Salt Lake City, UT Obituaries

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

Recording

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...

Aug 13, 2021

Funeral Recording

David Ralph Bishop of Granite, Utah, passed away at the age of 73 from the effects of a heart attack on August 13, 2021.  David was born in Murray, Utah and spent his childhood in Moab and Granite, Utah.  After graduating in 1966 from Jordan High School, where he captained the wrestling team, David served...

Aug 12, 2021

Recording

Paul Herd was a deeply devoted husband, father, grandfather and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He lived a life of service and devotion and positively impacted all those around him. He made friends wherever he went and was known for his generosity and wise counsel. He passed away peacefully at home,...

Aug 11, 2021

Trent John Whipple our loving son, father, and brother age 49 passed away on August 11, 2021 due to health issues he had for many years.

Born November 13, 1971 in Murray, UT to John and Linda Whipple.  He was survived by his parents and his daughter Sage, his sister Jenn Woodhouse (Chuck) his brothers Todd (Alicia),...

Aug 8, 2021

Victor J. Miller, age 67 of Salt Lake City, UT passed away unexpectedly at Encompass Rehabilitation Health Hospital in Sandy, UT on August 8, 2021.

Victor was the second child born to A. Ray Miller and Bernice Graber Miller on September 26, 1953 in Sidney, MT.

He was in 4-H and Valley Vaqueros as a...

Aug 8, 2021

Margaret Louise Monsoor, our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend passed away in her sleep on August 8, 2021. She was 94 years old.

Forever the May Queen, Margaret was born May 1, 1927, in Morgantown, West Virginia, to Opal Genevieve Sperandio and Ernest James Sperandio. She was first married to Ralph Malaby, then later married...

Aug 6, 2021

Richard Alan Bulger passed away unexpectedly at home on August 6, 2021.

Born November 3, 1952 to Jerry and Jack Bulger in Lynnwood, CA.

Survived by his beloved soulmate of 21 years Gail S Hurley. He was especially thankful for his supportive brothers Steve and Gary Bulger.

Rich’s interest in optics lead him...