OBITUARIES
Elga Elisabeth Jessen Layton
Apr 30, 2024
Elga Elisabeth Jessen Layton finished her turn on Earth on April 30, 2024, in Farmington, Utah, surrounded by her nine children.
Elga’s journey began on July 19, 1937, when according to her sister Gertude, she was delivered by a stork. Her family lived in Flensburg, Germany, a charming town along the shores of the Baltic Sea, just five kilometers from Denmark....
Marsha Leigh Christensen Naegle
Apr 30, 2024
If you are reading this it means I have started my next journey, after peacefully passing away April 30, 2024, at home with my sweetheart, and surrounded by my children.I, Marsha Leigh Christensen Naegle, was born April 1, 1965, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I never enjoyed being an April Fools’ Day baby, but one does not choose their birthday.I was...
Renee Robertson Whitesides
Apr 29, 2024
Renee Robertson Whitesides, 94, passed away on April 29, 2024. Born on June 30, 1929 in Provo, Utah to Leroy J. and Naomi Nelson Robertson, Renee was raised in a loving, accepting family. Later, when the family moved to Salt Lake City, Renee attended and graduated from the University of Utah. While at the U of U, Renee met Stephen...
Sharon Lois Proctor
Apr 27, 2024
Sharon Lois Proctor passed away on April 27, 2024 due to declining health. She gave us enough time that day to allow most of her family and close friends the opportunity to say goodbye. She had many who loved her and many were able to show her that before she died.Sharon was born on July 11, 1944 to Aaron and...
Lane K. Merritt
Apr 26, 2024
Lane K. Merritt passed away peacefully at his home in Centerville, Utah, the evening of April 26, 2024, following a ten-year battle with cancer. He was born September 7, 1963, in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents are George K Merritt and Winifred Purcell Merritt.
He grew up in Bountiful, Utah and graduated from Bountiful High School. He married Kimberly Matts and later...
Vicki Ann "Sugarbear" Knighton
Apr 25, 2024
There is one more angel in Heaven. There is one more star in the sky. Vicki, your love is felt forever. You have always lit up our lives.
At the age of 49, Vicki Ann Knighton, Mama’s Sugarbear, passed away April 25, 2024, surrounded by family after battling breast cancer for 11 years.
She was born seven weeks premature on January 5,...
Paula Shiner Falvo
Apr 24, 2024
Paula Shiner Falvo passed away at the age of 78 on April 24, 2024, after suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. She was born on August 9, 1945 in Price, Utah, to Orlo LaVell and Nina Grange Shiner. “Always pretty Paula” liked to look her loveliest and to take good care of herself. It was the highlight of her day to...
Donald J. Youngblood
Apr 24, 2024
Our superhero and legend, Donald J. Youngblood, age 78, from Farmington, Utah, gained his turbo-charged angel wings on 04/24/2024. He left peacefully while surrounded by his family.
Don was born in Holbrook, Arizona, and then moved to Bountiful, Utah as a young child. He met his high school sweetheart, Sherry, at Bountiful High School, and they have been together ever since...
Olivia Ruth Gittins
Apr 24, 2024
Our auntie, dear friend and an England West Country “darlin flower maiden”, passed quietly and peacefully into her new journey with awaiting loved ones.Olivia Ruth Gittins died Wednesday April 24, 2024, from natural causes incident to age. Born April 14, 1924, she lived 10 days after her 100th birthday!Olivia was the daughter of William Lawrence and Esther Maria (Chance) Gittins,...
Robert Wayne Redding
Apr 23, 2024
Robert Wayne Redding , a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, passed away April 23rd, 2024, in Saint George, Utah.Bob was born September 29, 1941, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Alfred Bart Redding and Elizabeth May Austin. Bob graduated from Marysville High School in 1959, and began working at Blackwelders Manufacturing. He then worked for Chevron for the next 36...
Quintin Richards Kofford
Apr 23, 2024
Quin was born on May 1, 1987 in Pasadena, California, to Brad and Rachelle Kofford. Those who know Quin know that he lived larger than life and that he lit up any room or situation just by walking in. As a toddler he could bring a gathering of adults to a complete stop because of the funny things he would...
Deborah Ann Hickenbotham Bybee
Apr 21, 2024
Deborah Ann Hickenbotham Bybee, born March 9, 1952 in Aberdeen, South Dakota passed away at her home in Bountiful, Utah on April 21, 2024 after a long battle with heart disease. She was continually surrounded by loved ones many weeks before her passing.She is survived by her husband Craig, whom she married in 1975, two sons Jason and Shawn, and...
Kenneth H. Delost
Apr 20, 2024
Kenneth Delost passed away unexpectedly of a sudden illness while on vacation April 20, 2024, with his loving wife Heather by his side.
His arrival into the world was met with great joy and excitement by his parents Kort H. Delost and Sherrie Hamby Delost.
Kenny grew up in Bountiful where he participated in youth soccer and baseball. As a member of...
Gene Ashcroft Toolson
Apr 20, 2024
Gene Ashcroft Toolson was born on November 9, 1930, in Logan, Utah to Richard Harper and Gertrude Ashcroft Toolson. He was the seventh of eight children and enjoyed being the baby of the family for nearly ten years until his younger brother Brian came along.
Growing up in Smithfield, he was a proud Cache Valley boy. He attended North Cache High...
Larraine Edith Williams McNeely
Apr 19, 2024
Our beautiful blue-eyed mom and grandma, Larraine McNeely, returned to her heavenly home April 19, 2024 in her home with lots of love and kisses.Larraine was born February 5, 1937 in Malad, Idaho to William R. (Bill) and Edith Waldron Williams. She has two brothers, Larry Williams (deceased) and Dee Williams (Maryn). She loves them dearly.She married Sydney H. McNeely...
Brian Peterson Johns
Apr 19, 2024
“There’s a grief that can’t be spoken, there’s a pain that goes on and on, empty chairs, and empty tables.” Les Miserables
With heavy hearts we said a temporary goodbye to our son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend Brian Peterson Johns. “BJ” passed on Friday April 19, 2024. He fought exceptionally hard to overcome his recent bout of aspiration pneumonia, which...
Brian Tingey Mann
Apr 18, 2024
Brian T. Mann passed away April 18, 2024 at home surround by his family after enduring cancer for over a year. He was born in Salt Lake City to his parents, Keith Tovey and Bernice Tingey Mann as the fourth child in a family of 5 children. Brian came from a happy family whom he supported, and where he loved...
Erma Helquist Redd
Apr 18, 2024
Erma Helquist Redd passed away April 18, 2024, in Farmington, Utah. She was born July 4, 1932, in Blanding, Utah to Charles Kenneth Helquist and Kora Johnson Helquist. As a young child, she believed people were celebrating her birthday when July 4 patriotic festivities were held. A descendant of Joel H. Johnson, a pioneer settler of several Utah cities, and...
Janet Compton Hatch
Apr 18, 2024
Our beloved mother and grandmother, Janet Compton Hatch, passed away on April 18, 2024. She was the oldest daughter of Lane Albert Compton and June Lucile Wheeler Compton.She lived most of her adult life with debilitating chronic pain, bedridden for the last 10 years of her life. While bedridden she wrote nine family history books with extensive histories of her...
Jeffrey Alton Griffin
Apr 17, 2024
Our dearest father, son and brother finished his earthly mission on Wednesday April 17, 2024, after a hard-fought battle with mental illness. Jeffrey was born on August 29, 1982, in Bountiful Utah to his parents David & Joye Griffin. He was the father of four beautiful children Lydia, Savannah, Parker, and Liam, whom he adored.
Jeff grew up in Farmington and...
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