David Howarth Caron

David Howarth Caron, 68, passed away peacefully after a short illness on September 26, 2025. David was born on April 12, 1957, in Fall River, Massachusetts. He was the only child born to Leo Henri Caron and Rhoda Howarth Caron. His parents moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, when he was about 8 years old. David married Anne Miller on November 28, 1975, and had four children: David Joseph Caron (Robyn), Heather Lynn Caron (Joshua), Zachary Brierley Caron (Janina), and Sarah Anne Caron (Paul). David and Anne were later divorced. He then married Karen Kone on October 2, 1992, in the Salt Lake Temple. They did not have any children. David is survived by his wife Karen, his four children, and six grandchildren: Jacob, Colter, Victoria, Cassie, Tyson, and Jayd.

David was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings that he enjoyed. His favorite was as a Gospel Doctrine teacher. He always had a captive class with many life stories that he tied in with the lessons. He also started lifting weights and bodybuilding when he was about 15 and tried out for Mr. Utah. He also became fascinated with Bonsai trees, which he grew for many years. He was also a knife and gun collector; although the guns had dwindled to two, he still had about 100 knives, which he loved to tell everybody about. His other love was old cars. His favorite was the 1957 Chevy. Since he couldn’t own any old cars, he started collecting toy models. Whenever he saw an old car in a parking lot, he was sure to take a picture of it. He also loved baseball, especially the Chicago Cubs, and was a fan of the Chicago Bears football team, as well as the Jazz. Those were the only sports he liked to watch. Another fun thing he did was collect rocks, but not ones he picked out. He wanted rocks from where friends and family traveled to.

Davie had many jobs, like a short-order cook, gym instructor, working on a garbage truck for Salt Lake County, but the longest-lasting one was with Granite Mountain Record Vault, which is part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is up in Little Cottonwood Canyon. He was there for almost 27 years, working in the building maintenance department. He spent many hours plowing snow during the night and early morning, and had many experiences doing this.

David will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He was always helping someone before he couldn’t because of health problems. He was a great friend to his friends, adored his kids and grandkids, and always had great advice for everyone, and expected you to heed his advice because he was always right. He had many adventures in life and liked to talk, so everyone he met heard of one or several of his life stories, especially about his knives!

Graveside services will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2025, at 2:30 PM at Memorial Redwood Cemetery, 6500 South Redwood Road.