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Virginia B Radice
Apr 4, 2024
Ginny was a strong and willed kind person who would help anyone she met.A true member of the Greatest Generation, she had a quick wit which was a hallmark trait that made her everyone’s favorite after they met her.Ginny portrayed the essence of what it means to be from a generation of people who lived through hard times to demonstrate...
Gayle Jarman Beckstead
Apr 4, 2024
To know her was to love her…Gayle Jarman Beckstead passed from this world on Thursday, April 4, 2024 surrounded by her loving family. Gayle was born to Inez Melba (Easthope) Jarman and Charles Penrose Jarman on November 5, 1940 in Phoenix, AZ. The family moved around quite a bit before settling in Utah. Gayle was raised in a big family...
George Armstrong Ruffell
Apr 4, 2024
"Gorgeous" George Armstrong Ruffell, age 88, died of Pulmonary Embolism (cancer caused) on April 4, 2024.
George was born June 5, 1935, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He liked to tell people that he was "Gorgeous George". He was raised in Lindon, Utah. He has resided in Sandy for over 55 years.
He was the oldest of 11 children. He and four brothers...
Verlene Allen Vawdrey
Apr 1, 2024
Verlene Allen Vawdrey passed away on April 1, 2024 just 3 days before her 95th birthday in South Jordan, Utah surrounded by her family. She was the oldest of five children born to Elizabeth Cottrell Snow and Benjamin Rial Allen on April 4, 1929 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Verlene’s roots were firmly placed in “Draper Soil.” All four sets...
Marian Chapman Johnson
Apr 1, 2024
Marian Chapman Johnson, our loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt and friend, passed away of natural causes Monday, April 1, 2024 in Sandy, Utah at the age of 95. She was surrounded by her loving family.Marian was born November 4, 1928 and lived a full life of loving service. She was the oldest of eight children, and...
Nellie Arlene Stephensen McPherson
Mar 30, 2024
Nellie Arlene Stephensen McPherson passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on March 30, 2024, from natural causes. She was born in Levan, Utah to Arlin C and Nellie Sorensen Stephensen on March 20, 1938, the first of seven children. She grew up and attended school in Levan and graduated from Juab High School. She married her sweetheart...
DeVere "De" Kelsey
Mar 29, 2024
DeVere “De” Kelsey passed away peacefully on Friday, March 29th surrounded by his family. He was born on April 18th, 1940 in Springville, Utah to Arthur and Myrtle Kelsey. He was the middle of nine children. The family moved frequently as his father struggled to find work. Once, while living in Spanish Fork, De’s chore was to bring in fuel...
Kathryn Virginia Strah
Mar 28, 2024
Kathy passed away on March 28, 2024 at home after a long battle with Rheumatoid Arthritis for many years. She was born on August 1, 1947 to Dallas and Virginia Parkin. She married Orlan Longmore on June 8, 1966, later divorced. Together they had three children. Later she married Jeff Strah which brought her four other wonderful children.
Kathy worked for...
Tammy Painter
Mar 27, 2024
Tammy Painter, 62, passed away March 27, 2024 at her home in Nephi, Utah. She was born on March 6, 1962 to William Marshall and Betty Gillespie. Tammy married Thomas J Painter, together they lived in Nephi, Utah.There will be no funeral services.
Ronald Waldo Robins
Mar 25, 2024
Ronald Waldo Robins was born July 2, 1929 to Waldo George Robins and Mary Erda Anderson in Salina, Utah. He was the oldest of three children. He passed away on Monday, March 25, 2024, peacefully at the age of 94. He grew up on a farm in Scipio, Utah. During fall break of 1949, while attending Utah State University, he...
Lance Blood, Sr.
Mar 23, 2024
Lance Blood Sr. was born on May 5th, 1966 in Boise Idaho. He sadly passed on March 23rd, 2024 while waiting for a liver transplant. He is preceded in death by his father Bert Blood and survived by the love of his life Holly, his sons Lance (Abby), Tyler (Brielle), CJ (Brieanna) and daughters Callie (Eric) and Catie (Jared), and...
Garald Rex Gregory
Mar 21, 2024
Garald Rex Gregory, 82, passed away at home March 21, 2024 one year past a cancer diagnosis. He was born February 5, 1942 to Otto James and Elizabeth Sharp Gregory in Preston, Idaho. Garald was number eight of nine children. He had an idyllic childhood growing up in the rural community of Cub River, Idaho, which he loved. On the...
Richard (Rick) Paul Schull, Jr.
Mar 20, 2024
Born November 14, 1969 in Waterbury, Connecticut, Richard (Rick) Paul Schull, Jr. passed away on March 20, 2024 in Kearns, Utah from complications associated with diabetes. During Rick’s early years, he lived in Southbury, CT, Randolph Township, NJ, Glenwood, IA and Cream Ridge, NJ graduating from Allentown High School in 1987. He loved to read and was quite artistic, especially...
LaWanna Redmond Jolley
Mar 20, 2024
LaWanna Jolley returned home (being 96 years old) on March 20, 2024 to be reunited with her loving husband, Ivan Jolley. They were together for 60 years.Born March 6, 1928 in Holladay, Utah, daughter of Arza Franklin Redmond and Margaret Ellen Lee.LaWanna had a love for family gatherings knowing Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Dad's Birthday were important to all of the...
Vance K. Hilton
Mar 19, 2024
“Do I have a story for you…” Vance K Hilton, born on May 31, 1951, unexpectedly passed away in his home on March 19, 2024. He was predeceased by his parents, Doris E Pierce and Keith L Hilton and father-in-law Lynn Anderson (whom he thought of as a father). Vance is survived by his wife of 35 years, Robyn Buckingham....
Fred Adams
Mar 18, 2024
Our father and grandpa, Fred Adams, passed away Monday morning March 18, surrounded by all four of his children. He is finally free from the mental and physical ravages of Parkinson’s disease. Born in Wapanucka, OK, the fifth child of J.W. “Cub” and Mary Jane Eaves Adams, Fred spent most of his childhood in California, before joining his father in...
Brenda Rasmussen Davis
Mar 16, 2024
Brenda R. Davis, age 82, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born on July 6, 1941, in Murray, Utah to Milo E. and Vonda S. Rasmussen.Brenda married George B. Davis on August 24, 1971, in the Salt Lake Temple. They had two sons, Richard and Ronald and one grandson, Robbie.Brenda graduated from Granite...
Dennis Lee Bronson
Mar 15, 2024
Dennis Lee Bronson, loving husband and father, left this world and began his new adventures. His joy in life flowed from his love of music. Playing in The Last Straw Band with his guitars and vocals and later in his own home studio with Denny B and the Banned, created a lasting connection with the universe. Dennis loved to travel...
Sharon Greenwood Cowley
Mar 15, 2024
Sharon Greenwood Cowley passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Friday, March 15, 2024. She was born in Murray, Utah on May 5, 1935, to Paul and Norene Van Dam Greenwood. Sharon grew up in Sandy, Utah where she met her future husband Tommy Cowley while attending Sandy Elementary. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple...
Enedina Astorga Elizondo Stubbs
Mar 15, 2024
Enedina Astorga Elizondo Stubbs (Dena) passed away peacefully in her home at 106 years of age on March 15, 2024. She was born to Gregorio & Euphemia Sena Astorga on December 5, 1917 in Silt, Colorado. She graduated from North Denver High School in 1938, where she studied shorthand, bookkeeping and business courses. She was fluent in Spanish and English.She...