Obituaries

Jan 12, 2016

Elwood Bird

Elsinore, Utah

Elwood Bliss Bird, 92, danced his way to meet his love Barbara on January 12, 2016, when he passed away at his home in Elsinore. He was born July 26, 1923 in Salina to Brigham Abraham and Erma Rasmussen Bird. He married Barbara Jean Bridges, January 3, 1945 in the...

Jan 12, 2016

Mark M Bawden, 45, passed away January 12, 2016 at his home in Sterling, Utah, after a valiant fight with a brain tumor. He won many battles with it during the last 6 years and though he lost this last battle, we know he has now won the war. He was born April 13, 1970, in Huron, South Dakota...

Jan 11, 2016

Lester L. Clarke Jr.

Tropic, Utah

Lester La vern Clarke, Jr., 91, passed away January 11, 2016; in Tropic, UT. He was born February 28, 1924, in Rexburg, ID to Lester Lavern and Bertha Henderson Clarke. He married Vertis Pollock, May 11, 1946. The marriage was solemnized January 18, 1947, in the St. George Temple....

Jan 11, 2016

Bill Gray

Central Valley, Utah

Billy D Gray, 96, passed away January 11, 2016 in Richfield, Utah. He was born August 1, 1919 in Elsinore to Wallace Parker and Ayah Dausel Gray. He married Mary Irene Parker November 7, 1947 in Salt Lake City. The marriage was solemnized February 17, 1976 in the Manti Temple....

Jan 11, 2016

Lucille Palmer

Aurora, Utah

Lucille Muir Valleau Palmer, 98, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend passed peacefully away on Monday, January 11, 2016 in Boise, Idaho, where her daughters, Camille and Annette, had been caring for her after her husband, James William Palmer passed away five years earlier. Previously she had been living...

Jan 9, 2016

Ole Maxfield

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ole Leo Maxfield made his last flight on January 9, 2016 at home in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born in Lyman, Wayne County, Utah, November 11, 1917, the son of Nathan Grant and Delta Okerlund Maxfield. Married Arlene Nielson, October 21, 1944 in Tucson, Arizona. She preceded him in...

Jan 9, 2016

Frances Reynolds

Richfield, Utah

Frances "Pancha" Martinez Reynolds, 74, passed away January 9, 2016 in Murray, Utah. She was born October 4, 1941 in Ranchos de Taos, NM, to Selso and Cordelia Hartt Martinez. She married Jimmy Lucero, later divorced. They had two sons: Anthony and Edwin. She married Leonard Reynolds and with him came...

Jan 8, 2016

Dorothy "Dottie" Mauss

Formerly of Monroe

The world lost one of it's finest on January 9, 2016 just shy of her 95 th birthday. She died at home in the arms of each of her children as she peacefully gave way to the rigors of a tired heart. Dorothy Lundgreen Mauss was born in Monroe,...

Jan 7, 2016

Jerry Mitchell

Monroe, Utah

Gerald Lee "Jerry" Mitchell, 75, passed away January 7, 2016 in Richfield, UT. He was born January 28, 1940 in Escondido, CA to Donald S. and Ruth A George Mitchell. He married Linda Louise Hill, April 28, 1961 in Las Vegas, NV. The marriage was solemnized March 17, 1993 in the...

Jan 6, 2016

Charlene Peterson

Richfield, Utah

Mary Charlene Beutler Gledhill Peterson, 83, passed away January 6, 2016 in Richfield, Utah. She was born July 9, 1932 in Richfield to Charles and Reda Nielson Beutler.

Charlene married Roy J. Gledhill from Sigurd on December 8, 1952 in the Manti Temple. Roy proceeded her in death in...

Jan 5, 2016

Dohn Buchanan

Mesa, Arizona

Dohn R Buchanan, age 90, was born March 4, 1925, in Venice, to Golden R and Thelma Shaw Buchanan. He died Jan. 5, 2016, in Mesa, Ariz. Dohn had two younger brothers, Thayne and Richard (deceased).

As a youth in Venice and Richfield, Dohn kept busy on the family...

Jan 4, 2016

Gerrie Chapman

Axtell, Utah

Geraldine "Gerrie" LeCheminant Chapman, born March 1, 1937 in Salt Lake City to Edmond Lionel and Ruth Williams LeCheminant returned to her loving Heavenly Father January 4, 2016 in Gunnison. She married her sweetheart, Arthur Clinton Chapman, in the Salt Lake Temple on January 28, 1955. He preceded her in death...

Jan 3, 2016

George Allen

Richfield, Utah

George Brent Allen, 76, passed away January 3, 2016 in Richfield. He was born December 23, 1939 in Bicknell to Paul K and Ella Baker Allen. He married Bonnie Jean O’Neill, June 19, 1959 in Ely, Nevada. The marriage was solemnized April 15, 1967 in the Manti Temple. She preceded him...

Jan 2, 2016

M. Allen Ogden

Delta/Richfield

Marven Allen Ogden 72 passed away on January 2, 2016 after battling with cancer. He had a positive attitude and sense of humor to the very end. He was born January 18, 1943 in Delta, Utah, to Marven J and Arva Allen Ogden.

Allen was a proud member...

Jan 1, 2016

Dannie Pratt

Escalante, Utah

Dannie Parley Pratt, 61, of Escalante, passed away January 1, 2016 in Panguitch. He was born July 31, 1954 in Panguitch to Parley and Emma Leda Sudweeks Pratt. He married Peggy Duke December 22, 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The marriage was later solemnized in the St. George Temple, November 29,...

Jan 1, 2016

Nancie Godley Staples

June 12, 1944—January 1, 2016

"Motherhood..all love begins and ends there."

On January 1, 2016, our beloved mother, wife, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Nancie Godley Staples, left this earth in Richfield. Nancie lived a life that served as an inspiration to all who knew her.

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Dec 30, 2015

Jillene Nielson

Richfield, Utah

Jillene Gardner Nielson, 65, of Richfield, passed away December 30, 2015 in St. George. She was born June 15, 1950 in Richfield to Tell Wilson and AraBella Atkin Gardner. She married Steven Keith Nielson April 25, 1970 in Richfield. He preceded her in death January 26, 2015.

Jillene is...

Dec 29, 2015

Joseph Neil Spendlove

Circleville, UT

Joseph Neil Spendlove, 79, of Circleville, UT passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 in Cedar City. Neil was born to Clifford Payne and Laura Rock Spendlove in Milton, UT on March 31, 1936.

Neil was raised in Milton, UT where he enjoyed fishing, hunting and anything in...

Dec 28, 2015

Raymond Baxter

Gunnison, Utah

Ernest Raymond Baxter, 82, born January 1, 1933 in Gunnison to Ernest and Berdella Sorensen Baxter. Died December 28, 2015 in Gunnison at home of natural causes.

Wonderful husband to surviving wife, Maris Firl Fautin, married June 20, 1952 in the Manti Temple. Loving father to surviving son, MacRay...

Dec 27, 2015

Vonda Julander

Richfield, Utah

Vonda Bly Hunt Julander, truly beloved of her family, passed away peacefully on December 27, 2015 at Sevier Valley Medical Center in Richfield, Utah. Vonda was born July 18 1929, the second of nine children to John Donald and Marvell Ann Utley Hunt, in Sevier, Utah. She grew up and graduated...