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Mike Sperry
Sep 29, 2023
Mike Aaron Sperry passed away September 29, 2023. He was born May 13, 1944 to Lawrence Sperry and Lucy Jackman. He was raised in Nephi, Utah and kept many of his childhood friends his whole life.
He married the love of his life, Dixie Rasmussen on September 1, 1962. He had two sons, Wade and Jeff. He was preceded in...
Joan Martinez
Sep 23, 2023
Taylorsville, Utah – Joan Smith Hickman Martinez, our loving Mother, Sister, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and Friend, was welcomed back into the arms of her loving Heavenly Father on September 23, 2023, at the age of 85, after an extended battle with cancer.
Joan was born in Rexburg, Idaho on February 21, 1938, to Darrell S. Smith and Venus Drucilla Smith Palmer....
Brent Wall Park
Sep 22, 2023
Brent Wall Park, beloved husband, father, Grandpa (Bampa), son, brother, friend, volunteer and hard worker passed away suddenly on September 22, 2023, in Nephi, Utah. He was born April 9, 1957, to Boyd and Thearl Park in Nephi, Utah. He married Angie Bills from Spanish Fork on August 20, 1982. They met at the Duke’s Lane bowling alley where Angie,...
David “Dave” Clark
Sep 21, 2023
David “Dave” Harry Clark, our loving husband, father, and grandfather returned to his Father in Heaven on September 21, 2023, with his wife and family at his side. His path as a brick mason began at a young age. Each night his father would come home and teach his son the art of masonry: Dave was only 7. By the...
Elma “Rusty” Neff Harper Michoff
Sep 18, 2023
Elma, 97, passed away on September 18, 2023 in St. George, Utah. She was born on August 17, 1926 in East Millcreek, Utah to Cyrus LeRoy and Mary Catherine Neff. Elma married W.S. “Bill” Harper in 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah, later divorced.
She retired from National Semi Conductor – Quality Dept., and was a volunteer at “Senior Companion”...
Stephen James Baucum
Sep 16, 2023
Stephen James Baucum, first son of Jim and Pat Baucum, died of cancer on his birthday, September 16th. He was 71 years old. Steve was a graduate of Skyline High School and the University of Utah. He was a member of Holladay Baptist Church.
Steve was a very gentle, kind and caring person. He was very well versed.
He is...
Darren Ray DuRall
Sep 16, 2023
Beloved husband, father and grandfather, Darren Ray DuRall, 62, of West Valley City, Utah passed away from suicide Saturday, September 16th, 2023 at his home. Darren was born July 16th, 1961 in Alton, Illinois to Reverend Donald E. DuRall and D. Jean (Renner) DuRall, the youngest of 3 children. He graduated from Steelville High School in 1979. He married the...
Glenna Moss Hayes
Sep 15, 2023
I was born on January 25, 1925 in my grandmother's home on a farm two miles west of Malad City, Idaho. My parents were Norval William Moss and Isabel Davis Moss. The first six years of my life were spent in Malad except for a short time in Ogden.
The first sixteen years of my life I would experience four...
Laura Penrod
Sep 15, 2023
Laura Jo Garlick Penrod, 52, returned to the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on Friday, September 15, 2023 in Delta, Utah. She was surrounded by those who loved her and whom she loved. Laura was born on February 2, 1971 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Dale and Betty Shappie Garlick. She is the oldest of nine children: Rosemary, Laura,...
Patsy Ruth Ball
Sep 15, 2023
Patsy Ruth Ball, born December 20th, 1933, to David Enoch Wallgren and Caroline Almira Hewlett, passed away peacefully on September 15th, 2023, in Murray, Utah. On February 11th, 1957, she married Leslie Ray Ball. They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on December 8th, 1961. They had two children, David Leslie and Patrick Michael.
She worked for Deseret Medical...
Thomas Spotten
Sep 15, 2023
Thomas “Tom” Terry Spotten passed away at the age of 75 on September 15, 2023, at Utah Valley Hospital. He was born on May 30, 1948, in Colorado to Zatelle Knight and Thomas Cameron Spotten, and he was the sixth of eight siblings. He is survived by his children: Thomas (Rachel), Daniel (Sheila), Jennifer, Jodi (Brad), Bart (Heather), and Eric...
Kelly Husbands
Sep 14, 2023
Kelly C. Husbands, 69, Nephi, beloved son and father, passed away Sept. 14, 2023. Kelly was born in Salt Lake City Nov. 14, 1953, to Norinne Hayward Wessman and Melvin Clifford Husbands. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a testimony of the restored gospel.
Kelly attended South High School, class of...
Arthur A. Austin
Sep 13, 2023
Arthur A. Austin, 99, passed away September 13, 2023. Born to George H. Austin and Nora E. Austin on October 27, 1923 in Salt Lake City, and moved to Bingham Canyon, Utah at the age of seven years old. He spent two years in the Navy in WWII, one year on the East coast, and 21 months at sea.
He...
Paul Raymond Kelley
Sep 12, 2023
“Another Bright Star Shining in the Evening Sky”
Paul Raymond Kelley, born on March 12, 1952, to Raymond and Iris Kelley in Redwood City, California, completed his life’s mission on September 12, 2023, after a short battle with cancer.
Paul is survived by his loving wife and best friend Rhonda, he was an amazing father to Sean and Erin Meehan-Kelley;...
Thomas Wolters
Sep 11, 2023
Our family Patriarch was called home to God on September 11, 2023 after valiantly fighting and constantly shining the last three years. Thomas Eugene Wolters was born on March 7, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York to John and Dorothy Wolters. The middle of three children he met his love, graduated high school, bested Fast Eddie and married our awesome Mom,...
Nathan Sherril Taylor
Sep 10, 2023
Nate Taylor, beloved Husband, Father, Grandpa, and Cowboy passed away at his home in Santaquin at the young age of 54 surrounded by those he loved after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
Nate was born on February 12, 1969 to Sherril Taylor and Annette Hawker Taylor. Nate grew up in Santaquin spending much of his time learning hard work...
Heidi Wasden
Sep 9, 2023
On December 31, 1954, in the small town of Ebikon, Switzerland, a story of resilience and unwavering love began. Heidi Barfuss Wasden, a woman who embodied strength and grace, was born into this world. Her journey was marked by trials and triumphs that would inspire all who knew her. On September 9, 2023, surrounded by her loving family, Heidi completed...
Kathleen Lunt McCune
Sep 8, 2023
Our beautiful mom and grandmother, Kathleen (Kathie) Lunt McCune passed away peacefully surrounded by family on September 8, 2023 of natural causes. She is a hero to us, and her courage is inspirational. It’s impossible to capture her in a few paragraphs of an obituary. The hole she leaves behind is enormous. But so is the legacy of joy, courage,...
Wilma Pollard
Sep 3, 2023
Wilma Pollard, 91, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, peacefully returned to her heavenly home on September 3, 2023 in Taylorsville, Utah. She was born on July 31, 1932 in Salt Lake City to James and LaRue Petersen. Wilma married the love of her life Kenneth Pollard on October 19, 1950 in the Salt Lake Temple.
Her life was punctuated by...
Beverly Hutchings
Sep 2, 2023
Our Joy was a gentle but mighty force. A great conversationalist, charming and inquisitive, she used her boundless humor, kindness, and talents to elevate everyone around her. No problem was too big, no road too long, and no mountain pass too harrowing. She cherished learning about and sharing her Danish heritage and ancestry. She was a treasure chest of stories...