Salt Lake City, UT Obituaries

May 29, 2020

Ruby Marie Bianchini used her gifts of hospitality, cooking and serving food to family and friends(new and old) in her home and as a waitress for decades in Petaluma, California, where she was was born and raised.  Those who knew her described Ruby as outgoing and hardworking, always having a cheerful greeting for neighbors passing by her patio beautifully...

May 29, 2020

Margene Fife Robbins, our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grand mother, age 90, passed away on May 29, 2020, at Spring Gardens Senior Living in Holladay from complications of Alzheimer’s.

Margene was born May 10, 1930, in Salmon, Idaho to Lucetta May Godfrey and Del Monte Fife. She was the 5th of 6 children and the last surviving...

May 24, 2020

In Loving Memory

Joseph Ortell Kingston #14 1951-2020

Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle & friend, Joseph Ortell Kingston, quietly passed through the veil on Sunday, May 24th, 2020, a beautiful spring day, at the young age of 68, fulfilling his mission of service to others and to God....

May 20, 2020

Terrence was born to Shelia Forest and JL Lucas on December 23, 1975 in Benton Harbor MI.  He was a shy child with a sense of humor larger than his small frame could ever contain. He embodied love, light and laughter. He loved his siblings with all he had and kept them laughing in everything they did together. From...

May 17, 2020

Silvia Jane Broadwater Lee,  born August 23, 1940  under Astrological Cusp sign of Leo/Virgo. Daughter of Gladstone and Charlotte Ursell Michael Broadwater,  in Cumberland, Maryland, just prior to the start of World War II.  She attended  Fort Hill High School and graduated with the Class of 1958. Beloved mother to Cheri, Eddie and Yvonne. On May 17th, 2020 under the...

May 15, 2020

Glade Richard Larsen, 85, Our Beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Friend, passed away May 15, 2020 in Salt Lake City, as the result of a stroke.  He was born March 1, 1935 to Carl and Mary Larsen.

Glade married the love of his life, Marlene Susann Naylor, February 18, 1955 in the Salt Lake Temple, having just...

May 12, 2020

Michelle Elizebeth Engebretsen found peace in her home surrounded by her family on the morning of May 12th 2020 after a four-month battle with cancer. Michelle was born in Seattle, WA on September 29, 1966. She was the first of six children, born to Dr. Charles S. Wassum III of Virginia and Ruth Anna-Stina Eriksson of Sweden.  Growing up,...

May 8, 2020

Paula Ann Deline Mortimer, our beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, returned to her heavenly home on May 8, 2020 after a brief battle with metastatic cancer. Although we will miss her dearly, our family finds great comfort knowing she is reunited with her eternal companion, Jim, who passed away a decade ago in May 2010.

Paula...

May 8, 2020

Recording of Services

Kenneth Roger Kirkman passed away peacefully May 8, 2020. He had been in the hospital battling COVID-19 for 12 days, along with his wife Karen. She was able to visit him daily, until she was released from the hospital on May 7th.

Ken was born to Kirby Ernest Kirkman & Zelda Hutchings Kirkman...

May 7, 2020

Dorothy June Sickich (Kitty), of Helena, Montana passed away on Thursday, May 7th,  in Highland Glenn, Utah.

Kitty was born in Townsend, Montana on January 6, 1938 to Ronald and Dorothy (Smith) Kelly.  She married Steven Sickich in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in 1954 and spent their married life in Helena, Missoula and Ventura, California. She was a loving mother...

May 7, 2020

George Jay,  husband, dad, granddad, great granddad, and old carving buddy was born to Leora (Toots) Tomkinson and Thomas S. Jay in Ajo, Arizona. I passed away at age 85 in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.

I had a good childhood growing up in the little mining town of Ajo, Arizona. I was married in 1954 to Deanna Kimes...

May 4, 2020

Fred Henry Newton, beloved husband, father, uncle and grandfather passed away on May 4, 2020, at the ripe old age of 91.  He went peacefully in his home with his daughter and son by his side.  Fred was born the youngest of 7 children December 20, 1928 in Emmett, Idaho to William Newton and Myrtle De Graw and he...

Apr 29, 2020

Luana Joan Gustafson Kingston,  our loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend, 68 passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family.

Born March 12, 1952 in Bountiful, Utah to Clyde Roland Gustafson and Orlean Harriet Kingston. Luana married Joseph O. Kingston on June 6, 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah....

Apr 18, 2020

Rolland Frank Sparks, age 79, passed away peacefully and quietly at home on the evening of April 18, 2020 after a 55 year long battle with Multiple Sclerosis.

Rolland was born on April 24,1940 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was the oldest son of Frank and Ethel Wilcock Sparks.

He and his wife, Agnes Wagner,...

Apr 17, 2020

“That boy will not live long!   Let him go outside with his Father while he still has life.”  That was the pronouncement of the doctor on young James Calvin Taylor born September 3, 1925 in Winder, Idaho.  At the age of 94, on April 17, 2020 he passed away to join his eternal partner Donna Haymore Taylor.  The week...

Apr 12, 2020

On April 12, 2020, a beautiful Easter afternoon, we lost our mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and wife. JoAnne Hanks Lewis Hansen, called “Jo” by most and “Jomama” and “Grandma Joey” by a select few, passed away suddenly in her Sweetie’s arms.

Jo was the third of four children, born on May 15, 1934 in Salem, Utah,...

Apr 9, 2020

Janice Vesta Kingston (3/29/1968 – 4/9/2020)

– Janice, 52, beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Sister passed away Thursday April 9th, 2020 peacefully at her home surrounded by her family.  She was born March 29th, 1968 in Salt Lake City to Isabell Johnson.  Her life was her family and serving others.  She was a wonderful teacher...

Mar 27, 2020

Norma Lynn Cook Montgomery (90) beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandma, and great-great grandma passed away on March 27th at her home of lingering complications to a life saving cancer surgery. She was born November 27, 1929, Orem, Utah, to Rulon F. Cook and Katherine Bell Cook.  She married Clarence S Montgomery (Monty), November 2, 1949, in the Salt Lake...

Mar 18, 2020

Don Leslie Scarlet passed away at home early in the morning on March 18, 2020 at the age of 92. He was born to Lawrence Eli and Clara Ann Richards Scarlet on July 23, 1927 in Salt Lake City. He graduated from South High School in 1944.  Soon after, he enlisted in the Merchant Marines where he served on three...

Mar 16, 2020

Mary Jean Low passed away March 16, 2020 in South Jordan, surrounded by her family.  Jean was born November 9, 1930, in Providence, Utah to John and Eva Anderson.

Jean met her husband Paul in a play. They don't remember the play but the remember the Kiss! The rest is history. Together they raise 4 children.

Their...