OBITUARIES

Mar 5, 2020

Mar 5, 2020

Mar 5, 2020

On March 5, 2020, Ethyl Jeanne (Buys) Van Velkinburgh, passed away at the age of 92. She was a loving wife and mother and went home to be with her loved ones in heaven,

Jeanne was born on July 19, 1927 in Garfield UT to Ethel Sowby and James Buys. She was raised in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Stephens...

Mar 5, 2020

Lois Anne Durrell Pilling Anderson returned to her Heavenly Father on March 5, 2020.  Her health was compromised by Lewy Body Dementia.

Lois was born on January 4, 1931, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Royal Sibley Durrell and Dorothy Anne Jones Durrell.   Lois grew up in Minneapolis and was on the high school swim team (she swam the butterfly). She was...

Mar 4, 2020

Richard “Dick” Smalley returned to the loving arms of his angel and sweetheart Charlene on March 4th 2020.  Richard was born in Plainfield New Jersey in March of 1938 to Norman and Lois Smalley.  Richard has always been a self-described tech geek, and so it was no surprise that he was one of the inaugural members of his High School...

Mar 4, 2020

Sylvester Joseph McKenna Jr., a St. Louis native, competitive swimmer, U.S. Navy veteran, and longtime local businessman, died March 4, 2020, of natural causes in Bountiful, Utah. He was 88. The longtime devoted husband and father of four (Erin, Kristin, Joan and Sylvester “Terry” III) was known throughout his life as “a genuinely nice guy.” He swam for the Missouri...

Mar 3, 2020

Mar 2, 2020

Eileen “Lady” Clyde passed away on March 2, 2020 in Bountiful, Utah surrounded by her loved ones. She was 83 years old.

Eileen was a hard-working, fun-loving woman who was born on October 30, 1936 in Rock Springs, Wyoming to Lena Perner Blacker and Ephraim Blacker. Shortly after her birth, her father, Ephraim, was killed in a tragic coal mining...

Mar 2, 2020

Mar 2, 2020

Mar 1, 2020

R. Cline Baxter, 77, passed away from respiratory failure on March 1, 2020, and returned to the loving arms of his Heavenly Father and his sweetheart Della.  Cline was born to Rex Bowthorpe Baxter and Lois Cline Baxter on March 23, 1942, in La Grande, Oregon.

Cline met his one true love and lifelong companion, Della Baxter, at West High...

Feb 29, 2020

Feb 29, 2020

Feb 29, 2020

Feb 28, 2020

Feb 28, 2020

Feb 28, 2020

Cynthia Stewart DeYoung, 62, returned to her Heavenly Father on February 28, 2020. She lost a long battle from (FTD) Frontotemporal Dementia. She was born on March 24, 1957 at the Holy Cross Hospital, in Salt Lake City, UT to Calvin Boyd Stewart and Elinor Johnson Stewart. Cindy grew up in the Sugarhouse area and she attended and graduated from...

Feb 27, 2020

Henny Bakker was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on February 18, 1949.  He came with his family to the US in 1951. After a hard battle with Leukemia, he passed away peacefully with family by his side on February 27, 2020 in SLC Utah.  Henny graduated from Granite High School in 1967. He was in the Sheet Metal Union, Local 312,...

Feb 27, 2020

Mac Rey Call was born on December 8, 1929 to Charles Helaman and Hannah Skousen Call in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico.  He was the fourth of thirteen children. He is preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, one sister, and a son, Kenneth Rey Call.  He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Carol Elizabeth Clark Call.  He...

Feb 26, 2020

Curtis "Poot" Clark has filled our lives with joy and we are so glad to have had him!  He has a magical way of loving and making you feel loved.  He was in McAllen, Texas, when he passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 26, 2020. Born Oct. 22, 1982 in Bountiful, Utah at a whopping 11.2 pounds and growing to 6'4",...