Obituaries
Orem, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Orem & UT County area
Robert Sheldon
Jan 19, 2015
Robert Brewster Sheldon was born June 6, 1927 in Salt Lake City, to Afton Bessie Platt and Albert Sheldon. Bob was the first child and only son born to Afton and Albert. A sister, Barbara Jeanne, came along three years later, and twin sisters, Patricia and Virginia, followed a few years after that. Bob's mother, Afton, was a descendant of...
Rhea Simmons
Jan 13, 2015
Rhea Garside Simmons, 100, died peacefully on Sunday January 11, 2015. She was the first of three children born to Willard and Sarah Smith Garside. She was born in Sandy Utah and Spent most of her childhood in Magna, Utah. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1936 and after graduation she became a school teacher in Idaho. Rhea...
John Merrell
Jan 13, 2015
John Alfred Merrell was born June 23, 1951 in Rifle, Colorado to Charles Merrell and Alma Jane Smith. He lived a very difficult, but refining sixty-three years and passed away January 13, 2015 at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah, and will be buried in the Provo City Cemetery beside his Mother and Father. He is survived...
Bernard Ley
Jan 9, 2015
U.S. Navy Veteran Bernard James Ley, 93, died of heart failure Friday, January 9, 2015, in his room at Our House care center in Orem, Utah, after a long life of accomplishment and teaching. He was born May 26, 1921, the son of Bernard J. Ley and Lucille Hughes, at 425 E. 153rd Street in New York City. His parents...
Cecil Day
Jan 9, 2015
Cecil Hal Day also known as Hal Day but known to most as simply "Big O" passed away January 9, 2015. His beloved wife Lucille Stevens Day had passed away 1 year and 4 days prior to Hals passing. It was clear to all that he dearly missed Lucille. They will be laid to rest beside each other in the...
Verna Anderson
Jan 8, 2015
Verna (Meyer) Anderson, daughter of Gustave John Meyer and Lucy Irene Nilson, was born September 22, 1922, in Rigby, Idaho. She slipped quietly away at home with her loving husband, John O. Anderson, by her side on January 8, 2015. Verna met her sweetheart, John Odeen Anderson, while attending Utah State University. They were married in her home in Smithfield,...
Tommy Stewart
Jan 6, 2015
Tommy Stewart 72, passed away on January 6, 2015. Tommy was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 15, 1942 to Tom Stewart and Ruth Stewart. He was raised in Vallejo California where he soon met his beautiful and loving wife Sandra Stewart. Married on December 16, 1977 in Reno, Nevada. Shortly after they had three beautiful children Anthony, Curtis...
Kenneth Cahoon
Jan 6, 2015
The worlds greatest Grandpa, Kenneth Dee Cahoon passed away on Sunday Jan 4th after a valiant battle with diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. He was 73. His wish to die on the golf course wasn't granted, in-spite of several close calls, but he was grateful to be surrounded by his dear wife and other loving family members at the time...
Iris Miller
Jan 5, 2015
Iris Ella Kliewer Miller of Orem Utah passed away on January 5, 2015. She was born October 17, 1920 in Nakomis, Saskatchewan Canada to Edward F and Emma (Stahl) Kliewer. They returned to the United States when she was a month old and made their home in Newton Kansas. Iris married Forrest Elmer Miller on May 13, 1938 in McCherson...
Efrain Escamilla
Jan 5, 2015
Efrain Josue Escamilla, 49, son of Maria Elena Escamilla and Sem Escamilla Carbajal, died after a long battle with cancer on January 5, 2015. Efrain was born in Mexico City, Mexico on December 3, 1965. He attended Orem High School and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Utah. Efrain was a lifelong member of The...
Nina Christensen
Jan 4, 2015
Springville, UT-Nina Marie Rex Christensen, 75, died January 4, 2015, after a lingering struggle with congestive heart failure and related complications. She was born October 31, 1939, in Ogden, Weber County, Utah, to Robert Raymond Rex and Pearl Teenie Bullock. Randolph, Rich County, Utah, was her childhood home where she enjoyed the life of an outdoor-oriented, ranching family. Her early...
Douglas Whittaker
Jan 1, 2015
Douglas John Whittaker passed away 13 January 2015 in Provo, Utah of causes related to age. He was born 22 March 1921 in Benjamin, Utah to Isaac Curle Whittaker and Sarah Evangeline Hone. He was raised and educated in Garfield, Utah, graduating from Cyprus High School in 1939. He worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Ogden, UT area...
Craig Wayman
Dec 29, 2014
Craig Wallace Wayman was born in Rexburg, Idaho on November 10, 1921, the oldest child of Wallace Robinson Wayman and Mary Francis Wayman. Three days after his birth, his father was called on a mission to Germany for 30 months. Craig grew up in Idaho, Price and Provo, Utah and graduated from the University of Colorado in 1943 with a...
Merwin Waite
Dec 15, 2014
After struggling with lymphoma for several months, Merwin L. Waite passed away peacefully in his home December 15, 2014 in Orem, Utah. A second-generation Californian, Merwin was the third of five sons born to June Harriman and Noble Waite. Born in Bell, California on August 11, 1928, Merwin attended Bell High School and served in the U.S. Navy from 1946-48....
Irvin Wilkinson
Dec 15, 2014
Irvin "Ike" (Milo) Goodrich Wilkinson, a resident of Orem, passed away peacefully December 15, 2014. He was born May 25, 1924 in New Haven, Connecticut. He served in the Army Air Corp from 1942 to 1945 and was a World War II Veteran. He and Doris Hamann married 24 October 1945. Upon leaving the service, he moved to Orem, Utah...
Mark Larson
Dec 14, 2014
Mark Ivan Larson born February 4, 1961 to Robert and Norma Gail Larson passed away December 14, 2014 after a long illness. For many years he worked as a flatwork foreman for Hadco and then with Jacobsen Construction Company. Mark loved to fish with his sons. He served an LDS mission to Manchester England and loved his family very much....
Joseph Taylor
Dec 10, 2014
Joseph Charles (Chuck)Taylor died on December 10, 2014 after a long and valiant struggle with cerebral vascular dementia. He was born on June 19, 1945 in Salt Lake City to William Vaughn Taylor and Mary Dorius Wright. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from San Jose State University in 1969 and his Ph.D from the University of Utah in...
Jessie Christen
Dec 7, 2014
Jessie Christen, age 90, passed away December 7, 2014 at home of natural causes. Jessie was born June 19, 1924, the daughter of Leo and Bernice Thompson. She graduated from Payson High School in 1942. She married Paul D. Christen May 19, 1951. He proceeded her in death 7 months ago. She is survived by her children: Dan and Carla...
Matthew Cartwright
Dec 5, 2014
Our loving father, husband, son, and brother passed away suddenly and unexpected on December 5, 2014 at the age of 39, due to health complications. Matt was born March 16, 1975 in Provo, UT to Shauna Gurr Cartwright and David Clark Cartwright. He was married June 8, 2007 to Kristi Turner Cartwright. Matt received his degree in business and accounting,...
Marelda Williamson
Dec 5, 2014
Marelda Emmons Harper Williamson, beloved wife, step mother, aunt, and sister, returned to her Heavenly Father December 5, 2014. She was born August 3, 1924, in Provo, Utah to John and Zeda Emmons. She attended schools in Provo and Orem graduating in 1942 from Lincoln High School. She married the love of her life, Ralph Harper, on November 24, 1944....
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