Obituaries

Teri Mitsie Oka

Teri Mitsie Oka

Jan 9, 2023

Teri Mitsie Oka, 65, passed away surrounded by her family on January 9, 2023 after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Ogden on December 17, 1957 to Makio and Esther Oka.

 

Mitsie graduated from Bonneville High School in 1976 and went on to obtain a Bachelor’s Degree in Math Education from Weber State University and later...

Debbie Jean Bybee

Debbie Jean Bybee

Jan 9, 2023

Debbie Jean Bybee of South Weber, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023 after a tough battle with liver cancer.

 

Born and raised in Ogden by parents who were both deaf, Debbie said she learned to sign before she learned to talk. Her early life was shaped by the illness of her father, who...

Marchia Ross

Marchia Ross

Jan 8, 2023

Marchia was born July 12, 1953 in Salt Lake, UT and passed away January 8, 2023 in Ogden, UT with her husband, Ali Eugene Ross, by her side.

 

Marchia and Gene were married August 17, 1973. Together they had three children, Tony, Brett, and Brian.

 

Marchia spent her career working for the IRS from which she...

Madison Kay Staker

Madison Kay Staker

Jan 8, 2023

Madison (Madi) Kay Staker returned to her Heavenly Father in the early morning on January 8th 2023. She is survived by her parents, Brent and Jill Staker, brothers, Nathan and Jared Staker and sister, Christa (Derrick) Staheli. Madi was born on February 24th 1998 in Huntsville, Alabama to Shirlyn Kay Jones. She became the foster child of Brent and Jill...

Darrel Payne

Darrel Payne

Jan 8, 2023

Darrel was welcomed into the world by Leland and Maxine Payne in Hollywood, California. He was raised in El Monte, California where he was involved in with the church and as a teenager, began working for the Crippled Children Society (now named Ability First) where he worked for 27 years…culminating in a position as clinic director for the Pasadena clinic...

Mark Raymond Pearson

Mark Raymond Pearson

Jan 8, 2023

Mark was the 3rd child of Keith and Fern (Greer) Pearson. He was raised in Ogden, UT. He has an older brother, Mike Pearson and sister, Susan (Pearson) Summerill. Mark married on July 1, 1978 to Ann Rigley. They had one son, Nick Pearson, daughter in-law, Heidi (Nelson) Pearson and two grandchildren, Jareth and Payton Pearson.

 

Mark loved anything...

Jordan R McCluskey

Jordan R McCluskey

Jan 8, 2023

Jordan R McCluskey (Jordy), our cherished son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, and friend, age 19, passed away on Sunday January 8, 2023. Jordan was born on May 30, 2003 in Ogden, Utah to Kevin R McCluskey and Jamey Lea Taylor.

 

Jordy grew up in Clinton, Utah where he attended West Clinton Elementary, West Point Jr High, and Syracuse and...

Carla "Maurine" Pierce

Carla "Maurine" Pierce

Jan 8, 2023

Maurine Pierce of Ogden passed away peacefully at the George E Wahlen Veterans Home on Sunday, January 8, 2023, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.

 

She was born in Payson, to Carlisle and Florence Hone. Her family moved to Ogden where she lived throughout her life.

 

Maurine met the love of her life, Benjamin Berry Pierce and...

Ilene Louise Verhaaren Lowe

Ilene Louise Verhaaren Lowe

Jan 8, 2023

 

Ilene Louise Verhaaren Lowe of Stagecoach, Texas has graduated from this earthly life on January 8, 2023. Her generous heart, faithful spirit, love of the ocean, and all things theatre will remain in the memories of those who knew her.

 

Ilene was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 20, 1948, the daughter of Werner Louis Verhaaren...

Michael Charles Rutledge

Michael Charles Rutledge

Jan 8, 2023

Michael Charles Rutledge, age 67, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2023 at Davis Hospital due to health complications.

 

Mike was born May 31, 1955, in Lancaster California. He was born at home and his dad had said the minute he was born " This S.O.B is going to be different, he ruined the mattress".  His upbringing paved the...

Branson Michael Harward

Branson Michael Harward

Jan 8, 2023

 

Branson Michael Harward was born on August 16, 2002, and returned home to our Heavenly Father on January 8, 2023.

 

Branson was born to Jason Douglas and Mandi Dawn Smedley Harward. He entered this world with many complications that kept him separated from them for a while. Due to the complications, Branson could not be consoled until he...

Ray Webb Tidwell

Ray Webb Tidwell

Jan 7, 2023

Ray Webb Tidwell of Huntsville, Utah passed away peacefully of natural causes on Saturday January 7, 2023. Ray was 84 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents Delbert Cleon and Vernett Tidwell, his brother Eugene Tidwell, and two sons Rex and Darren Tidwell. He is survived by his wife Karen, and four children Rayleen (Patch) Bonkemeyer, Quinn...

Derrill Matheson Foster

Derrill Matheson Foster

Jan 7, 2023

 

Derrill Matheson Foster passed away at his home on January 7, 2023 from natural causes due to aging.  He was born in Cedar City, Utah on July 27, 1940 to Ellen Rasmussen Matheson and George Woodward Foster.  He graduated from Cedar City High School on May 22, 1958, he then attended night school to learn how to be a...

James David Christensen

James David Christensen

Jan 7, 2023

James David Christensen, born November 19, 1936, in Richfield, Utah, passed away January 7, 2023, in Woodland Park Care Center.

 

David is survived by his wife, Lois Palmer Christensen; daughters, Sydney Cederlof and Sheila Foley; son, Daniel Christensen; brother, Kenneth Christensen; 12 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandsons. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Celesta Hunt...

Mark Paul Eggert

Mark Paul Eggert

Jan 6, 2023

 

 

Dr. Mark P. Eggert, DDS

February 23, 1950, ~ January 6, 2023

 

Mark Paul Eggert, 72, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2023. He was born in Oconto, Wisconsin, on February 23, 1950, the son of Paul Herman and Elva Elaine Behling Eggert. He graduated from Sturgeon Bay High School in 1968 and the University of Wisconsin...

Richard John Brunner

Richard John Brunner

Jan 6, 2023

 

 

Richard John Brunner, 91, passed away peacefully, January 6, 2023.

 

Richard was born  April 28, 1931 in Salt Lake City, UT to John and Pearl Brunner, the oldest of four children. He lived a life of service and adventure. In his youth he had several interesting jobs including a “pin setter” at a local bowling alley.  He...

Gloria Dale Millikan

Gloria Dale Millikan

Jan 6, 2023

Gloria Dale Moore Millikan passed away peacefully in the care of loved ones on January 6, 2023 at the age of 79.  Dale, as everyone called her, was born on July 16, 1943 to Elbert Moore and Ruth C Hill. She was born in San Antonio, Texas, but resided most of her adult life in between the states of Utah...

Richard Roy Speechly

Richard Roy Speechly

Jan 6, 2023

 

Richard (Dick) Roy Speechly December 18,1945 to January 6, 2023 How do you sum up a man’s life in a few paragraphs? Richard would say it would be easy if you were talking about him, but he would be wrong on this one. It is almost impossible.

 

Richard spent his last day on earth with friends enjoying his...

Ira Lu Hyer Stoddard

Ira Lu Hyer Stoddard

Jan 6, 2023

 

Our sweet mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Ira Lu Hyer Stoddard, has returned to the loving arms of her eternal companion and many family members including her son. Lu passed away peacefully on January 6, 2023, at the age of 94.

 

She was born May 29, 1928, to Ira and VaLeria Leavitt Hyer in Lewiston, Utah. Lu loved growing...

Margaret "Peggy" Ellen Hizer

Margaret "Peggy" Ellen Hizer

Jan 6, 2023

Former Texas resident Margaret (Peggy) Ellen Hizer, 83, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2023.

 

Peggy was born March 31, 1939, to Earl and Minnie Geyer in Jeannette Pennsylvania. She married the love of her life John Hizer, in December 1958. She traveled the world as an Army wife. Her husband retired in 1973, in El Paso Texas. In...

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