Our Current Obituaries

N. Craig Kennington

Jul 29, 2023

N. Craig Kennington, 94, of American Fork, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family July 29, 2023. Born April 11, 1929, in Afton, Wyoming, the son of George Seward Kennington and Martha Emma Weber Kennington. He married Helen McMullin on November 23, 1956, in the St. George LDS Temple. Craig was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He...

Paul Maughan

Jul 26, 2023

Obituary for Paul Leon Maughan

January 1, 1958 - July 26, 2023

Paul Leon Maughan, age 65, left this world peacefully surrounded by his wife and loved ones in Provo Utah on July 26, 2023. He was born on January 1, 1958 in Lovell, Wyoming to Walter Leon and Shirley Alice Jensen Maughan. He was the New Years Baby.

Paul...

Kyra Shandelle Pace

Jul 26, 2023

Our strong, brave, kind, positive, and beautiful Kyra (23) passed away peacefully at home on July 26, 2023, surrounded by her loving family and her fierce protector chihuahua “Zoey,” after a valiant, courageous, 10-year battle with brain cancer.

Kyra was born November 29, 1999, at American Fork Hospital to Jerry and Julie Pace, nine days past her due date and...

Annette Turner

Jul 20, 2023

Annette Shurtleff was born (June 2,1950) in Pocatello, Idaho to Mark and Sue Shurtleff. She married Newell Lynn Turner in the LDS Bountiful temple Sept 26 1969. He preceded her to heaven in 2017.

She lived a life full of blessings and challenges. Lynn was a Navy man so they moved often. They started putting down solid roots when they...

Linda Haslam

Jul 19, 2023

Linda Haslam, 80, passed away on July 19, 2023, in Cedar Hills, UT. Linda was born in Washington DC to William and Leona Garfield Haslam. Linda completed her Bachelor's Degree from Brigham Young University and began working for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a Historian/Recorder in the Church History office. Linda was an excellent researcher and...

David Dalley

Jul 19, 2023

David Lynn Dalley left this world peacefully July 19, 2023. He was born on April 19, 1943 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Abram Fitzgerald and Sadie Buttars Dalley, the sixth of ten children and grew up in Idaho and Utah. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Southwest Indian Mission in Arizona...

Robert Hall

Jul 17, 2023

Robert Kay Hall passed away on Monday, July 17, 2023 at the age of 88. He was born September 5, 1934 in the Old Lehi Hospital, to Oscar Hurst and Nida Adamson Hall. The eighth of eleven children, he was raised “on” Highland where he helped on the family farm. As a young boy he was given a half acre...

Iva "Ann" Shields

Jul 14, 2023

Iva Ann Nielsen Shields, 89, of American Fork, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2023 surrounded by her family. She was born November 9, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Andrew Alma Nielsen and Ivie Eleanora Olson Nielsen, the youngest of 7 children. She was raised in Vernon, Utah, where she had the distinction of attending a one-room school...

Leah Acton

Jul 13, 2023

Leah Kim Acton

Leah Kim Acton, 53, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed away peacefully in her sleep during the early hours of Thursday, July 13, 2023. Leah was born Friday, November 7, 1969 to Edmond O'Neil Powers and Jacqueline Rae (Porter) Powers in El Paso, Texas, while her father was stationed at Fort Bliss. She was raised in...

Beth Ann Hillier

Jul 13, 2023

Beth Ann Hillier

 

Born in Nephi Utah September 30, 1923, to Albert B Allen and Hortense Garrett Allen. She was preceded in death by her Husband, Robert L Hillier, and her Sister Shirley R Allen. Beth has three living children, Paul A Hillier, R Bruce Hillier, and Richard L Hillier and many grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

Beth spent...

Larry Giovannoni

Jul 10, 2023

Larry Harold Giovannoni was born in Murray, Utah on July 13th, 1951, to Harold & Meda Giovannoni. He attended school at Lehi High School in Lehi as well as attending higher education at Utah Technical College.

He was a member of the Utah National Guard & served in the 115th Engineers and later in the 211th aviation unit in West...

Catherine Joseph

Jul 7, 2023

Catherine Joseph, 89, passed away on July 7, 2023, in American Fork, Utah. Catherine was born on April 4, 1934, in Jacksonville, Florida to Forney Smith and Ruth Ives Smith.

Catherine received a degree in accounting from BYU. Most of her working career was spent at the US Attorney's office in Miami, Florida. She enjoyed swimming and was very skilled...

Brent Bousfield

Jul 5, 2023

Brent Ross Bousfield, of American Fork, Utah, passed away on July 5, 2023, due to heart complications at the age of 54.

Brent was born on December 19, 1968, in Santa Monica, California, to William and Coreen Bousfield. The family moved from Whittier to Huntington Beach, where Brent enjoyed surfing, tennis, and spending time with his father fixing cars. Brent...

Melba Terry

Jul 5, 2023

Melba Fern Kirk Terry Sammie" April 17, 1928 -July 5, 2023 Our sweet and loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Sammie Terry, 95, passed away July 5, 2023 in the St. George Regional Hospital. Sammie was born April 17, 1928, to James Lisle and Lilly Fern Kirk in American Falls, Idaho. The family moved to Utah shortly after her birth...

Donna Faux

Jul 5, 2023

Donna Marie West Faux, 94, of Murray Utah passed away in her home on July 5, 2023.

Donna was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on a snowy 10th of January in 1929 to Addie Roberts West and Dr. Walter Raymond West. She lived in Rigby, Idaho until her family moved to Idaho Falls when she was six years old. She...

Phillip Francom

Jul 4, 2023

Phillip Francom, 35, passed away on July 4, 2023, in Houston, Texas. He was born December 12, 1987 in Murray, UT to Farrel and Debra Francom.

Phillip was always the life of the party and people loved to be around him. He excelled at anything he put his mind to. Sports came naturally to him, and he always had energy...

Shauna Louise Bullock Jensen

Jul 4, 2023

Virginiaette Forte

Jul 3, 2023

Virginiaette Forte, 86, passed away on July 3, 2023, in Pleasant Grove, Utah with her family by her side. Virginiaette was born on December 29, 1936 in St. George, Utah to Marion Higley and Alona Wulffenstein Higley. She married David Forte on July 9, 1957 in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.

Virginiaette is survived by her brother Lawrence Higley, 11 children, Alona...

William Jarvis

Jul 2, 2023

William Dennis Jarvis, 83, of American Fork, passed away July 2, 2023 surrounded by his family. Born January 16, 1940, the son of William Arnold Jarvis and Mary Theora Davis Jarvis. He married Beverly Anne Fordham in the Salt Lake Temple on May 15, 1964.

Bill loved fishing, gardening, woodworking, and having the best lawn in the neighborhood. He...

Shirley Allen

Jun 29, 2023

SHIRLEY RUTH ALLEN -1927-2023

Shirley Ruth Allen passed away on June 29, 2023, surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Provo, Utah to Albert B. Allen and Hortense Garrett, but moved to American Fork to make her first home.

She was educated in American Fork graduating from the High School in 1945. She then attended Brigham Young University,...