All Obituaries

Sergeant Robert “Wade” Andersen passed away October 21, 2021 in his wife’s arms and with his children around him, due to complications from systemic Scleroderma and kidney cancer. Wade was born November 3,1971 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Robert D. and Linda S. Andersen. He graduated from Cottonwood High School in 1990. During his junior year he enlisted with the United States Army and completed basic training in Fort Polk, Louisiana. Wade served his country from...

Janet Bishop Wilcox was born during World War II, November 18, 1942 in Logan Utah, the oldest daughter of Alvin and Anna Beth Bishop. Janet graduated from Logan High School in 1961, and enrolled in the Holy Cross Nursing program in Salt Lake City.  Later, after her capping ceremony, Janet decided she wanted a college degree, so she returned to USU and enrolled in the medical technology program.  After 3 years she interned at Tacoma General Hospital in Washington state and...

Our kind mother who so frequently calmed our hearts, soothed our hurts, counseled us, laughed with us, and called each of us on our birthdays has finally reunited with her loving husband. She cheerfully greeted each day, grew “older and better” and more loving as time passed. Mom spent her last days at home surrounded by family and friends when Dad came for her on October 20, 2021. Evelyn Pay Henriksen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 15, 1924, to Philip LeRoy Pay and...

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Susan Linda White Tachka, sweet sister, aunt, and great-aunt passed away peacefully on Monday, October 18, 2021 in Riverton, Utah after a hard battle with dementia. Susan was born on November 2, 1948 in Long Beach, California to her parents Stanley Harmon White and Evelyn (Sug) Virginia Minor.  She is survived by her sister Kathy Mendenhall (Bob), and brother John White (Dianna) and many cousins, nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews.  Susan was preceded in death by her...

Our beloved mom, grandma, great-grandma, sister, aunt, and friend passed away on October 16, 2021, at the age of 94 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Lois will be remembered for her kind and generous heart, her lifelong devotion to her family, and for her joyful spirit. Lois was born on the family farm in West Layton, Utah to Emma Alice and Richard Murland Stevenson on December 30, 1926. She attended Davis High School and was a lifelong fan of the Davis Darts. Lois then attended Utah State...

Marva Johnson Whittaker, our precious mom and grandma, after a wonderful life filled with joy, service and love, passed away peacefully at her home on October 14, 2021, one day short of her 98th birthday.   She was born in Salt Lake City on October 15, 1923, to Edwin Earl Johnson and Ruth Pauline Morris Johnson.  Marva spent her childhood days in East Millcreek, living at 2139 East 3300 South and attending Sherman Elementary.  She was especially close to her mother,...

Richard Jon Bell of Park City, Utah passed away unexpectedly surrounded by all of his children and sisters, from a brain hemorrhage in St. George, Utah on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at the age of 66.  Richard was born on October 18, 1954, to Richard Lamoine and Venice Brown Bell.  He was the youngest son to three older sisters.  He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Kentucky Louisville Mission.  He later graduated from Utah State...

Doreen Joy Stromberg Gowans, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully at her home on October 10, 2021. She was 86. Doreen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on September 1, 1935, to Dorothy Banks and Rulon Stromberg. She grew up on a farm in Grantsville where she learned to work hard, an ethic that she carried forward through her life. During high school, she met the love of her life and best friend, Don Francis Gowans. They were married in the...

There once was a beautiful young girl who loved to sing…  Born on June 21st 1929, Mary Frances learned to sing from her mother, Sarah Agnes Maack, but it may have been through her father, Eugene Darwin Maack and his trumpet, that Mary learned to love all music.  Whether playing with her sisters, Jeannie and Margaret, starring in the musicals at East High, solos in church services and family gatherings, or even singing professionally live on the radio, Mary’s angelic...