Michael Rae Carlston

November 4, 1957 - January 7, 2020

Michael Rae Carlston, age 62, passed away on January 7, 2020 at Alta View Hospital in Sandy, Utah. He was born on November 4, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Betty Jane Griffith and Arthur Carlston. He married Shalise Olivia Hancey Carlston on November 17, 2012 in Sandy, Utah in the Willow Creek Church. On Tuesday morning around 6:00 AM, January 7, 2020, Michael Rae Carlston was asked to come home to be with his loving Heavenly Father, and reunited with his loving mother, Betty Jane Griffith, and his loving father, Aurthur Ray Carlston. Michael had a love for wood working, working in the yard, and going camping. He enjoyed the beautiful mountains, loved his wife, Shalise Carlston, and his family dearly. He always looked for ways to help someone, and was a very good man. He is survived by his wife (Shalise Olivia Carlston), his three stepdaughters (Olivia Vonza Hewitt, Jasmine Shalise Hewitt, and Chloe Lyn Hewitt), his brother (William Terry Carlston), sister (Saundra Lee Anderson), father-in-law (Gary Benson Hancey), and mother-in-law (Linda LaRue Hancey). He was preceded in death by his parents (Arthur Ray Carlston and Betty Jane Griffith). A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Willow Creek Ward House (2115 East Sublet Drive, Sandy, Utah 84093) at 11:00 AM. Arrangements are under the direction of Wiscombe Memorial.