Kenneth “Kenny” James Louie

Friday, Sep. 05, 2025

February 6, 1954 ~ August 20, 2025

Kenny Louie was a skier, an Alta man through and through, but late last ski season he was diagnosed with a rare and insidious form of cancer that, try as he might, he could not outrace. The monster claimed Kenny on August 20, 2025. 

Born on February 6, 1954 in Salt Lake City to William Wing and Merrie Okamura Louie, their second son followed by five girls, Kenny attended Millcreek Elementary before moving to Kearns-Saint Ann School in the third grade. He graduated from Judge Memorial Catholic High School in 1972. Kenny entered the workforce after Judge and was employed for five years by Marron and Associates before joining The Williams Companies and later Kennecott. 

Kenny caught the ski bug early. As a kindergartner, his parents enrolled him in a learn-to-ski program conducted at Brighton. Kenny was a visible presence for half a century in the locker room beneath Goldminer’s Daughter – gearing up most days with his sister Lisa and wife Jan. 

Family was important to Kenny. As an adult, Kenny made time to organize special trips with his sisters. The most impactful trip of his life took him to Death Hollow in southern Utah, where he met his future wife, Jan Orme. They were married on November 10, 2001.

Missing him terribly will be his survivors, widow Jan; her daughter Lara Orme; brother Gordon (Sharon); sisters Maria (Jim Kier), Cindi (Dan Kaschmitter), Lisa (Paul Cisneros), Teresa (Richard) Leigh, and Melanie; nieces and nephews Willie (Anna) Louie, Kelli (Tracy) Louie, Alex (Nancy) Kaschmitter, Niki Kaschmitter, William (Celine) Cisneros, Taylor Leigh, Christopher Leigh, Anna (Dean) Quill, Doogie (Sheena) Castillo, and Michael (Shay) Castillo; and Jan’s sisters Ann Holbrook, Ruth Kadas, Katie (Rodger) Mitchell, and Lela (Larry) Matson. 

The family would like to thank Dr. Nicholas Hanson at Alpine Medical Group, Dr. Jeffrey Patterson-Fortin, Alexis Keo, Thuy Pham, Rebecca Cuniberti and the other doctors, nurses and staff at Huntsman Cancer Institute for their loving care of Kenny.

Kenny’s viewing will be held September 16, 2025 at 10 a.m. at St. Ann Church, 450 East 2100 South, Salt Lake City, with Recitation of the Holy Rosary at 11:30 a.m. followed by his funeral Mass at noon. His Celebration of Life will take place that evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Starks Funeral Parlor, 3651 South 900 East, Millcreek. Kenny will be buried at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.  

Donations in Kenny’s name may be made to Huntsman Cancer Institute or to Alta Ski Patrol.