Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Gweneth Adams
Dec 28, 2015
Due to a sudden illness, on Christmas Day, 2015, we bid Hail and Farewell to our Sister, Aunt, Teammate and Friend. We send her off with our gratitude and love for her amazing gifts and the love she has shared with us for these 77 years. Gwen was born February 21, 1938, in Orem, Utah, to James Leslie and Florence...
Norma Noble
Dec 25, 2015
Norma Jean Vaughan Noble, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grand mother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away on December 25th, 2015 in Orem at the age of 80. She was born May 2, 1935 to Leroy and Myrtle Vaughan in Los Angeles California where she grew up and graduated from high school. After school she worked doing data processing where she met...
Kay Lafollette
Dec 21, 2015
Kay Mortensen LaFollette was born June 3, 1937, in Lovell, Wyoming, the fourth of five daughters of Lucille Olsen and Horace Meeks Mortensen. She attended school in Lovell and graduated from Lovell High School with the class of 1955. She was selected to be the Drum Major for the marching band, chose to be the Betty Crocker Home Maker of...
Roger Connors
Dec 20, 2015
Roger Lee Connors, age 80, of Orem, Utah, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2015. He was surrounded by his loving and grateful family for whom he had faithfully lived and served all his days. Dad, we love you and share the fondest memories of our life with you. We joy in your peace and look forward to our eternal reunion....
Gilbert Rawlings
Dec 18, 2015
Gil passed away much too soon on December 18, 2015, from the sad effects of this life. Gil was born March 24, 1950, in Provo, Utah to Paul and Bessie Smith Rawlings, the fourth of their six children. Gil grew up in Orem, Utah and attended Union Elementary, Orem Jr. High, Orem High School, Snow College, and later got his...
Lorna Prevost
Dec 18, 2015
1925-2015 "If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever." Lorna Beth Ahlstrom Prevost passed away peacefully at age 90 on December 18, 2015 surrounded by family members. She was born February 18, 1925 in Kanosh, Utah to Charles Harold and Elda Meacham Ahlstrom. She married Lawrence Everitt Prevost...
John Turner
Dec 15, 2015
John Henry Turner, age 77, returned to our Heavenly Father at approximately 6:30am on December 15, 2015 in Orem, Utah. He was born in Royal Leamington Spa, England on March 8, 1938 to Henry Turner and Dorothy Hilda Langston. He married Alexandra May Ward in 1968. John attended Coten End School in England and served in the Royal Air Force...
Donna Nielson
Dec 15, 2015
Donna Esther Packard Brown Nielson, 88, passed away peacefully at her home after suffering a severe decline from bone marrow cancer. She is survived by her husband, retired U.S. Congressman Howard C. Nielson, six of her seven children, 35 grandchildren, and 97 great grandchildren. One daughter preceded her in death. Donna was born June 24, 1927, to Forrest and Esther...
June Hair
Dec 14, 2015
Florence June Neagle Hair, 87, passed away in the home of her daughter in Mesa, Arizona on December 14, 2015. She was born June 20, 1928 in Yankton, South Dakota to James Marion and Klista Charlotte Kennedy Neagle. After graduating from Provo High School in 1946, she attended Brigham Young University. She met her husband, Allen Hair on a blind...
Oda Rasmussen
Dec 14, 2015
Oda Fonnesbeck Rasmussen, 96, of Orem, Utah, died peacefully, surrounded by family at the Ashford Assisted Living Center in Highland, Utah, on December 14, 2015. Oda was born on November 27, 1919, to James Martinus and Rosa Zbinden Fonnesbeck in Weston, Idaho. Both parents had immigrated to America as children with their families, her father from Copenhagen, Denmark, and her...
Charles Edmonds Jr
Dec 13, 2015
Dr. Charles William Edmonds Jr. of Orem, Utah. Returned to his Heavenly Father Sunday, December 13, 2015 passing of natural causes. He was known to his friends and family as "Doc". He was born on October 20, 1928 to Charles and Frances Edmonds in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Towson High School in 1946. Where he was the Captain of...
Jean Partridge
Dec 13, 2015
Jean McIntire Partridge passed away peacefully Sunday, December 13, 2015 at the age of 98. Jean was born October 7, 1917 in Price, Utah. She was the daughter of William Mathis and Zelma McIntire. She attended the University of Utah where she met her husband Francis Marion Partridge. Jean returned to the U and completed a degree in Arts and...
Connor Gappmayer
Dec 4, 2015
Our sweet, loving, son and brother, Connor Evan Gappmayer, returned to the loving arms of his Heavenly Father on Friday, December 4, 2015 due to an accidental shooting. Connor ws born to Roy H. and Sheri Stewart Gappmayer on July 17, 2005 in Payson, Utah. He lived in Lake Shore and was in the 5th grade at Brockbank Elementary School...
Marilyn Thompson
Nov 30, 2015
A true California girl, Marilyn Frances Thompson died in Utah on Thanksgiving after a brief illness. Born on May 23, 1927, she grew up in Santa Paula, amid citrus groves and small storefronts. In the 1930s, her mother taught her art, her father thrift. In the 1940s, including her college years, she drew the eyes of many young men and...
Corene Parker
Nov 30, 2015
Corene Cowan Parker died in Provo, Utah on November 30, 2015 of Alzheimers, surrounded by her family. She married Douglas Parker, who survives her, in the Salt Lake Temple on December 15th, 1950. Their love affair covered 65 years of indescribable devotion and joy. Together they had seven children, Bradley (Valorie), Clay (Debbie), Gail (Ric Tolboe), Lorrie (Dave Porter), Blair...
David Williams
Nov 28, 2015
David Delmont Williams, 79 year-old resident of Orem, Utah, died Saturday November 28, 2015. David was the seventh of 12 children born to Berton Elliott Williams and Rachel May Peabody Williams. He was born on December 26, 1935, in Malad, Idaho, where he grew up and attended school. He joined the Air Force and served for four years--39 months of...
Fern Bellows
Nov 28, 2015
Our beloved Fern Pyne Bellows, 90, passed away peacefully on November 28, 2015. Fern was born March 3, 1925, in Orem, Utah to Ivern and Martha Pyne, the last of 7 children. She married Wayne F Bellows for time and all eternity on April 25, 1944, in the Salt Lake Temple. Fern was a devoted, loving wife, mother and grandmother....
Homer Beardall
Nov 23, 2015
Homer Dee Beardall age 78, of Provo, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2015. Homer D. Beardall was born on December 23rd 1936 to Orpha Davis Beardall and Edwin Reed Beardall. He grew up on his parents farm in Orem UT. He had two sisters Ramona, and Colleen. He also had one brother Eddy. Homer had a way of making...
Tammy Willbanks
Nov 23, 2015
Tammy (Sistrunk) Wilbanks born 9/16/1957 passed 11/14/2015 was a Devoted and Caring Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, Daughter and Friend. She was also a Type 1 Diabetic and a Dialysis patient. She gave all she had and more to ensure that everyone around her was happy and taken care of. She loved spending quality time with her children and her grandchildren...
Tayva Patch
Nov 21, 2015
Tayva Rhoton Patch, 62, peacefully passed on Saturday, November 21, 2015 of complications following surgery. She was surrounded by her family. She was born in Winslow, Arizona to Clyde and Ada Rhoton. She attended BYU in the Fall of 1972 where she met the love of her life, Brian Patch. They were married in the Mesa, Arizona Temple and have...
