Steven James Brough

Steven James Brough, age 69, returned home to his Heavenly Father on July 29, 2025, in Ogden, Utah. It was a merciful release following challenges resulting from Early-Onset Alzheimer’s.

Steve was born on June 22, 1956, in Ogden, Utah, to James Harvey Brough and Jeanette Todd. He grew up in Kaysville and graduated from Davis High School. His summers were spent at the family Golf Course, Happy Hollow, where his lifelong love of golf (and immaculate lawncare) began. One of the most treasured chapters of Steve’s life was serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His love for those he met, and the memories of his time there stayed with him throughout his life.

After his mission, while attending Weber State College, he met his sweetheart, Jarolen Stewart. They were sealed for eternity on August 31, 1978, in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they started a life in Kaysville and later moved to Fruit Heights where they raised a family they adored. His greatest joy was being a husband to Jarolen and a dad to Stewart James, Laurie, Todd Steven, Leesa and Jedediah John.

Steve has always been a valiant member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and loved his Savior and the teachings of the gospel. He held many callings over the years, his favorites included being a Bishop and serving with the youth. Steve was a respected real estate agent and broker for over 45 years in Davis County. He served on the Fruit Heights City Council and sat on the Central Davis Sewer District Board for over 15 years. He gained many friendships from his career and community involvement, which he valued throughout the years.

Steve was always ready for an adventure. He loved cliff diving at Lake Powell, fly fishing in mountain streams (a skill he learned from his Grandpa Todd), camping trips to the Boulder Mountain, studying U.S. history, and cooking Dutch oven dinners for the masses. In his later years he calmed down: spending time with Jarolen at their Fish Lake cabin, researching his family history, and rockhounding in the deserts of Southern Utah. He wore out multiple rock tumblers polishing petrified wood for his grandchildren. An adoring grandpa, he was often found with a happy band of grandkids out on a walk or sneaking them ice cream when he thought their mothers weren’t watching. There wasn’t anyone more suited to being a grandpa, and his grandchildren are missing him dearly.

Steve had a gift for truly seeing people, not just for who they were, but for who they could become. As a true optimist, he recognized the best in everyone and helped them see it in themselves too. He was a man who was an example of Christlike love, kindness, and righteous perseverance.

Although Alzheimer’s slowly took away so much of who Steve was, it never took away his generous heart or the love he had for his family. Though we’ve said goodbye for now, we feel peace knowing that he has finally found his way back to us, whole and at peace once more. He’s on to his next adventure!

He is survived by his sweetheart and eternal companion, Jarolen; his children and their spouses; Stewart, Laurie and Carl Wilhelm, Todd, Leesa and Devin McLemore, Jed and Michelle Ellis Brough, as well as his 12 treasured grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral Services will be held Monday August 4, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Fruit Heights 6th Ward, 77 S. Orchard Drive, Fruit Heights, Utah. Friends may visit family Sunday August 3, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Road, Layton and Monday prior to services from 9:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the church. Interment Kaysville City Cemetery.

While flowers are kindly accepted, please consider donating to an Alzheimer's Research Fund in Steve’s name.

Our family is so grateful to the wonderful friends, neighbors, and members of the Fruit Heights 6th ward who have been a great support to us. We also want to thank the members of the Farmington Emergency Response Team and the Medical Care Team at McKay Dee Hospital. We also appreciate Dr. Rhonda Taubin and Dr. Phillip Brough with IHC for their compassionate care over the last several years.

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