Obituaries

Rick Lee Murray

Rick Lee Murray

Feb 8, 2021

Ricky Murray, age 65, passed away on February 8, 2021, while in the care of Avalon Central Care Facility in Salt Lake City.

Rick was born January 26, 1956 in Murray, Utah to Clyde Dean Murray and Lenore Richardson of Roosevelt, Utah. When Rick was five, his family moved to Roosevelt. He graduated from Union High School. He enjoyed wrestling...

Betty Lou Johnson Norton

Betty Lou Johnson Norton

Feb 7, 2021

It is with a bittersweet but joyful heart that we announce the reunion of one of our Heavenly Father’s choicest daughters with her loving husband. Betty Norton, age 91, passed away February 7, 2021, at her home in South Jordan, Utah surrounded by her children.

Betty was born on May 23, 1929 to Jennings and Ann Roberts, and upon the...

Glenda Turner Jones

Glenda Turner Jones

Feb 7, 2021

Glenda Turner Jones, 76 said her final goodbye to her earthly body on February 7, 2021, suddenly.

Born January 9, 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Vera Davies and William Frank Turner. She was an avid lover of the outdoors and a big thrill seeker spending years hunting, fishing, and camping.  Many memories riding horses, 4-wheeling in her truck,...

Bernice Gouveia White

Bernice Gouveia White

Feb 6, 2021

Bernice White was called to her heavenly home February 6, 2021, peacefully at her residence in West Jordan, UT surrounded by family. She was in her 91st year. 

Born in Maui, Hawaii to proud parents Ida and John Gouveia on February 3, 1930.

She met her knight in shining armor, husband Harold in 1966 and soon thereafter they married on...

Jordan Ash Milner

Jordan Ash Milner

Feb 6, 2021

Jordan Ash Milner passed away unexpectedly on February 6, 2021, just a week after celebrating his 24th birthday. Jordan’s radiant personality would capture anyone’s attention, lending him to possessing the unique trait of never knowing a stranger. Family and friends alike, from all walks of life, will forever reminisce of how Jordan could illuminate the darkest of rooms to make...

LaWana Rigby Packer

LaWana Rigby Packer

Feb 4, 2021

LaWana Rigby Packer, 93, peacefully passed away February 4, 2021.  She was born July 13, 1927 to Sylvia and Bryant O. Rigby.  LaWana was a wonderful daughter, sweetheart and wife, and a kind and nurturing mother.  She lived her life with love for all and a desire to serve others. 

She is survived by her daughters, Gayle (Eric) Haag, Kalynn...

Donna Kay Rhodes

Donna Kay Rhodes

Feb 2, 2021

Donna Kay Rhodes, 61, Salt Lake City, died 2, February, 2021.

Donna was born August 24, 1959 in Salt Lake City, Utah and was a lifelong area resident. She is survived by her daughter Krista Day; her two sons, Wes Rhodes and Gabriel Crosby; four brothers, Jimmy Moore, Michael Moore, Paul Moore and Cody Stoddard; sisters, Inez Emerson, Ranona Moore,...

Shaynell Pamela Payne

Shaynell Pamela Payne

Jan 30, 2021

It is with heavy hearts and deepest sorrow that we have to announce the passing of our beloved daughter, sister, cousin, niece, granddaughter, girlfriend, and friend, Shaynell Pamela Payne. She passed away at home in Magna Utah, on January 30, 2021 at the young age of twenty-five. 

Shaynell was born August 30, 1995 in Murray Utah, to Shane and Cindi...

Ronald Eugene Dautel

Ronald Eugene Dautel

Jan 29, 2021

 

 

Ronald Eugene Dautel passed away in his home on January 29, 2021 while recovering from open heart surgery. He was surrounded by the love of his wife, Marian, and four children, Jason, Heidi, Sara Rose, and Benjamin. A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, February 6, 2021, at Memorial Mountain View Mortuary and...

Milan Jancovic

Milan Jancovic

Jan 28, 2021

Milan Jancovic passed away on January 28th, 2021 having lived a life that blessed everyone who knew him. Milan was born on March 14th, 1957 in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia to Jozef Jancovic and Gabriela Biresova. He is survived by his wife Christina, his daughter Monika, his three-step children: Jennifer, Rebecca, and Henry; his brother Jozef, his sister Gabriela and Helena,...

Kimberly Jean Robbins

Kimberly Jean Robbins

Jan 26, 2021

Kimberly Jean Robbins, 59, of West Jordan, Utah, returned to the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on January 26, 2021. 

Kim was born in Washington but spent the majority of her childhood living in Massachusetts until she was 13 years old, where she lived with her mother, Barbara and brother, Steve. She spent much of her childhood with her...

Douglas Craig Brookins

Douglas Craig Brookins

Jan 26, 2021

On Tuesday, January 26, 2021, this world lost an incredible man. Douglas Craig Brookins was a loving husband, a father of two children, and a grandfather of 4 grandchildren.Douglas was born on July 19, 1962, to Gary Allan Sr. and Patricia Ann Brookins, in Salt Lake City, Utah and grew up in Kearns, Utah.He spent his youth doing everything he...

Elwood George Peterson

Elwood George Peterson

Jan 26, 2021

Our loving husband, father and grandfather, Elwood George Peterson, passed quietly from this life on January 26, 2021. Elwood was born August 31, 1936 to George Peter Peterson and Faye Elaine Johnson in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was the oldest of eight children with five younger brothers (Ronald, Larin, Gene, Wayne, Rex) and two sisters (Linda, Nancy). 

Elwood married Myrna...

James Leon Downing

James Leon Downing

Jan 26, 2021

James Leon Downing passed away on January 26, 2021 having lived a life that blessed everyone who knew him. Jim was born June 20, 1942 to Milton and Mary (Skinner) Downing in Syracuse New York. After high school Jim served a mission to the Southwest Indian Mission out of Gallup, New Mexico and had a great love for the people...

Dallas Patrick Sprague

Dallas Patrick Sprague

Jan 24, 2021

Dallas was born on April 8, 1999 to Michele Brandi Watts and Jeffery Jean Sprague in Salt Lake City Utah. He was a happy child who everyone loved. His joy knew no bounds. He made so many friends and it came easy for him, it was impossible not to like him.

He is preceded in death by his grandparents April and Terry...

Georgia Carolyn Wood Wells

Georgia Carolyn Wood Wells

Jan 24, 2021

Our dear, sweet, gentle mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Georgia Carolyn Wood Wells, passed peacefully into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 24, 2021. She passed from a sudden illness and had been on in-home hospice for about one week.

Georgia was born in American Falls, Idaho to George and Gladys Wood on October 26,...

Richard LeRoy Stevenson

Richard LeRoy Stevenson

Jan 24, 2021

My Own Eulogy

Born June 7, 1944 in Manti, Utah

The second child of Keith Grange and Viola Peterson Stevenson.

Richard was born to be different; a black sheep in his family; a maverick in life. Richard followed not the precepts of other people; he always followed his own heart.

Richard loved his family very much, especially his parents.

Richard...

Annie Christensen

Annie Christensen

Jan 22, 2021

 

Birth and Naming

Independence Day, 1983. Dad had the day off. Mom was nine months pregnant with her fourth child in just under five years. The holiday called for doing something special, and Mom requested a motorcycle ride.

They took off on the Honda Trail 90 over the golden country of Birdseye, Montana, propelled by the waft of prairie...

Alvin Frank Lemperle

Alvin Frank Lemperle

Jan 21, 2021

Alvin Frank Lemperle age 85 passed away on January 21, 2021 in Murray, Utah. Alvin loved to fly and is now able to spread his wings and fly. Born October 8, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Frank Julius and Phyllis Emma Mugleston Lemperle. He married Beverly Rosella Holmes on January 10, 1958 in the Salt Lake City Temple. 

A master...

Karen Fitzgerald Milligan

Karen Fitzgerald Milligan

Jan 19, 2021

Karen Fitzgerald Milligan, 79, of Taylorsville, Utah, our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend has returned to the arms of our Savior and the countless other loved ones on January 19, 2021. Mom was born April 26, 1941, to Douglas Blake Fitzgerald and Otella Gae Tolman in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mom grew up in Copperton, Utah eventually moving to...