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Dan C. Degraw
Sep 12, 2021
In the evening hours of Sunday, September 12, 2021, one of the great generation, Dan Calvin DeGraw, age 94, passed away at Central Utah Veteran’s Home in Payson, Utah, unexpectedly, after a very short illness. He was a good son and devoted brother, a hard-working husband, and the guiding force as our dad and grandpa, and he was a...
Ella Crane Porter
Sep 11, 2021
Our sweet and faithful mother, grandmother, and great grandmother went to her Heavenly home on Saturday September 11, 2021. She died in her home with many loved ones around her and others waiting on the other side to welcome her.
Ella was born May 22, 1923 in Levan, Utah to Harry Abner Crane and Maggie Amelia Mortensen...
Gayle Wilson Olson
Sep 11, 2021
Gayle Wilson Olson passed away peacefully on September 11, 2021, at age 92.
She was born October 12, 1928, in Payson, Utah, to Lloyd H. and Eleen McClellan Wilson. Gayle grew up in Payson with her four sisters who remained her dearest friends throughout her life. Gayle attended Payson High School where she excelled as a student...
Lori Marguerite Adams
Sep 10, 2021
Lori was born Jan 8th 1960 to Fay Keith and Yvonne Sharee Smith in Provo, Utah. She attended Orem High School and later received certificates in medical transcribing. She met the love of her life, Myron Adams, in August of 1978 and they wed June 29th, 1979. Together they raised 4 children Damon, Cheyanne, Dallas, and Cami Jo. Lori’s...
Dolores Christensen Boyack
Sep 10, 2021
Our wonderful mom and grandmother, Dolores Boyack, passed away peacefully at the Legacy House Cottage in South Jordan, Utah, on September 10, 2021. She was born December 21, 1928, in Salem, Utah, to Howard James and Edna Gardner Christensen. She was the first of five children in their family. She married Ronald Arthur Boyack on September 10, 1949. They...
Debra Jean Dumont (Lay)
Sep 9, 2021
Debra Jean Dumont (Lay), 68, of Mesquite, NV, left behind friends and family on Sept 9, 2021 to begin a new journey.
Debbie was born on Aug 2, 1953 to Donald Dumont and OraBelle Murray in Lewiston, Idaho. Her father passed away when she was quite young. Her mother remarried to Ralph Murray who was her father...
Marlene “Molly” Joyce Carter
Sep 9, 2021
Our wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother, Marlene “Molly” Joyce Carter, 88, passed away on September 9, 2021, in Lindon, Utah. She was born May 21, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Howard John Engh and Anna Fern Bush. She grew up in Salt Lake City until her family moved to San Pedro, California, where she graduated from...
Fredrick Jake Sandage
Sep 8, 2021
Fredrick Jake Sandage, age 78, of Spanish Fork, Utah, passed away on the 8 th of September, 2021, in Spanish Fork, surrounded by his loving family. Fred was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on the 27 th of December 1942, to Frederick Jacob and Lucile McCrorey Sandage.
He was fortunate to live in many places throughout the...
Willard Kent Johnson
Sep 8, 2021
Willard Kent Johnson passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at his home on September 8, 2021.
Kent was born on March 14, 1932, in Santa Ana, California to Ralph and Eva Johnson. He spent his childhood playing football and being outside any way that he could. He was a surfer before surfing was cool. Kent...
Viola Lavona Peterson Thatcher
Sep 5, 2021
Viola Lavona Peterson Thatcher died at age 93 on September 5, 2021, in Salem, Utah.
Viola was born March 16, 1928, in Dalton, Nebraska, to John and Pearl Peterson. She moved to Lusk, Wyoming in 1929, where she grew up and graduated high school.
She married John DeGroot in November of 1946. They had two...
Nadine Hansen Staheli
Sep 3, 2021
Nadine Hansen Staheli passed away peacefully, of causes incident to age, on Friday, September 3, 2021. She was 98 years young. Nadine was born in Spanish Fork, Utah, on August 21, 1923, the third of four daughters of Leonard Goodman Hansen and Margaret Griffith Hansen.
On May 6, 1943, she married her sweetheart and eternal companion, Gerald...
Ann Bergman Tenney
Sep 3, 2021
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunt passed away on September 3, 2021. She has joined her husband, parents, brother, and a granddaughter who have preceded her.
Ann was born to Edward James and Agnes Olive McGookin Bergman in Flagstaff, Arizona, on July 4, 1934. Her father ran trading posts on the Navajo nation, and her mother...
Robert Leifson Bearnson
Sep 2, 2021
Robert Leifson Bearnson, devoted father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, passed away on September 2, 2021 in St. George, Utah. Robert was born June 15, 1929 in Spanish Fork, Utah to Robert Ingersol Bearnson and Dorothy Leifson Bearnson. He graduated from Spanish Fork High School in 1945.
He married Beverly Hanks on June 1, 1949 in Spanish Fork,...
Jody Bowen Birdzell
Sep 2, 2021
Jodene “Jody” Bowen Birdzell, age 49, passed away at home on September 2, 2021. She was born August 1, 1972, in Palm Beach, Florida, to Joe Russell Bowen and Clydene Brailsford Bowen. The family moved to Springville, Utah, where Jody attended Springville High School. She married Richard Birdzell. They have been together since February 2007. They have four sons,...
Gloria Grotegut Nelson
Sep 1, 2021
Gloria Grotegut Nelson, 86, our loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother returned to her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Gloria was born at home in Spanish Fork on March 9, 1935, to Loren and Mary Bradford Grotegut. She shared her birthday with her beloved twin, Glade. The two of them had a very special bond throughout their lives....
Mary Frances Janzen Edwards
Aug 31, 2021
Mary Frances Janzen Edwards
Mary Frances Janzen Edwards, age 81, passed away peacefully on August 31, 2021. Mary was born February 5, 1940, in Clinton, Oklahoma, to Henry Carl and Aimee Georgene Janzen. The family lived in Custer City, Oklahoma when Mary was born, but moved to a couple of different towns in Texas before they settled...
Daryn C. Moody
Aug 29, 2021
Daryn Cleveland Moody, age 62, of Woodland Hills, Utah, passed away on August 29,2021, in the UtahValley Specialty Hospital, after a month-long battle with COVID-19.
Daryn was born January 29, 1959, to Harold J. Moody and Elaine (Cleveland) Moody at the Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, just outside of Washington DC. He was the youngest of...
Gary A. Tuckett
Aug 27, 2021
Gary Adamson Tuckett passed away with his family by his side, on August 27, 2021, after a valiant battle with cancer.
Gary was born September 8, 1955, in Spanish Fork, Utah, to Lawrence and Marie Tuckett. As a child, he loved playing sports, including basketball, football and baseball. He attended and graduated from Spanish Fork High School...
Sandra Liston Baker
Aug 27, 2021
On August 27, 2021, Sandra slipped peacefully away, in her sleep, to join our father who had been anxiously awaiting her arrival for almost exactly four years. She has missed her eternal companion and was excited to be reunited with him again. She forgot about what an empty hole she would leave here on earth for the rest of...
Linda Kathleen Long
Aug 26, 2021
Linda Kathleen Long, 73, passed away on August 26, 2021, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Linda was born Linda Kathleen Brady on May 17, 1948, in Modesto, CA, daughter of Charles and Maxine Brady, and sister to Chele. Linda graduated Lancaster High School in 1966.
It was at Lancaster High that she met the love of her...
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