Orem, UT Obituaries

Donald Gross

Oct 30, 2014

Donald Joseph Gross, 94, died on Tuesday, October 28, at his Orem home where he was surrounded by his loving family. He was born on June 13, 1920, in Ardmore, Pennsylvania to Henry Marcus Gross and Mary Ann Kearney, the fourth of five children. His father immigrated from Italy and his mother was of Irish descent. Don participated...

Mary Porter

Oct 28, 2014

Mary Lucille Treanor was born at home near Kendrick, Oklahoma on the 11th of March, 1922. She was the 7th child of John Steve Treanor and Mary Elizabeth Linthicum. She was a farm girl and learned how to work hard by helping out both in the house and in the fields. When she was four years old her mother died...

Mabel Christiansen

Oct 26, 2014

Mabel Hartvigsen Christiansen was born November 30, 1918 in Downey, Idaho, to Ellen Amelia and Joakim Ferdinand Hartvigsen, and died October 26, 2014 in Orem, Utah. Mabel was the 7th oldest of 9 siblings. She loved her family and as a child learned to work on the farm growing and selling fruits and vegetables to help support the family. She...

Ester Nielsen

Oct 25, 2014

Ester LaOne Nielsen (nee Beckwith) passed away at home October 25th, 2014 surrounded by her family after a courageous battle against cancer. She was born 7 July 1941 in Ely, Nevada to DeLaVar and Martha Ione Beckwith. She grew up in Utah County and graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1959. She married Maynard Lamar Nielsen in the Manti...

Dorothy Kaas

Oct 24, 2014

Dorothy Jean (Cassingham) Kaas passed away on Friday, October 24, 2014. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Joe Kaas, her mother Goldie Cassingham and her father Lawrence Cassingham. Dorothy was born in Oak Creek Colorado on January 18, 1932. She moved to Utah early in her life and resided in Utah County until her death. Dorothy had a...

Miles Taggart

Oct 23, 2014

Miles Leonard Taggart passed away October 23, 2014, at age 85 at his home in Payson, Utah, of natural causes. Miles was born October 14, 1929, in Custer, South Dakota. He was the son of Perry Wallace Taggart and Alice May Marecek. Miles was the fifth of six children. He was raised on a farm and enjoyed being outdoors, riding...

Earl Brown

Oct 20, 2014

Earl Samuel Brown, 96, passed away Oct. 20, 2014. He was born in American Fork, Utah, on April 30, 1918, the son of Martha E. Jacklin and Thomas W. Brown. He was the youngest of 5 children. Growing up during the Great Depression, he learned the value of hard work. As a young man he worked on farms, on the...

Clifford Johnson

Oct 16, 2014

Clifford Allen Johnson, age 89, son of August and Signe Victoria Gustafsson Johnson, passed away in his home on October 16, 2014, surrounded by his wife and family. Even though he remained physically strong throughout his life, his body was unable to keep up his fast pace and was eventually overcome by the conditions associated with age. Born on December...

Heber Anderson

Oct 16, 2014

Heber J. Anderson (93) of Orem, Utah returned home to be with his eternal companion on October 16, 2014. He was born the son of Nephi Stenel Anderson and Olive Orene Walton Anderson in the little town of Hiawatha, Utah on April 22, 1921. He was raised in Smoot, Star Valley, Wyoming. He married his sweet heart Elma Jane Homes...

Sidney Gilbert

Oct 14, 2014

Sidney Swainston Gilbert passed away peacefully on October 14, 2014 in Orem, Utah after living a long and full life. He was born at home on December 24, 1928 in Bancroft, Idaho to James Harris and Jennie Swainston Gilbert-he was the youngest of their 10 children. He was raised on the family farm and graduated from North Gem High School...

Eugene Rawlings

Oct 7, 2014

Eugene Paul Rawlings of Orem, Utah passed away unexpectedly October 7, 2014 at age 76. He was born June 26, 1938 in Provo, Utah, a son of Paul Eugene and Bessie Smith Rawlings. He was a loving husband, amazing father, and beloved grandfather. Gene enjoyed, playing sports, outdoor recreation, horses, gardening, sports, travel, and spending time with grandchildren. He loved...

Morris Cameron

Oct 7, 2014

Morris (Mo) Cameron Passed away Tuesday October 7, 2014 surrounded by his loved ones. Mo is survived by his daughter Kerri Cameron, and his brother Jon, (Angie) and nieces and nephews also his former wife Martha Shannon Jolley. Mo had an extended family including Joni and Chet Wall and daughters, Callie, Samantha, T.J., Becky, Trent and children. Mo was preceded...

William Love

Oct 6, 2014

William Hall Love ,89, passed away on Monday, October 6, 2014 from complications incident to age. He was born in LaBelle, Jefferson, Idaho January 20, 1925 to Clarence Barnes Love and Florence May (Mazie) Hall Love. He graduated from Roberts High School and attended one year of college at Ricks College now BYU Idaho. He left to serve a mission...

Wendell Gillman

Oct 1, 2014

Wendell Walker Gillman, 95, of Orem, Utah passed away peacefully on 22 October 2014, due to heart failure. Dad was born on 02 April 1919 in Orem, Utah to James William Gillman and Estella Walker Gillman. He was the sixth of ten children. Dad attended Pleasant Grove High School. He was active in football, basketball, track, school plays, and was...

Jock Walker

Oct 1, 2014

Jock Walker of Orem, Utah passed away on Sunday, the 5th of October, 2014 one week short of his 88th birthday. Right up to the time of his illness, Grandpa worked every day in his yard, performed his calling as a Sacrament Meeting Greeter, and enjoyed the company and accomplishments of his grandchildren. On Sunday, the 28th of September, he...

Betsey Williams

Oct 1, 2014

Betsey Elizabeth Williams, 95, of Orem, Utah, died 14 October 2014 in Provo.

She was born April 4, 1919 to Everett Ethelbert and Edna Mertelle Libbey in Detroit, Maine.

Betsey attended Maine Central Institute, a private high school in Pittsfield, Maine; she graduated as Valedictorian of the Class of 1937. In 1942, she received a...

Ester Salazar

Oct 1, 2014

"Together Again" Esther T. Salazar slipped quietly out of this life at 1:50pm on Saturday afternoon, 4 October 2014. The viewing will be at the Provo Riverside Chapel at 300 West 3700 North, Provo, Utah 84604, on Wednesday at 9:45am. The Funeral will be at 11:00am. Esther is preceded in death by her husband, Epifanio C. Salazar; by four brothers,...

Dorothy Warner

Sep 30, 2014

Dorothy Marie Taylor Warner passed away Friday, September 26 in Orem, Utah at 94 years of age. She was born in Oakland, California on March 19, 1920 to Verne A. and Marie F. Taylor. She graduated from Evanston High School and attended the Business College in Ogallala, Nebraska. During her post high school summers she enjoyed working in Bryce Canyon...

Alejandro Jando

Sep 30, 2014

Alejandro P. Breton was born December 5, 1928 in Huamantla, Tlaxcala, son of Alejandro Breton Turnbull and Trinidad Palafox. He married Teresa Aiza Arandia on April 20, 1952 in Huamantla, Tlaxcala. Both raised 7 children on a journey from Loma Rica, Marysville and Sacramento, California to Mexico City, Mexico. Alejandro was a very dedicated worker having to learn English at...

Ethel Sorensen

Sep 29, 2014

Ethel Bernice Sorensen, 91, passed away peacefully at her home in Orem while holding the hand of her loving husband, Harvey, on September 29, 2014.

Bernice was born October 1, 1922 in Provo, Utah to Clifford and Lucy Waid. She was the youngest of 4 children.

In 1950, Bernice married Harvey Sorensen in...