All Obituaries

Gordon Sims was a very kind, gentle, compassionate man and loved by all who knew him. He passed away at age 97. Gordon was born in Garden City, Utah and loved living at Bear Lake.  He learned how to be a very hard worker as the youngest of 11 children. He moved to Salt Lake after his father died and they sold the farm. Safeway hired him at the age of 14 because he was such a good, dependable young man. He spent his life working at Grocery stores and was an Assistant Manager at...

Vernon L. Stevenson, Jr. will be laid to rest in a graveside ceremony in the Elysian Burial Gardens. He was born in Spokane, Washington to Dr. Vernon and Dorothy Stevenson.  He was educated at East High School and the University of Utah.  He served in the Utah Air National Guard.  He spent 10 years in radio and television, 15 years in State Government and the remaining years in a family owned business with his wife Florence.  Their son Richard, his wife Ronda...

John Andrew White passed away May 14, 2019, ending his long and courageous battle with Alzheimers. John was born the sixth child of nine to Don E. and Anne C. White on February 22, 1944. He graduated from West High. He then attended the University of Utah and played on the U of U football team.  John joined the Utah National Guard and was a member of the 19th Special Forces as a Green Beret.  He was called to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to...

Holladay, UT - Our precious son, grandson, brother, uncle, and friend went home to the loving arms of his Heavenly Father on May 14, 2019. Torrance was born to Ronald and Patricia Larson on the beautiful morning of June 3, 1986 and was the light and joy of our lives. He was taken too soon by a disease that has robbed so many families of precious children and this world will not be the same without him. We lost our son to addiction and we are proud of the battle he fought and won and how many...

Helen LaRue Wasden Selman was born August 27, 1927 to Myron William Wasden and Flossie Reynolds at Scipio, Utah. She died on May 13, 2019, in Kaysville, Utah, at the home of her daughter, Anita Flink, of natural causes. She was 91. LaRue, as she was called, attended school in Scipio and Fillmore where she was a stellar student. She was 16 when she graduated and moved on to Brigham Young University. In addition to excelling academically, she blossomed socially while she was there. After a...

In the early morning hours of Boneta, Duchesne, Utah, on 17 September 1922, a male child was born to Edward Eugene and Emeline Sitterud Cox, the fifth of eight children. He was given the unusual name of Zeniff J Cox. Zen often proclaimed his relief that his father was reading the 9th chapter of Mosiah in the Book of Mormon rather than Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at the time he was choosing a name. His parents and all of his siblings preceded him in death except for his baby sister,...

     Richard Allen Bellew passed away peacefully in the presence of loved ones on May 11, 2019.   Richard was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 30, 1943. He is preceded in death by his parents Jesse Allen Bellew and Genieve Piepgrass Bellew.  Richard married Nancy Carter Thomas on January 1, 1972 in Elko, Nevada.      Richard retired from Continental Bakery moving on to other endeavors.  Richard spent his years of...

Donald Ray Zarkou, 87, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and friend passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on May 10, 2019. Don was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 21, 1931, the youngest of six children. His parents, Christ Zarkou and Sigrid Johansen Zarkou, were both immigrants.  Don attended West High School where he played tennis and ran track. Don followed his three brothers in military service. He served in the Navy at Ford...

Florence Lavon Wright Jones, at the age of 96, was joyfully reunited with her sweetheart Merv and joined our angel army on the morning of May 3, 2019 surrounded by her family.  She is the darling daughter of Florence and Gerald E. Wright born on August 9, 1922.  She married the love of her life Mervin W. Jones on April 22, 1943 in the Salt Lake Temple. She loved to dance, bowl, and golf with her honey. Together they raised six children. Her greatest accomplishment is found in the...

Carol’s motto has always been LES - for Live Every Second.  Every journal entry or note she wrote would end with LES.   She put that motto into action in her life by taking advantage of every adventure and opportunity that came along.  She even hiked the Subway in Zion National Park when she was 65 years old!  And a week after that she backpacked 18 miles. She was the oldest of 8 children born to Caroline Eyring and Glen Miner.  Carol was born in Safford,...