Obituaries

Dec 16, 2018

Carole Tervort

Ephraim, Utah

Carole Davis Tervort, 76, of Ephraim, passed away December 16, 2018 in Provo, Utah after a long battle with heart disease. She was born to Benjamin Elmo Davis and Evelyn Bradshaw, March 16,1942, in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. Carole graduated from North Sanpete High School and received her Associate’s of Science from...

Dec 16, 2018

Vern Buchanan

Manti, Utah

Vernon George Buchanan, 92, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018 in Orem, Utah, after a brief illness. Vern was born on November 13, 1926 in Challis, Idaho, to George Wenzel Buchanan and Edna Wuenschel. He graduated from Granite High School in Salt Lake City in 1944, after attending 13 different schools...

Dec 14, 2018

Betty Jenkins

Gunnison, Utah

Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Blewitt Jenkins passed away peacefully on December 14, 2018 in Ephraim, at the age of 85, of causes incident to age. She was born April 6, 1933 to Raymond Francis Blewitt and Anna Agnes Pochuvay in Follansbee, West Virginia. She married Kenneth Wayne Jenkins in 1955 and they...

Dec 13, 2018

Joan Hill

Axtell, Utah

Joan Maness Newman Hill, 72, passed away peacefully from natural causes and complications associated with pancreatic cancer on December 13, 2018 in the comfort of her long-time Axtell home. She was born on September 30, 1946, to Robert Maness and Elise Bailey. She attended South High School in Salt Lake City...

Dec 13, 2018

Geri Frantz

Elsinore, Utah

Geraldine Louise Bottorff Frantz, "Nanny", 81, passed away December 13, 2018, in Sevier, Utah. Geri was born in Twin falls, Idaho, on July 26, 1937, to Thelma and Clarence Bottorff. She was the fourth of nine girls. She married Morris Frantz; later divorced.

Geri moved to Elsinore, Utah, approximately...

Dec 12, 2018

Susan Tindall

Monroe, Utah

Susan June Drew Tindall, 77, passed away December 12, 2018 at her home in Monroe. She was born June 18, 1941 in Framingham, MA to Allen C and Lena Ryder Drew. She married Robert C Hentzi April 16, 1959 in Bainbridge, GA. They later divorced. She married Earl Tindall November 18,...

Dec 12, 2018

Ila Iverson

Fayette, Utah

Ila Saxton Iverson, 81, of Fayette, passed away on December 12, 2018. She was born on July 17, 1937 in Murray, UT to Warren Lafaette and Myrle Julian Saxton.

Ila was raised in American Fork, UT where she attended local schools. She married her sweetheart, Orlin K Iverson, on...

Dec 9, 2018

Lisa Pendleton

Richfield, UT

Elizabeth "Lisa" Demick Pendleton, 89, passed away peacefully at home on December 9, 2018. Lisa was born in Salmon, Idaho, the daughter of Vasil and Anna Kromer Demick on October 8, 1929, the 10th of 13 children.

She married Donald LaFoy Pendleton in Elko, Nevada on September 2, 1961....

Dec 8, 2018

Lorene Willardson

Centerfield, Utah

Our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, Lorene Larson Willardson, 85, passed away peacefully December 8, 2018, in Gunnison, surrounded by loving family. Born to Lu Terry and Edna Tuttle Larson in Ephraim, Utah June 13, 1933.

In her younger years Lorene was an active contributor on the...

Dec 7, 2018

Phil Allen

Antimony, Utah

Phil Allen, 94, Antimony, passed away peacefully December 7, 2018, in Panguitch, Utah. He was born, the youngest of three sons, May 22, 1924 in Escalante to George Ashley and Matilda "Tillie" Riddle Allen.

Phil grew up in Escalante, Utah. He had a wonderful childhood and made many lifelong...

Dec 6, 2018

Marie Orton

Panguitch, Utah

Marie Liston Orton, 82, returned to her heavenly home on December 6, 2018 in Panguitch. She was born on May 24, 1936 in Logan, Utah, to Russell Knute and Sibyl Bullen Nelson. She married Don Liston January 25, 1960 in the Logan Temple. He preceded her in death June 19, 1988....

Dec 5, 2018

Joseph V Dale

Ferron, Utah

Our devoted father, Joseph Verl Dale, 83, passed away at his home in Ferron, Wednesday December 5, 2018 after a battle with cancer. He was born November 7, 1935 in Richfield, Utah the son of Reginald Thomas and Rachel Young Dale. His father passed away at a young age leaving...

Dec 2, 2018

Guthrie P Campeau

Tropic, Utah

Guthrie Patrick Campeau, 34 of Tropic, passed away tragically in an auto accident on December 2, 2018 near Panguitch Lake. He was born March 19, 1984 in Modesto, California.

Guthrie was an avid outdoorsman and his passions showed in everything he did from hunting and fishing to working...

Nov 26, 2018

Afton Christensen

Formerly of Richfield

Afton Erskine Christensen passed away November 26, 2018 in St. George, UT. She was born on October 1, 1922 in Salt Lake City, UT to George G and Catherine Walker Erskine. She married L. Ray Christensen on July 2, 1942 in the Salt Lake City Temple. Ray preceded her in...

Nov 26, 2018

Tony Norton

Junction, Utah

Tony V Norton, 82, passed away on November 26, 2018 in Junction. He was born April 19, 1936 in Junction to John Afton and Dora Price Norton. Tony’s mother died when he was 9. He and his younger sister, Afton, were raised in Junction by his sister and her husband, Sylva...

Nov 26, 2018

Jean Larsen

Gunnison, Utah

Our beloved mother, grandma, great-grandma, sister, aunt and friend May Jean Buchanan Larsen, 90, passed away at Gunnison Valley Hospital Monday November 26, 2018. Born to Reuben and Sophia Chavez Buchanan in Manti, Utah. After a short illness, Sophia passed away leaving Rueben with 5 kids. He then married Ann Soffe...

Nov 25, 2018

Reneé McIff

Richfield, Utah

On November 25, 2018, in Richfield, our beloved and beautiful Reneé Stephenson McIff – wife, mother, and grandmother – returned peacefully to her heavenly home and to those family members and friends who preceded her on this journey. For 29 years, she courageously fought the disabling disease of Multiple Sclerosis, refusing...

Nov 24, 2018

Vertis Clarke

Tropic, Utah

Vertis Pollock Clarke, 92, passed away November 24, 2018 in Riverton, UT. She was born February 20, 1926, in Tropic, Utah to William and Cecy Bybee Pollock. She married Lester Clarke, May 11, 1946. The marriage was solemnized January 18, 1947, in the St. George Temple. He preceded her in death...

Nov 23, 2018

Kenna Hawley

Richfield, Utah

Kenna Spencer Hawley of Richfield, Utah, 96, passed peacefully away on November 23, 2018 at the caring and loving community of Monroe Canyon Assisted Living in Monroe, Utah. She was greeted in heaven by her loving husband Harold. She was born June 20, 1922 in Escalante, Utah to Lester and Blanche...

Nov 22, 2018

Dayne Mathis

Monroe, Utah

Dayne Andrus Mathis, 93, husband, father, grandfather, teacher, farmer, servant of God, passed away peacefully at the home he built, on November 22, 2018. He was born in St. George, UT to Gordon W. and Pauline Andrus Mathis, January 14, 1925.

A child of the depression, Dayne had many...