Obituaries

Josephine Ella Penrod

Josephine Ella Penrod

Nov 6, 2014

This angel known as wife, mom, grandma, and friend, who we were privileged to have in our lives, passed away peacefully and pain free on Thursday, November 6, 2014, after a courageous battle with a cancerous brain tumor. She is survived by her best friend and husband, Stanley; her four children, Michael, Cindy (Jeff), Stanley (Kim), and David (Nancy); and...

Donna Rae Behrman McKowen

Donna Rae Behrman McKowen

Nov 5, 2014

Donna Rae Behrman McKowen died November 5, 2014 in Murray, Utah. She was born January 14, 1932 in Vernal, Utah to Horace and Vergie Behrman, the eldest of nine children. She married Ted McKowen March 1, 1948; deceased. Blessed with six daughters: Arlinda, Shirley, Bonnie, Elaine, Barbara and Debra; 14 grandchildren (one deceased); 28 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren. Mom loved...

Dolores Ann Barrett Tavey

Dolores Ann Barrett Tavey

Nov 3, 2014

Our beloved mother, grandmother and sister reunited with her husband November 3, 2014. She was born November 30, 1930 in Aberdeen, WA to Lou E. and Rose Olsen Barrett. Dolores married Joseph Donald Tavey September 3, 1952 and they moved from California to Salt Lake City, Utah to make their home. Mom had a cheerful and adventurous spirit for life....

Bobby LeRoy Ridinger

Bobby LeRoy Ridinger

Nov 3, 2014

Bobby LeRoy Ridinger passed away peacefully, after a long illness, surrounded by his loved ones November 3, 2014. Bobby was born March 27, 1937 in North Platte, Nebraska. He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for 25 years. He had many hobbies and was loved by all who knew him. Survived by his loving wife, of 56 years, Mary Torgerson...

Walter James Brown

Walter James Brown

Nov 2, 2014

Walter James Brown passed away November 2, 2014, from complications of a stroke. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter Edmond Brown and Etna Lavina Shaffer; wife, Mildred Lucille Lesser, whom he married June 6, 1943; sisters, Lucy Mae (Albert Fredrick) Hawkins, Beatrice Thelma (Robert J.) Richie, Ada Virginia (Ernest Robert) Matthews, and Faye Etna (William) Olson; and...

Judith Louise Hanson Strong Cheney

Judith Louise Hanson Strong Cheney

Oct 31, 2014

Judith Louise Hanson Strong Cheney 1923 ~ 2014 Judith Louise Hanson Strong Cheney, age 91 passed away October 31, 2014 with family surrounding her. She was born October 28, 1923 in Los Angeles CA. to Louis Mollerup and Ruth Parrish and later adopted by George and Louise Peterson Hanson. Judith graduated from West High School in 1940 and attended Steven...

Mary Alice Victoria James Southam

Mary Alice Victoria James Southam

Oct 31, 2014

Mary Alice Victoria "Vicki" Southam June 24, 1940 ~ October 31, 2014 Loving sister, wife, mother, and grandmother. Mom left this life at the tender age of 74 to return to the waiting arms of our heavenly father and the love of her life. She was born on June 24, 1940 in Missoula, MT. To Mary Duffin and Robert Eaton....

Lester Lyle Tippie

Lester Lyle Tippie

Oct 30, 2014

Lester Lyle Tippie 1929 ~ 2014 Lester Lyle Tippie, age 85 passed away October 30, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born February 19, 1929 in Topeka, Kansas. Son of Lester Tippie and Mae Eddith Snider. He married Beverly Louise Price, January 24, 1948, later solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Survived by children, Linda, Robert & Keith;...

Lula Helen Grundvig

Lula Helen Grundvig

Oct 30, 2014

Lula Helen Grundvig 1927 ~ 2014 Lula Helen Grundvig wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother returned to her Heavenly Father on October 30, 2014. Mom was born on October 23, 1927 in Rolapp, Utah to Elmer Hartzell and Alberta Alta Smail. Mom married Daniel Carlos Grundvig on May 14, 1945 and was later sealed for Time and Eternity in the Manti...

Ronald Alva Ivory

Ronald Alva Ivory

Oct 29, 2014

Ronald Alva Ivory Ron was born on April 19, 1964 in Nephi, Utah to Rex and Twila Ivory. He left us on October 29, 2014 doing what he loved, and being in his favorite countryside. He was welcomed into the loving arms of his mother and father. He is survived by his daughters Tanya Singh(Romit), Candace Ivory, and Crystal Ivory....

Connie Jan Sommercorn Black

Connie Jan Sommercorn Black

Oct 29, 2014

Connie Jan Sommercorn Black 1953 ~ 2014 Connie Jan Sommercorn Black was born December 17, 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah to David E. Sommercorn and Janice Waters Sommercorn. She passed away October 29, 2014 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She graduated from Kearns High School where she was a member of the Madrigal and Concert Choirs. After high school she...

Helen Audrey Dale O'Connor

Helen Audrey Dale O'Connor

Oct 27, 2014

Our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend passed away in her sleep the morning after her 85th birthday. Helen was born to Edward Charles and Bernice Arlene Harvey Dale in Utica, New York. Helen and her mother joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in May, 1949. She married Myron Edwin O'Connor January 28, 1950 and they were later...

Colleen P. Ferguson

Colleen P. Ferguson

Oct 27, 2014

Our loving mother and grandmother, Colleen P. Ferguson, passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday, October 27, 2014. Colleen was born January 28, 1928 in Avon, Utah to Marion and Elizabeth Anderson. They eventually moved to North Logan, Utah where she met Leonard Ferguson and they were married December 10, 1945. In 1956 they moved to Washington State near the...

Loa Jean Mills Collings

Loa Jean Mills Collings

Oct 27, 2014

A beautiful lady returned to our Heavenly Father October 27, 2014. Loa Jean Simmons Mills Collings was born October 19, 1924 to Nymphas Nephi and Edna McDonald Simmons in Castle Gate, UT. She married Chester Mills May 14, 1943; they were sealed March 21, 1963 in the Idaho Falls Temple. They had two children, Linda and Craig. Chester passed away...

Grant Wing Louie

Grant Wing Louie

Oct 26, 2014

In loving memory of Grant Wing Louie who passed away October 26, 2014. He was born June 18, 1937, in Ogden, Utah, to Wing and May Szto Shee. Grant served in the US Air Force. He married Cheryl in 1966; later divorced. Married Dyan in 1973; later divorced. He spent the next 25 years with his companion Marlene Henion. He...

Hazel Bertoch Edler

Hazel Bertoch Edler

Oct 25, 2014

Hazel Bertoch Edler, born November 6, 1914 in Hunter, Utah, died October 25, 2014. She was the fifth of eleven children of Vivian Cutcliffe and Hazel Ivy Hemenway Bertoch. Married Parley Stillman Edler on February 10, 1934 in Coalville, UT; sealed in the Salt Lake Temple May 4, 1962. She attended Whittier Elementary, Monroe Junior High, Cyprus High School and...

Verl B Newby

Verl B Newby

Oct 24, 2014

Verl B Newby, age 79, passed away October 24, 2014, at home, after a long struggle with Alzheimers. He was born July 19, 1935 in Monroe, Utah to Leonard S. and Ina Christina Newby. He married Kaye Farnsworth July 11, 1959 in Reno, Nevada and were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. He was active in the LDS Church...

Lola Thompson Glenn Larsen

Lola Thompson Glenn Larsen

Oct 22, 2014

Lola Larsen Lola Thompson Glenn Larsen, our sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died peacefully at home October 22, 2014 at the age of 94 years old.. She was born July 22, 1920 to Newell and Amy Griffiths Thompson, in Clarkston, Utah. She married Vernon A. Glenn; later divorced. She married Boyce Larsen, who preceded her in death in 2007. Lola...

Willard Jim Carroll

Willard Jim Carroll

Oct 21, 2014

Willard Jim Carroll 1933 ~ 2014 Willard Jim Carroll, age 81, passed away peacefully in his home in Taylorsville, Utah, on October 21, 2014. He was born on January 6, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Utah, son of Willard B. and Marguerite Carroll. At a very young age he learned to work very hard on his parents farm raising animals,...

Marci Alice Blackburn Wright

Marci Alice Blackburn Wright

Oct 17, 2014

Marci Alice Blackburn Wright passed away October 10, 2014, in West Valley City, Utah. She was born February 13, 1971, in Lovell, Wyoming, to Amos Cowley and Martha Viola Nation Blackburn. She married Mark Jeffrey Wright on July 8, 1995. Memorial services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday, October 17, 2014, at the Taylorsville LDS 12th Ward, 4505 South 3420...