Obituaries

Sep 24, 2013

Jim Reynolds

Salina, Utah

Jim Ed Reynolds, 81, passed away September 24, 2013 in Gunnison. He was born November 1, 1931 in Escalante to Cliff and Maude Littlefield Reynolds. He married his sweetheart, Effie Marie Miller August 29, 1953 in Panguitch. The marriage was solemnized in 1960 in the St. George Temple. She preceded him...

Sep 23, 2013

Valine Christiansen

Mayfield, Utah

Anna Valine Voorhees Christiansen, 81, passed away peacefully at her home in Mayfield, on September 23, 2013. Valine was born October 4, 1931 in Mayfield to Austin Marinus and Anna Devoda Voorhees. She married her sweetheart, Stanley Angus Christiansen, December 9, 1949. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple....

Sep 22, 2013

Joan Grimlie

Richfield, Utah

Joan Carol Conner Grimlie, 80, passed away in Provo as result of injuries sustained that day in an automobile accident September 22, 2013 in Richfield. She was born March 31, 1933 at the family home in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Matthew D. and Edith Mary Black Conner. She married Donald "Curley" Grimlie...

Sep 21, 2013

William V. "Billy Von" Anderson, 66, passed away September 21, 2013 at his home in Annabella from complications of cancer.

He was born March 7, 1947 in Richfield to Von A and Wyoma Christena Bagley Anderson. He married Judy Valerie Prisbrey, they later divorced. He married Marilyn Nielsen, April 28, 1976 in Manti. The marriage was solemnized...

Sep 19, 2013

Henry Claiborne "Hank" Shows, Jr., 81, passed away September 19, 2013 at his home in Monroe, Utah. He was born November 14, 1931 in Magee, Mississippi to Henry Claiborne and Elizabeth Myrtle Jones Shows.

Hank grew up in Mississippi and joined the Navy where he was a meteorologist at the North Pole in the 50's and early...

Sep 19, 2013

Mara Dee Peck

Provo, Utah

Mara Dee Hall Peck, 71, of Provo, passed away on September 19, 2013, after a courageous 10 year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Mara Dee was born January 30, 1942 in Richfield, to Elson and Elna Simonsen Hall. She lived most of her childhood in Monroe, and held a fondness for...

Sep 15, 2013

Virgil Dean Nay, 87, passed away peacefully in the Central Utah Veteran’s Home in Payson, Utah on September 15, 2013. He was born January 10, 1926, in Victorville, California to Fay and Ella Peterson Nay. He married Cleo Lundgreen on September 10, 1949, in Monroe, Utah, later solemnized in the Manti Temple on July 5, 1963. She preceded him...

Sep 15, 2013

Beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grand-father and great-great-grandfather, Kent J. Wintch, 90, passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2013 in Grand Junction, Colorado where he has been residing in the care of his daughter and her husband, Pam and Randy Spencer. Kent was born on November 15, 1922 in Tropic, Utah to Charles and Hannah Hope Ott Wintch. He married...

Sep 7, 2013

Bernetta Nay Gunnison, Utah Bernetta Hendrickson Nay, age 84, passed away in Centerfield, Utah, on September 7, 2013.  Bernetta was born May 31, 1929, in Gunnison, to Oras Christian and Josie Jensen Hendrickson.  She was one of seven children, growing up on the family farm in Clarion, Utah, where she worked hard, but also enjoyed great fun with her sisters, cousins...

Sep 5, 2013

Eva Marion White Pollock passed away in Richfield, Utah in the home of her daughter on September 5, 2013. She returned home to her loving husband, David Larvin Pollock. She was also preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Elginora White, Velma (John) Wozab, LaVon (Victor) Bird, Alfred (Jewel) White, Dorothy (Delwyn) Goff, and (Lowell) Meacham; Herbert (Merelda) White;...

Sep 4, 2013

Dick Arnold Bills, 70, our loving husband, brother, father, grandpa and friend, passed away in Centerfield, Utah, surrounded by family, after a valiant battle with cancer on Wednesday, September 4, 2013.

Dick was born August 27, 1943 in Salina to Carlyle T. and Laura Elvira Amtoft Bills. The family lived in Redmond before moving to Cedar City,...

Sep 1, 2013

Dick Peterson

Richfield, Utah

Richard L. "Dick" Peterson, 79, passed away September 1, 2013 at his home in Richfield. He was born August 3, 1934 in Redmond to LaVar and Lenore Simmons Peterson. He married Darlene Patterson on December 12, 1952 in Elsinore. The marriage was solemnized in January 1963 in the Manti Temple.

Aug 31, 2013

Ilse Porter

Elsinore, Utah

Ilse Maria Olga Perl Porter, 89, passed away on August 31, 2013 at the Richfield Care Center. Born January 31, 1924 in Vienna, Austria, to Karl and Olga Jellinek Perl she came to the United States and made a life for herself and her daughter in Utah.

Aug 31, 2013

Bob Brown

Escalante, Utah

Robert Herbert Brown, Jr., 63, passed away August 31, 2013, at home in Escalante. He was born November 6, 1949, in Oakland, California to Robert Herbert, Sr. and Bebe Joyce Emery Brown. He married Barbara Jean Ortiz, September 3, 1977 in St. George. The marriage was solemnized May 31, 2013...

Aug 30, 2013

Douglas C. Peterson, 75, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2013, after a brave and hard-fought three year battle with cancer. He leaves behind a legacy of strength and endurance that will influence his family for generations to come.

Doug was born in Glenwood on July 5, 1938, to Marlin MaGregor and Viola Lucinda (Lula)...

Aug 28, 2013

Audrey Boore

Axtell, Utah

Beloved mother, grandmother, sister and devoted wife, Audrey Elaine Metheny Boore, 75, passed away on August 28, 2013. She was born May 30, 1938 in Minturn, Colorado to Roy Allen and Nellie Viola Metheny. Audrey married Alfred Earl Boore on May 28, 1956 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. In March of 1965,...

Aug 27, 2013

Jeremy Palmer

Sterling, UT

Jeremy Ryan Palmer, 20, of Sterling, loving son, brother, grandson, nephew and cousin passed away on August 27, 2013.  Jeremy was born on June 15, 1993 in Mt. Pleasant to Ryan Guy Palmer and Jayne Kathleen Finch.

Jeremy was raised and educated in Sanpete where he worked...

Aug 27, 2013

Rick Haws

Escalante, Utah

Ricky Lee Haws, 59, passed away in Escalante August 27, 2013. He was born to Klyn and Marlene Mecham Haws in Panguitch, April 26, 1954. He graduated from the Escalante High School in 1972.

From the time he was very small, Rick loved horses and they seemed...

Aug 26, 2013

Richard Miller

Panguitch, Utah

Richard L. Miller- aka Grandpa Dick, Dicky, Drone, Richard, 73, passed away peacefully on August 26, 2013 in Panguitch , Utah at the same home he was born in years earlier on September 9, 1939 on the kitchen table. He married Judith Ann Dalton, they later divorced. Together they had two...

Aug 26, 2013

Sylvan Staples

Central Valley, Utah

Our father Orson Sylvan Staples left this frail existence to meet his beloved family members on the other side of the veil on August 26, 2013, in Central Valley, although he wanted to tarry here longer.

Dad lived a quiet, yet hard working unassuming life beneath the beautiful Cove...