Obituaries

Irma Rachel Sorensen

Jan 7, 2015

Irma Sorensen Gunnison, Utah Irma Rachel Mellor Sorensen, 86, passed away January 7, 2015 in Centerfield, Utah. She was born in Manti on July 5, 1928 to Warren Rex and Rachel Peterson Mellor. She was the oldest of 10 children. Irma was schooled in Fayette and graduated from Gunnison Valley High School. She attended BYU until she had to...

Sharon Dee Holgate

Jan 6, 2015

Sharon Holgate

Bakersfield, California

Sharon Dee Johnson Holgate passed away surrounded by her loved ones on January 6, 2015 in Bakersfield, California at the age of 79. Born and raised in Elsinore, Utah, the daughter of Chester and Mary Sevy Johnson. Sharon graduated from South Sevier High School in 1953, then attended Brigham Young University...

Dennis Wayne Shuffler

Jan 6, 2015

Dennis Shuffler

Ephraim, UT

Dennis Wayne Shuffler, 64, passed away, at his home in Ephraim on January 6, 2015, surrounded by his children, after a short yet courageous battle with brain cancer. He was born on June 4, 1950 in Amarillo, TX to Wayne Hershal and Bette Valene Jensen Shuffler.

Dennis was a...

Nan Davies

Jan 4, 2015

Nan Brown Davies, 89, of Salina, passed away January 4, 2015 in Provo with her loving family at her side. She was born November 22, 1925 in Annabella to Arnol Richard and Myrtle Loretta Camp Brown. She married Wilford Davies, January 14, 1944 in Alexandria, Louisiana. The marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple. He preceded her in...

Keith Thomas Wirtz

Jan 3, 2015

Keith Wirtz

Fremont/Murray

Keith Thomas Wirtz, 65, died at his home in Fremont on January 3, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born December 12, 1949 in Salt Lake City to Thomas William and Virginia Davies Wirtz. He spent his childhood in the wilds of Murray and loved every minute...

Beth Aleen Nay

Jan 2, 2015

Beth Aleen Brown Nay, 91, passed away January 2, 2015 in Richfield with her family by her side. She was born south of Monroe in "Monkey Town" on August 18, 1923 to Boyd E. and Susan Reta Jones Brown.

Beth married Duane Foster Nay, July 21 1943, at the family home south of Monroe. The marriage was...

Dell McIntosh

Jan 2, 2015

Dell McIntosh

Ephraim, UT

Dell McIntosh, age 90, passed away January 2, 2015 in Ephraim, Utah surrounded by family. Dell was born in Junction, Utah, to Abram and Charlotta Ann Davis. He grew up in Junction and graduated from Piute County High School.

Dell was a World War II veteran and served in...

Roger B McArthur

Jan 2, 2015

Roger McArthur

Manti, UT

Roger Bryan McArthur, beloved Son, Brother, Husband and Father passed away January 2, 2015 in Provo, Ut.  Roger was born March 8, 1946 in Richfield, Ut. to Bryan R. and LeOra D. Peterson McArthur. Roger married Linda K. Brotherson on May 28, 1971; they were...

Gill L Yardley

Dec 31, 2014

Gill Yardley

Manti, Utah

Gill Lavar Yardley, 85, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at his home in Manti. Gill was born October 23,1929 in Christianburg, Utah to Russell and Ethel Gill Yardley. He married Pauline Parry, September 22,1955. They had two children: Colleen and Jerilyn. She preceded him in death.

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John James Lee, Jr

Dec 31, 2014

John James Lee Jr., passed away December 31, 2014 in Canoga Park, California. He was born May 28, 1924 in Newark, New Jersey to John James and Sara Hikel Lee. At the age of 11, the family moved to the small town of Plymouth, New Hampshire. He and his 3 brothers, Francis, Robert and Walter, enjoyed spending time in...

Alice Catherine Dudley

Dec 27, 2014

Alice C. Dudley

Joseph, Utah

Alice Catherine Dudley, 87, passed away December 27, 2014 at her home in Joseph surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 3, 1927 in Grand Junction, CO to James Clement and Eleanor Page Cheney. She married Hyrum T. Dudley, July 10, 1946 in Grand Junction, the marriage was...

Annabell Martinez

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...

Melvin "Pete" Cloward

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...

Vila LaRen Whittaker

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...

Keith Legrand Gailey

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...

Alvin Dean Kilmer

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,...

Jack Myers Werts

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...

Alvin Loy Adams

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...

Gregory Lawson Hazen

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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Debbie Jensen

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...