Obituaries

Nov 11, 2012

Sheldon Watts

Fayette, Utah

Sheldon Carl Watts, 90, died on Sunday, November 11, 2012 in Marana, AZ, of complications arising from a broken hip. He was born May 6,1922 in McCammon, ID, second son of Ethel Ione Mellor and Earnest William Watts. He married Madge Marks on June 3,1943. She preceded him in death October...

Nov 10, 2012

Lynda Curtis

Monroe, Utah

Lynda Ann Forbush Curtis, 72, passed away November 10, 2012 at her home in Monroe. She was born August 29, 1940 in Richfield to Joseph Alden and Elsie LaVerda McDonald Forbush. She married Ronald Foy Curtis, July 13, 1957 in the Manti Temple and referred to this as one of the...

Nov 8, 2012

Brad Betts

Richfield, Utah

Brad Dale Betts, 31, passed away unexpectedly November 8, 2012, at his home in Richfield. He was born December 12, 1980 in Richfield to Keven Dale and Kathy Ann White Betts. He married Julie Christensen, later divorced. He married Cody Lee. Later divorced, but they remained dear friends.

Brad...

Nov 7, 2012

Delbert James Fry, 65, passed away November 7, 2012 after a short but valiant battle with cancer.

He was born May 21, 1947 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to John James and Beth Pearson Fry. The family moved to Richfield when Delbert was 4 years old. He married Virginia Shurtz of Escalante, in Richfield, on September 26, 1981,...

Nov 6, 2012

LaRee Hammond

Fayette, Utah

LaRee Anderson Hammond, 80, of Fayette, passed away November 6, 2012 in Provo. She was the youngest of 8 children born to John O’Dean and Cora Anderson on June 19, 1932 in Mayfield. She married the love of her life, Lowell Hammond of Fayette, October 11, 1956 in Las Vegas. He...

Nov 6, 2012

Seth Gurney

Lost Creek, Utah

Our beloved son, brother, uncle and grandson, Seth Alan Gurney, age 26, passed away November 6, 2012 in Lost Creek, Utah. He was born January 24, 1986 in Richfield to Alan and Vicki Willardsen Gurney.

Seth was a graduate of North Sevier High School Class of 2004. He...

Nov 5, 2012

Wally Powell

Salina, Utah

Wallace Ray "Wally" Powell, 85, of Salina, passed away November 5, 2012 in Richfield. He was born April 24, 1927 in Murray, Utah to Ralph Clinton and Zelda Sophia Larsen Powell. He married LaRue Peterson, later divorced. He married LuElla Wilkinson, May 21, 1960 in Elko, Nevada.

Wally was...

Nov 4, 2012

Rosalie Curtis

Monroe, Utah

Rosalie Trejo Curtis, age 81, passed away at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, November 4, 2012, due to complications from a knee infection.

Rosalie was born on July 21, 1931 in Eden, Arizona to Rozella Hancock and Emuel Trejo. She served an LDS Mission in the Eastern Canadian...

Oct 27, 2012

Lyman H. Rollins, 92, returned to be with his "beautiful lady" on October 26, 2012. Lyman was born January 19, 1920 in Cumberland, Wyoming, and grew up as a child in the Bridger Valley area of that state, learning how to be a hard-working cowboy at an early age. He married Lois Mae Bradshaw in the Salt Lake City,...

Oct 25, 2012

Gene Val Hyatt

Gunnison, Utah

Gene Val Hyatt, 79, passed away at his home in Gunnison, Thursday, October 25, 2012. Dad was born September 2, 1933 in Clarion, Utah to Lancelot Newberry and Annie Adella Decker Hyatt. He was the youngest of nine children and worked with his father and brothers on the family farm....

Oct 25, 2012

Karol Ann Amtoft

Elsinore, Utah

Karol Ann Amtoft, 41, of the Elsinore Addition, passed away October 25, 2012 in Provo. She was born March 18, 1971 in Granger to Patricia Ann Wilden and Karl Glen Amtoft.

Karol is survived by her mother of Elsinore; preceded in death by her father.

Cremation...

Oct 23, 2012

Jack C. Brown, 90, passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2012 in Las Vegas. He was born September 25, 1922 in Butte, Montana to Clifford and Florence Curtis Brown.

He served in the 11 th Airborne Division in World War II. He was a decorated war veteran and hero to his family and loved ones.

He...

Oct 21, 2012

Our kind loving mother, grandmother and friend, Olive Lewis Sudweeks, 98, of Kingston, passed away October 21, 2012 in Panguitch. She was born April 23, 1914 in Circleville to Alice Thomas and Benjamin Lewis, Sr. She married Alton D. Sudweeks, December 25, 1932 in Richfield. The marriage was solemnized in the Manti Temple in 1948. He preceded her in...

Oct 21, 2012

Jo Lowe

Elsinore, Utah

Fannie Jo Warmack Lowe, 86, of Elsinore, passed away October 21, 2012 in Richfield. She was born April 3, 1926 in Salt Lake City to John and Eleanor VanNatta Warmack. She married Garth Otto Lowe, July 15, 1955 in Salt Lake City. Later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. He preceded...

Oct 19, 2012

Barbara Palmer

Huntington Beach, California

Barbara Poulson Palmer, 93, quietly passed away and graduated into Heaven October 19, 2012 in Huntington Beach, CA. Barbara was born April 16, 1919 to James Christian and Sarah Anna Poulson in Richfield, Utah.

Married to William James "Bill" Palmer in 1940 and moved to Temple City, Ca....

Oct 18, 2012

Byron Kay Baker Richfield, Utah Byron Kay Baker, 77, passed away October 18, 2012 in Richfield, Utah.  He was born November 26, 1934 in Bicknell, Utah to Kenneth Fay and Rachel Wood Baker. Byron was married to Marge Lovely and lived in Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa.  They owned and operated the Big Bear Antiques and Refinishing Store in Omaha.  Together, they...

Oct 18, 2012

Bruce Draper

Manti, Utah

Dennis Bruce Draper, 74, passed away October 18, 2012, in Nephi, after a long battle with leukemia. Bruce was born June 26, 1938 in Spring City, the sole child of Cleo Ilene Anderson and Glenn Archie Draper.

Bruce resided in Ephraim for all but a few months of his...

Oct 18, 2012

Dorothy J. Mecham Keisel, 65, of Ephraim, passed away on October 18, 2012.  Dorothy was born on December 16, 1946 to Frank Mecham and Elsie Ogren. Dorothy married Jack D. Keisel in July of 1988 in Hobble Creek Canyon.  They have had many wonderful years together.  Dorothy loved people and greeted them with a smile.  She loved crafting and enjoyed giving them away.  Dorothy’s most...

Oct 15, 2012

Twyla Anderson

Gunnison, Utah

Twyla Louise Westlund Anderson, 85, long-time resident of Gunnison quietly passed away on October 15, 2012 in Levan, Utah. Twyla was born July 1, 1927 to Hans Wilfred and Ruth Westlund. She was the youngest of four children.

At the end of World War...

Oct 11, 2012

Paul Anderson

Monroe, Utah

Michael Paul Anderson, 36, passed away October 11, 2012 at his home in Monroe. He was born June 5, 1976 in Richfield, to Michael C Anderson and Holly Gene Merchant Clift. He married Allie Jean Homer, May 16, 2008 in Richfield.

Paul was a giving person and a loving...