OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries for Families in Midway and Heber, UT
Anthony Michael Yacek
Dec 16, 2021
Anthony Michael Aloysius Yacek, 90, passed away December 16, 2021 fulfilling a long, healthy life. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on December 31, 1930, Baby Tony Mike was the youngest of three children. Growing up during the Great Depression, Tony acknowledged that his childhood was difficult but his parents always kept them fed and clothed. Tony remembered his childhood with...
Patricia Marie Duke
Dec 8, 2021
Patricia Marie Leahy Duke passed away on December 8, 2021. She was born on July 11, 1931, the oldest child of Mathias Patrick Leahy and Verda Mary Wright. Pat adored her parents and felt a great sense of responsibility for her brother and sisters. As the oldest she loved them, bossed them, and cared for them, as only she could,...
Richard Raymond Hart
Dec 3, 2021
Richard Raymond Hart peacefully passed away December 3, 2021, in Heber City, UT, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 4, 1940 in Oakland, California and loved all the fireworks that accompanied his birthday each year! Richard was the only child of Raymond George Hart and Katherine Elizabeth Ferguson Hart. His father died when Richard was only...
Richard "Dutch" Dee Boekweg
Dec 1, 2021
On December 1, 2021, our beloved Dad/Opa passed away peacefully surrounded by family. He was reunited with the love of his life, Emmy Johanna. Richard Dee Boekweg was born August 12, 1934, in Ogden, UT. He was a real cowboy thru and thru. He loved to hunt and fish, having grown up at the foothills of the Wasatch mountains. He...
David Eugene Haacke
Nov 29, 2021
David Eugene Haacke (51) passed away on November 29, 2021 in Provo, Utah surrounded by his loving and prayerful family. David was born on February 23, 1970, in Provo, Utah to Clyde and Rosida Haacke. He was a great older brother to four brothers and one sister. He took his birthright seriously in giving each one of his younger sibling’s...
Mont Wilson
Nov 27, 2021
Mont Wilson, 70, passed away on Nov. 27, 2021 after a brief illness. Born in Heber City, Utah on March 26, 1951 to Earl and Reta Wilson, he was raised primarily in Midway, Utah and was a graduate of Wasatch High School where he was a member of the rodeo team where he excelled at calf roping, team roping and...
Ruth Jeffs Hardman
Nov 26, 2021
Ruth Jeffs Hardman was born on July 26th, 1939 in Heber City, Utah, the daughter of Harry and Nellie Jeffs. She passed away on Friday, November 26th, 2021 at home in Evergreen with her loving husband, Elwood, beside her. Ruth was a longtime resident of Evergreen, Colorado. She and Woody moved the family there in 1974. Shortly after settling in...
Zina Louise Murdock
Nov 24, 2021
Zina Louise Murdock passed away November 24, 2021. Louise, as she was known by beloved family and many friends, was born on September 21, 1937, in Salt Lake City, Utah to LaMar Thatcher and Zina Turnbow McDonald. Louise enjoyed a wonderful childhood in the Heber Valley and graduated from Wasatch High School. She attended LDS Business College in Salt Lake....
Archer Odin Swainston
Nov 23, 2021
Our beautiful baby boy, Archer Odin Swainston, son of Dallin and Keli Swainston, returned home to our Father in Heaven, suddenly, on November 23, 2021. He was born alongside his twin sister on October 21, 2021. Despite his many health obstacles, baby boy was resilient and persevered. He also captured the heart of not only his parents, but everyone who...
Elizabeth Follette
Nov 18, 2021
Elizabeth Follette, age 60, passed away peacefully in her mountain home in Tollgate, Utah. Elizabeth was born November, 27, 1960, in Providence, Rhode Island to Phillip Robert Follette and Barbara (Adjian) Follette. In 1985 she began her brilliant execution of two masters when she accepted a student exchange to the University of Utah to learn how to ski. While becoming...
Sally Robertson
Nov 14, 2021
Perhaps the greatest love story doesn’t end with death but lives on by those who had the opportunity to witness it. Our mother, Sally Robertson was reunited with the love of her life, and our father, Mike Robertson on November 14, 2021. Their reunion will be filled with dirt road adventures, camping, fishing and laughter with those who have been...
Thomas Patrick Gallagher
Nov 11, 2021
Thomas (Tom) Gallagher passed away on November 11, 2021 at the age of 84 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, raised West Pittston, Pennsylvania and graduated from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1957. He married his wife of 60 years, Lenore (Lee), while stationed in the Manila, Philippines naval base in 1961....
Robert Arthur Piscitelli
Nov 5, 2021
Robert Arthur Piscitelli passed away on November 5, 2021, at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City due to respiratory complications from COVID-19 pneumonia. He was surrounded by his family at the time of his death. Bob was born on May 29, 1942 in Springfield MA to Frank and Mary Natale Piscitelli. He married Claire Banning in Stamford CT, later...
Paul Dee Butters
Nov 4, 2021
Our beloved father and grandfather, Paul Dee Butters, passed away Thursday, November 4th peacefully at his home in Wallsburg, Utah at the age of 89. Paul was born on February 18, 1932 and spent his youth in the Heber/ Wallsburg area where he would later meet his future wife Mary Young. Paul and Mary were married on January 11th 1952...
Mark Alan Sweat
Nov 1, 2021
Mark Alan Sweat, age 66, died on November 1, 2021 in Kingman, Arizona. He was born on February 18, 1955 in Heber City, Utah to Boyd E Sweat and Shirley Joy Sweat. He was raised in Center Creek and then he and his second wife, Debbie Sweat, raised their family in the Wasatch Valley. They later divorced. Mark loved the...
Kathryn Davis
Oct 27, 2021
Kathryn (Mitchell) Davis, age 60, passed away peacefully at her home on October 27, 2021. Kathy was born in Payson, Utah on May 16, 1961 to Paul and LaRue Mitchell; the youngest of three children. Kathy was raised in Heber City, Utah, and graduated from Wasatch High School in 1979. Her relationship with her parents was always very special. Her...
Harold Dean Lurtsema
Oct 27, 2021
Harold “Hank” Lurtsema, 79, of Heber City, Utah, passed away peacefully in his sleep after a life well-lived. His sunrise was December 6, 1941, and sunset was during the early morning hours of October 27, 2021. Hank grew up in Southern California, graduating from Verdugo Hills High School, in Tujunga, California. He moved with his family to Heber in 1977,...
Erik Alve Nordstrom
Oct 27, 2021
“Family is the anchor in rough waters” Erik Nordstrom, “Alve” as he was called by his family and closest friends, passed away quietly at the age of 97 on 27 October 2021, while still comforting and holding hands with his daughters and surrounded by family. Erik was born and raised on the Åland Islands, Finland. Despite being technically born a...
Shantelle Flynn
Oct 26, 2021
Shantelle Flynn passed from this life on October 26, 2021. She was surrounded by her loving husband and family at Utah Valley Hospital. Shantelle was born on September 16, 1983 in Heber City, Utah to Becky Bonner Chipley and Steve G. Moulton. Shantelle married the love of her life, John Flynn, on October 26, 2013. Seeing her opportunity to expand...