Our Current Obituaries

Kathryn Joyce Mitchell Bills

Dec 26, 2022

 

Kathy Mitchell Bills

Kathryn Joyce Mitchell Bills, 89, passed away December 26, 2022, in Provo, Utah after living a long, full life. She was born January 9, 1933, in Provo, Utah, the daughter of John Simeon Mitchell and Kate Ellison. 

She married James Kirk Bills on March 27, 1952, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

They lived in...

Kenneth Bartlett Moravec

Dec 24, 2022

 

Kenneth Bartlett Moravec, 61, of American Fork, passed away peacefully at his home December 24, 2022.  He was born June 5, 1961 in Provo, Utah the son of Garry Moravec and Janet Dorothy Bartlett Moravec.  He married Yrma Flores-Rubio September 8, 1983 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They later divorced.  He married Christine Susan Carver January 14, 2000...

Laurie Ann Faux Decker

Dec 23, 2022

Laurie Ann Faux Decker, 58, of Lehi, Utah, passed away early in the morning of December 23, 2022, after a valiant battle with cancer. She spent her final days surrounded by her husband and children, who love her so much.

Born March 1, 1964, Laurie was the daughter of Charles and Donna Faux. She received a bachelor’s degree from Utah State...

Angela G. Yashko Roberts

Dec 21, 2022

Angela Yashko Roberts passed away peacefully on December 21, 2022 at home in American Fork, Utah.  She had been undergoing treatment for cancer.Angela was born November 8, 1951 in Berkeley, California to Paul and Ruth Evans Yashko.  While growing up, she lived in Silver Spring, Maryland; Provo, Utah; Boulder, Colorado; Bellevue, Washington; Cocoa, Florida and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  A bright...

Lucille Haight Tuttle

Dec 21, 2022

 

Lucille Haight Tuttle1934 - 2022

Lucille Haight Tuttle passed away December 21, 2022. Lu was born to Raymond Higbee Haight and Jennie Rogerson Haight on September 4, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was a child during WWII. Her family spent as much time as they could at her uncle's cabin up on the Weber River, and many...

Limasene Leaoa

Dec 19, 2022

Limasene Leaoa, 69, passed away on December 19, 2022, in American Fork, UT. She was born December 23, 1952 in Matautu Falealili, Samoa to Fuialo Tiavaasue and Faasaei Lilo. She married Samasoni Leaoa in 1979 in Samoa.

Limasene was a fiesty woman and a loving mother. She was very strict and a strong lady. She was also a...

Jay Allen Hall

Dec 17, 2022

Jay Allen Hall, of St. George, passed away on December 17, 2022, from respiratory failure.  Jay was born on July 9, 1941, to Oscar Hurst and Nida Mary Hall in American Fork, Utah.  In 1972, he started his own plumbing business, Hall Plumbing and Mechanical, which became one of the top 5 big commercial plumbing businesses in Salt Lake City for...

Pamela Kay Kofford Woodward

Dec 14, 2022

 

Pamela Kay Woodward, 66, peacefully left this earthly plane in the early morning hours of Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 at her home in Pleasant Grove with her husband and daughter by her side. 

She was born in American Fork, the oldest child and only daughter of Jerry and Kay Kofford. She was the first female president of Hillcrest Elementary...

Thora Chadwick

Dec 14, 2022

Thora Goff Chadwick, 85, passed away on December 14, 2022, in Riverton, UT. She was born May 13, 1937 in Loa, UT to Aaron Clive and Ethel Wood Goff. She married Vernon Chris Chadwick on January 13, 1956 in American Fork, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized on May 8, 1992 in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

William "Bill" Jack Thornton

Dec 13, 2022

 

William “Bill” Jack Thornton was born in American Fork, UT on March 24,1926 to Ira and Zella Thornton. He was the oldest of seven children. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on December 13, 2022, in Alpine, UT.

He married Betty Philips on July 29, 1945, in Provo, UT. They were sealed in the Salt Lake City...

Elsa Terry

Dec 13, 2022

Elsa Vernice Watkins Terry, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, from congestive heart failure at her home in Riverton, Utah. She was 77 years old.

Elsa was born on January 20, 1945, in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, along with her younger twin brother Eldon, to Mick and Elsa Stapleton. Her mother Elsa passed away just three days later from a...

Sheryl Beck Bender

Dec 12, 2022

 

Sheryl Beck Bender, 54, passed away peacefully in her American Fork home on Monday, December 12, 2022 after a hard-fought battle with multiple myeloma. She was born November 25, 1968 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah to Charles DeVon and JoAnn (Hall) Beck. She is the fourth of five children and spent her childhood years living in Spring City, UT. On...

Olivia Olague

Dec 11, 2022

Olivia Olague

1951 - 2022

Olivia Olague, 71, passed away on December 11, 2022, in American Fork, Utah, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Olivia, known better to family and friends as "Birdie," was born to Florence Solorio and Frank P. Olague on September 10, 1951, in Calexico, California.

She graduated from Calexico High School in 1969 and had...

Dolores "Dolly" Beth Sanders

Dec 11, 2022

 

Dolores “Dolly” Beth Day Sanders, beloved wife, mother, grandmother passed away on December 11, 2022 in Highland, UT. Dolores was born to Louis Ereal Day and Elizabeth Roundy Day Hyde in American Fork, UT on March 20, 1936. She married her husband Dell C Sanders in the Manti, Utah temple on July 6, 1954.   She is survived by...

Jeanette Webb

Dec 11, 2022

On Sunday morning, December 11, 2022, Jeanette Wilson Holmes Russel Webb (Jan) , loving mother, grandmother and friend passed away at the age of 85.

Jeanette was born on October 24, 1937 in Glasgow, Scotland to James Muir Russell and Mary Niellie Russell.

She had many fond memories of her early career working with a traveling vaudeville/ comedy show throughout...

Scott Miller

Dec 10, 2022

Lowell Scott Miller unexpectedly passed away at home on December 10, 2022. He was born on June 17, 1956, at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, UT. Scott grew up in Provo, where he attended the local schools: Timpanogos for elementary, Dixon for Junior High, and Provo for High School. He was a BYU Cougar, true-blue through and through, and started...

Bruce Larsen Cook

Dec 6, 2022

Bruce Larsen Cook (52) - A beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, businessman and friend to all - passed away tragically in a snowmobile accident on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

Bruce was born to Lynn and Jule Anne Cook in American Fork, Utah on December 22, 1969. He was a cherished eldest brother to Brent Cook, Brian (Tori) Cook, Jenica...

Stuart Ray Wentz

Dec 2, 2022

Stuart Ray Wentz, 68, passed away peacefully Friday, December 2, 2022, at home in Orem, Utah. The youngest child of Vern and Evelyn Wentz, Stuart was born in Provo, Utah, on February 4, 1954, and loved by his sister Vicki and his brothers Trent and Craig. He graduated from Orem High School, served a Latter-day Saint mission to the Mexico Southeast...

Jakob Weldon Toon

Dec 1, 2022

 

Jakob Weldon Toon, 22, passed away on December 1, 2022, in Highland, Utah.  He was born on June 13, 2000, in Mesa, Arizona to Bill and Jennifer Toon.

 

Jakob is survived by his parents and siblings Aubrey, Will and Jacksen.  He will be joining his sister Lauren in heaven and waiting for their family to join them.

 

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Robert Lester Burningham

Dec 1, 2022

Robert Burningham, 80, passed away on December 1, 2022, in Lehi, UT. He was born August 4, 1942 in Salt Lake City, UT to Cecil Burningham and Ethel Jensen Burningham. He married Sali Snyder of Denver, Colorado on April 21,1962 in Los Angeles, California. Bob lived the majority of his life in Merced, California and most recently Eagle Mountain, Utah.

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