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Vance Lee Tidwell
Dec 7, 2023
It is with sorrow in our hearts that the family of Vance Lee Tidwell announces his passing on December 7, 2023, in Salt Lake City, Utah after his hard-fought health struggle over the last three months. As a lifelong devotee and teacher of all things history, his passing on that day of infamy seems appropriate.
Vance was born November 11,...
Alvan James Strasrypka
Dec 7, 2023
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Alvan James Strasrypka. Al was born June 20, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah to his parents, Mary Adelaide (Meldrum) and Adolf Albert Strasrypka. He grew up in Bountiful and was in one of the first graduating classes of Viewmont High. Al graduated from Utah State University with a...
Margaret Anne Hammond Curtis
Dec 7, 2023
A Beauty, Dancer, Nomad, Seamstress, Nurse, Patriot, Saint,
Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother
Margaret was born in Charleston, South Carolina on 0ctober 9th, 1932 to goodly parents Leigh and Grace Hammond. Her early years were spent in a close extend family of Virginians and moving about the South. Her father worked for the Civil Aeronautics Administration...
Ruth Elizabeth Hinmon Clawson
Dec 6, 2023
Ruth Elizabeth Hinmon Clawson passed away peacefully on December 6, 2023, at the age of 77 after a valiant, five-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She loved her team at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and Classical Ways Acupuncture, where she rightfully earned the nickname “Warrior Ruth.” Her optimism and faith in the face of adversity created a legacy that will live...
Shane William Carlson
Dec 5, 2023
Shane William Carlson, our loving son, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew and friend, age 44, returned to Heavenly Father on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, surrounded by his loving family due to organ failure.
He was born on July 13, 1979 (which just happened to be Friday the 13th, which he absolutely loved) in Bountiful, Utah to Ernest Wm. Carlson and JaNeel...
Martin Spencer Backer
Dec 5, 2023
Martin Spencer Backer, beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away on December 5th 2023 after a long hard battle with heart failure.
The oldest child of Martin August Backer and Phoebe May Spencer, Marty was born on August 4th, 1948 in Salt Lake City. He was blessed with loving parents, three siblings, and a happy childhood. He grew up in...
Shirley Rose Hogan Hatch
Dec 5, 2023
Shirley Rose Hogan Hatch, 10/3/1930 – 12/5/2023, age 93, passed away at her home at Creekside Care Center in Bountiful, Utah. She died peacefully while surrounded by her beloved family.
Shirley was born October 3, 1930, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Lawrence Hogan and Lillian Mae Peterson. She grew up in Salt Lake City and graduated from West High...
Guy Case Beynon
Dec 4, 2023
Guy Case Beynon, our husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend unexpectedly returned to his Heavenly Father on Monday, December 4, 2023, surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Salt Lake City on May 22, 1952, to Fred and Donna Beynon. He was later adopted by John and June Beynon. Guy had the blessing of having fifteen siblings and best friends....
Kathleen Gurr Lamb
Dec 4, 2023
Kathleen “Kathy” Gurr Lamb was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, neighbor, and friend. She returned to Our Heavenly Father on December 4, 2023, at the age of 74.
She was born to the late Charles Heber Gurr and Venice Colleen Moore on August 22, 1949, in Cedar City, Utah. She was the oldest of six children having spent her...
Bruce Raleigh Boog
Dec 2, 2023
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Norma Young and Bob Lee Boog.
Preceded in death by his beloved daughter, Alexandra Leigh Boog, brother-in-law, Vince Goodwin, and nephew, Nick Field.
Bruce is survived by his wife Marie Boog, Bountiful, Utah, his daughter, Stacy Anderson (Aaron), Lehi, Utah, stepdaughter, Cheryl N. Bertram (Ian), Canton, Ohio, mother, Norma Young (Gordon), sister, Linda...
Dale Clifford Petersen
Dec 2, 2023
Dale Clifford Petersen returned home into the loving arms of his wife Victoria (Vicki) on December 2, 2023. He was surrounded by his caring family at his home in Bountiful, Utah. He was 84 years old.
Dale was born on August 26, 1939, to Raymond and Jane Petersen in a house in Wendell, Idaho where he grew up with sisters...
Mabel Ruth Buchanan Larsen
Dec 2, 2023
Mabel Ruth Buchanan Larsen passed away on Dec. 2, 2023, at the age of 102. Mabel Ruth was born May 26, 1921, in Salt Lake City, a daughter of Joshua Salisbury and Mary Lula Buchanan. She married Harlan J. Larsen, and later divorced. Survived by her daughters, Susan (Lee) Mitchell, Janet (Ken) Morales and Sandra; grandchildren Jonathan, David, Shane, Holly and Kelly;...
Grant LeRoy Horsley
Dec 2, 2023
Grant LeRoy Horsley returned home to the open arms of his Heavenly Parents on December 2, 2023. Grant was born on May 25, 1931, in Malad, Idaho. He was the only son of Joseph LeRoy Horsley and Flora Kohler. He is preceded in death by his sister Kathleen Horsley Redd. Grant was a perfect example of a loving son and...
Kenneth Kilby Nance
Dec 1, 2023
On Friday the first of December 2023 the man, the myth, the legend: Kenneth Kilby Nance accepted his new calling. He was surrounded by the people he loved most and those who loved him most- his family.
Ken’s earthly adventure began on December 13, 1952 at the Naval Hospital in Oakland California. He was the eldest son born to...
Dale Allen Coray
Dec 1, 2023
Allen passed away peacefully, with his family by his side, at his daughter Heidi’s home, on Friday Dec 1, 2023.
Dale Allen Coray was welcomed on May 15, 1943, to his parents, Leah and Dale Coray in Payson, Utah. He had an older brother Don, and an older sister Carol, and would later have a younger brother Lynn. Allen...
Mariechen Joan Goff
Nov 30, 2023
On November 30, 2023, Mariechen Joan Goff passed away unexpectedly surrounded by her
three children at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah. She was finally reunited with her eternal
companion after a 35 year separation. She was born in Ogden on March 16, 1947, the oldest
child of Volney DeForges Nelson and Mary Joan Gabey. She was raised in South...
Natalia Sofia Merino Green
Nov 29, 2023
After a heroic seven-year battle with metastatic breast cancer, Natalia Green passed away on November 29, 2023, at 39 years old. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Carlos and Lupe Merino. Natalia is survived by her parents as well as her husband, William Daniel (Danny) Green, and their two beautiful children, Rosy and Iggy. Natalia is also...
June Avery
Nov 29, 2023
June LaMoyne Avery age 91, passed away on November 29, 2023. She was born June 27, 1932, in Salmon Idaho to Ivan and Adeline Thurman. Heaven received another beautiful angel as she was greeted with love by her eternal sweet “Deano," her beloved mother and father (Ivan and Adeline) and her three amazing children who passed away too soon...
Donna Jean Cooper
Nov 26, 2023
Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunt, Donna Jean Cooper, age 89, passed peacefully on November 26, 2023, in Layton, Utah. She was the only child born to parents Lester Vernon Engstrom and Thelma Lenore Bruce Goyette on December 25, 1933, in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Her three stepbrothers were Donald and Lyle Engstrom, and Norman Bruce.
Donna lived in Spirit Lake...
Leland Adam Farber
Nov 26, 2023
Leland Adam Farber returned home into the loving arms of his beloved wife Darhle, on Sunday November 26, 2023. He was born on July 6, 1933, at the Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah, to Milton Adam and Myrtle Marie Hennefer Farber. Leland spent his childhood in Ogden together with his three sisters, Marie, Frances and Karen. ...
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