Obituaries

Aug 4, 2020

Steven Higgins

Gunnison, Utah

Morris Steven Higgins, 76, passed away August 4, 2020 in Provo. He was born March 6, 1944 in Richfield to Morris LeGrande and Arta Sudweeks Higgins. He married Arleen Mellor, March 18, 1966 in the Manti Temple.

Steven loved to hunt, fish and spent every extra minute at the...

Aug 3, 2020

Don Munk

Richfield, Utah

Donald William Munk, 83, passed away August 3, 2020 at his home in Richfield. He was born January 29, 1937 in Gunnison to Louis Christian and Dagmar Mortensen Munk. He married Nola Rae Petersen, August 11, 1962 in Centerfield. Their marriage was solemnized July 5, 1995 in the Manti Temple.

Aug 3, 2020

Joy Purser

Richfield, Utah

L. Joy Purser, 92, passed away August 3, 2020 in Richfield. She was born October 30, 1927 in Idaho Falls, ID to Burton Peter and Lillian Ethel Moss Maughan. She married Derald L. Purser June 20, 1946 in Ririe, Idaho. He preceded her death June 12, 2012.

Joy was...

Aug 2, 2020

Neal Cox

Ephraim, Utah

Neal LaVaun Cox, 72, passed away peacefully on August 2, 2020 at sunrise on his beloved Sabbath day. He was born in Manti, Utah on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1948, the oldest child of R. LaVaun and Shirley Sudweeks Cox. He married his love and eternal companion Carol Lynn Martin on...

Aug 2, 2020

Greg Williams

Richfield, Utah

Gregory Foch Williams, 73, passed away August 2, 2020 in Richfield. He was born September 22, 1946 in Salt Lake City to Milton Foch and Shirley Dean DeLong Williams. The family moved to the San Francisco Bay area when he was very young. In 1970 he moved to Hawaii and lived...

Jul 30, 2020

Geraldine Liston

Escalante, Utah

Geraldine Mecham Liston 82, our precious and faithful mother passed away peacefully on July 30, 2020. She was surrounded by her loving family in her home in Escalante, Utah. Geraldine was born on November 10, 1937 in Escalante to Starns Frank Mecham and Fontella Roundy. She was the third child of...

Jul 30, 2020

Owena Chappell

Lyman, UT

Our loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Owena Johansen Chappell of Lyman passed away peacefully at home on July 30, 2020, she was 93 years old.

Owena was born November 26, 1926, to Loa Arintha Taylor and Harold F. Johansen. She grew up in Loa, Utah and graduated...

Jul 29, 2020

Richard Costigan

Panguitch, Utah

Richard Allan Costigan left this world and was welcomed into the arms of his loving Savior, Jesus Christ. He died very peacefully in Panguitch, Utah on July 29, 2020. He married Jolene Sevy in Escalante, Utah on November 22, 2002 by their good friend, Myron Cottam. It was a happy union...

Jul 28, 2020

Donald E Shomaker

Ephraim, UT

Donald E Shomaker, of Ephraim, UT, succumbed to cancer on July 28, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born December 2, 1944 to Ezra C & Paula Schwender Shomaker. He was the fourth child and only son.

Donald attended school in Manti, UT until he joined the...

Jul 28, 2020

Richard Savage

Monroe, Utah

Richard F. Savage passed away on the morning of July 28, 2020 in Richfield, Utah after a long struggle with many health complications. He was born on March 9, 1944 to Lois Martha Becker and Floyd James Savage, and was lovingly raised by his step-father, Archie Eugene Bates and his mother....

Jul 27, 2020

Kim Peterson

Central Valley, Utah

Marvin Kim Peterson, 70, of Central Valley, Utah, passed away July 27, 2020 surrounded by his wife and children, in St. George, Utah after a short battle with glioblastoma brain cancer. He was born February 12, 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Marvin G and Olive Ethel Taft Peterson....

Jul 26, 2020

Darwin Thompson

Junction, Utah

Albert Darwin Thompson, age 81, passed away July 26, 2020 in St George, Utah surrounded by his wife and children. He was the youngest child of 8 born on May 27, 1939 in Salina, Utah to William Sidney and Thelda Lenore Halladay Thompson. He graduated from Piute High School in 1957...

Jul 25, 2020

Kirby Pickett

Gunnison, Utah

Our father, grandfather, brother, uncle, husband and best friend, Kirby Elliott Pickett, returned to his heavenly home surrounded by his 4 children. He just celebrated his 81st birthday but he was a kid at heart. Kirby was born in Gunnison, Utah July 7, 1939 and died in Provo, Utah July 25,...

Jul 24, 2020

Dolores Rider

Richfield, Utah

Dolores Egbert Rider, 91, passed away July 24, 2020 in Richfield, Utah. Dolores was born May 19, 1929, in Salt Lake City, to Harold Allen and Adeline Riggs Egbert. When her father was fatally injured in an industrial accident in 1932, Adeline took her children back to her beloved Kanab. Dolores...

Jul 18, 2020

Sharlee Sorensen

Mt. Pleasant, Utah

Sharlee was rare in every beautiful way.

Our kind, caring, fun, loving and independent daughter, sister, aunt, granddaughter, niece, and friend, Sharlee Elizabeth Sorensen, 15, passed away unexpectedly Saturday July 18, 2020. She was born to Robert and Jeannie Sorensen of Mount Pleasant, UT on October 11, 2004....

Jul 18, 2020

Efronia O. Woodbury

Monroe, Utah

Efronia Ouzounian Woodbury, 87 of Monroe, passed away July 18, 2020 in Richfield after a lingering illness. She was born February 16, 1933 in Aleppo, Meydan, Syria, to Khoren Artine Ouzounian and Eliza Tabakian. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Utah on September 17, 1957. She married Norman B. Woodbury,...

Jul 18, 2020

Karen Goodwin

Pleasant Grove, Utah

Karen Louise Abegg Goodwin, 58, died on July 18, 2020 at her home in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Karen was the youngest daughter of Maurice L and Juanita Skaggs Abegg. She was born in Tucson, Arizona on July 18, 1962.

After graduating from Provo High School, Karen received a...

Jul 17, 2020

Bonnie Oldroyd

Richfield, Utah

Bonnie Hyatt Oldroyd, 90, passed away July 17, 2020 in St. George. She was born November 27, 1929 in Richfield to Heber and Laura Webb Hyatt. She married Larry R. Oldroyd on August 25, 1949 in Richfield. He preceded her in death on August 8, 2005.

Bonnie was a...

Jul 14, 2020

Bonnie Owens

Panguitch, Utah

Bonnie LaRae McGuire Owens, 83, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2020 in Panguitch, after a valiant fight with cancer. She was born January 20, 1937, in Salt Lake City to Claude Nolan and Erma Jessie Fuelling McGuire, the third of nine children. As siblings, they spent many days playing together...

Jul 13, 2020

Wayne Peterson

Ephraim, UT

Wayne L Peterson passed away peacefully with his wife at his side July 13, 2020 due to complications from a fall.

Wayne was born at home in Ephraim to Helmut and Lana Andersen Peterson on July 5, 1931. He was the baby of the family of four and was...