OBITUARIES

Zelma Deanna Duffin Avis

Zelma Deanna Duffin Avis

Dec 27, 2022

Our beloved mother and grandmother, Zelma Deanna Duffin Avis, 84, long-time resident of Bountiful, Utah, currently of Highland, Utah, passed away on December 27th, 2022, in the comfort of her home.

Deanna was born on January 31st, 1938, to Zelma and Horace Duffin in Salt Lake City, Utah. Deanna graduated from Davis High School and later went on to graduate...

Carolyn Eames Bullock

Carolyn Eames Bullock

Dec 27, 2022

Carolyn Eames Bullock (81) passed away on December 27, 2022, from a heart attack. She was surrounded by her family members at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah. Carolyn is the daughter of David Ivo Eames and Sarah Estella Richardson Eames. She was born on April 3, 1941, in Provo, Utah, but because of her father's employment, ended up moving to...

Darin Rick Williams

Darin Rick Williams

Dec 27, 2022

On December 27, 2022, Darin Rick Williams, beloved husband, father, son, and brother passed away unexpectedly due to pre-existing health issues.

Darin was born April 10, 1979, to Rick and Beth Ann Williams in Ogden, Utah. He grew up in Ogden, graduating from Weber High School in 1997, where he also served as a student body officer. Following graduation, he...

Alexandra Leigh Boog

Alexandra Leigh Boog

Dec 24, 2022

Born in Bountiful, Utah to Carmen B. Boog and Bruce R. Boog. Ali is survived by Sean Smid, Salt lake City, Utah; her sister Cheryl N. Bertram (Ian) Canton, Ohio; her sister Stacy Andersen (Aaron) Lehi, Utah; her grandma Norma Young (Gordon), Cottonwood Heights, Utah; and her grandma Carmen Ruybal, Layton, Utah. Interment to take place at a later date.

Lorna Rae Jones

Lorna Rae Jones

Dec 24, 2022

Lorna Rae Jones was born August 21, 1940, to Lowel and Verna Smith in Dennison, Texas. Lorna was the oldest of three children. She grew up in many small towns in Utah and Idaho. She attended Cyprus High School in Magna, Utah. She met Ron while working at Hot Shoppes and they dated and were married in the Salt Lake...

Beverly Hathaway Ellis

Beverly Hathaway Ellis

Dec 24, 2022

 

Beverly Alida Hathaway Ellis, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away December 24,2022, in her home in Farmington, with her caring husband at her side.

Beverly was born November 29, 1926, to Lewis and Ruth Hathaway. She graduated from South High. She served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Western Canadian...

Orval Kay Hayes

Orval Kay Hayes

Dec 24, 2022

Orval Kay Hayes was surrounded by his loved ones when he passed away peacefully on Christmas Eve.

Many of you knew Orval as a storyteller, a jokester, and an adventurer. He was always making new friends and sharing a good laugh. Orval grew up in Bountiful, Utah, where he met and married Rebecca Anderson. They later divorced. Shortly after Orval...

Karina Landward

Karina Landward

Dec 24, 2022

 

Karina Marie Fox Landward died unexpectedly December 24, 2022, at her home in Farmington, Utah. She was born July 22, 1971, in Provo, Utah, to David Keith and Linda Mecham Fox. She grew up in Washington, California, and River Heights, Utah. She was a compassionate, loving, and beautiful child and as the oldest of six, nurtured and cared deeply for her...

Mary Susan Bishop

Mary Susan Bishop

Dec 24, 2022

Mary Susan Bishop passed away peacefully at home on December 24, 2022. She was 80 years old. Mary Sue was born to Harry and Susan Horlacher on March 5, 1942, in Tooele, Utah. Mary Sue was one of ten children, six brothers and three sisters and as a child she moved with her family to the mining town of Pioche,...

Melvin Jay Mills

Melvin Jay Mills

Dec 23, 2022

Melvin Jay Mills, 83, passed away December 23, 2022. He was comfortable and alert and had the chance to spend time with each of "his girls" before leaving this life. Melvin had the privilege of being born to Clinton L. Mills and Ann Thorley Cox in Salt Lake City, on January 3rd, 1939. He grew up in Woods Cross, Utah,...

Janice Elizabeth Hallaq

Janice Elizabeth Hallaq

Dec 23, 2022

Janice Elizabeth Hallaq, 85 of Bountiful, Utah, passed away peacefully in her sleep, December 23, 2022.  Janice was born in Beloit KS on October 24, 1937.  She was raised in Southern California and Washington state and was the only child of Robert L. and Anace E. Fulton.  She received her Bachelor of Science from Central Washington University and her Master of Public Administration from University of Idaho. ...

Helen Marie Summers

Helen Marie Summers

Dec 23, 2022

Helen Marie Summers passed away at home in Bountiful, Utah, on Friday, December 23. 2022, surrounded by her family. Helen died from injuries sustained in a fall in Blanding, Utah, after taking gifts to several Indian reservations from the Utah Rotary district.  

Helen was born to Evan and Marguerite Pehrson on August 25, 1942, in American Fork, Utah. She had 4 brothers...

Gloria Jewell Balls Whipple

Gloria Jewell Balls Whipple

Dec 22, 2022

With sadness the family of Gloria Jewell Balls Whipple announces she passed peacefully on December 22, 2022, at the age of eighty-eight. Gloria was born on September 22, 1934, in Logan, Utah to Orlando Balls and Elsa Atkinson Balls, who both preceded her in death. Also preceding her is her brother Cecil Balls, her beloved son, John C. Whipple, infants,...

Savannah Lee Johnson

Savannah Lee Johnson

Dec 21, 2022

 

Savannah Lee Johnson returned home to her Heavenly Father on December 21, 2022, after a courageous and valiant fight against ETMR, a rare and aggressive form of pediatric brain cancer. She was surrounded by so much love and support from her family who span far beyond her siblings and parents. Savannah spent 1 year, 11 months, and 11 days battling every...

Patrick Reese

Patrick Reese

Dec 21, 2022

Patrick Reese was born on January 7th, 1947 in Oakland, California to Norma and Wayne Reese. He passed away surrounded by his loved ones on December 21st, 2022.  He married Kathryn Seaman in the Salt Lake Temple on May 11th, 1984.  He was the beloved father of 5: Stephen Reese, Amy (Jake) Klundt, Andrew Reese, Debbie Reese, and Jenny Reese...

Carma Blair Karren

Carma Blair Karren

Dec 20, 2022

“In life, we loved you dearly. In death, we love you still. In our hearts, you hold a special place no one will ever fill.”

Carma (Blair) Karren, born August 30, 1925, was reunited with her eternal companion, parents, loved ones, and many close friends, on December 20, 2022. We are heartbroken to see her go, but we know she...

Moss Wagstaff

Moss Wagstaff

Dec 20, 2022

 

Nathan Moss Wagstaff, known as “Moss,” quietly and peacefully passed away on December 20, 2022, at the age of 87. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February 1, 1935, to Nathan Earl Wagstaff and Mildred Hope Moss Wagstaff and was joyously welcomed by his family, including his older sister, Earla.

Moss’s childhood was idyllic as he...

Ronald Allen Speirs

Ronald Allen Speirs

Dec 19, 2022

Ronald Allen Speirs, born November 18th, 1952. Ron passed away peacefully in his sleep December 19th, 2022, at his home in North Salt Lake City, Utah. He was proceeded in passing by his father; William Allen Speirs, Mother Fawn Rae Coulthard, brothers Darrell and Steven Speirs and is survived by his sister Annette Robinson, his brother Kenneth Speirs, uncle Tom...

Lani Kay Christensen

Lani Kay Christensen

Dec 19, 2022

Centerville, UT -  Lani Kay Harrison Christensen, 82, died Monday, December 19, 2022, in Bountiful, Utah, surrounded by her family, twenty nine years to the day after her mother passing. Both were just over a month of the same age at their passing. She married Gayle on May 5, 1956, and was later sealed together in the Salt Lake Temple.

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Gilbert Quentin Taylor

Gilbert Quentin Taylor

Dec 19, 2022

 

Gilbert Quentin Taylor quietly passed away with his wife at his side in the early morning of Dec. 19th 2022 at his home after suffering from a sudden illness, just 6 days after his 89th birthday. Gil was the son of Clarence and Marion Taylor.  He was raised in Salt Lake City “in the midst of hard times” he...