Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Randy Heaps
Oct 3, 2015
Early Saturday morning, Oct 3, 2015, Randy LaVell Heaps suddenly passed away at Timpanogas Hospital in Orem, Utah. Randy was the first son of P. LaVell and Ila Prestwich Heaps, born July 9, 1949 at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah. He was the love of his mothers life! He graduated from Orem High school and then worked at Geneva...
Wayne Vernon
Sep 23, 2015
Wayne Preston Vernon, 81, lifelong resident of Orem, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015 due to the results of a stroke. Wayne was born January 26, 1934 to Orson Preston & Verna Mary Mecham Vernon, on State Street when it was a gravel road. The family moved to a new home on 600 West where Wayne lived in this neighborhood...
Carolyn Defriez
Sep 18, 2015
Carolyn Kirk Defriez born sept 30 1942 to Jack M Kirk and Cleo Kirk. She passed away Sept 19, 2015 at her home in Orem. She grew up on her fathers fruit and dairy farm. She attended schools in Lindon and Orem. Graduated from Orem High school. She married Clyde DeFriez on April 9, 1965. They made there home in...
Bill Edholm
Sep 16, 2015
Our beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Bill Ronald Edholm, 85, passed away September 16, 2015 from the effects of Parkinson's disease and following surgery to treat colon cancer. Bill was born March 23, 1930 to Olaf Selving Eugene Edholm and Eva Theresa Erickson in Lewiston, Idaho. After graduating from Clarkston (Washington) High School in 1948, he served in the U.S....
Dallin Erickson
Sep 12, 2015
Dallin Mark Erickson peacefully passed away at his home in Monticello, Utah on Sunday Sept. 12, 2015. Dallin was born in Price, Utah on May 9, 1986 to Wayne E and Laurie H. Erickson. He loved music, woodworking and computers. Even more he loved his family and friends. Dallin was an avid learner of all things and surrounded himself with...
Harvey Sorensen
Sep 11, 2015
Harvey LeRoy Sorensen, 91, passed away peacefully at his home in Orem on September 11, 2015. Harvey was born to John Brigham and Flora Jane Sorensen on July 9, 1924. He was the youngest of eleven children. In 1950, Harvey married the love of his life, Bernice, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The couple made their home in Orem, Utah and...
Quincy Langager
Sep 9, 2015
Quincy Phillip Langager, 37 of Orem, Utah, passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2015 after a long battle with alcohol addiction. Quincy was born September 13, 1977 in Provo Utah. He is the son of DyAnn Peck and Phillip G. Langager and raised by his mother and step-father Gary R. Houston. Quincy was a recipient of the Hope of America Award...
John Bench
Sep 8, 2015
Our beloved father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother and friend, John Rees Bench passed away peacefully on September 8, 2015 in Highland, Utah of causes incident to cancer and age. Dad was born February 20, 1927 in Provo Utah, the third child of Rees Edward Bench and Georgia Eden Christensen. He attended school in Provo, Utah and Brigham Young University, where...
Gloria Kellogg
Sep 8, 2015
Gloria Stewart,(Brown) Kellogg. Born December,16,1951 in Mt. Pleasant Utah to Max and Anna Beth Stewart. Gloria was raised in Provo where she attended school. Gloria met and married Rex W Brown in December of 1968 in Provo Utah. They later Solemnised there marriage in the Provo,Utah LDS Temple. They raised 4 children in the Provo area, Arletta Brown of Provo,Max(Lisa)Brown...
Nevin Crabb
Sep 6, 2015
Nevin Lee Crabb, known as Lee throughout his life and who always had a pleasing and happy countenance, passed away in Provo, Utah on September 6, 2015 at the age of 82. Lee was born on May 19, 1933 in Lehi Utah, the last of three children born to Thomas Nevin Crabb and Lillian Hansen Crabb. Growing up in Lehi...
Manuel Rose
Sep 5, 2015
Manuel "Ross" Rose our loving husband, father, brother, and grandfather passed away peaceably at home September 5, 2015 at the age of 83. We will truly miss him for the kind, loving person that he was. He loved his family very much and we love him and will miss him! Ross was born in Martinez, California on December 17, 1931...
Barbara Lowe
Sep 4, 2015
Barbara Rasmussen Lowe, beautiful wife, beloved mother of 7 sons, grandmother of 43, and great-grandmother of 77, passed away Friday, September 4, 2015, at the age of 92 in Orem, Utah. She was born September 14, 1922 in Vernal, Utah to Thurmer Theodore and Vervene Glines Rasmussen, the oldest of 4 children. On June 26, 1946, she married Richard Holling...
Fay Schumacher
Sep 3, 2015
Fay Opdycke Schumacher age 91, of Orem, Utah passed away on September 3, 2015 in her home. Fay was born in Greenwood, Wisconsin to Edgar and Eloda Opdycke on July 23, 1924. Fay married Technical Sergeant Melvin M. Schumacher on February 25, 1943 at Camp San Luis Obispo, California. Fay worked for McDonnell Douglas as a "Rosie the Riveter" during...
Charles Loris
Aug 30, 2015
Charles Albert "Chuck" Loris, age 93, passed away at home in the company and care of his family on August 30, 2015, in Orem, Utah. He lived a long life in which he actively participated until several weeks ago when he found it necessary to take things a little more slowly. He was born in Erie, Pennsylvania to Jacob Loris...
Katherine Kunz
Aug 25, 2015
Katherine Ella Hurdsman Kunz passed away peacefully at her home in Orem, Utah at 9:40 am on Tuesday, August 25, 2015. She was 67 years old. She died from lung cancer. She is survived by her husband of 31 years, Gary Clay Kunz; her daughter, Kristina Mary Thomas; her son-in-law, Aaron Thomas; two grandchildren, Jefferson and Grant Thomas; and her...
Dallin Loch
Aug 19, 2015
Our sweet, fun-loving son, Dallin Smoot Loch, passed away on Wednesday August 19, 2015. His love for anything in the outdoors was his connection to life and happiness. He would do anything that involved being outside including: camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, mountain biking, climbing. He also loved to just be out in the wilderness listening to nature and watching wildlife....
Jose Cedeno
Aug 14, 2015
Our beloved Jose passed away unexpectedly on Friday, August 14, 2015, in Murray, Utah. He was born October 27, 1989 in Ecuador, son of Grace Cedeno and John Duenas. Jose and his mother immigrated from Ecuador to the United States in1997. Jose graduated from Provo High School and later served a full time mission to the Colorado Springs Mission, where...
Ardath Chipman
Aug 11, 2015
Ardath K. (Buzz) Chipman 72, of Springville, left this world for a better place on August 11, 2015. Buzz was born June 26, 1943 in Provo Utah to Wendell B. and Afton Bliss Van Wagenen Chipman. After graduating from Provo High School, he served in the U.S. Air force until 1965. He married Diane Wilson February 14, 1966. Their joke...
Shaun Jolley
Aug 9, 2015
Shaun David Jolley, 50, passed away at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sunday August 9, 2015. He was born March 17, 1965 in Provo, Utah. He was raised in Orem, Utah by Sandra Black Jolley and Douglas L. Jolley He attended Orem schools and graduated from Orem High. He married his sweetheart Maurina Boban on May 28, 1988. They...
Ellen Foster
Aug 7, 2015
Ellen Foster Price passed away August 7, 2015 in Provo, Utah. She was born April 4, 1940 in Lake Shore, Utah a daughter of William McClain Foster, Lora Lavena Huff. She married M. Curtis Price on November 20, 1959 in the Los Angeles LDS Temple. Words can never fully describe the amount of service, kindness, dedication and determination that filled...
