Obituaries

Dec 26, 2014

Annabell L. Martinez

Monroe, UT

Annabell Lucero Martinez, age 81, passed away in Richfield, Utah, peacefully on December 26, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 1, 1933 to Alex and Anita Lucero in Alamosa, Colorado. Annabell’s father, Alex later passed away and her mother married Tony Gallegos.

Annabell married...

Dec 26, 2014

Melvin "Pete" Cloward

Manti, Utah

Our father, grandfather and sweetheart, Melvin G Cloward, passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 26, 2014 in Manti. He was born, the third of five children, on September 30, 1931 to Byron Pratt and Edith Olivia Lundell Cloward, at Benjamin, UT.

Pete grew up and was...

Dec 24, 2014

Vila A. Whittaker

Richfield, Utah

Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and sweet friend, Vila LaRen Ackerman Whittaker, 86, passed away December 24, 2014 in Richfield, surrounded by her family.

Vila was born November 2, 1928 in Junction to Joseph and Elsie McIntosh Ackerman. She married Donald Carlyle Whittaker in the Manti...

Dec 24, 2014

Keith Gailey

Boulder, Utah

Keith LeGrand Gailey, 93, of Boulder, Utah, passed away December 24, 2014, at his home in Boulder. He was born July 24, 1921 in Layton, Utah, to George and Laura Bone Gailey. He married Evalee Savoy, October 1, 1940, in Brigham City. The marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS...

Dec 23, 2014

Alvin Dean Kilmer

Manti, Utah

Alvin Dean Kilmer was born on the Lazy K Diamond ranch in a two room tar paper house July 7, 1936 near Lusk, Wyoming to Clarence and Ella Kilmer the youngest of their four children.  Alvin died December 23,...

Dec 17, 2014

Jack Werts

Joseph, Utah

A life defined by words ended December 17, 2014, in Richfield, with the death of Jack Myers Werts of Joseph, Utah. He was 93.

As a writer and former newspaper owner, his words found readers across his home state of Kansas and Utah, his home for the last 40...

Dec 16, 2014

Alvin L. Adams

Lancaster, California

Alvin "Al" Loy Adams, age 86, passed away December 16, 2014 at his home in Lancaster, California. He was born December 22, 1927 in Santa Monica, California, a son of Hyrum Loy Adams and Geraldine Augusta Rice. He married Patsy Jean Jensen, May 13, 1946 in Richfield, Utah. Their marriage...

Dec 15, 2014

Greg Hazen

St. George, Utah

Gregory Lawson Hazen, 56, passed away December 15, 2014 in St. George. He was born July 13, 1958 in Salt Lake City to Andrew Kimball and Ingeborg Lawson. Later adopted by Dick and Renee Hazen. He married Ellena Marie Stucki on June 19, 2002 in St. George, Utah.

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Dec 14, 2014

Debbie Jensen

Gunnison, Utah

On December 14, 2014, Debbie Beck Jensen, 57, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away at her home in Gunnison surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on June 15, 1957 in Centerfield to Roland and Pauline Beck, the fourth of six children. She attended Gunnison Elementary and...

Dec 12, 2014

Walter Grambow

Manti, Utah

If you are reading this, it means he has gone to look for a new camping spot with lots of pines and quakies. Walter "Walt" Arthur Grambow, 80, passed away December 12, 2014 in Manti. He was born April 16, 1934 in Stanton, WI, to Arthur and Ruth Albertina...

Dec 12, 2014

Cleva McInelly Swindle, 81, passed away quietly on, December 12, 2014 at her home in Payson. She was born August 27, 1933 in Escalante, Utah to Loral Jeston and Mary Ellen Heaps McInelly. She married Max Emil Swindle, June 27, 1956 in Mesquite, NV. The marriage was later solemnized in the Provo Temple.

She loved flowers and...

Dec 9, 2014

Our loving wife, mother and grandmother, Karen Lee Parsons Dastrup, 69, of Monroe, passed away suddenly December 8, 2014, at her home in Monroe. She was born in Richfield, June 11, 1945 to Aaron E and Marva Nielsen Parsons. She married David Dastrup, February 25, 1966, in the Manti LDS Temple. Karen worked as a legal secretary for Carvel...

Dec 9, 2014

Doris LaRene Sjostrom Obray Smith McBride, 97 of Sevier, Utah, passed away, December 9, 2014 in Richfield, Utah. She was born April 20, 1917 in Logan, Utah to Oscar Sjostrom and Geneva Hincks Sjostrom.

Doris married Golden Jackson Obray in 1939. He preceded her in death, November 2, 1941. She married Alva Norris Smith, he preceded her...

Dec 9, 2014

Paula Van Zile

Marysvale, Utah

Paula Lee Madsen Van Zile, 70 of Marysvale, Utah, passed away December 9, 2014, in Panguitch, Utah. She was born August 14, 1944, in Richfield, Utah, to Charles and Maydene Price Madsen. She married David Van Zile, July 16, 1971, in Elko, Nevada.

Paula was an active member...

Dec 9, 2014

John Burke Kotter

Elsinore, Utah

John Burke Kotter, 86, of Elsinore, Utah passed away December 9, 2014 in Richfield, Utah. He was born May 5, 1928, in Elsinore, Utah to Henry and Clara Ramsay Kotter. He married Joan Poulson October 18, 1948, in Richfield. The marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple.

Dec 8, 2014

Gladys G. Ross, 91, of Draper and formerly of Richfield, passed away peacefully on  December 8, 2014 in Draper. She lived a full life devoted to her marriage, family, friends and her LDS faith. She was born on January 1, 1923 to Henry Martinus and Abigail Irene Grover Green in Beaver, Utah. She grew up in Beaver and graduated...

Dec 7, 2014

Delma Dyreng

Gunnison, Utah

Delma Tuttle Dyreng passed away peacefully on December 7, 2014 in Provo Utah, at the age of 87. She was born February 19, 1927 in Manti, Utah, a daughter of Lloyd Wayne and Vera Dorothea Keller Tuttle. She married Paul Peter Dyreng, December 27, 1950 in the Manti LDS...

Dec 5, 2014

Janice Mills

Elsinore, Utah

Janice Ann Biffath "Lil Bit" Mills, 71, passed away December 5, 2014 at her home in the Elsinore Edition. She was born November 1, 1943 in Mansfield, Ohio to Joseph and Dora Grace Coe Biffath. She married Floyd Mills, later divorced.

She will be missed by all who knew...

Dec 1, 2014

Patricia Angela Bautista Leach, 88, passed away December 1, 2014 in Richfield. She was born February 24, 1926 in San Pedro, California to Jose Alejandro and Carman Batris Bautista. She married Jackie Eugene Leach, November 2, 1968 in Mexico. He preceded her in death November 19, 2014.

Pati, as she was known in later years, had a...

Nov 29, 2014

David Newsome

1966-2014

David Claudius Newsome Jr., 48, passed away on November 29, 2014, surrounded by his family. He was born October 22, 1966, the oldest son of Dave Sr. and Marcy Newsome.

Davy was a one of a kind man, who considered himself a gypsy adventurer, and claimed he was "born under...