Salt Lake City, UT Obituaries

Oct 24, 2021

Barbara Anna Kreek, born July 29, 1930,  passed away peacefully in her bed on October 24, 2021, at the age of 91.  She was a dedicated Unitarian and lived a full life: taught several generations of elementary students in Jordan School District, explored and adventured on 6 different continents, and was able to snuggle her great-grandchildren in her arms. ...

Oct 19, 2021

My sweet husband of 54 years passed away on October 19th, 2021. He is the son of Marian and Jack Gardner, born on his father’s birthday-December 16th, 1947. Brother to Marianne (Brad) Turpin, Brother-in-law to George (Debbie) Norris, Marilyn (Dick) Monsen, and Ida (Bob) Dea. Father to Zach (Ambra) Gardner, Mike (Britta) Gardner, and Nate Gardner. Grandfather to Boston,...

Oct 15, 2021

Dean Pete Nate was born on August 30th, 1986 in Salt Lake City, Utah and died the morning of October 15th, 2021 in Midvale, Utah at the age of 35.

Dean grew up playing soccer from the time he was four through his mid-twenties. He was a skilled left-field defender and supported his team on and off...

Oct 14, 2021

Funeral Recording

Marilyn Newell Hicks our loving mother, grandmother and friend passed away peacefully in her sleep on Thursday October 14, 2021 in Holladay, Utah.

She was born in Price, Utah at home on a cold snowy winter day, January 4, 1932 to Clark Buckley Newell and Melba Almeda Christensen Newell.

Married Arthur...

Oct 12, 2021

Funeral Recording

Our beloved son, husband, father, brother, and friend, Bradley Val Staker died unexpectedly on October 12, 2021 after suffering an epileptic seizure. He was 51 years old and passed surrounded by loved ones. Born on August 25, 1970 in Murray, UT to S. Val Staker and Sandy L. Martin, Brad was the eldest of 4...

Oct 9, 2021

Funeral Recording

Brett Ellis Blocher, our loving husband, father, son, and brother, chose to end his battle against chronic pain and mental anguish on October 9, 2021. Brett was honorable, loyal, stoic, and was deeply present in the relationships he had with those lucky enough to be in his life. We know Brett was welcomed on the other...

Oct 9, 2021

Reed Richard Cowan passed away this past Saturday morning, October 9, at the age of 56 following a period of declining health.

The son of Richard and Dawn Cowan, Reed was born in Provo on August 2, 1965. While attending Wasatch Elementary School, one of his teachers called him her “sunshine boy.” Because this nickname fit Reed’s...

Sep 29, 2021

Our Dad, Papa, Great Grandfather folded up for the last time Wednesday morning at the ripe old age of 92. He was at home, preparing to face another day. And the days hadn't been easy the past several months. The ravages of time, arthritis, congestive heart failure, medication side effects, all conspired to ignite Dan's gallows humor. He was...

Sep 20, 2021

Shirley K. Scoville, age 81, passed away on September 20, 2021 at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah with both of her children by her side.

Shirley was born August 30, 1940 in Waterbury, CT to Ernest Joseph and Doris Mae Howe Klubens. She married Paul Scoville on November 11, 1971 in the Salt Lake Temple. Together...

Sep 12, 2021

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Irma Lee Bell Myers Willette, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, 94, died on September 12, 2021 of COVID. Born October 2, 1926 in Baker, Oregon, to Walter Lafayette Bell and Ruth Rankin. Married Lorin LaVar Myers on January 31, 1947 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He...

Sep 8, 2021

Larry Green (aka “Greenhorn”) passed away peacefully September 8, 2021.

Larry was born November 17, 1945 to Betty (Teschner) and Howard Muse in St. Joseph, Missouri. His mother soon remarried Ivan Green who legally adopted Larry and became his true father.

Larry wed Mary Frakes December 2, 1966. She survives of the home. They had...

Sep 5, 2021

Fay M Gajkowski, age 94, peacefully passed away on September 5, 2021. Fay was born February 3, 1927, to William F. and Minnie Alice McKee in Vernal, Utah. The McKee family relocated to South Jordan, Utah where Fay and her 9 brothers and sisters attended Jordan High School. Fay went on to graduate with a commercial design degree from...

Sep 4, 2021

Our amazing father, grandfather, brother and friend, Frank Perry Russell, Jr, passed peacefully from this earth on Saturday, September 4, 2021 and was reunited with his beloved wife, Shirley.  Frank valiantly battled congestive heart failure and Parkinson’s for many years.  Although he had many difficult days, he rarely complained. Most often when asked how he was feeling he would...

Sep 2, 2021

Nancy Lancaster Boyer (71), beloved wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, and sister, returned to her heavenly home on September 2, 2021 in Salt Lake County, Utah.

Nancy was born in Salt Lake City on April 3, 1950 to Roy Bryant Lancaster Jr. and Ida Arvella “Mitzie” Jaynes.  As a youth, she enjoyed playing tennis and singing with the...

Aug 23, 2021

On the evening of August 18th, 2021, Marilyn Jean Creer Cannon passed  peacefully at home in Draper, Utah.  She was born on October 29th, 1931 in Spanish Fork, Utah to Charles Clarence Creer and Lillian Merl Dahle Creer. She was the second of their five children. Marilyn grew up in Spanish Fork, Utah where she attended primary through high...

Aug 19, 2021

Funeral Recording

William Everett Jackson, son, brother, husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away August 19, 2021 after a long and hard fought battle with AML (leukemia).  Willie was born in Ashikaga, Tochigi-Ken, Honshu, Japan on July 31, 1952 to Wayne and Kiyko Sasaki Jackson. He moved with his family to the U.S. in 1953.

Willie...

Aug 16, 2021

Funeral Recording

Bob Claude Bartel was born in San Francisco on Aug 3, 1954 to Claude Clarence Bartel and Abbie Bassett and passed away in his home of thirty-nine years in Sandy, Utah on Aug 16, 2021.

Bob got his pilot’s license before he got his driver’s license. His eyes kept him out of the...

Aug 15, 2021

Funeral Recording

Ellen Joy Linton Baggaley, beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed away August 15, 2021 surrounded by family in her home in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. She was born June 13, 1949 to James William and Janet Louise Joy Linton, their third of five children and only daughter. She married Lowell Scott Baggaley on December 27, 1968...

Aug 15, 2021

Our beloved wife and mother went to join all the Angels and Saints on August 15, 2021.  She was born on January 7,1945 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Leo and Anne Finen.  She is a graduate of St James High School in Haverhill, Massachusetts.  She went on to study early childhood education and received a bachelor degree from Bridgewater University....

Aug 15, 2021

James Earl Collvins, a man whose greatest achievement is that of beloved husband, father, son, and brother, died August 15, 2021, at the age of 63 after a multi-year, epic battle with cancer. Big Jim was, in fact, the ultimate warrior and larger than life in all aspects of his existence. He played hard, he partied hard, he loved...