Obituaries
Mary Oleary
Sep 28, 2023
Mary O’LearyRichfield, Utah
Mary O'Leary, beloved mother, sister, daughter, and friend, passed away peacefully on September 28, 2023, after a courageous battle with cervical cancer. Born on February 4, 1969, she shared a special bond with her twin brother, Jerry. Mary’s love of life and quiet, meaningful moments in the world left a lasting impression on all who knew...
J Daniel Tebbs
Sep 28, 2023
Dan TebbsPanguitch, Utah
In loving memory of J Daniel Tebbs, who was born on April 20, 1938 in Panguitch. Dan peacefully passed away surrounded by family members on September 28, 2023 at the age of 85 in Washington City. He was a beloved father, husband, friend, and community member. Dan was known for his unwavering dedication...
Jeane G Staples Allen
Sep 22, 2023
Jeane Staples AllenRichfield, Utah
Jeane Greenwood Staples Allen, 79, passed away September 22, 2023 in Richfield. Jeane was born to William S. ”Bill” Greenwood and Carmen Hunter in Richfield, Utah on October 4,1943. Born premature, she struggled to get into this world. She only weighed about 3 pounds, and came home to a shoe box for a cradle!...
Lois Christensen
Sep 21, 2023
Lois ChristensenRichfield, Utah
Lois Roberts Christensen, age 97, passed away in Portland, Oregon, on September 21, 2023 from the effects of age and Alzheimer’s disease. She was born in Annabella, on June 3, 1926, and lived, raised her family, served her Savior and her community, and loved her extended family and many friends, most of her life in Richfield....
Gale Evans Conder
Sep 20, 2023
Gale H. Conder Richfield, Utah
Gale H. Conder, 87, passed peacefully into eternity on September 20, 2023, in Provo, surrounded by her loving and dedicated family. Gale was born in Richfield, to Max and Helen Ogden Evans . She entered this world with her twin brother Dale. They were second and third of 7 siblings: MacRay, Ruth, Marjory, Charles,...
Marvin David Hansen
Sep 19, 2023
Marvin HansenCentral Valley, Utah
Marvin D. Hansen was born December 18, 1930, in Elsinore. He was the second son and second child of Omery John and Anna Marie Hansen. He died September 19, 2023, in Cedar City of causes incident to old age. Marvin served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1955. He...
Arlo Henry Maag
Sep 19, 2023
Arlo MaagMonroe, Utah Arlo Henry Maag, 84, passed away September 19, 2023 at his home in Monroe. He was born April 11, 1939 in Vineyard, Utah to Ted Forbes and Velva Romania Newell Maag. He married Shirley Pope on February 14, 1976 in Provo. Their marriage was solemnized on June 19, 2010 in the Manti Temple. They were...
Alan Roger Blomquist
Sep 18, 2023
Alan BlomquistRichfield, Utah
In loving memory of Alan Roger Blomquist. Alan Roger Blomquist, a devoted husband, loving father, dedicated serviceman, and successful entrepreneur, was born on December 24, 1940, in Richfield to Allen Reed Blomquist and Virginia Blomquist. He peacefully passed away on September 18, 2023, in Provo, at the age of 82. Before embarking on the...
"Pat" Bessie Patricia Justesen
Sep 17, 2023
Pat JustesenManti, Utah
Bessie Patricia “Pat” Wilson Justesen, passed away peacefully at home on September 17, 2023, at the age of 85 after more than a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born on September 8, 1938, in Gaffney, South Carolina to James H. Wilson and Mertie Virginia Brewer. She grew up and went to schools...
Michael Anthony Pyle
Sep 16, 2023
Mike PyleRichfield, Utah
Michael Anthony Pyle, 54, passed away September 16, 2023 in St. George. He was born November 4, 1968 in Okinawa, Japan to George H and Dawn M Cox Pyle. He married Donna Coleen Caldwell on October 7, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV. He is survived by his wife, Donna; sons: Timothy J Balk (Andrew...
Mervin Barnhurst
Sep 13, 2023
On the evening of September 13, 2023, Mervin James Barnhurst from Hatch, Utah, returned home to his Heavenly Father, surrounded by his family. Mervin, or “Merv”, was born in the Spring of 1941 in a one room log cabin in Hatch. He lived over 82 years and each one was meaningful as he filled many different roles...
Vionne Holt
Sep 13, 2023
Vionne HoltTorrey, Utah
Vionne Marie Duke Holt “Ma”, peacefully left this life on September 13, 2023, just a few weeks before her 91st birthday. Vionne was born in Draper and grew up there with grandparents in Lehi. She grew up poor and through it found incredible strength and resiliency. She married DeVon Holt from Torrey and they shared...
Patricia Marx
Sep 12, 2023
PATRICIA SYME MARX, OF SPRINGVILLE, passed away September 12, 2023 — wife of the late Roy Dallin Marx — CREMATION SERVICES to be held in the Magleby Mortuary Cremation Center — MEMORIAL SERVICES will be held at a later date — FUNERAL DIRECTORS: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti
Bonnie Dickinson Gurr
Sep 11, 2023
Bonnie Kay Dickinson Gurr, 88, passed away September 11, 2023 in Monroe. She was born July 1, 1935 to Otis Alonzo and Hannah Mattie Haslem Dickinson. Bonnie was raised in Richfield with her brothers and sisters: Sheldon, Eldon, Darlene, Alta and Mary. Bonnie met and married Kent Joseph Gurr of Sigurd in October 1954. He preceded...
Dorothy Ann Chidester
Sep 11, 2023
Our sweet (and sassy), mom, grandma, great-grandma, sister, aunt, and friend, Dorothy Ann Cooper Chidester, 87, passed away in American Fork, Utah on September 11, 2023. Dorothy was born on October 2, 1935 to George Nathan and Cora Arvilla Cooper in Panguitch, Utah. Dorothy married her lifelong best friend, Arthur Ray Chidester on September 8, 1955 in the...
John Charles Pappas
Sep 9, 2023
John PappasRichfield, Utah
John was born February 20, 1946 in Clifton, Colorado to Dick and Johanna Kleminick Pappas. He was the youngest of six children. His father died when he was four years old, and his mother struggled to raise her large family. He passed away September 9, 2023 in Richfield, Utah. John grew up in Clifton,...
Mary Lou Church
Sep 6, 2023
Mary Lou ChurchPanguitch, Utah
Mary Lou Corlett Church, 96, was born on April 24, 1927 in Cedar City, Utah to Leo and Ina Heyborne Corlett. She peacefully died on September 6, 2023 in Panguitch, Utah. Mary Lou married Val Dolph Church on October 15, 1947 in Pioche, Nevada. Their marriage was solemnized in the St. George Temple on...
Sherry Thorn
Sep 6, 2023
Sherry ThornRichfield, Utah
Sherry Eileen Stockman Thorn, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at her home in Richfield, after a valiant battle with Ocular Melanoma. Sherry was born October 14, 1949, in Chicago, IL as the eldest child of Glen and Elizabeth Zimmerman Stockman. On July 3, 1976, Sherry married her soul mate, Ronald Frederick...
Lora Mae Rutherford Engberg Poulsen
Sep 3, 2023
Lora Engberg PoulsenEscalante, Utah Lora Mae Rutherford Engberg Poulsen was born on April 6, 1935 to Leeroy and Delora Reed Rutherford. She grew up in Tulsa, OK and then married James Mcfarland in 1952. The couple lived in Anchorage, AK and had three children: Debbie, Lee and Ted. They were later divorced. In 1967 she married...
Henry Thomas
Sep 2, 2023
Henry ThomasPanguitch, Utah
Henry Thomas Jr, 83, passed away September 2, 2023 in Panguitch. He was born May 16, 1940 in Shaw, MS to Henry Sr., and Lucille Chadwick Thomas. He married Tanya Wilcock on April 14, 1982 in Las Vegas. The marriage was solemnized in the St. George Temple in May of 1991. Henry served his...