OBITUARIES

Nov 24, 2019

Nov 24, 2019

Nov 23, 2019

Joseph Willard Tingey – an Educator by heart, training and profession was graduated from this life on 23 November 2019.  With a keen intellect, prone to deep thought, garnished with a quick wit, Joe had a gift for connecting with the people around him.  To him, there were no strangers – all were friends.  He will also be remembered as...

Nov 23, 2019

Heather Michelle Connell passed away on November 23, 2019.  She was born on October 18, 1984.

More than anything in the world, Heather loved her three beautiful children.  She will be truly missed by everyone who genuinely knew her.

Heather is survived by her son Zander, daughters Emily and Alexis; her father Wendell J Parkinson Jr. and her brothers James...

Nov 22, 2019

Charlene Hess Rampton, 90, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 22, 2019. 

Charlene was born April 8, 1929 to George Lloyd and Sarah Ruth Hess in Farmington, Utah. Charlene graduated from Davis High School in 1947. She met Robert E. Rampton on a blind date and they married September 10, 1947 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. 

Charlene worked various...

Nov 22, 2019

Ofa Dunn Lillywhite passed away on November 22, 2019 after a brief illness. She was born June 30, 1940 in Nukualofa, Tongatapu, Tonga, the third and youngest child of Emile Craner and Evelyn Hyde Dunn.   She spent the first ten years of her life in Tonga, while her father was serving as mission president. They returned to Logan, Utah, where...

Nov 19, 2019

Nov 19, 2019

Josefa Rodriguez Diaz peacefully joined her beloved husband, Gil Ponce Diaz, on Nov 19, 2019, after an extended illness.  Born in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, Philippines on Feb 4, 1934 to Ambrocio and Salvacion Rodriguez.  She was a schoolteacher in Chemistry and Mathematics before she came to the United States to support her husband’s military career.  They lived in Navy towns...

Nov 17, 2019

Nov 17, 2019

John passed away quietly in his home surrounded by family at the age of 90. John was born in Mason City Iowa to his mother Grace and father Elmer. John joined the Air Force in 1951 and served proudly in the Korean War. He was discharged in 1955. He married the love of his life, Barbara Burnham, in 1955. They...

Nov 17, 2019

Devirl Nixon Stewart passed away November 17, 2019. He was born on December 6, 1926 to Devirl B. Stewart and Grace Dean Nixon Stewart. He grew up in Salt Lake City. At the age of eight he traveled with his mother and siblings to New York City where he received a scholarship to attend the Horace Mann School.

In Salt...

Nov 16, 2019

Nov 16, 2019

Hal B. Bishop, our loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away on November 16, 2019, surrounded by family. Born on April 28, 1939 in Salt Lake City to Rose Burningham and Bill Fairless Bishop. Graduated from West High School. He served in the National Guard for 10 years.

Hal married LuAnn Bishop in September of 1975. Spent his life...

Nov 14, 2019

Nov 13, 2019

Siphone Langsy was born in Thai Kek, Laos on March 2nd 1939 to Mr. Chanthai Sengxaylaor and Mrs. Pem Sengxaylaor. She was a homemaker prior to immigrating to the United States in 1977 to Layton, Utah.

She passed away on November 13, 2019 surrounded by her loved ones. She is most remembered for her laugh. It was so contagious to...

Nov 13, 2019

Nov 12, 2019

Brenda Joyce Peterson Nov 11, 1945 – Nov 12, 2019 died peacefully in bed at her home in Bountiful UT. Brenda was born in Cardston Alberta Canada to Harold and Erma Peterson.  She moved to Ogden Utah as a young child and graduated from Ben Lomond High School.  Brenda absolutely loved life and had a gift for unconditional love that...

Nov 12, 2019

Nov 10, 2019

Ellen McKean Argyle Freestone, our dear mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother passed away on November 10, 2019 surrounded by a multitude of family who loved her dearly.  Ellen passed due to conditions incident to age honorably earned during 92 years of love, devotion, and hard work.  She was able to live independently and on her own terms until her last...

Nov 9, 2019

John Martin Matsen, III, age 86, left this life on November 9, 2019. John’s entire life was a series of accomplishments, service, testimony, and dedication. He spent years as a mentor, instructor, and professor–helping others see their strengths and use them well. 

John was born February 7, 1933, to Bessie Jackson Matsen and John Martin “Jack” Matsen, Jr., the oldest of...