Salt Lake City, UT Obituaries

May 15, 2020

Glade Richard Larsen, 85, Our Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Friend, passed away May 15, 2020 in Salt Lake City, as the result of a stroke.  He was born March 1, 1935 to Carl and Mary Larsen.

Glade married the love of his life, Marlene Susann Naylor, February 18, 1955 in the Salt Lake Temple, having just...

May 12, 2020

Michelle Elizebeth Engebretsen found peace in her home surrounded by her family on the morning of May 12th 2020 after a four-month battle with cancer. Michelle was born in Seattle, WA on September 29, 1966. She was the first of six children, born to Dr. Charles S. Wassum III of Virginia and Ruth Anna-Stina Eriksson of Sweden.  Growing up,...

May 8, 2020

Paula Ann Deline Mortimer, our beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, returned to her heavenly home on May 8, 2020 after a brief battle with metastatic cancer. Although we will miss her dearly, our family finds great comfort knowing she is reunited with her eternal companion, Jim, who passed away a decade ago in May 2010.

Paula...

May 8, 2020

Recording of Services

Kenneth Roger Kirkman passed away peacefully May 8, 2020. He had been in the hospital battling COVID-19 for 12 days, along with his wife Karen. She was able to visit him daily, until she was released from the hospital on May 7th.

Ken was born to Kirby Ernest Kirkman & Zelda Hutchings Kirkman...

May 7, 2020

George Jay,  husband, dad, granddad, great granddad, and old carving buddy was born to Leora (Toots) Tomkinson and Thomas S. Jay in Ajo, Arizona. I passed away at age 85 in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.

I had a good childhood growing up in the little mining town of Ajo, Arizona. I was married in 1954 to Deanna Kimes...

May 7, 2020

Dorothy June Sickich (Kitty), of Helena, Montana passed away on Thursday, May 7th,  in Highland Glenn, Utah.

Kitty was born in Townsend, Montana on January 6, 1938 to Ronald and Dorothy (Smith) Kelly.  She married Steven Sickich in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in 1954 and spent their married life in Helena, Missoula and Ventura, California. She was a loving mother...

May 4, 2020

Fred Henry Newton, beloved husband, father, uncle and grandfather passed away on May 4, 2020, at the ripe old age of 91.  He went peacefully in his home with his daughter and son by his side.  Fred was born the youngest of 7 children December 20, 1928 in Emmett, Idaho to William Newton and Myrtle De Graw and he...

Apr 29, 2020

Luana Joan Gustafson Kingston,  our loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend, 68 passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family.

Born March 12, 1952 in Bountiful, Utah to Clyde Roland Gustafson and Orlean Harriet Kingston. Luana married Joseph O. Kingston on June 6, 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah....

Apr 18, 2020

Rolland Frank Sparks, age 79, passed away peacefully and quietly at home on the evening of April 18, 2020 after a 55 year long battle with Multiple Sclerosis.

Rolland was born on April 24,1940 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was the oldest son of Frank and Ethel Wilcock Sparks.

He and his wife, Agnes Wagner,...

Apr 17, 2020

“That boy will not live long!   Let him go outside with his Father while he still has life.”  That was the pronouncement of the doctor on young James Calvin Taylor born September 3, 1925 in Winder, Idaho.  At the age of 94, on April 17, 2020 he passed away to join his eternal partner Donna Haymore Taylor.  The week...

Apr 12, 2020

On April 12, 2020, a beautiful Easter afternoon, we lost our mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and wife. JoAnne Hanks Lewis Hansen, called “Jo” by most and “Jomama” and “Grandma Joey” by a select few, passed away suddenly in her Sweetie’s arms.

Jo was the third of four children, born on May 15, 1934 in Salem, Utah,...

Apr 9, 2020

Janice Vesta Kingston (3/29/1968 – 4/9/2020)

– Janice, 52, beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Sister passed away Thursday April 9th, 2020 peacefully at her home surrounded by her family.  She was born March 29th, 1968 in Salt Lake City to Isabell Johnson.  Her life was her family and serving others.  She was a wonderful teacher...

Mar 27, 2020

Norma Lynn Cook Montgomery (90) beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandma, and great-great grandma passed away on March 27th at her home of lingering complications to a life saving cancer surgery. She was born November 27, 1929, Orem, Utah, to Rulon F. Cook and Katherine Bell Cook.  She married Clarence S Montgomery (Monty), November 2, 1949, in the Salt Lake...

Mar 18, 2020

Don Leslie Scarlet passed away at home early in the morning on March 18, 2020 at the age of 92. He was born to Lawrence Eli and Clara Ann Richards Scarlet on July 23, 1927 in Salt Lake City. He graduated from South High School in 1944.  Soon after, he enlisted in the Merchant Marines where he served on three...

Mar 16, 2020

Mary Jean Low passed away March 16, 2020 in South Jordan, surrounded by her family.  Jean was born November 9, 1930, in Providence, Utah to John and Eva Anderson.

Jean met her husband Paul in a play. They don't remember the play but the remember the Kiss! The rest is history. Together they raise 4 children.

Their...

Mar 6, 2020

Funeral Recording

Valaine (“Val”) Jones Moffitt, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away quietly on March 6, 2020, at the age of 91.  We will miss her boundless optimism, her constant nurturing, and her unwavering courage in the face of life’s trials.  But, we rejoice that she is reunited with her eternal companion and best friend,...

Feb 28, 2020

Linda Rae Sorensen, passed away peacefully on February 28, 2020, with her family by her bedside in Midvale, Utah,

Linda was born in Pocatello, Idaho, on July 7, 1942, to L. Richard and Norma June Sorensen.  The first of six children, 5 girls and 1 boy.

She was a member of the Church of Jesus...

Feb 23, 2020

Funeral Recording

Sedalia, MO-  Sharon Rose Summersett Brinton, of Sedalia, Missouri, returned home to her Heavenly Father Sunday, February 23, 2020 after a 12-year battle with cancer.  She was born January 25, 1951 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Lawrence Raymond Summersettand Mary Elizabeth Miller Summersett.  She had three sisters; Bonnie, Elaine and a twin sister Shirley. After Lawrence’s untimely death in a...

Feb 21, 2020

Tom was born February 19, 1927 in Bountiful, Utah. He was born at the home of Hugh and Alta Hayward by Dr. Byron Kesler Armstrong. He is the eighth (8th) of nine (9) children born to Howard Peter Rasmussen and Hazel Hayward Rasmussen. There were seven boys and two girls. Two of his siblings died shortly after birth. He...

Feb 20, 2020

Funeral Recording

Ann Halliday Turner returned to her Heavenly Father on February 20, 2020, with family members present. She was born in Salt Lake City Utah on March 3, 1934 to Herbert Hartland Halliday Sr. and Annie Camille Bowring Woodbury. She was the youngest of 5 children, (brothers) Herbert Hartland Jr. Paul Milwood, Allan Dean, Thomas Woodbury Halliday, and...