Obituaries

Jun 14, 2011

Sharon Lee Thiede Mackay, wonderful mother. Our beloved Sharon sang her last song in life on June 14, 2011, Richfield, Utah, to be eternally reunited with her sons Aaron and Adam.

She was born in Salt Lake City on December 17, 1949 to Lee and Donna Thiede. Sealed to Clark Mackay in the Salt Lake Temple. Siblings...

Jun 12, 2011

Gerald O. Barney, 75, passed away June 12, 2011 in Panguitch. He was born April 27, 1936 in Escalante to Othello and Roena Lay Barney. He married Carol A Hunt, December 24, 1958 in Escalante.

Gerald bladed roads for most of his life and was a very hard worker. He served as the groundskeeper for the Escalante...

Jun 10, 2011

Lois "MA" Christiansen

Lois "MA" Christiansen, 78, of Sterling, passed away on Friday, June 10, 2011 at her home surrounded by her daughters. She left peacefully with our Heavenly Father on her journey home.

Lois was born on December 9, 1932 in Oklahoma to Tom & Twilla Padgett....

Jun 9, 2011

Robert D. "Robby" Haws, 23, passed away June 9, 2011 in Escalante. He was born January 20, 1988 in Phoenix, AZ to Ricky Lee Haws and Randie Beatty Haws.

Robby excelled in many areas, especially anything to do with horses. He had a natural gift and was the one who would notice any horse that was...

Jun 9, 2011

Leonard Malcolm Fielding "Len", 63, of Koosharem , passed away June 9, 2011 at his home. Len was born May 10, 1948 in San Francisco, CA to Leonard Walter & Dora Pauline Lampton Fielding.

Len married his sweetheart Lee Ann Wardle on May 28, 1988 in Salt Lake City, UT. Their marriage was later solemnized in the...

Jun 7, 2011

Dorthy Vee Henrie, age 64, our beloved sister and aunt passed away peacefully on June 7, 2011 in Sandy, Utah after a long illness. She was a very stately, gracious, elegant lady and very easy to talk to. She will be missed very much. 25 nieces and nephews, and 59 grand-nieces and nephews whose birthdays she always remembered and...

Jun 6, 2011

Nannette Owens Gray, 77, passed away peacefully June 6, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Nannette was born April 12, 1934 in Richfield, Utah to Delwin Thomas and Clara Lott Owens . She was raised in Joseph, Utah and was an active member of the LDS Church. She served in many callings throughout her life. She was a talented...

Jun 4, 2011

Daniel Birch Larsen, 85, passed away June 4, 2011 in Payson, Utah. He was born April 5, 1926 in Monroe, Utah to Daniel Jones and Gladys Eola Tuft Larsen. He married Melba Jean Parker, June 11, 1951 in the Manti LDS Temple.

Birch graduated from South Sevier High School in Monroe and from the University of Utah...

Jun 3, 2011

Our dear father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend Vee Worthen, 96, passed away June 3, 2011 in Panguitch, Utah. He was the oldest man in Panguitch. Vee was born February 16, 1915 to Samuel and Alice Cameron Worthen in Panguitch, Utah. He was the 3rd of seven children. Vee attended school in Panguitch and at the age of 21...

Jun 2, 2011

After a courageous battle with cancer, Havolyn Hansen, 79, passed away at his home on June 2, 2011 with his devoted wife and daughter at his side.

Havolyn was born February 20, 1932 in Elsinore, to Omery John and Anna Marie Hansen. He was the third of 13 children.

He served his country proudly in...

Jun 2, 2011

Grace Darling Burt Murphy, passed June 2, 2011 at the age of 84, in the care of her nephew, Phillip W. Burt and wife Paulette, in Spanish Fork, Utah.

Grace was born October 19, 1926 in Cedar City, the youngest child of Wilson Gates and Grace Darling Matheson Burt. She married Lloyd E. Murphy, December 24, 1945...

Jun 1, 2011

Norma Larson Nelson, 94 of Salt Lake City, Utah, and former resident of Centerfield, passed away at the Hospice Care Source in Murray, June 1, 2011.

Norma was born in Centerfield, Utah, January 27, 1917, to Antone Willard and Ellen Elizabeth "Bessie" Tyzack Jensen. After Bessie’s death, Willard married Anges Curfew Harward.

Norma attended Centerfield...

May 31, 2011

William Kenneth Jarvis, 64, passed away May 31, 2011. He was born May 31, 1947 in Salina to William Deloy and Mildred Coleman Jarvis. He married Bonnie Evans. They had four children and later divorced. He married Laurel Gardner.

Ken enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and anything in the outdoors. He retired from Hill Air Force Base as...

May 29, 2011

Barry Peter "Bear" Peterson, 62, of St. George, died Sunday May 29, 2011 at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, after complications from battling cancer.

Barry was born February 17, 1949 to Pericson and Tola Peterson of Redmond/St. George. He was a "big guy" with a big heart!

Barry had a great sense of...

May 29, 2011

Eugene Franklin Smith, Jr., 71, passed away May 29, 2011 in Panguitch, Utah. He was born February 29, 1940 in Roswell, New Mexico to Eugene Franklin and Nellie Pauline Brumley Smith. He married Helen Lynne Kessler, April 22, 1967 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Gene was a loving, wonderful and caring husband, father and grandfather. His biggest joy...

May 26, 2011

Leonora Pearl Schumann Dahlman, 95, passed away May 26, 2011, in Richfield. She was born October 31, 1915, in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Reinholdt William and Opal Grace Leota Schumann. She married Arnold Dahlman on July 31, 1948, in Carson City, Nevada. They had 62 years of love and laughter together. He preceded her in death on November 25,...

May 26, 2011

Our beloved mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend, Shellie Griffin, 47, passed away in her home May 26, 2011 in Escalante. She was born July 28, 1963 in Panguitch to Cecil F. and Carrie Bailey Griffin. She married Glenn Wilson July 17, 1981, they later divorced.

Shellie loved to restore old furniture and working with her hands....

May 26, 2011

Our loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, Duane Foster Nay, 88, passed away May 26, 2011in Richfield. Duane was born April 1, 1923 in San Pedro, California, to Fay Dermont and Ella Peterson Nay. He was the oldest of three boys. When he was five years old his family moved to Utah.

Duane and his brothers...

May 25, 2011

Vernon Smith Henningson

Vernon Smith Henningson, 84, of Manti passed away May 25, 2011 in Centerfield. Vernon was born in Manti on June 29, 1926 the last of five children to Henry and Nellie Smith Henningson. He was raised in Manti, attending school and working with his father and brothers in the saw mill...

May 24, 2011

Amberly Dawn Carroll Rhodes finished her earthly life too soon on May 24, surrounded by her family at her home in Ephraim, after a valiant fight with cancer. Born May 14, 1975 in SLC to David Keith and Barbara Sullivan Carroll.

She attended Alta HS, Snow College, and received a BSA from USU. She married Jason Andrew...