Orem, UT Obituaries

Oct 23, 2014

Miles Leonard Taggart passed away October 23, 2014, at age 85 at his home in Payson, Utah, of natural causes. Miles was born October 14, 1929, in Custer, South Dakota. He was the son of Perry Wallace Taggart and Alice May Marecek. Miles was the fifth of six children. He was raised on a farm and enjoyed being outdoors, riding...

Oct 20, 2014

Earl Samuel Brown, 96, passed away Oct. 20, 2014. He was born in American Fork, Utah, on April 30, 1918, the son of Martha E. Jacklin and Thomas W. Brown. He was the youngest of 5 children. Growing up during the Great Depression, he learned the value of hard work. As a young man he worked on farms, on the...

Oct 16, 2014

Heber J. Anderson (93) of Orem, Utah returned home to be with his eternal companion on October 16, 2014. He was born the son of Nephi Stenel Anderson and Olive Orene Walton Anderson in the little town of Hiawatha, Utah on April 22, 1921. He was raised in Smoot, Star Valley, Wyoming. He married his sweet heart Elma Jane Homes...

Oct 16, 2014

Clifford Allen Johnson, age 89, son of August and Signe Victoria Gustafsson Johnson, passed away in his home on October 16, 2014, surrounded by his wife and family. Even though he remained physically strong throughout his life, his body was unable to keep up his fast pace and was eventually overcome by the conditions associated with age. Born on December...

Oct 14, 2014

Sidney Swainston Gilbert passed away peacefully on October 14, 2014 in Orem, Utah after living a long and full life. He was born at home on December 24, 1928 in Bancroft, Idaho to James Harris and Jennie Swainston Gilbert-he was the youngest of their 10 children. He was raised on the family farm and graduated from North Gem High School...

Oct 7, 2014

Morris (Mo) Cameron Passed away Tuesday October 7, 2014 surrounded by his loved ones. Mo is survived by his daughter Kerri Cameron, and his brother Jon, (Angie) and nieces and nephews also his former wife Martha Shannon Jolley. Mo had an extended family including Joni and Chet Wall and daughters, Callie, Samantha, T.J., Becky, Trent and children. Mo was preceded...

Oct 7, 2014

Eugene Paul Rawlings of Orem, Utah passed away unexpectedly October 7, 2014 at age 76. He was born June 26, 1938 in Provo, Utah, a son of Paul Eugene and Bessie Smith Rawlings. He was a loving husband, amazing father, and beloved grandfather. Gene enjoyed, playing sports, outdoor recreation, horses, gardening, sports, travel, and spending time with grandchildren. He loved...

Oct 6, 2014

William Hall Love ,89, passed away on Monday, October 6, 2014 from complications incident to age. He was born in LaBelle, Jefferson, Idaho January 20, 1925 to Clarence Barnes Love and Florence May (Mazie) Hall Love. He graduated from Roberts High School and attended one year of college at Ricks College now BYU Idaho. He left to serve a mission...

Oct 1, 2014

Jock Walker of Orem, Utah passed away on Sunday, the 5th of October, 2014 one week short of his 88th birthday. Right up to the time of his illness, Grandpa worked every day in his yard, performed his calling as a Sacrament Meeting Greeter, and enjoyed the company and accomplishments of his grandchildren. On Sunday, the 28th of September, he...

Oct 1, 2014

Wendell Walker Gillman, 95, of Orem, Utah passed away peacefully on 22 October 2014, due to heart failure. Dad was born on 02 April 1919 in Orem, Utah to James William Gillman and Estella Walker Gillman. He was the sixth of ten children. Dad attended Pleasant Grove High School. He was active in football, basketball, track, school plays, and was...

Oct 1, 2014

Betsey Elizabeth Williams, 95, of Orem, Utah, died 14 October 2014 in Provo.

She was born April 4, 1919 to Everett Ethelbert and Edna Mertelle Libbey in Detroit, Maine.

Betsey attended Maine Central Institute, a private high school in Pittsfield, Maine; she graduated as Valedictorian of the Class of 1937. In 1942, she received a...

Oct 1, 2014

"Together Again" Esther T. Salazar slipped quietly out of this life at 1:50pm on Saturday afternoon, 4 October 2014. The viewing will be at the Provo Riverside Chapel at 300 West 3700 North, Provo, Utah 84604, on Wednesday at 9:45am. The Funeral will be at 11:00am. Esther is preceded in death by her husband, Epifanio C. Salazar; by four brothers,...

Sep 30, 2014

Dorothy Marie Taylor Warner passed away Friday, September 26 in Orem, Utah at 94 years of age. She was born in Oakland, California on March 19, 1920 to Verne A. and Marie F. Taylor. She graduated from Evanston High School and attended the Business College in Ogallala, Nebraska. During her post high school summers she enjoyed working in Bryce Canyon...

Sep 30, 2014

Alejandro P. Breton was born December 5, 1928 in Huamantla, Tlaxcala, son of Alejandro Breton Turnbull and Trinidad Palafox. He married Teresa Aiza Arandia on April 20, 1952 in Huamantla, Tlaxcala. Both raised 7 children on a journey from Loma Rica, Marysville and Sacramento, California to Mexico City, Mexico. Alejandro was a very dedicated worker having to learn English at...

Sep 29, 2014

Ethel Bernice Sorensen, 91, passed away peacefully at her home in Orem while holding the hand of her loving husband, Harvey, on September 29, 2014.

Bernice was born October 1, 1922 in Provo, Utah to Clifford and Lucy Waid. She was the youngest of 4 children.

In 1950, Bernice married Harvey Sorensen in...

Sep 28, 2014

Allen Delamar Hair, 86, passed away at his home in Orem, Utah on September 28, 2014. He was born April 17, 1928 in Provo, Utah to Delamar Benjamin Hair and Zelma Dagmar Johnson. After graduating from Spanish Fork High School in 1946, he served a mission to the North Central States Mission. Allen graduated from Brigham Young University in 1951...

Sep 26, 2014

Our dear mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Evelyn Rachel Davis Toone, passed away on September 26, 2014 at the age of 94. She slipped away peacefully surrounded by family. Evelyn was born May 21, 1920 in the Starr Community of Anderson, South Carolina to Calvin Leo and Rachel Elizabeth Hefner Davis. Raised in a southern mill town during the Great Depression,...

Sep 24, 2014

Eddis May Johnson Fidel, 87, returned to her Father in Heaven Wednesday, Sept.24, 2014 after dying of conditions incident to age. Eddis was born May 23, 1927 in McCornick, Utah, the daughter of Jean Stephenson and Evan Johnson and had three siblings, Blanche, Bill and Carole. She graduated from Delta High School and then met Chad Joseph Fidel, the serviceman...

Sep 23, 2014

Trenton David Neves was born on September 13, 1984 to David Neves and Kate Wright in Orem, Utah. Trent was a curious one from the very beginning. Never one to be confined to one place, he was constantly in motion. Whether he was chasing squirrels or building forts as a boy or hiking and fishing as a young man, he...

Sep 18, 2014

Marcos F. Valadez passed away on September 18, 2014. He was born on December 8, 1996 at Orem Community Hospital to Billy Joe Hyden and German Valadez. He was a senior at Polaris High School. He lived with his Grandmother Shauna Hyden in Orem, Utah. He is preceded in death by his Grandfather, Kyle Hyden. He is survived by German...