy one. She was well loved by her parents and grandparents. She...
Ilamae Barker
Jun 26, 2024
Ilamae Hansen Barker passed away June 26, 2024, in Orem, at the age of 93 having gracefully suffered the indignities of Parkinson’s disease for many years. She was born and raised in Ogden, Utah, on February 20, 1931, to loving parents, Reuben Louis Hansen and Verna Mae Garner. As far back as she can remember she loved to read. She...
Dwaine Wendell Hales
Jun 24, 2024
Dwaine Wendell Hales passed away on Monday, June 24, 2024, at his home in Provo, Utah. He was born on April 14, 1931, in Provo to Lloyd Stanley Hales and Eliza Ann Rodeback Hales. He married Chloe Elaine Jenkins on April 3, 1953.
He grew up in Provo. At age 19, he joined the Marines. Just before he was scheduled to...
Walter Cryer
Jun 20, 2024
Walter Cryer, former BYU Swim Coach and Professor Emeritus, age 95, passed away June 20, 2024 from cancer. He was born April 10, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents are Walter Cryer, Sr. and Eva Wallin Cryer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia Anne Wagner, his brothers Robert and Richard, and sister, Patty. He had 8 children;...
Michael Ned Morgan
Jun 19, 2024
Michael Ned Morgan, age 75 of Orem, Utah, passed away on June 19th at the SLC Veterans Hospital.
Michael was born January 12, 1949, to Ned Maurice Morgan and Zelda Mary Wright Morgan in Provo, Utah. Michael married Sherena Graff October 16, 1975, in the Provo Temple.
Michael was drafted into the Army and served in Vietnam as a “foot soldier” from...
Jesse "Bob" Robert Hamilton
Jun 19, 2024
Jesse (Bob) Robert Hamilton, age 88, of Mervyn Sharp Bennion Veterans Home, died in his sleep on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Jean Lee Hamilton – and three of his sons, James R. Hamilton, Robert Lee Hamilton, and Michael Taylor Hamilton. He is survived by his sons Jerry N. Hamilton and Richard D....
Katheren Beck
Jun 19, 2024
Katheren Pierce Beck, age 70, born in Provo, Utah, passed away on June 19, 2024, funeral services are pending under the direction of Wheeler-Sundberg Funeral Home, condolences may be expressed on this page.
Selma Porter
Jun 18, 2024
Selma Brown Porter, 83, of Orem, peacefully passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2024, after a long illness. She was born on August 2, 1940, in St Anthony, Idaho to George Smith Brown and Ruth Ricks Brown. She married the love of her life, William C. Porter, on January 31, 1962, in the Salt Lake City Temple. He preceded her in...
Dianne Lynn Partridge
Jun 12, 2024
Dianne Lynn Partridge, 74, of Pleasant Grove, Utah, passed away, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Funeral services are under the direction of Wheeler-Sundberg Funeral Home.Condolences may be expressed to the family on this page.
Benjamin Dean Jorgensen
Jun 10, 2024
Benjamin Dean Jorgensen (Ben), age 45, passed away suddenly on Monday, June 10, 2024, at his home in Orem, UT. If you know Ben, then you know that his work was his life, 2nd only to his family, so it came as no surprise to those who knew Ben that he quite literally worked himself right into his grave. While...
Margaret Ann Buxton
Jun 10, 2024
Margaret Ann "Annie" Peterson Buxton, age 80, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 10, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She reunited with her beloved husband, Lamar, just days before what would have been their 57th wedding anniversary, and less than six months after his passing.
Margaret Ann was born on November 25, 1943, in Tremonton, Utah, to Elmer and Margaret...
Laurel Marie Beranek
Jun 4, 2024
Laurel Marie Beranek, 84 of Lindon, Utah, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family. Laurel was born on October 10, 1939, in Holly, Colorado, to Charles Wagner and Virginia Roseberry Wagner. She married the love of her life, Gilbert Beranek on January 18, 1958, after meeting on a blind date, 6 months earlier. They shared 65 wonderful years together,...
