Obituaries

Robert Keith Yorgason

Robert Keith Yorgason

Dec 30, 2021

On December 30, 2021, the patriarch of our family, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, completed his journey in mortality and was welcomed into his Heavenly home by his beloved wife, dear family members, and other cherished friends.

Bob was born June 26, 1932 in East Ely, Nevada to Harris Leroy and Francis Marion Yorgason.  In his early childhood, his parents divorced...

Eugene H. May

Eugene H. May

Dec 29, 2021

Eugene Howard May, “Gene”, peacefully passed away on December 29, 2021 in Iuka, Mississippi. Gene was born May 11, 1927 and was the youngest of five boys of George E. May and Jemima Durant May.

He grew up on “Marmalade Hill” in Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from West High School in 1944. During World War 2, he served...

Robyn Coon

Robyn Coon

Dec 28, 2021

 

Robyn passed away peacefully from natural causes on December 28, 2021 at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Robyn was born October 25, 1954 in Granger, Utah to Virgil Wilford and Jessie Fern Bush Coon. Robyn graduated from Granger High School and has lived in Utah all of her life. Most recently, she has lived...

Arnold F. Krushensky

Arnold F. Krushensky

Dec 28, 2021

Arnie passed away peacefully at 8:30 on Tuesday, December 28, 2021. He was the youngest child of Lewis and Agnes Krushensky. He was born in Belfield, North Dakota but the family moved to Montana hoping for a cure for his mother who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. She died when Arnie was 5 years old.

After graduating from Billings High...

Jeane Allred Lambert

Jeane Allred Lambert

Dec 27, 2021

Jeane was born November 8, 1935 in Altonah, Utah to Jack K. and Verna Thacker Allred. She passed away peacefully at her son’s home in Grantsville, Utah on December 27, 2021.

After she married Ray Lambert in 1950, she went with her husband, who was in the military to Texas and then Colorado Springs. Eventually, they moved to Salt Lake...

Juel Barrett Gwynn

Juel Barrett Gwynn

Dec 24, 2021

Juel Barrett Gwynn was born on 15th April 1927 in Woods Cross, Davis Co., Utah to George William Gwynn and Martha Brauer Gwynn.  He was the 11th child of 15 children.

As a Seaman First Class he served our country in the navy during WWII on the USS Shangri-La CVA-38 from 1945 – 1948; being witness to the atomic bomb tests in...

Marion Lawrence Gary

Marion Lawrence Gary

Dec 24, 2021

Marion Lawrence Gary always looked forward to the day that he would meet his Lord and Savior.  Although he really wanted to go in the rapture, the Lord personally called him home on December 24, 2021.

Marion was a man of faith.  Not only did he have an unwavering love for the Lord, he had a conviction in his heart...

Patsy Carlene Solomon Larson

Patsy Carlene Solomon Larson

Dec 23, 2021

Early on the morning of December 23, 2021, Patsy Carlene Solomon Larson passed away and rejoined her husband, who preceded her in passing, last January. Having spent the last 83 years here on the earth.

She was a wonderful wife, an amazing mother, sister, and a super loving grandmother as well as a loyal friend to all she met. She...

Lucille Georgia Gillette Jones

Lucille Georgia Gillette Jones

Dec 21, 2021

 

Lucille Georgia Miller Gillette Jones...92, passed away December 21, 2021, in Lehi, Utah. She was born January 22 1929 in Shelley, Idaho to Albert S. Miller and Georgia Boyce Miller. She was the eldest of five children, with two sisters and two brothers, Lorraine (Robert W.) Cutler, Utah, Glen (Carol) Miller, Arizona, Arleen (Brent O) Snow, Arizona, Ron (Patricia)  Miller, Arizona. Lucille graduated from Park...

Marie Frandsen Baum

Marie Frandsen Baum

Dec 19, 2021

 

Marie Frandsen Baum, age 89. Born May 23, 1932, in Consumers, Utah. She was raised in American Fork, Utah where she worked on the family farm with her parents Theren and Sydonia Frandsen. She attended LDS business college.

She married Bradford Baum in 1949. They raised their family in Kearns, Utah. She was a member of The Church of...

Della Mae Lindsay Mutchie

Della Mae Lindsay Mutchie

Dec 18, 2021

Della Mae Mutchie passed away December 18, 2021 after a short yet courageous battle with cancer.

Born January 21, 1940 to Robert Thompson Lindsay and Elizabeth Mae Reynolds in Mountain Home, Utah. She grew up on a farm with her brother and sisters that would instill in her tough and compassionate ways and attitude.

Della met the love of her...

Alba Azucena Ray

Alba Azucena Ray

Dec 16, 2021

Alba Azucena Ray, 39, passed away peacefully at her home on December 16, 2021, surrounded by her beloved family, following a two-year long battle with gastric cancer. Azucena was born to Elvia Garcia and Noel Ventura in Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador on June 21, 1982.

In 2004, she served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of...

Vaun Marcus Petersen

Vaun Marcus Petersen

Dec 16, 2021

Vaun Marcus Petersen, our beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully due to complications from a long battle with multiple sclerosis on December 16, 2021. He was born September 27, 1950, in Murray, Utah to parents Dahle Bennion Petersen and Fayora Belle Miller. Vaun was the sixth of seven children. He grew up in old Granger, Utah next to...

Ina Vee Keele McElprang

Ina Vee Keele McElprang

Dec 16, 2021

 

Ina Vee Keele McElprang, beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother, Sister, Aunt and Friend died of natural causes on December 16, 2021, surrounded by loving family. She was welcomed with eager arms by her Mama, Daddy, and all of her siblings. She is survived by her adoring husband, Joseph William “Bill” McElprang, four children Elaine (Kevin) Mortensen, Janet (Richard) Carr,...

Paulette Fitzgerald Erickson

Paulette Fitzgerald Erickson

Dec 15, 2021

 

Paulette Fitzgerald Erickson, age 69, of Sandy, UT, peacefully slipped into the eternities on December 15, 2021, after a short battle with cancer.

Paulette was born on August 6, 1952, to Pauline Smith and Garnett Fitzgerald in American Fork, Utah. She spent much of her childhood in Draper, UT, growing up on the prison grounds as her father was...

Karen Young Christensen

Karen Young Christensen

Dec 13, 2021

Karen Young Christensen passed away December 13, 2021, at the age of 78 following a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Karen was born on April 13, 1943, in Tooele, Utah to Silas and Ida Young. She learned to play the piano. She also loved playing the French horn and played in the Tooele High School marching band for 4 years. She...

Michael Dennis Rice

Michael Dennis Rice

Dec 12, 2021

 

Michael Dennis Rice, born March 13, 1938 - died December 12, 2021.

Mike was born in California. He was a twin, but his brother Richard died after three weeks. Mike used to say that Richard saw what life would be like with the two of them and decided to return home to heaven. Mike felt that his brother was...

Richard Nam Tran

Richard Nam Tran

Dec 11, 2021

Richard Nam Tran, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, son, brother, uncle and cousin passed away early Saturday afternoon December 11, 2021 at the age of 92 years old of natural causes.

He was born in Saigon, Vietnam to his parents Tao Ngo and Hy Thi Duong. He was preceded in death by his parents; his sisters Thi Hai Ngo and Ngoc...

Roger Clyde Barker

Roger Clyde Barker

Dec 11, 2021

 

Roger was born in Salt Lake City on December 27, 1940 to Clyde and Hilma Barker. He is the third of three children.

Roger left this temporal life on December 11, 2021 due to complications from a fall in his apartment. To his last day on Earth, Roger was a friend to everyone. His favorite line as he ended...

Lorraine Robbins McDermott

Lorraine Robbins McDermott

Dec 6, 2021

 

 

Our crossword wizard, voracious reader, master teacher, expert gift wrapper, and dedicated full time mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother (GG), Helen Lorraine Robbins McDermott, was reunited with her eternal companion on December 6, 2021, twenty-six days after her 96th birthday.  We marvel at her long and wonderful life.    Born November 10, 1925, to Edgar Beresford Robbins and Anna Karoline Magdalena...