Darlene Rae Baza

Darlene Rae Baza of West Bountiful, Utah passed away quietly at home on April 13, 2025. She was born in Cedar City, Utah on March 4, 1953, to Ted and Dorothy Carter of Minersville, Utah. Darlene married John Robert Baza in Minersville, Utah in August 1980. They lived in Utah for most of their married life except for a few years in Casper, Wyoming because of John’s employment in the petroleum industry.

Darlene was very proud of her four children, Jon (m. to Sara Sutton), Andrew, Matt (m. to Danielle Frustaci) and Mary who respectively reside in Saint George, Utah; Las Vegas, Nevada; Tooele, Utah and West Bountiful, Utah. She also had great love for her five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by both of her parents, brother Terri Carter and sister Sherri Parks. She is survived by her husband John, brothers Ted, Kevin and Rick Carter and sisters Marie Hayes and Lisa Carter Sidwell, as well as all her posterity.

Darlene had a long career as a Registered Nurse, having received her nursing education from Weber State College and initially working at local hospitals in the towns of Milford and Beaver, Utah. When she met John, she was an ICU nurse at St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City. She also spent time working at Natrona County Hospital in Casper, Wyoming. When she and John returned to Utah in 1984, she took time off from nursing to raise her young children. She returned to nursing in the late 1980’s, first at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City and then Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful. She ultimately became Education Coordinator at Lakeview Hospital before she left in 2005 to finish her career as a nurse for the Utah Department of Health Cancer Control Program. Her lifetime of working in nursing reflected her attitude of service to others, especially to her immediate family and her commitment to various callings in her church.

Darlene was always engaged in numerous arts and crafts projects as hobbies including china painting, oil painting, watercolor, scrapbooking, drawing, crocheting, knitting and quilting. Her family loved her excellent cooking, and she and John enjoyed traveling throughout the United States for both business and pleasure. She lived a full life and will be remembered for her great love of friends and family.

A funeral is scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints West Bountiful Utah Stake Center located at 1930 N. 600 W. in West Bountiful. Public visitation and viewing will take place from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, April 25th at Lindquist’s Bountiful Mortuary located at 727 N. 400 E. with interment following the funeral on Saturday at Lindquist Memorial Park located at 1867 N. Fairfield Road in Layton, UT.