Orem, UT Obituaries

Mary Palmer

Jun 29, 2015

Mary Warner Palmer passed away on June 25th in Orem, Utah at the age of 94. Born Sept 25th 1920 in Fillmore, Utah to Newel and Ellen Mar Warner, Mary was the fifth of ten children and a direct descendent the early Mormon pioneers who settled the Fillmore area. Mary spent her childhood in Fillmore meeting her lifelong sweetheart, Robert...

Roger Gillespie

Jun 29, 2015

In loving memory we celebrate the life of Roger Sharp Gillespie, of Provo, Utah. Husband, father, brother, friend--we will miss him. His greatest accomplishments were his family, his farm, and his self sufficiency. He tried hard to live by the golden rule and seek truth. He was a problem solver, could fix anything, and was athletic and strong to the...

David Whittaker

Jun 22, 2015

David Allen Whittaker (fatty), passed away peacefully Sunday morning. Due to a skiing accident in 1984 Dave lived in a care center for many years, trapped in a body and mind that would not let him live a normal life. His family has long waited for the day he could leave his broken body & injured brain behind and be...

Leona Duncan

Jun 16, 2015

Leona (Preslar) Duncan passed away peacefully at the age of 97 in her home surrounded by her daughter and granddaughters in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Leona was born January 5, 1918 to Leslie and Zoa Preslar in Robin, Idaho. She was the sixth of nine children. After high school she moved to California and met her future husband William K. Duncan....

Harvey Brittain

Jun 16, 2015

Our dear father, brother, grandpa, uncle, and friend Harvey Laverne Brittain has returned to our Savior's arms. Harvey was born on December 21, 1947 in Grand Junction, CO to Donna Mae (Ott) and Malcolm Allen Brittain. He died at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, UT surrounded by family on June 16, 2015. As a young man Harvey served...

Nellie Bowman

Jun 15, 2015

Nellie Beuk Bowman, age 84, died peacefully on Monday, June 15, 2015, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was married for 62 years to the love of her life, Maurice Dwight Bowman of Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico. Nellie was born on September 4, 1930, in Hilversum, Netherlands, the fourth of six children. She was the daughter of the late Lourens...

James Seaver

Jun 14, 2015

An amazing man completed his journey and passed through the veil on June 14, 2015, surrounded by his sweetheart of 64 years and lots of family. James Vernon Seaver, the youngest of five children, was born, in Webb, AZ in 1934. At the age of 17, he married cute little 16-year old Betty Loyce Burton. They both joked how they...

Michael Perkins

Jun 14, 2015

Michael William Perkins passed away peacefully June 14, 2015. Michael was born April 12, 1940 in beautiful Cache Valley Utah to Wendell and Jessie Perkins. He was the baby of four children. Michael attended North Cache High School where his dad was an English teacher. There he met Claudia Van Orden. After serving a mission for the LDS Church to...

Walter Gardner

Jun 11, 2015

Walter was born in Beaver, Utah, on February 24th, 1917, to Willard Gardner and Rebecca Viola Hale. He was fourth in a family of seven children raised in Logan, Utah in a home just off the Utah State University campus. As a youth, Walter excelled at sports, particularly football and tennis, and he was a gifted mathematician (at a glance,...

Margaret Beardall

Jun 10, 2015

Margaret D (Lowe) Beardall passed away peacefully in the presence of her family at her home in Spanish Fork on June 8th 2015. Margaret was one of ten Children. She was born on September 6th 1936, to John Powell and Vera May Lowe of Springville, UT. She had a wonderful childhood and made many friends. She attended Springville High School....

Mark Stoner

Jun 9, 2015

Mark Russell Stoner, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at home with his family by his side. A mighty oak has fallen and we express our deepest gratitude for the simple majesty of his life. Quite literally, his limbs have been tireless in blessing, sheltering, and comforting all within his reach. Mark was born...

Marian Monson

Jun 4, 2015

Marian Hintze Monson, 89, of Provo died peacefully early in the morning of June 4th, 2015. The youngest of five children, Marian was born to Ferdinand F. and Henrietta Jones Hintze in Denver, Colorado on August 17th, 1925. While she was still young, Marian's family moved to Salt Lake City. She grew up near the University of Utah where her...

Robert Reeder

Jun 3, 2015

Robert Lee Reeder, beloved son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, teacher and friend passed from his life on earth to the loving arms of his parents on June 3, 2015. Bob was born November 9, 1925 to Robert William and Agatha Eva Sturm Reeder in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. They lived on a ranch just outside of Cardston. He rode...

Dolores Brown

Jun 2, 2015

Dolores Louise Beard Hall Brown passed away at Jordan Valley Medical Center on June 2, 2015, due to natural causes. She was 85. She was born September 10, 1929 in St. Louis, MO to Ferdinand Joseph and Grace Elidie (Morris) Beard. She lived in St. Louis and Webster Groves, MO, until she graduated from high school in 1947. She then...

Udell Westover

May 27, 2015

"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul."

--Invictus, William Ernest Henley

Surrounded by his children, our dad, grandpa, and grandpa-great stayed true to his plan and peacefully passed shortly after his 85th birthday; we will always hold a special place in our hearts for the wonderful privilege of having...

Clela Harris

May 26, 2015

Clela Fae Nelson Harris, age 80 of Orem Utah, passed away peacefully May 26, 2015 from illnesses incident to age. She was born November 24, 1934 at Doc Rigby's home in Fairview Utah to Laurel and Martha Nelson of Manila Utah near Flaming Gorge. Clela grew up in Manila and on the Nebeker Ranch a few miles west of town....

Nancy Houten

May 26, 2015

Nancy Marie Forbes Van Houten, 85, of Provo, passed away on May 26, 2015, at her home. She was born on July 4, 1929 to Joseph David Forbes and Pearl Leonia Elsmore in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mom grew up in Las Vegas, where she attended Las Vegas High School. She worked at the Union Pacific Railroad as a telephone operator....

Mona Anderson

May 24, 2015

Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, Mona Jean Quinn Muller Anderson passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, during the early morning of May 24, 2015 in Orem Utah. She was born April 26th, 1937 in Mount Pleasant Utah to Lola Fay White and Joseph Durfey Quinn. She was raised and received her education in Mount Pleasant, and Springville,...

Henry Meeves

May 18, 2015

Henry Conrad Meeves, 91, died peacefully May 18th, 2015 in Orem, Utah. He was born on November 10, 1923, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Henry H. Meeves and Alta G. Bearnson. He attended East High School in Salt Lake City. After graduation he joined the U.S. Marine Corp, serving during WWII. Upon honorable discharge he returned to the University...

Byron Gassman

May 17, 2015

Byron Walter Gassman, loving parent, professor, and longtime resident of Orem, passed away May 17, 2015. He was born June 24, 1929, in Ephraim, Utah, the oldest of three children born to Walter Edward and Alta Thompson Gassman. After the unexpected death of Byron's father in 1936, Byron's mother moved her young family from Lovell, Wyoming, to Ephraim, where Byron...