Obituaries

Susanne Harwood McDonald

Susanne Harwood McDonald

Jul 4, 2017

After a valiant 25-year fight with a malignant brain tumor, Susanne left us on July 4, truly her independence day. We will miss our daughter, wife, sister, aunt, and friend. She was born March 16, 1963, to Don and Marilyn Eckersley Harwood. Susanne was a friend extraordinaire and was happiest spending time with her many friends. She was a hairdresser...

Jacqueline Ellen Barker Sodja

Jacqueline Ellen Barker Sodja

Jul 3, 2017

Jacqueline Ellen Barker Sodja, age 64, passed away peacefully with her husband by her side on Monday, July 3, 2017 after a courageous 5-year battle with cancer. Jacque was born on November 13, 1952 in Murray, Utah to Vearl and Ruby Barker, and was the youngest of 5 children. She grew up in Taylorsville, Utah and often reminisced about her...

Paul Clinton Rowley

Paul Clinton Rowley

Jul 2, 2017

Paul Clinton Rowley, born March 26, 1931 to Lorin P. and Daisy Crockett Rowley, passed away July 2, 2017. He married JoAnne Broberg 68 years ago, June 8, 1949. Paul was a Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanic and loved working in his beautiful yard. He served an LDS mission with his sweetheart to the Samoa Temple and also served in the...

Nadine Rachel Ovenden

Nadine Rachel Ovenden

Jul 1, 2017

Nadine Rachel Ovenden, of Taylorsville, passed away peacefully July 1, surrounded by family. She was born in Malad, Idaho, Sept. 8, 1926, to Margery Jones and Ralph Williams. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Donald A. Ovenden, whom she married Sept.18,1948, in Rochester, N.Y.; brother, Eugene Williams; and sister, Delaine Archibald. She retired from J.C. Penney after...

Mary Ann Pierce

Mary Ann Pierce

Jul 1, 2017

Mary Ann Pierce passed away July 1, 2017 at the University of Utah Medical Center at the age of 55, due to liver and medical complications. She was born on April 11,1962 to Don and Marie Mitchell in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She will be missed by her family and those who loved her. She graduated from Granger High School in...

Ruthagene I Spry

Ruthagene I Spry

Jun 30, 2017

Ruthagene I. Spry passed peacefully on June 30, 2017. She was born October 6, 1920 in Webb City, Missouri to John and Ruby Marsh. Ruth was a very giving and caring person and never knew a stranger. She loved to tell about her many travels and experiences. Her family and friends were her joy. When visitors would come to Ruth's...

Gay Seastrand

Gay Seastrand

Jun 29, 2017

Gay Fanny Moesser Seastrand was born April 5, 1929, in Granger, Utah, to Phyllis Katherine Harman and Jesse Fredrick Marlow Moesser. She lived within five miles of her childhood home her entire life. On Sept. 25, 1954, she married Richard Chipman Seastrand, who was her light. They had two children, Rick and Brett. She was employed as a surgical tech...

Pierce Allen Fast

Pierce Allen Fast

Jun 29, 2017

Pierce Allen Fast was born to Emmett Fast and Leora Edith (Young) on July 2, 1925. He had two siblings, Gene (Manwaring) and Richard Fast, both of whom preceded him in death. He served in the U. S. Army's 79 th Ordinance Group Headquarters during WWII in Holland and Germany. While serving in Billefeld, Germany, he was honored to raise...

Andrew Jed Larsen "Andy"

Andrew Jed Larsen "Andy"

Jun 28, 2017

Andrew Jed Larsen left this earth too soon on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at the age of 33. Andy was born on February 8, 1984 to Jed and Lisa Larsen in Salt Lake City, Utah. Andy had a true appreciation and deep rooted passion for the outdoors. He thoroughly enjoyed hunting, fishing, horseback riding, razor riding, and camping with his...

Don Sanderson

Don Sanderson

Jun 27, 2017

Don Dolph Sanderson, age 89, passed away peacefully June 27, 2017, at his home. Don was born March 26, 1928, in Gunnison, Utah, where he was raised. He served in the U.S. Navy at the end of WWII. On June 22, 1950, he married the love of his life, Mable Olsen. They raised four children in Hunter, Utah, where he...

Melvin Dale Wright

Melvin Dale Wright

Jun 25, 2017

Mel passed away June 25, 2017, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born Aug. 3, 1926, in Salt Lake City, to Lester and Ida Wright. He married Shirlee Breeze Oct. 30, 1947; their marriage was later solemnized in the LDS Temple. Shirlee died in February of 1977. He then married Cherie Jones on July 18, 1978; their marriage was...

Stephanie Kerr Boone

Stephanie Kerr Boone

Jun 21, 2017

Stephanie Kerr Boone, age 66, passed away on June 21, 2017, at her home in Taylorsville, Utah, from a 15-year battle with interstitial lung disease. She is the wife of Daniel Earl Boone. They shared 42 years of wedded bliss with each other. Steph was born Oct. 27, 1950, in Ft. Collins, Colo., daughter of Carl Kerr and Gloria Bird....

Antonia Santos

Antonia Santos

Jun 20, 2017

Antonia Santos passed on June 20, 2017, in Salt Lake City, Utah, after many years of illness. Antonia was born on March 28, 1936, in Morovis, Puerto Rico, to Esteban Santos and Maria Rivera. She had 11 siblings. She was a loving mother to three sons, Angel Torres, Luis Torres and Jose Torres. Antonia was an amazing woman. Not just...

Patricia Diane Swift Jensen

Patricia Diane Swift Jensen

Jun 19, 2017

Our loving mother, grandmother, and sister left us on June 19, 2017. She loved cooking and baking, and adored her family very much. She was born on Jan. 11, 1941, to Loyal Milton Swift and Katherine Hedwig Regh. She was sick for a long time. She is survived by her sons, Rob (Wendy) Jensen, and Jerry Jensen; sister, Marilyn (Ray)...

Robert Eldredge Hanks

Robert Eldredge Hanks

Jun 19, 2017

Robert Eldredge Hanks (Bob), 66, passed away Monday, June 19, 2017 at IMC following a valiant fight against pulmonary fibrosis and heart disease. He was the recipient of a heart transplant in the fall of 2013 which allowed him to spend a few more precious years with his family, for which we are all eternally grateful to both the doctors...

Shirley Carol Andersen Zwahlen Klemme

Shirley Carol Andersen Zwahlen Klemme

Jun 18, 2017

West Valley ~ Shirley Carol Andersen Zwahlen Klemme passed away at home in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 18, 2017, following a short battle with cancer. She was 88 years old. She was born October 9, 1929 in Murray, Utah, to Ray and Pearl Murray; adopted shortly after birth by Glen and Olga Andersen. Shirley grew up in...

Richard Harold Hales

Richard Harold Hales

Jun 17, 2017

Richard Harold Hales was born August 23, 1942, in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California to Francis Herbert (Herb) Hales and Emma Asher Hales. He grew up in Lake Elsinore graduating from the Elsinore Union High School in 1960 as the salutatorian and having earned a lifetime membership in the California Scholarship Federation. He loved sports most all of his life...

Caroline Ruth Jarvis Hovey

Caroline Ruth Jarvis Hovey

Jun 17, 2017

Caroline Ruth Jarvis Hovey returned home to her Heavenly Father surrounded by her family at the age of 75 in West Valley City, Utah on Saturday, June 17, 2017 from natural causes. Born July 23, 1941 in St. George, Utah to Brigham Hilton Jarvis and Carrie Maud Higley, the oldest of 2 children. She grew up in Granger, Utah where...

Ronald K. Butterfield

Ronald K. Butterfield

Jun 16, 2017

Ronald K Butterfield, 68, passed away suddenly June 16, 2017. Born September 19, 1948 to Wallace Ketchel and Ruth Welch Butterfield in Salmon, ID. Married Sally Ann Hancock July 6, 1968. Survived by his siblings, Lea and Joan; his children, Chad (Chrystal), Jeff (Lori); and 6 grandchildren, Samantha, Kylie, Chad, Kason, Dylan, Chris. Preceded in death by his wife, Sally;...

Loma LaPriel Lovell Ashby

Loma LaPriel Lovell Ashby

Jun 16, 2017

Born June 11, 1939 at Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah to Welby George Lovell and Alta Hermione Hill of Leamington Utah. Loma had one younger sister, Ethel, who was also her best friend.Mom grew up in Leamington, a small Utah community between Nephi and Delta. Blink and you will miss it. From ages 1 to 3 Mom was...