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Joseph Baker
Nov 12, 2023
Surrounded by his loving family, Joseph Orestes Baker, 84, passed away in the early hours of Sunday, Nov. 12, at his longtime home in Sandy. Born the day after Christmas, 1938, to R.O. and June Baker, Joe’s life was one of perpetual motion and boundless energy. Blessed with uncommon good health, he never stayed a night in a hospital, with...
Sharon Tuttle-Riggs
Nov 12, 2023
On November 12th, our beloved Sharon returned home to the arms of her Heavenly Father. She was born on November 6, 1977 to Diane Zupan Riggs and Samuel Tuttle. Sharon was a light in the lives of all who knew her.
Sharon had special needs and physical limitations, but she didn’t let that hold her down. Anything she set her...
Lucile Donna Cooke
Nov 12, 2023
Devoted and beloved wife and mother Lucile passed away Sunday, November 12, 2023 after a long 12 year battle with dementia at the age of 77. She was born April 6, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Rulon Lavern Mugleston and Velma Florence Jackson. She was married to the love of her life Lawrence Reid Cooke on March 2,...
Marilyn R Monson
Nov 11, 2023
Our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother Marilyn R Monson passed away peacefully surrounded by her husband and son on November 11, 2023.
Born on May 20, 1946 in Anaconda, Montana to Marven Don Jensen and Leone Richardson. She moved with her family to Midvale, UT in 1949. Graduating from Hillcrest High School in 1964, and then attended BYU in...
Alecia Ferrin Wicklund
Nov 10, 2023
Our sister, mother, aunt, wife, and friend Alecia Ann Ferrin Wicklund, passed away too early at the age of 41 on Friday, November 10th, 2023. Alecia was born on Sunday, October 3rd, 1982, in Salt Lake City, UT, to Russell and Diane Ferrin. She was born on her Grandma Connie’s 59th birthday.
Alecia had two loves of her life; her...
Bonnie Ovard
Nov 8, 2023
Bonnie Jean Brooks Ovard died on November 8, 2023. She returned to the arms of her best friend, forever. Bonnie was born July 23, 1942, the second of five daughters to Elliot and Mary Brooks. She grew up in Hoytsville and was happiest outside, on a horse or helping her dad and grandpa with their farm work. She attended Hoytsville...
Jimmy Dean Jessop
Nov 8, 2023
Jimmy Dean Jessop, age 65, of Herriman, Utah, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on November 8th, 2023. He courageously faced glioblastoma, diagnosed in March of this year, with unwavering strength and grace.
Jim was born on December 21, 1957 in Salt Lake City. He was the beloved son of Cloyd and Beth Jessop, and...
Brody Joe Taylor
Nov 8, 2023
“Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.” - John Wayne Hoytsville, Utah- Brody J. Taylor finally found peace and went home pain-free on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023, after a year-long battle with colon and liver cancer. He was born on October 9th, 1975, in Jerome, Idaho, to Glen Alberts Taylor and Mary Ann Bolinder (Kilburn). Brody and his family spent...
Patty Loosle
Nov 2, 2023
Our sweet, loving, Mom, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Wife, Sister, Neighbor, and Friend to everyone, Patty Lou Heckman Loosle passed away on November 2, 2023. Patty was born and raised in Elsinore, CA. In her younger years she enjoyed camping and rock hunting with her family, and helping out in her Dad’s TV repair shop.
Patty liked to be involved in many...
Diana Dee Briggs
Nov 1, 2023
Our beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Sister, Aunt and Friend returned home on November 1, 2023 to the arms of many loved ones who were waiting for her.
She was born August 16, 1932 in Mackay, Idaho to Walter Savaria and Francis Alta Fitzgerald. She had a happy childhood that was rich in love and family and friends that...
Marilyn Ausick
Oct 31, 2023
Marilyn Ruth Silcox Ausick, 82 years old, passed away peacefully on October 31, 2023. Born July 12, 1941. Loving mother, grandma, great grandma and friend, Marilyn worked as a cosmetologist, cook, and floral designer. She worked at Mary's Cafe and retired as floral shop owner of Artistic Design Floral.
Marilyn married Neil Mackie in 1958 in the Salt Lake LDS...
Nolan J. Olsen
Oct 30, 2023
Our loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend passed away peacefully on Monday, October 30, 2023, after his children and grandchildren were able to share their love and gratitude with him and say goodbye. He was 92 years old.
Nolan was born on September 7, 1931, to Clinton Lehi Olsen and Laura Hazel Jensen in Centerfield, Utah. Growing up...
Wanita Lee Ray
Oct 30, 2023
Wanita Lee Ray (Grammie), returned home to our loving Heavenly Father and the welcoming arms of Dar and Larry. She passed away on October 30, 2023 at her home with loving family around her. Wanita was born June 1, 1932 in Morgan County, West Virginia to James and Rachel Miller.
She moved to Utah in 1950 and met and married...
Barry Cole
Oct 28, 2023
Barry Charles Cole, age 83, passed away on October 28, 2023. He was born on March 3, 1940 in Watford, England. He immigrated to Salt Lake City in 1965 after receiving his PHD in microbiology at the University of Birmingham. Barry was a well known immunology researcher in the Rheumatology Division at the U of U Medical school.
Barry was...
Joseph Scott Ferrin
Oct 26, 2023
Joseph Scott Ferrin, age 81, of Salt Lake City, Utah, passed away on Thursday evening, October 26, in the hospital in Murray, Utah. He grew up in Salt Lake City, graduating in the second class of Highland High School. Scott was a member of the Utah National Guard, and he served a mission to the Alaska-Canadian Mission for two years....
Barbara Hallstrom
Oct 26, 2023
Barbara Houston Hallstrom, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 26, 2023.
Barbara was born on March 22, 1941, as the only child of William and Armetta Dean Houston. Raised in El Centro, California, she enjoyed riding horses, listening to baseball games on the radio with her dad, and spending time with her grandmother Zora. After...
Delphine Walker Wright
Oct 26, 2023
Delphine, 79, passed away on October 26, 2023 in Cottonwood Heights, UT. She was born on September 29, 1944 in Idaho Falls, ID to Carle and Romaine Walker.
Her parents moved to California for better employment in 1951. Delphine stayed in Iona to finish the school year living with her 2nd family, the Elliott’s. She rejoined the Walker family and...
Gavin Ellsworth
Oct 25, 2023
Gavin Kirk Ellsworth, 26 years old, passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 25, 2023 at his home in Wyoming. He is now enjoying his reunion with his loved ones who passed before him. Gavin was born in Orem, Utah on July 5, 1997 to Barbara Garlick and Matthew Ellsworth. He is the middle of three children: Tyliegh, Gavin...
Nyal Bender
Oct 24, 2023
Nyal Layne Bender, age 64, peacefully returned to his Heavenly Father on October 24, 2023. Nyal was born on July 28, 1959, at the Cottonwood Maternity Ward in Murray, Utah to Russell and Colleen Bender. He was the third of seven children. Their family lived in Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and California before settling in Nephi, Utah in August 1972.Nyal graduated...
Jerry Steele
Oct 24, 2023
Jerry D. Steele, our beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away October 24th, 2023 due to complications from pneumonia. He was born August 4th, 1941 in Nephi, Utah to H. Dellwin and Dorthea Steele. He married his beautiful wife on March 10th, 1962 in Nephi, Utah.
He was raised in a loving home alongside his 6 siblings, who he cherished....
