All Obituaries

Dorothy “Dot” Platt, passed away on Jan, 15th 2020, at the age of 101. She was born on Halloween 1918, in Salt Lake City, to Edith Jane McCarthy and Clarence Ervin Krause. She married Ernest Alfred Platt April 28, 1943. He passed away in 2006. From the time she was a small child, she loved nature! She participated in and led many nature study and bird groups and thrilled at seeing people’s eyes open to God’s creations.  She served as President of Utah Nature...

“No matter your age, you will always need your mom”….author unknown. Marilyn Mecham Carter passed away on January 9, 2020, at the age of 88.  She was born April 28, 1931, in Ogden, Utah, to Arlin Lorenzo Mecham and Ada Deborah Rogers.   She was married to the late Marvin Samuel Carter in the Salt Lake Temple.   She is the mother of 5 children (2 boys and 3 girls), grandmother of 13, and great-grandmother of 22.  Mom grew up on a dairy farm...

Roseann Throne passed away peacefully at the Intermountain Medical Center, at the age of 65, after battling many medical issues throughout her life. Roseann was a kind woman and a practiced artist who loved horses and music by Frank Sinatra and John Denver. She enjoyed pictures of Christ, the smell of flowers, and her cat, Black Velvet. She was survived by her father Don C. Cluff, brother Dan R. Cluff, sister Ellen D. Cluff Williford, nephews John D. Cluff and Jacob I. Williford, and her...

Our beloved son Danial Alexander Ryan “Alex” passed away on January 6, 2020, after a lifelong battle with depression.  He was the first-born child of Danial Arthur Ryan and Jennifer Lemmon Ryan.  Alex was born November 2, 1999, in Salt Lake City, Utah and passed away at the age of 20 in Round Rock, Texas. Alex was a loving brother to his younger siblings.  He truly loved the outdoors and was a talented guitarist and artist.  Alex graduated from Farmington...

Gerald DeLaHaye Horman died January 6, 2020 surrounded by a loving family. He was born February 7, 1932 to C. Gilbert and Lucy H. Horman in Holladay, Utah. He graduated from South High School in 1948. Served for three years in the Northern Far East Mission (Japan) 1954-57, returning for education in civil engineering and marriage to Jeri Lynn Hunsaker Horman in the Salt Lake Temple on August 16, 1957. He was a General Contractor owning his own company. He enjoyed his service with the...

Kenneth Gene Bills, 71, passed away Monday, December 30, 2019 from a quick bout with septic shock.  Born July 22, 1948, he was the oldest of 8 children born to Hal Doyle and Bonnie Snyder Bills.  He attended Skyline High School where he excelled on the track team.  While attending the University of Utah, he sang with the Institute Choir and with the Mormon Youth Choir.  He graduated from Creighton Dental School and then did a residency with the University of Tennessee...

A man of honor and principles, left this world on December  27, 2019. Don was a Veteran, having served in the Army.  He was also a family man who was faithful to his sweet wife, Patricia, and devoted his life to providing for his 7 children.  We are saddened by his departure from this world, but we are thrilled for his joyous reunion with Patricia McCaffree, his beloved wife of 55 years, as well as being greeted on the other side by his daughter Laurie, and his sons David and...

John Bruce Anderson born March 16, 1937 in Salt Lake City, UT died peacefully on Christmas Day 2019. John battled some health challenges in recent years including Parkinson’s disease. He was surrounded by loved ones and passed holding the hands of his beloved wife.  John was raised in Salt Lake City growing up in the avenues and attended East High School and the University of Utah.  He was born to John Foster Anderson and June Moore Anderson.   John married and was...

Our loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Gayland LaMar Mason, age 95, passed away on December 24, 2019 at his home in Sandy, Utah, from a massive heart attack. Gayland was born in Aurora, Utah to Philip Mason and Maria Sorensen Mason on April 28, 1924.  He  married Marva Noreen Averett on December 24, 1946.   Gayland was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in the bishopric, stake mission, and various other church callings. His favorite calling was...

Alice Arlene Rohrbach Thompson, our angel mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on December 22, 2019. Alice was born July 26, 1921 in Saginaw, Michigan, the second of four children born to Peter Philip Rohrbach and Ina Marine Dowis. She had a wonderful childhood and often spoke of the glorious summer days she spent at her German grandmother’s farm in upstate Michigan. When she was just 13, her mother passed away and the family moved to East Lansing. Upon...