Obituaries

Bonnie Thomas

Bonnie Thomas

Aug 4, 2025

Our loving mother, Bonnie Frances Keating Thomas, passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family at the age of 82 on August 4, 2025. Bonnie was born on November 23, 1942, to Charles Arthur and Phyllis Keating in Wallace, Idaho. Bonnie spent her life as a devoted wife, mother, teacher, and lifelong learner.

Bonnie met and married her eternal sweetheart, Richard...

Alan "Neill" Barton

Alan "Neill" Barton

Aug 4, 2025

Alan "Neill" BartonSeptember 24, 1946 - August 4, 2025

"The Music Man"

Alan "Neill" Barton, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on August 4, 2025, surrounded by love and the sound of his favorite music, with his devoted wife Donna by his side. He was 78 years old.

Born on September 24, 1946, Neill grew up in Utah and graduated...

Larry Bench

Larry Bench

Aug 2, 2025

Larry Joe BenchJuly 23, 1955 - August 2, 2025

Larry Joe Bench, age 70, passed away peacefully at home on August 2, 2025, in West Jordan, Utah. Born July 23, 1955, in Salt Lake City, Larry was the second of five children to Dean and Coleen Bench.

Larry graduated from Kearns High School and went on to build a life defined by...

Ryan Holt

Ryan Holt

Aug 1, 2025

Ryan Jeffrey Holt

August 23, 1977 - August 1, 2025

Ryan Jeffrey Holt, 47, passed away on August 1, 2025, in a tragic accident while riding his motorcycle in Parleys Canyon.

He was born on August 23, 1977, in Murray, Utah, to Steven Holt and Susan Higbee. In 2002, Ryan married Trudi Lynne Breeze. They went on to have two sons, Ethan Ryan...

Ralph Smith

Ralph Smith

Jul 31, 2025

Ralph Eugene Smith, age 86, of West Valley City, Utah, passed away peacefully on July 31, 2025.

He was born on March 4, 1939, in Murray, Utah, to Don Stallings Smith and Wanda Marie (Boulter). Smith.

Ralph faithfully served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Southern California. He worked for over 30 years at Monroe Elementary...

Jacquelyn Shoop

Jacquelyn Shoop

Jul 30, 2025

Jacquelyn Matthies Shoop (Jackie)

Age 79, passed away peacefully at home, on July 30, 2025, in Taylorsville, Utah.

Born on September 6, 1945, in Salt Lake City, Jackie was the beloved daughter of Charles G and JoAnn Whitaker Matthies. She grew up surrounded by a large family that included five brothers and two sisters.

Jackie is survived by her devoted husband of 61...

Elva Richardson

Elva Richardson

Jul 30, 2025

Elva Broderick Richardson was always there for her children, grandchildren, friends, siblings, neighbors, and church community, with an endless supply of love and empathy. Every one of her ten children has expressed how much they loved knowing they could find her waiting for them when they came home, especially after a difficult day, and how she could make them feel...

Wilma Bate

Wilma Bate

Jul 30, 2025

Wilma passed peacefully surrounded by her loved ones.

Wilma was born in Alberta Canada and later moved to Utah with her family where she obtained her dual citizenship and met the love of her life, Marvin William Bate. They got married in the Salt Lake Temple on June 22, 1953, and went on to have 4 children, 13 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and...

Marian "Grace" Goff

Marian "Grace" Goff

Jul 28, 2025

Marian Grace Gold Goff, age 74, of Murray, Utah passed away unexpectedly on July 28, 2025.Grace was born on February 12, 1951, in Berkeley, California and was later adopted by Alma Herbert Gold and Marian Woodbury. She spent her early years in California before eventually settling in Utah.

It was in Utah where she met the love of her life, Kenneth...

Jami Mulvey

Jami Mulvey

Jul 27, 2025

Jami Michelle Mulvey

July 10, 1973_ July 27, 2025

Jami Michelle Mulvey returned peacefully to her Heavenly Father on July 27th, 2025, at the age of 52. Born on July 10, 1973, to her loving parents Alan( Joe) and Penny Mulvey, Jami's life was a testament of courage, joy, and unconditional love.

Jami was a fighter from the very beginning--- undergoing her first...

Salvador Cardenas

Salvador Cardenas

Jul 27, 2025

Our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and husband passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on July 27, 2025.

He was born February 1, 1934, in Valparaiso Zacatecas, Mexico to Manuel and Manuela Zavala.

He married Ofelia Cardenas, the love of his life on November 27,1959, who he is now reunited with.

Despite the many hardships he encountered, he remained committed to caring...

Karl Thorup

Karl Thorup

Jul 26, 2025

Karl Leif Thorup, age 66, passed away peacefully on July 26, 2025, surrounded by his family, after years of battling cancer and heart failure.

Karl was born on June 10, 1959, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to William and Sharon Thorup. Karl was one of nine siblings. He grew up in Millcreek and graduated from Granite High School. After serving two...

Reiner Lassig

Reiner Lassig

Jul 26, 2025

Reiner Otto Lassig, age 89, of South Jordan, Utah passed away in his home surrounded by his family on July 26, 2025. He was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany on November 25, 1935, to Otto Oswald Lassig and Johanna Kamilla Kappel Lassig. 

Reiner grew up in East Germany under Communist rule. His father died in a prisoner of war camp in Poland in 1945...

Debbie James

Debbie James

Jul 23, 2025

Debra Nordfelt James left this world on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at the young age of 69 after receiving a devastating terminal diagnosis of multifocal glioblastoma in March of 2025. She was able to spend a precious extra four months with us, which we will treasure forever. She reunited with her son, Lonnie; her sisters, Susan & Tessa; her brother,...

Maria Ermelina "Ermie" Varoz Carrillo

Maria Ermelina "Ermie" Varoz Carrillo

Jul 19, 2025

Our beloved mother, grandmother, wife, sister, aunt, Godmother, and friend passed away to be with Daddy in the early morning of July 19, 2025. Ermie was born on February 7, 1932, in her childhood home in El Rito, New Mexico to Benigno Varoz and Carolina Gallegos Varoz. She loved her town in New Mexico and spoke of it often. In 1941 she...

Richard Robertson

Richard Robertson

Jul 18, 2025

Jeff Robertson departed from this earth to his eternal home on July 18, 2025, after a courageous battle with liver disease. He was surrounded by family in the comfort of his home at the time of his passing.

Richard Jeff Robertson was born March 13, 1957, in Boise, Idaho to Richard "Dick" and Emma Jean Robertson.

He is preceded in death by...

John Janeway

John Janeway

Jul 18, 2025

John Edwin Janeway

John Edwin Janeway was born in San Bernadino California on October 13, 1937. He passed away peacefully at the age of 87 in his home surrounded by his loving wife and family on the morning of July 18, 2025.

He was raised in East Los Angeles by his parents, Maria Emma Martinez, an immigrant from northern Mexico, and John...

Arnold Stromberg

Arnold Stromberg

Jul 15, 2025

Ben Stromberg peacefully returned home to his Heavenly Father on July 15, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.

Arnold Banks Stromberg, lovingly known as Ben, was born on February 1, 1932, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Rulon and Dorothy Stromberg. Raised on a farm as the only boy among four sisters, Ben learned hard work and responsibility from an early...

Robert Holyoak

Robert Holyoak

Jul 14, 2025

It is with very sad hearts we announce that on July 14, 2025, at age 68, our beloved Robert Paul Holyoak passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah due to cancer and declining health. He was born in Great Falls, Montana on January 9, 1957, to Arnold and Dorothy Dobay Holyoak. He was named after his mother's only brother -...

Cory Briggs

Cory Briggs

Jul 14, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Cory LaVarre Briggs, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, who left us on July 14, 2025, at the age of 70.

Born on December 11, 1954, Cory was a man of deep integrity, quiet strength, and endless love for his family. He spent his life surrounded by the things...