Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Lynn Wright
Jan 15, 2016
Lynn Andrew Wright, age 89, and Imogene Snow Wright, age 86, married for almost 68 years passed away within 48 hours of each other. Lynn left us in the early morning hours of January 15, 2016; and Imogene followed him early in the morning of January 17, 2016 both in Orem, Utah. Lynn and his twin brother were born July...
Warren Anderson
Jan 14, 2016
Warren Nels Anderson died Jan 14, 2016 in American Fork, Utah of natural causes due to old age. He was born Feb 3, 1918 in Pleasant Grove, UT to Victor Wilford & Hilda Swenson Anderson. He married Helen Roxie Green, Oct 9, 1940. After her death he married Ada Anna Peterson Skinner, May 4, 1977. He served in World War...
Robert Hovey
Jan 13, 2016
Robert Hovey passed away on January 13, 2016 at home surrounded by family. Robert was born in Leota, Utah on November 18, 1929 to Bert and Fontella Hovey. He moved at age 12 to Salt Lake City and after 2 years they moved back to their farm on the Green River. Later moving to the Provo Orem area. He graduated...
Jessie Wright
Jan 12, 2016
Our dear mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend, Jessie Jeanne Jackson Wright, passed away in the early morning, Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at the Cove Point Assisted Living, in Provo, Utah. Jeanne was born, October 31, 1932, in Kamas, Utah. She was the third of four daughters born to Dorrell Philo and Lila Gines Jackson. She spent her childhood,...
Vickie Palmer
Jan 5, 2016
Vckie Lee Bullock Palmer was born April 9, 1944 to Gale Virgil Bullock and Maxine Loveless in American Fork, UT. On January 5, 2016, Vickie passed away peacefully in her home after a battle with Alzheimer's. Vickie married her high school sweetheart and eternal companion, James Healy Palmer, on July 18, 1963 in the Manti, UT temple. They enjoyed fifty-two...
Theron Jorgensen
Jan 2, 2016
Theron Don Jorgensen, 86, passed away January 2, 2016 in Orem, Utah from causes incident to age. He was born in Castle Dale, Emery County, Utah on December 6, 1929 to James Lester and Adela Caroline Seely Jorgensen. He was the fourth of their six children. Don grew up in Castle Dale working with his parents and siblings on the...
Carlos Denton
Jan 1, 2016
Carlos Denton, 79, passed away peacefully, in his home, Sunday morning, 24 January 2016 in Orem, UT. Carlos was born 16 May 1936 in Trenton, TN. Carlos enjoyed a long career with ARCO before retiring in 1986 to start a new career in corporate finance. Carlos moved with ARCO to raise his family in California before moving them to Utah...
Joshua Hunter
Dec 28, 2015
Joshua Hayden Hunter passed away on December 28, 2015. He was born on February 18, 1979 to Don Edward Hunter and Mary Sheila Houchen Hunter in Provo, Utah. Joshua graduated with honors from Mountain View High School with his best friend and teacher aid Brenda Pollock by his side. Joshua also graduated from Mountain View Seminary. He was loved by...
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...
