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Owen Wayne Henderson

Owen Wayne Henderson

Aug 19, 2025

Owen Wayne Henderson, our precious son, was born to his special parents, Briggs and Annie Henderson, on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He passed away peacefully in his forever parents’ arms on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Owen is the world’s sweetest boy and truly precious. Although his time on this earth was...

Joaquina Reyes Noriega

Joaquina Reyes Noriega

Aug 15, 2025

Joaquina Reyes Noriega passed away peacefully on Friday, August 15, 2025, at Logan Regional Hospital, surrounded by her devoted family, after bravely enduring a long battle with leukemia.

Joaquina, affectionately known as Jackie or Yaya by her family and friends, was born on August 26, 1938, in Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico, to Francisca Reyes and José de Jesús Saucedo.

At a young...

David Blaine Armitstead

David Blaine Armitstead

Aug 13, 2025

Our beloved husband, father, “papa” and friend David Blaine Armitstead passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.

David was born on November 26, 1954 to Blaine Rowley Armitstead and Etta Memmott Schult. David was the only son and beloved brother to three sisters. He came into the world three months prematurely, so small that he was...

David Charles Dunn

David Charles Dunn

Aug 8, 2025

In Loving Memory of David Charles Dunn. It was David’s desire not to have an obituary. Rest in Peace!

Dione Hewlett

Dione Hewlett

Aug 7, 2025

Sharmon Dione Hewlett

Dione Hewlett, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend passed away on Thursday, August 7th, 2025, after a long struggle with cancer. She was 69.

Dione was born in Brigham City, Utah on August 4, 1956 to Raymond and Janice Ayala.

She was the youngest of two brothers and one sister. She attended elementary and High School in Brigham...

Robert Michael Allen

Robert Michael Allen

Aug 6, 2025

Robert Michael Allen (Red)

November 26, 1996 – August 6, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our son, brother, and friend Robert. He was the son of Michael Andrew Allen and Julie Ann Thomsen Allen. Robert was conceived in Hawaii while his mother and father were on their honeymoon and always wanted to return to visit...

Shawn Bryant Jung

Shawn Bryant Jung

Aug 5, 2025

Our beloved Shawn Bryant Jung has left us on August 5, 2025.

He is loved and missed by his parents Bryant and Kristi, grandmother Ingrid, younger sisters Jennifer, Michelle and Christine, and younger brother Nicholas.

Shawn was a gentle, kind hearted person who touched all who knew him. He enjoyed helping others and bringing a smile to people’s faces.

Shawn worked hard to...

E'Layne Green

E'Layne Green

Aug 5, 2025

E’Layne T. Green Obituary

Our beloved E’Layne Thekla Chambers Green, aged 92, passed away August 5th 2025 in Brigham City, Utah.

Born February 8th, 1933 in Salt Lake City to Herbert Thompson Chambers and Thekla Anna Drechsel. She grew up in the Lake Breeze area of Salt Lake City, surrounded by numerous extended family from her mother’s native Germany.

Sister to Armand Miller...

Julie Ann Clay

Julie Ann Clay

Aug 3, 2025

Julie Ann Clay, 69, of Midvale, Utah, passed away on August 3, 2025.

Julie was born on May 31, 1956, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Wallace and Kaye Clay. She grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts, where she graduated from Belmont High School in 1974. She attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and earned a Bachelor’s of Computer Science...

Bill Wade Parkin

Bill Wade Parkin

2025

It is with great sadness and joy that I, Bill Parkin, left this world after just 50 years on July 26, 2025. Sadness because my wonderful, patient wife Gwen, who is my rock and soulmate is left behind to pick up the pieces without me. It doesn’t seem fair that we didn’t get the chance to grow old together, collaborate...

Santiago Douglas Minnick

Santiago Douglas Minnick

Jul 25, 2025

Santiago “Santi” Minnick

BRIGHAM CITY - Our loving father, husband, son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend, Santiago Douglas Minnick “Santi” 29, passed away on Friday, July 25, 2025 at his parents home of natural causes.

Santi was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 29, 1996 to Luis and Rocio Covarrubis Esparza.

Santi graduated from Dale Young High School in 2014.

He married...

Caryl P Hepworth

Caryl P Hepworth

Jul 23, 2025

Caryl Wilma Peterson Hepworth, 93, passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Lindon, Utah. Born October 21, 1931, in Salt Lake City, she was the oldest child and only daughter of Ervin Miller and Grace (Bunker) Peterson. After graduating from East High School in 1948, she studied at the University of Utah where she was affiliated with Lambda Delta...

Peter Winegar Rees

Peter Winegar Rees

Jul 22, 2025

Peter Winegar Rees, son of Trevor and Adrienne Rees, little brother of Brielle Patricia, Adam Leon, Pearl Helen, and Joseph Trevor Rees.

Our perfect Peter was due December 26, 2025. Early on, Peter was a little mover and a swimmer, and he seemed joyful as he grew and developed within Adrienne‘s womb. Our family was so excited to welcome a baby!...

Dr. Thomas L. Hannum

Dr. Thomas L. Hannum

Jul 21, 2025

Thomas Loftin Hannum, age 95, passed away peacefully on July 21, 2025. Born at his family home in Gillette WY on October 17, 1929, to Marshall J. Hannum and Mabel Dora Hannum. Tom and his older brother Marshall J. Hannum “Jed” were raised in Gillette a few miles from the family homestead and sheep ranch. 

Tom's father, a chiropractor and pioneer...

Erma Norene Gardner Gibby

Erma Norene Gardner Gibby

Jul 21, 2025

Erma Norene Gardner Gibby, age 80, passed away peacefully at her home in Brigham City, Utah, on July 21, 2025.

Born July 16, 1945, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Norene was the youngest child of John Blunck Gardner and Erma Bernice Keller. She graduated from Olympus High School before earning her bachelor's degree in nursing at Brigham Young University.

She married Leo...

Paul Austin

Paul Austin

Jul 14, 2025

Dear family and friends,

My husband, Paul, passed away Monday, July 14, 2025, due to Parkinson’s disease at 81 years of age. Born Eugene Paul Austin, Jr., in Los Angeles, CA, on August 16, 1943, Paul grew up with a love of music, superheroes, airplanes, and cats. Due to his parents’ divorce, Paul and his beloved sisters, Bonnie and Karen, moved...

Pauline Carver Westergard

Pauline Carver Westergard

Jul 13, 2025

Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Pauline Carver Westergard, 69, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2025 in Ogden, Utah.

She was born on November 15, 1955 in Ogden, Utah, a daughter of Larry J. and Charlene Hazel Barrett Carver.

Pauline graduated from Weber High School in 1974. She married Delwyn Val Westergard in 1977 in the Ogden LDS...

Nell Robinson

Nell Robinson

Jul 11, 2025

Our loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Nell Robinson, 76, passed away on Friday, July 11, 2025 at her daughter’s home in Brigham City, Utah.

She was born on April 10, 1949 in El Paso, Texas, a daughter of James Norman and Lois Salley Bishop Ray.

Nell married L.C. Strickland on July 7, 1972 in Meridian, Mississippi. He preceded...

Dennis L. Greenlee

Dennis L. Greenlee

Jul 7, 2025

Dennis L. Greenlee, born on December 1, 1954, in Montpelier, Idaho, passed away peacefully on July 7, 2025, in Brigham City, Utah. He graduated from Bear Lake High School in 1973 and went on to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in upstate New York.

Dennis had a diverse career, working diligently at Cache Valley...

Micheal Jay Yoder

Micheal Jay Yoder

Jul 4, 2025

Micheal Jay Yoder, a cherished father, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully on July 4, 2025, in Perry, Utah. Born on February 17, 1952, in Ogden, Utah, to Beverly and Harvey Yoder.

Micheal proudly served in the United States Marine Corps. He carried these values throughout his life.

He is survived by his loving mother, Beverly Yoder; his sons, Justin Yoder and...

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