Salt Lake City, UT Obituaries

Earlene Spencer

Sep 16, 2019

Earlene Foote Spencer was joyfully welcomed into this world by her parents Thomas Earl, and Meryl Snyder Foote as well as her adoring older brothers Dell, Elwood, and Paul Foote on June 11, 1930. She passed away quietly on September 16, 2019.

Earlene grew up on the east bench of Provo eventually moving to the “River Bottoms”...

Rebecca Thompson

Sep 10, 2019

Funeral Recording

Rebecca Ann Thompson, beloved Mother, Sister, Aunt and friend, passed away September 10, 2019.  She passed after having cancer three times throughout her life.  The most recent lung and bone cancer ultimately took her life.  She battled these last cancers with courage for over for 20 months.

Born June 19, 1969, Salt Lake...

Juanita Merryweather

Sep 10, 2019

Juanita (Nita) Merryweather passed away in her South Jordan home early Tuesday morning. She was born in Hurricane, Utah on March 10, 1930 to Hans Maurice and Juanita Naegle. She married the one and only lover of her life Walter Parry Merryweather in 1948 while he was on active duty in Korea. Nita spent the first year of married...

Edith Halligan

Sep 7, 2019

On Saturday, September 7, 2019, Edith (Edie) Helen Babon Halligan, loving mother and grandmother passed away surrounded by her family peacefully at her home full of love and a lifetime of memories at the age of 78.

Edie was born on July 3, 1941, in Jersey City, New Jersey to Frank and Helen (Krasa) Babon and married...

Shawnin White

Sep 4, 2019

Shawnin Ray White, beloved father, son, and uncle. (39) passed away on September 4, 2019. Born October 19, 1979 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Douglas Ray White and Shirleen Diane Perry White. Shawn served a mission in Eugene, Oregon. He studied and graduated in Massage Therapy and Wellness. Shawn had various talents ranging from sketching to singing, playing...

Paul Prince

Sep 2, 2019

Paul Prince, age 74, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family, on September 2, 2019. Paul was born May 11, 1945 in Cedar City, Utah to Marion and Lola Prince. He was raised in New Harmony, where he spent his youth working on the family farm. He loved the outdoors and was happiest when he was working outside....

Ronald Chatwin

Aug 31, 2019

Funeral Recording

Our sweet and loving husband, father, brother, grandfather and friend, Ronald David Chatwin age 75, passed away on August 31, 2019 with his sweetheart by his side.  Ron was born December 3, 1943 to Shirley Fae Monks and Clifton David Chatwin in Santa Monica, CA.  He was raised in Tabiona and Midway, Utah.  Married Claudia Vantassell in...

Kilifi Matavao Jr.

Aug 23, 2019

Funeral Recordings

Kilifi “Chief Smoke” Tapa Matavao, Jr, passed away Friday, August 23, 2019 at his home in Hinesville, Georgia, at the tender age of 69 years.

An initial Homegoing Celebration service will be held at 6:00pm, Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 220 Sandy Run Drive,...

Jolene Stephenson

Aug 22, 2019

Jolene’s warm, joyful light left MotherShip Earth on Thursday to raise her stillborn son Parker in yonder realms. Her run commenced September 1947 and lasted 28 days shy of 72 years. She is gone, but threads of love connect with family stronger than any nano-carbon fiber.  Jolene’s reservoir of love flows freely to family and friends with ample supply...

Emma Randolph

Aug 19, 2019

Emma Euleda Samuelson Randolph passed away August 19, 2019,  two months after turning 96. She was born on June 10, 1923 in Rose,  Idaho to John Victor Samuelson and Sarah Ellen Lambson Samuelson. She was the eighth of nine children and was the last to pass.

Mother was a courageous, strong, creative woman.  She had deep self...

Patricia Kindred

Aug 18, 2019

Our beautiful, sweet mama, wife, grandma, sister, aunt and dear friend, Patricia Jane Werner Kindred, was born on March 24, 1944 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Frank and Vida Mae Werner. She grew up in Sugarhouse with her parents and older brother, Robby. She married the love of her life, Curt Kindred, on August 25, 1966 in the...

Afton Leatham

Aug 16, 2019

Afton Olena Leatham, our loving mother, grandmother, and sister passed away on 8/16/19 at Rocky Mountain Care. With her daughter by her side she peacefully ended her valiant battle with a life full of medical issues.

Born November 29, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah to parents Wendell Miller Jensen and VonNeda Larsen. She was a very...

Clela Tilby

Aug 14, 2019

FUNERAL RECORDING

Clela Tilby Gilger passed away August 14, 2019.  Born March 8, 1933, Parowan, Utah to Archie Gilger and Mary Lloyd Gilger.  Married Carl R. Tilby,  He passed away, August 7, 2015.

Funeral services were held, Monday, August 19, 2019 at the Ivins LDS Stake Center, 260 East 1060 South, Ivins, Utah.  Interment Ivins Cemetery.

Roy LeNeave

Aug 7, 2019

CMSGT Roy G. LeNeave, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend passed away at the age of 79 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Born on December 4, 1939 in Selma, North Carolina to Thomas and Fannie LeNeave.  He graduated from Golden Gate University with a Masters Degree in Business.  His career started May 23, 1957 when he enlisted...

Samantha Gustafson

Aug 6, 2019

Our loving wife, sister, mother, granddaughter and friend to many, Samantha Chase Petty Gustafson passed away on August 6, 2019 at Jordan Valley Hospital surrounded by her loving family.  She died from a rare form of heart failure caused by an overactive thyroid. She was born on May 3, 1991 in Salt Lake City to James Cornwall and Colleen...

Lindsey Dew

Aug 6, 2019

Lindsey Phillip Dew I, Esquire, family man, attorney, author, lover of God and his fellowman, died surrounded by family at his home on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, after a valiant 11-year struggle with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

On September 9, 1953, Phillip was born to LaMar and Veda (Lindsey) Dew in Provo, Utah, which event he always adamantly...

Gary Campbell

Aug 4, 2019

Gary Keith Campbell, age 84, passed away August 4, 2019.

Gary was born, April 2, 1935 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Alma LeGrande and Gwendolyn Sorensen Campbell.  He married Joyce Ann Campbell on July 26, 1958 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Joyce passed away March 9, 2007.

Gary was a great husband, father, grandfather...

Richard Abel

Jul 24, 2019

Richard Abel, loving husband, father, and grandfather passed away July 24, 2019 at home after a long fight with heart disease. He was born in Detroit, Michigan to Julia and Charles Abel. He was married to Jeri Lynne Huffman-Dean on March 30, 2001. He was proud to have attended the Navel Academy and earned a masters in meteorology, and...

Melba Stone

Jul 23, 2019

She imagined heaven must be a blend of Altonah (where she was born and raised) and Laguna Beach (where she vacationed for 50 years).  She is there now. She died July 23, 2019 at her home in Sandy.

After marrying Arvil G Stone, she lived in Duchesne, Murray and Sandy raising their five children: Ron (Robyn); Jay...

Robert Wright

Jul 19, 2019

​Robert Jensen Wright, 83, passed away on July 19, 2019 of natural causes in Sandy City, Utah at the Sandy Health and Rehabilitation Center.

​He was born September 3, 1935 in Lyman, Wyoming to Alton T and Ida Mabel Jensen Wright. Robert was one of nine siblings. The Wright family moved to Salt Lake City Utah when Robert was 8 years old. Robert was an ambitious teenager who loved to make mischief.

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