Orem, UT Obituaries

Apr 25, 2021

On the morning of April 25th 2021 Marylyn was reunited with her Eternal Companion G. Reese Pulham and passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in December 28th, 1927 (93) and raised in Lincoln Nebraska with four sisters and a brother which she was very close too and loved very much. Her loves in life...

Apr 25, 2021

Helen Rose Snowberger Moffitt passed away peacefully in Orem, Utah, on April 25, 2021 after nine and a half beautiful decades of meaningful, humane, and caring living.

Many hundreds of wonderful stories serve as metaphors for her life, one example is when, as a young mother, she decided her house needed a basement. So, she took a...

Apr 22, 2021

May Millemaci Dixon passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, April 22, 2021. She left this life very peacefully. She was born on February 25, 1930 in Bridgeport Connecticut & was preceded in death by her husband Marion Arthur Dixon who passed away on July 3, 2010.

May grew up in Connecticut, graduated from high...

Apr 17, 2021

Thomas Grant LeFevre (88) of Provo passed away on April 17, 2021 at his home in Provo.

Thomas was born September 20, 1932 in Spry, Utah to Sylvia Ann Haycock and Stanley LeFevre. He was the 6th of 12 children. He married Jennie Lee Bird June 11, 1952. Thomas served in the US Navy during the Korean...

Apr 16, 2021

Susanne (Susan) Rollene Warner Harnden, 77 of Orem UT, passed away of natural causes on April 16, 2021. She was born in Santa Monica California on March 8, 1944 to Roland Eugene Warner and Phebe Esther Evans. She attended Springville West Side Elementary, Springville Jr. High and graduated in 1962 from Springville High School. After high school she attended...

Apr 15, 2021

Don Engstrom passed away at the age 85, and at an age that he never expected to achieve because of his poor health throughout his life. He was afflicted with asthma and had many asthmatic attacks and hospitalizations, but he persevered to overcome these obstacles.

Donald Emmett Engstrom was born on March 24, 1936, in Cheyenne, Wyoming....

Apr 13, 2021

It was a day of bittersweet joy on Tuesday morning, April 13, 2021, as Nolan Wendell Skinner joined his wife and son in what can only be imagined as a grand celebration for the patriarch of the Skinner family’s return home.

Nolan Wendell Skinner was born in Grass Valley, California, on August 16, 1941, to Wendell and Ada...

Apr 11, 2021

Edward Cordova, 93 of Lehi passed away peacefully in his sleep

in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 11, 2021.

He was the fourth son born to Salvador Raymundo Cordova and Clarita Lopez on November 17, 1927 in Olathe, Colorado. He graduated from Olathe High School...

Apr 5, 2021

It is not the length of the life but the depth.

The souls of many have lost a true and loving friend.  Dennis Errol Hawley escaped this mortal existence on April 5, 2021 to join his sweetheart Jill, after nearly 10 long years apart, in their heavenly home. Their eyes are opened to happiness, their minds made...

Apr 5, 2021

Francisco Jose Avila was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He was the second oldest of Jose and Catalina’s 5 children. He is survived by his wife Sofia (married 59 years) and all his 6 children: Francisco, Jose, Octavio, Sofia, Eduardo and Antonio, their spouses, 29 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Francisco, affectionately called “Jefazo”  (which translated means “big or...

Apr 5, 2021

Christian David Yeates, 57, of Orem, UT, passed away on April 5, 2021, surrounded by his family, after a long and valiant fight with cancer. Chris had a determined and resilient spirit and fought hard until the very end. He will be greatly missed. Chris was born to Gordon and Rita Yeates in Johnson City, NY on August 22,...

Mar 31, 2021

Marilyn Jean Nelson Olsen, 94, of Provo, beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandma, great-grandma and dear friend passed away Wed., March 31, 2021. She was born Sept. 8, 1926 in Spanish Fork, Utah, the daughter of Hugh LeRoy Nelson and Ruth Ellen Bettess.

She graduated from Spanish Fork High School in 1944, where she was active...

Mar 31, 2021

After a lifetime of traveling the world, Marilyn Openshaw Chapman has embarked on an exciting journey beyond this mortal existence, returning to her Father in Heaven and to the loving embrace of family members that left before her. Her departure took place just before dawn, March 31, 2021 after heartfelt farewell wishes and warm-loving embraces from close family and...

Mar 27, 2021

The world is a sadder and emptier place due to the passing of David Ivan Sovine on March 27, 2021 after almost 58 full and meaningful years here on Earth. David contracted the cruel Covid-19 virus, and after a brief but valiant battle succumbed to its effects surrounded by family and loved ones at his bedside.

Born...

Mar 24, 2021

Marvin Lee Hardy, 85, of Orem, UT passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2021. He was born September 29, 1935, in Leslie, Idaho, to Ernest Lovel Hardy and Sivilla M. Patten. He married Vivian Mae Daniels on October 8, 1954, at the Little Rock Ward house in West Jordan, UT.  They later divorced and she preceded him in death.  He...

Mar 22, 2021

Joyce Standing Hill, 92--the last survivor of her generation of family—died shortly after the stroke of midnight on March 22, 2021, following a long decline due to incidents of age. The daughter of Arnold Rudolf “Barney” Standing and Josephine Lindquist Standing, she was born in Logan, Utah, on December 2, 1928. Her father served his entire career in the...

Mar 17, 2021

Jean Elizabeth Fossum (Parker) 71, of Orem passed peacefully away Wednesday March 17, 2021.  She was born on September 14, 1949 to Donald and Catherine Fossum.  She attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho where she met her husband Mike Parker of Blackfoot, Id.  They were married in June of 1969.  They had 4 daughters, Dana, Michelle, Kristina and Sarah....

Mar 14, 2021

LeeAnn Jackson, 83, of Orem UT.  passed into the arms of her Heavenly Father, Sunday, March 14, 2021. She was born January 5, 1938 in Provo, Utah

She was preceded in death by her first husband Keldon J. Mann, as well as her husband Paul R. Jackson, whom she was sealed to for time and all eternity...

Mar 13, 2021

Lola Pearl (Mason) Lees age 88 of Orem, Utah passed away peacefully in her home with family on March 13th, 2021.

Lola was born in Aurora, Utah to Vivian Austin Mason and Ursula Pearl Curtis on November 11th, 1932. Lola married Ronald Charles Lees on August 15th, 1950 in Orem, Utah.

They had 4 sons...

Mar 10, 2021

Josiah Ronald Mendenhall, was born and passed away on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. He was born to Michael John Mendenhall and Karen Denise Winkler Mendenhall. Graveside Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 19, 2021 at Orem City Cemetery 1520 North 800 East, Orem, Utah.

For those unable to attend the Graveside it will...