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Mel Ballard
Jan 27, 2018
Melvin Henriod Ballard, age 91, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018 surrounded by his family, who loved him dearly. He was born February 5, 1926 in Magna, Utah; the fifth of ten children born to Ross Day Ballard and Ruby Henriod Ballard. Shortly after Mel's birth, his father relocated his family to a farm in Draper and put them to...
Chester William Sanders
Jan 23, 2018
Obituary Chester William “Chet” Sanders (1935-2018) passed away unexpectedly due to complications following orthopedic surgery on Jan. 23, 2018. He was 82 years old. A good man, father, husband, and is greatly missed by his family who love him. Chet was born on February 4, 1935 to Charles Alma Sanders and Gladys Ione (Brown) Sanders in American Falls, Idaho. He...
William (Bill) Steven Ferguson
Jan 23, 2018
William (Bill) Steven Ferguson passed away peacefully on January 23, 2018. He was born in Murray, UT on January 1, 1948 to Melvin Wallace and Gertrude Sorenson Ferguson. Bill grew up in Sandy, UT with friends that kept him busy getting into lots of trouble and creating stories that his kids adored. He graduated from Jordan High School in 1966....
Randall Ray Searcy
Jan 22, 2018
Randall Ray Searcy (Randy) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 12, 1971. He passed away on January 22, 2018 due to injuries sustained in a tragic automobile accident. On a cold, snowy day Eugene Ray Searcy and Joanne Hill Searcy arrived at LDS Social Services to take home a beautiful baby boy with chubby cheeks and huge...
Kalai Tupule Poloa
Jan 21, 2018
Obituary Kalai Tupule Poloa was born on April 17, 2016 to mother Wendy White, and father Orlando Tupule Poloa in Murray, Utah. On Sunday, January 21, 2018, Heaven got a little brighter, and our world as we know it shattered. Kalai unexpectedly passed away in his sleep, for reasons our hearts don’t understand. For those who were fortunate enough to...
Andres Enriquez
Jan 19, 2018
Andres Enriquez and JoAnn Lopez passed away together in an automobile accident on January 19, 2018 in San Luis De La Paz, GTO, Mexico. Andres Enriquez, 60, was born on June 9, 1957 to Fidel and Amalia Enriquez in Penjamo, Guanajuato, Mexico. JoAnn Lopez, 51, was born on December 2, 1966 to Eloy and Leoneriz Lopez in Salt Lake City,...
Mary Ann Scott
Jan 19, 2018
Mary Ann Tranchell Scott, age 89, passed peacefully at home on January 19, 2018 in Nephi, Utah. Mary Ann was born December 9, 1928 to Claus and Lilly Beacham Tranchell in St. George, Utah. She grew up in Springville and eventually settled in Nephi, Utah. She married Jerry Scott in 1987. Mary Ann was loved and adored by many, she...
Joann Lopez
Jan 19, 2018
Andres Enriquez and JoAnn Lopez passed away together in an automobile accident on January 19, 2018 in San Luis De La Paz, GTO, Mexico. Andres Enriquez, 60, was born on June 9, 1957 to Fidel and Amalia Enriquez in Penjamo, Guanajuato, Mexico. JoAnn Lopez, 51, was born on December 2, 1966 to Eloy and Leoneriz Lopez in Salt Lake City,...
Darwin Fitzgerald
Jan 18, 2018
Lowell Darwin Fitzgerald, 65, passed through the farm gates on January 18, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on November 18, 1952 to Sherman Sandberg Fitzgerald and LaVonne Rosamond Palmquist Fitzgerald in Murray, Utah. Darwin graduated from Jordan High School in 1971. Darwin was a man of many trades, surveying, welding, hauling milk, "fix it man" and...
Kent A Bertelsen
Jan 17, 2018
1943 ~ 2018 Kent A. Bertelsen, 74 our loving husband, father, grandpa, and great-grandpa passed away peacefully in the early morning hours at home Wednesday, January 17, 2018. Born to Cecil and Norma Bertelsen on September 9, 1943 in Price, UT and raised in Spanish Fork, UT. He married his bride Rachel Gurule of 54 years on November 23, 1963....
Thomas Starkovich
Jan 15, 2018
Thomas Junior (Stack) Starkovich (10-31-1926 to 1-15-2018), a lifelong Midvale resident and local historian, passed away in his sleep after a good dinner and a bedtime Boost. He is survived by his sister, Joyce Olson (Oakland, CA), and her two children: Marilyn and John. Stack was a WWII vet, an iron worker, an avid reader with an iron-trap memory for...
Roberta Jorgenson
Jan 14, 2018
Roberta Jackson Jorgenson, age 68, passed away peacefully at home on January 14, 2018 after suffering with Parkinson's disease. She was born May 23, 1949 in Mt. Pleasant UT to James LaVor and Venna LaRue Jackson. Roberta was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. Roberta was a graduate of North Sanpete High School and married her sweetheart Keith...
Mary G. Valdez
Jan 14, 2018
Our Aunt Mary Valdez passed away on January 14, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on May 13, 1920 at home to Vincente Valdez and Juanita Medina in Mack, Colorado just west of Grand Junction. She was the 5th of 13 children. Her family then moved to Bingham Canyon where she graduated from Bingham High School. She...
Scott Kerwynn Gotberg
Jan 11, 2018
Beloved Scott K. Gotberg passed away Thursday, January 11, 2018 after a short medical condition of uncertain cause. Born May 14, 1953 to Kenneth Elwood and Leola LaRue Simmons Gotberg, Scott was the firstborn of six children. Growing up in the farmlands of Draper, UT, Scott was adventurous and devilish; if Scott was around, there was trouble brewing; many mothers...
Carl H. Erickson
Jan 11, 2018
Carl H. Erickson, age 81, from Draper, Utah, passed away in his home on Thursday, January 11, 2018 after a short struggle with cancer. He was surrounded by family and embraced in love. He was born on July 19, 1936 in Freedom, Wyoming to Carl Golden Erickson and Ina Bertha Haderlie. He grew up on a farm with his three...
A. Marlon Andrus
Jan 10, 2018
Our most caring brother, uncle and friend passed away January 9, 2018. A gifted teacher, photographer and author, he will be greatly missed. Born May 10, 1938 to Marlon Anton Andrus and Edna Dee Hamblin and raised in Draper, Utah. He is survived by his sister Rhonda Andrus Thomas and many family members and friends. Preceded in death by his...
Richard Ross Herron
Jan 10, 2018
Richard Ross "Dick" Herron passed from this life on January 10, 2018 in Highland, Utah. He was born on January 27, 1931, to Elmer W. Herron and Margaret Alice Bates in Tooele, Utah. He was the eighth of ten children. Dick loved life as a child on the ranch in Erda, Utah. He told stories of the family, friends, horses...
Robert D. Earl
Jan 10, 2018
Bob Earl, 81, passed away January 10, 2018 at his home in Sandy, Utah. He was born March 24, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Leroy Walker and Irene Marx Earl. Bob married Betty Ann Morton on November 15, 1958 in Elko, Nevada. Bob served in the US Navy from 1954-1957. It is there he met three lifelong friends,...
Kay Stuart
Jan 9, 2018
Russell Kay Stuart, 91, passed away January 9, 2018, at his home in Nephi. He was born April 12, 1926, to Russell Hendry and Caroline B Stuart in Wellsville, Utah. Kay lived in Wellsville, Utah, where he worked with his dad and grandparents on the farm, learned to milk cows and put up hay. At age 8, his family moved...
Ann Rae Clark
Jan 9, 2018
The world just lost someone very special! Ann Rae Clark passed away early morning on January 9th. What an amazing woman Ann was! There is not enough room to put down all of her attributes. The world asks us to list our loved ones accomplishments, such as, employment, degrees, military service, etc... Annie didn't have many of these really, but...