OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Families in Midway and Heber, UT

Ole Thorvald Gunderson Jr.

Ole Thorvald Gunderson Jr.

Sep 2, 2024

Ole Thorvald Gunderson Jr., age 81 passed away from this earth on September 2, 2024 in Heber City, Utah. He was born on September 21, 1942 in Tacoma, Washington to Ole Thorvald Gunderson, Sr. and Barbara Patricia Mason. He married the love of his life, Maria Elena Hirzel on March 25, 1972. Ole retired three times. First from Delco Electronics,...

Sherrie Jo Kinsey

Sherrie Jo Kinsey

Aug 28, 2024

Sherrie Jo Kinsey, age 80, of Mapleton, Utah, passed away peacefully on August 28, 2024. Born in Gunnison, Utah, to Shirrl Christofferson and Ailleen Bunton, she was later adopted by Dora and Fred North. She married Ray Kinsey on September 12, 1963 and later divorced. She is survived by her children Tina (Erich) Pfaffinger, Bryan (Shannon) Kinsey, Joey (Andrea) Funari,...

Thomas Warren Dudley

Thomas Warren Dudley

Aug 24, 2024

Thomas Warren Dudley passed away from this world on August 24, 2024 in Provo, Utah at the age of 82. He was born to Harold Everett Dudley and Mary Elizabeth Brown on November 18, 1941 in Haybro, Colorado. He eventually met the love of his life, Ethel June Pedersen and who he later married on July 6, 1962. They had...

Irene Dehaan Hastings

Irene Dehaan Hastings

Aug 23, 2024

On August 23, 2024, on a beautiful summer afternoon, our beloved mother, grandmother, and wife, Irene DeHaan Hastings, passed away peacefully at her home in Charleston, Utah, at the age of 95. Irene was born on January 17, 1929, to John E. and Afton Brown DeHaan in Ogden, Utah. The family later moved to a lovely home in Sugarhouse, where...

Joan Beth Schuller

Joan Beth Schuller

Aug 23, 2024

Joan Beth Schuller passed away on Friday, August 23, 2024, at the age of 82. Joan was born on September 19, 1941, in Heber, Utah to Reed and Elizabeth Lewis. She later moved to Salt Lake City, where she married Bud Earl Bronson, who passed away in February of 1968. A few years later, she married William “Bill” R. Schuller....

Gilbert Clyde Olsen

Gilbert Clyde Olsen

Aug 22, 2024

Gilbert Clyde Olsen passed away among family in the early morning hours of August 22, 2024 at the age of 90. Born May 14,1934 in Provo, UT to Clyde & Zelta (Stubbs) Olsen, Gilbert grew up on a dairy farm in Provo. He attended Provo High School graduating in 1952 and having participated in boxing, track and field, and football...

Norma Jean "Jeannie" Young

Norma Jean "Jeannie" Young

Aug 12, 2024

Norma Jean “Jeannie” Young, our loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, was welcomed home to heaven into the loving arms of the many who journeyed before her, including her beautiful daughter Dusty, on August 12, 2024. Jeannie was born November 30, 1956 to Earl and Irene Fowler in American Fork, UT. She was number seven of nine siblings, all...

Catherine P. Goff

Catherine P. Goff

Aug 6, 2024

Catherine P. Goff passed from this world on August 6, 2024 in Park City, Utah at the age of 88. She was born on February 12, 1936 in the Park City Miners Hospital to James and Melba (Cardassis) Polychronis. Catherine's parents were immigrants from Greece who settled in Park City, Utah. Catherine grew up in Park City, graduating from Park...

Calvin Giles

Calvin Giles

Aug 6, 2024

Calvin Giles (99) passed away August 6, 2024, at his home in Heber City, Utah. Cal was born March 19, 1925, to Henry A. and Flossy Lake Giles. He grew up in Heber City, was a graduate of Wasatch High School, and married his high school sweetheart, Amberzine Parcell. They were sealed for time and all eternity on June 19,...

Michael Joseph Thorwegen

Michael Joseph Thorwegen

Aug 4, 2024

Michael Joseph Thorwegen 1970-2024 Heber City, Utah – Michael Joseph Thorwegen passed away on Sunday, August 4th at his home in Heber City, Utah. Michael was born on September 13, 1970 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Edward Thorwegen (d. 2018) and his wife Niki (d. 2022). Michael was a loving husband, having been married to his wife Jill...

Max Kenneth Grose

Max Kenneth Grose

Aug 4, 2024

Max K. Grose was born June 18, 1941 in the Park City Hospital to Charles Kenneth Grose and Eva Lena Zenger Grose. Max was the second child. His older brother Dee L. Grose was 5 years old when Max was born. Max spent his early childhood at 848 Norfolk Ave. in Park City, Utah. When Max was 5 years old...

Douglas D Thacker

Douglas D Thacker

Jul 26, 2024

Douglas D Thacker, born to Floyd and Odessa Thacker on March 10, 1951, returned to his heavenly home on July 26, 2024, after many years of health challenges. Growing up in Heber City and a graduate of Wasatch High School, Doug enjoyed playing running back for the football team, being on the track team and playing the trumpet in the...

Ray Ellison Norton

Ray Ellison Norton

Jul 24, 2024

Ray Ellison Norton, at the age of 80, passed away July 24, 2024, at his home in Midway, UT. He was born to Doyle Ellison and Thelma Norton on Sept. 19, 1943, in Heber City. He had one brother, Clair, whom he was particularly close to, after the passing of their father at an early age. Ray grew up learning...

Don Clyde Ritchie

Don Clyde Ritchie

Jul 22, 2024

Don Clyde Ritchie (86) passed away July 22, 2024, in his home in Heber City Utah, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 28, 1937, in Charleston Utah to Clyde Ritchie and Hannah (Anne) Whiting Ritchie. He was raised on the family farm in Heber Valley with his brothers Roy and John, and his sister Diane. He...

James Joseph Maxwell

James Joseph Maxwell

Jul 22, 2024

James Joseph “Rabbit” Maxwell, born 13 August 1942, to James and Helen Maxwell in Eureka, Utah. He passed away on 22 July, 2024 in his home after a long valiant battle from the effects of years working underground in Mines & Tunnels. Rabbit worked on several mining & tunnel projects in Utah, Montana, California, Oregon, Alaska, Washington DC, and Texas....

Launa Carol Garrett Barney

Launa Carol Garrett Barney

Jul 22, 2024

Launa Carol Garrett Barney, age 83, died on July 22, 2024 in her home in Midway, Utah, surrounded by family. She was born on August 16, 1940 in Nephi, Utah to John Valore Garrett and Elaine Croft Garrett. She married Keith Gordon Barney in the Manti temple on June 13, 1958. They were married for 66 years and she was...

Wilmer Jean "Gene" Florence

Wilmer Jean "Gene" Florence

Jul 20, 2024

Wilmer Jean (Gene) Florence was born to Wilmer Henry Florence and Mabel May Wilkinson on January 8, 1927, on the kitchen table of his grandmother’s cabin in East Millcreek Utah.

His youth was during the midst of the depression. He was the eldest of 5 brothers and 7 sisters. As a child he lived in a small 2 room house his...

Kenneth David Lovell

Kenneth David Lovell

Jul 12, 2024

Kenneth David Lovell, son of Thomas and Mary (Wilson) Lovell, was born in Murray, Utah, on September 7, 1954; and died in Midway, Utah, on July 12, 2024. His days ended in peace and relief after a four-year battle with ALS—Lou Gherig’s disease. In the months and weeks preceding his passing, Ken expressed an almost giddy excitement at being reunited...

Jane Ellen Martin

Jane Ellen Martin

Jul 11, 2024

Jane Ellen Smith Martin was born February 9, 1944 in Montpelier, Idaho to Mildred Hirschi Smith and Vernon W. Smith. She is the oldest of four children, a brother Roy, and sisters Judy Ann and Marilee. At the time of her birth, Jane’s father had been severely injured in a plane crash in the Pacific Theatre during World War II....

Karma Ford

Karma Ford

Jul 9, 2024

Karma Ford, age 83, passed from this world surrounded by her family on July 9, 2024, at her home in Wallsburg, Utah. Karma was born to Verl and Merle Wright on August 1, 1940, in Heber City, Utah. She married her sweetheart Harold Ford on May 4, 1957. She had a wide range of hobbies she loved, not limited to...