Our Current Obituaries

Brixx and Maddixx Villafranco

Jan 25, 2022

Maddixx Blu and Brixx Valentino Villafranco were born and passed away January 25, 2022 in Provo Utah.  They are the sons of Keith Valentine Villafranco Jr. and Tiana Anne Henderson.  Private family services are being held.  Burial will be in the Lehi City Cemetery.

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Sandra Gines

Jan 25, 2022

Sandra Jean Porter Gines was born September 25, 1950 in Mesa Arizona to William Stanley Porter and Anna Jean Gibson Porter to the delight of both parents and grandparents. She passed away in the early morning hours of January 25, 2022. She was born kind and remained kind through all of her 71 years. She delighted in her kids...

Bradley Higley

Jan 23, 2022

Bradley Dean Higley, 39, passed away January 23, 2022. He passed unexpectedly from complications of Diabetes. He was born January 2, 1983 in Salt Lake City to Alfred Dean Higley and Tacy Anna Crow-Pifher. Brad was born with great intelligence. He learned to read on his own by 3 years of age and remained an avid reader his whole...

Donna Saeman

Jan 23, 2022

Donnette Josephine Robbins was born on February 14, 1936 to Seymore Kenneth Robbins and Marion Kesler in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was raised with her two brothers, Kay and Ralph, who she loved dearly and saw as her exemplary role models. She attended Brigham Young University where she graduated with a degree in Elementry Education. Following graduation, Donna...

Sarah Garner Seel

Jan 23, 2022

Sarah Susan Garner Seel died peacefully in Eagle, Idaho on Sunday, January 23rd, 2022. She was born August 16, 1951 in Florence, Arizona to Murl and E. Elizabeth (Moorhouse) Garner. She was the youngest of their four natural children. Her parents later adopted five Korean orphans. She was raised in Florence, Arizona on a cotton farm and consequently had...

LaMar Drew

Jan 22, 2022

On Saturday evening, January 22, 2022, LaMar H Drew stepped through the veil surrounded by his wife, four daughters, and other family members.  His passing came after a short, rough patch brought on by a myriad of causes due to his advanced age.  He was 91 years and 26 days old at his passing.  He is survived by his...

Jerry Judd

Jan 21, 2022

Jerry Allyn Judd was born in the copper mining town of Bisbee, Arizona on June 10, 1941 to Earl Jerome and Frances Louise Gibson Judd, the first of nine children born to them. At an early age the family moved to El Paso, Texas where Jerry learned to love the desert and developed his lifelong passion for rock collecting....

Richard Hirtzel

Jan 18, 2022

Richard Dale Hirtzel, 92, passed away on January 18, 2022, in Provo, Utah.

Richard was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 1, 1929, to Frederich Edward Hirtzel and Sarah Ferne Swank.  During his youngest years he lived in Effingham, Illinois.  After the death of his father, his mother and siblings moved to North Hollywood, CA, where Richard...

Connie Carlson

Jan 17, 2022

Connie Dee Adams Carlson returned to the loving arms of her Heavenly Father January 17th, 2022 from the comfort of her home while surrounded by the love and care of her family. She is preceded in death by her son Glenn, brother Stephen Adams and father & mother - Ralph and Carroll Adams; all of whom she loved and...

William Creswell

Jan 16, 2022

William Gary Creswell, 76, passed away on January 16, 2022, in Orem, UT. Gary was born in Santa Ana, CA to William Creswell and Floy Van Nortwick.  Gary married Linda Creswell on October 27, 2012 in American Fork, Utah.

Gary Loved the out of doors, camping fishing, hiking, being in God’s Country. He loved to sing. He...

Margaret Anderson

Jan 12, 2022

Margaret LaRae Batchelor Anderson, 89, was reunited with her eternal companion on January 12, 2022, in Cedar Hills, UT surrounded by her loving family. What a beautiful sight that must have been after 11 years of separation. It is hard for us to let our mother, grandma go but there really isn't anything more comforting than knowing our mom...

Brenda Nicol

Jan 10, 2022

Brenda Damico Nicol, 80, passed away surrounded by loved ones on Jan. 10th 2022.  Brenda was born in Provo, Utah to Vern Damico and Ida Brown on December 22, 1941.  She has one sister, Toni Jane Damico Gurney. Brenda was raised and attended school for the most part in Provo and married Larry Nuttall in 1961.  They had two...

Dorothy Knight

Jan 9, 2022

Dorothy May Penrod Knight, 88, of Provo, Utah passed away peacefully in Lindon, Utah January 9, 2022.  Dorothy was born on August 7, 1933 in Provo, Utah. She is the daughter of Wilford Franklin Penrod and Flora Eudora Chipman.  Dorothy met the love of her life, Kenneth D. Knight,  while working for his parents in their strawberry fields. She...

Grant Ostvig

Jan 7, 2022

Grant David Ostvig passed away peacefully Friday, January 7th. He was surrounded by his family at The Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah after a courageous battle with cancer. Grant was born on November 23rd, 1950 in Minneapolis Minnesota to Martin Cornelius and Mary Broadbent Ostvig. He was one of nine children Jim (Nancy), Jack (Gunnel), Patsy (Daryl Despain), Judy (Sidney...

Anna Mae Prestwich

Jan 7, 2022

Anna Mae Mitchell Miller Prestwich, 91, of American Fork passed away January 7, 2022 at home surrounded by her loving family.  She was born January 1, 1931 in American Fork, Utah the daughter of Leland Richard Mitchell and Oma Elvira Hansen.  In 1947, she was queen of American Fork Steel Days.  She married the love of her life John...

Pat Martin

Jan 5, 2022

Eleanor Patricia “Pat” (Barnes) Martin, 84, passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at the home she shared with her daughter’s family in American Fork, UT. She was born on August 4, 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Frank and Helen Charlotte (Parker) Barnes. When she was born she already had two half sisters and a half brother from...

Douglas Beck

Jan 4, 2022

Douglas Giles Beck passed away due to cancer on January 4, 2022 in Preston, Idaho.

He was born to William LeGay Beck and Lois Helen Shepherd on July 7, 1951 in American Fork, Utah. He spent his childhood in Alpine and Richfield, Utah, where he graduated from Richfield High School. He served a mission for the Church...

Howard Rainer

Jan 3, 2022

Howard Ted Rainer, beloved companion, husband, father and grandfather left this world and passed quietly through the veil during the night, on January 3, 2022. He was 77 years old. Howard was born April 18, 1944 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the youngest of three children born to John Chibonne Rainer and Wynema Freeman. He was a member of...

Dennis Callanta

Jan 2, 2022

Dennis Callanta, 71, passed away on January 2, 2022, in Salt lake City, Utah. He was born on July 20, 1950 in San Jose, CA, to Leo Callanta and Mary Downs Callanta. Dennis married Kathy Rose on September 3, 1970 in Reno, Nevada. They were later sealed in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Oakland Temple. Dennis...

John Tolman

Jan 1, 2022

Everyone knew when John Jason Tolman entered the room, his booming voice and contagious energy were palpable. He had a zest for life that was cut short when he suddenly collapsed and died on January 1, 2022, at the age of 50 in Mount Pleasant, Utah. He was born on August 8, 1971, in American Fork, Utah. Jason attended...