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Alice Jennie Wicker Stringham

Alice Jennie Wicker Stringham

Dec 8, 2022

Alice Jennie Wicker Stringham of Bountiful, Utah passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on December 8, 2022.

Jennie was born January 4, 1925 in Bountiful, Utah.  She was the middle child of Orin Walter Wicker and Ellen Louise (Nellie) Hayes Wicker.

She graduated from Davis High School in 1943.  She worked at the Bountiful State Bank for several years...

Mary Crystal Simkins Halladay

Mary Crystal Simkins Halladay

Dec 8, 2022

Mary Crystal Simkins Halladay, born June 30, 1939, returned to her love on December 8, 2022. She was born in Junction, Utah to Weldon Simkins and Trelma Barlow. She graduated from Piute High School and attended LDS Business College.  Crystal married the love of her life, Jack Halladay, on September 4, 1957, in the Manti Utah Temple. She was preceded...

Earl Jay Nielson

Earl Jay Nielson

Dec 8, 2022

 

Jay unexpectedly passed December 8th 2022, at the age of 86. He was comfortable and alert to the end. Even though our hearts are broken, his passing was a sweet experience with his family surrounding him.

His parents and siblings preceded him in death, and we know there has been a glorious reunion.

Jay was born in Logan, Utah....

John Richard Mitchell

John Richard Mitchell

Dec 6, 2022

 

John Richard Mitchell, 87, died at his home on Monday, December 6, 2022. He was born May 24, 1935, in Salt Lake City to Martha and Nephi “Lorenzo” Mitchell. 

He attended Davis High School, after which he started his first job with Highland Dairy. A short time later,  he discovered his passion for pipe organs when he took a...

Eric Guerro

Eric Guerro

Dec 5, 2022

Eric Guerro, 44, of West Valley City, Utah unexpectedly passed away on December 5, 2022.Eric is the son of the late Phillip Thompson Guerro and is survived by his son, EJ Guerro; stepdaughter, Asia Echols; his mother, Alice Sam; stepfather, Darrell Alton Sam; his siblings, Sharon Sam, Sharlyn Sam, and Darrell Sam, Jr.Eric was born in Gallup, New Mexico on...

Marvin Farley Luddington

Marvin Farley Luddington

Dec 5, 2022

Marvin Farley Luddington fell victim to a stroke, while visiting loved ones in Charlotte, North Carolina, and passed away in the arms of his adoring siblings and close family friends, on Monday, December 5, 2022. 

Sixty-three years ago on May 29, 1959, this adorable, strawberry-blonde haired boy was born in Riverside, California to Dean Farley and Mary Carol (Smith) Luddington....

Leland Robert Curzon

Leland Robert Curzon

Dec 5, 2022

Leland Robert Curzon, born June 26, 1941, passed away peacefully at home on December 5, 2022. Born in Pocatello, Idaho to Eva Lucille Lish and Howard Robert Curzon. He was the youngest of six siblings.

Lee spent his formative years on his family farm in Inkom, Idaho, working side by side with his dad, where he developed his incredible work...

Barbara Jayne England Manfull

Barbara Jayne England Manfull

Dec 5, 2022

On December 5, 2022, the Country Roads took Barbara Jayne England Manfull home, to the ‘place where she belongs’. Born July 16th, 1939, in Logan UT, she was the first child of James Warren England and Afton Leishman Nielsen. Her formative years were spent between her parent’s home in Logan, and the family farm in Hyrum UT where she was...

Joyce L. Pratt Barton

Joyce L. Pratt Barton

Dec 4, 2022

Our greatest cheerleader and support has returned to our Heavenly Father. Joyce L. Pratt Barton was born December 13, 1934, in Preston, Idaho. She was the first to arrive of 6 children born to Arol Hadfield and Nellie Henrietta Linge Pratt and the last to leave on December 4, 2022.

Joyce’s growing up years were in Centerville, Utah. She grew...

Dale David Johnson

Dale David Johnson

Dec 3, 2022

 

Dale David Johnson was born in Winder, Idaho, a small farming community north of Preston, on August 3, 1943. He was the second child and first son of David LeRoy and Enid Thomas Johnson.

Dale learned the value of hard work at a young age. By the age of 8, he was already driving tractors on his family’s 1400...

Barbara Billie Dae Holgate Dickerson

Barbara Billie Dae Holgate Dickerson

Dec 3, 2022

Barbara Billie Dae Holgate Dickerson, 89, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, in Bountiful, Utah on December 3, 2022. Barbara was beloved by many and she will be dearly missed. Barbara loved her family and found great joy in all their accomplishments.  And loved every moment she could spend with them.Barbara was born March 31, 1933 in Monroe, Utah to...

MaeDean Chatterton Hall

MaeDean Chatterton Hall

Dec 1, 2022

MaeDean was born to Ellis and Vera (Roholt) Chatterton on August 29th, 1940, in Wendell, Idaho, and is the oldest of 3 children. MaeDean was a model student with perfect grades and attendance through grade school.

In the spring of 1955, while attending a seminary picnic, she met the love of her life Zan Rodger Hall. Rodger never got down...

Bryce John Buchanan

Bryce John Buchanan

Nov 30, 2022

Bryce John Buchanan, aged 56, died peacefully at home surrounded by family and friends after an 18-month battle with colon cancer on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Bryce was born on December 6, 1965, in San Bernadino, California and was adopted 3 months later by his loving, eternal parents Hayle and Melva Taylor Buchanan. Bryce was the youngest of 4 children...

John Othmar Wuthrich

John Othmar Wuthrich

Nov 30, 2022

John Othmar Wuthrich, 94, returned to his Heavenly Father November 30, 2022. He was born in Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland, on November 15, 1928, to Fritz Wuthrich and Martha Balmer Wuthrich. He immigrated to the United States in 1930.

John married Mary Elizabeth Sarris on July 21, 1947. He loved to be outdoors and was an avid gardener. He was a...

Wendy Lyn Mortenson

Wendy Lyn Mortenson

Nov 28, 2022

Wendy Lyn Gillins Mortenson, 69, of Syracuse, Utah, passed away peacefully at home on November 28th, 2022.

Wendy was born on April 28th, 1953 to Jack Curtis Brown and Patricia Jean Bell Brown in Richfield, Utah.  The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the 1960’s where she finished her high school education and started a family.  She later spent...

Sherry Lou Holley

Sherry Lou Holley

Nov 28, 2022

Sherry Holley, our beloved wife, sister, mother, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother returned to her heavenly home, on Monday, November 28, 2022. Sherry was born November 23, 1946 to Howard and Ruby Kley. She married Henry Carl Holley on December 1, 1967 in Elko, Nevada. Sherry is survived by her husband Henry Carl Holley, and her children, Craig Holley (Brenda),...

LaVea Evans

LaVea Evans

Nov 27, 2022

 

LaVea Bodily Evans passed away at her home in Kaysville, Utah on Sunday, November 27th at the age of 84.

She was born January 1st, 1938 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Homer and Nettie Bodily.  She was always proud to say she was the first New Years Baby born in that year.   She was raised in Clearfield and...

Ronald Lawson Van Ry

Ronald Lawson Van Ry

Nov 27, 2022

Ronald Lawson Van Ry, 87, passed away on November 27, 2022, in Bountiful, Utah. He was born on September 4, 1935, in Bountiful, Utah to Otto and Margaret Lawson Van Ry and was the oldest of four children.

He graduated from Davis High School. He attended Weber State College and the University of Utah. He was a devoted member of...

Arnold Thad Moore

Arnold Thad Moore

Nov 26, 2022

Born July 17, 1932 to John Vernon Moore and Norma Madsen Moore in Ogden Utah, Arnold Thad Moore was the middle of three sons, born between John Vernon Jr., the oldest, and Norman Ray. Growing up in the shadow of the Great Depression, the boys were raised to understand the value of hard work. Yet they maintained their spirited sense of...