Obituaries

Carol Joy Shirts

Carol Joy Shirts

Nov 6, 2022

Carol ShirtsBakersfield, CA

    Carol Joy Shirts completed the mortal part of her eternal life on November 6, 2022 in Bakersfield, California.  She was born in Escalante, Utah on December 25, 1940 the youngest of four children born to LoNeta “Neta” Hall and Morris Shirts.       Growing up in Escalante brought with it the many things that she...

Stephen Elmo Bradley

Stephen Elmo Bradley

Nov 5, 2022

Stephen BradleyAnnabella, Utah

    Stephen Elmo Bradley, 83, passed away November 5, 2022 at his home in Annabella, UT.  He was born November 7, 1938 in Inglewood, CA to Raymond Guy and Martha Lantz Bradley.  He married Jacoline Bushnell, May 8, 1960 in Westminister, CA.    Stephen served his country in the Vietnam War. He participated in search and...

Thomas Knaphus

Thomas Knaphus

Nov 4, 2022

Thomas KnaphusGlenwood, Utah

    Thomas Loyd Knaphus, passed away November 4, 2022 in Provo. He was born March 24, 1954 in Richfield to Loyd and Joyce Owens Knaphus.  He married Charlotte Marie Anderson on September 21, 1974 in Glenwood.      Survived by his wife, Charlotte; children: Misty (Barry) Ness, Monique (Derrick) Moore, John Knaphus, Trevor (Tesha) Knaphus; grandchildren:...

Garth Vest

Garth Vest

Nov 2, 2022

Garth VestMayfield, Utah        Our loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Garth H Vest, 91, of Mayfield, Utah, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in Centerfield, Utah. He was born on July 15, 1931 in Salina, Utah to Edward and Edra Vest.      Garth attended Snow College and later joined the Marine Corps during the Korean War....

Sandra Mae Miller

Sandra Mae Miller

Oct 31, 2022

Sandra MillerEscalante, Utah

    Our dear mother, Sandra Mae Lyman Leibenguth Miller, passed away, October 31, 2022, at her daughter’s home in Escalante after enduring many health issues for the past several years.  She was the best wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend.     Sandra was born on April 9, 1947, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Truman Snow Lyman...

McCall Cronin

McCall Cronin

Oct 31, 2022

McCall CroninEnoch, Utah

    Our son Christopher McCall Cronin's short life ended in Cedar City, Utah on October 31, 2022. We will miss his kindness and compassion.  We will miss his smile, and the music he played to make the world a better place, and so many other things.       A memorial service to remember McCall's beautiful life...

Lynn R Whittaker

Lynn R Whittaker

Oct 30, 2022

Lynn WhittakerSt. George, Utah

     Lynn R. Whittaker, 75, passed away October 30, 2022. He was born January 13, 1947 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Moroni and Etta Morgan Whittaker. He married Katherine Anderson in the St George Temple on March 30, 1973.     Lynn was raised in Midvale, Utah. He graduated in 1965 from Hill Crest High School....

Lora Dawn Stock

Lora Dawn Stock

Oct 30, 2022

Lora Dawn StockCannonville, Utah

    Lora Dawn Davis Stock, 76, passed away on October 30, 2022, in Panguitch, Utah. She was born in Panguitch on June 25, 1946, to Clarence LaVerl and Dorothy Smith Davis. Lora Dawn was the second of Verl and Dorothy’s three children. Dawn’s mother Dorothy used to tell her that Dawn was born on the...

Lalagene Calkin

Lalagene Calkin

Oct 29, 2022

Lalagene Calkin Manti, Utah

    After a life dedicated to serving her family and the church that she loved, our sweet mother, Lalagene Harvey Calkin passed peacefully in her sleep early in the morning on October 29, 2022.  She was the mother of six of her own children (and surrogate mother for three of her sweetheart, Jim’s children), grandmother to...

Phil Murray

Phil Murray

Oct 29, 2022

Phil MurrayEphraim, UT

    Phillip M Murray passed away unexpectedly of natural causes in his home on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the age of 78.    Phil was born on June 18, 1944 in Preston, Idaho. He graduated from Napa High School in 1963. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in...

Karen Coates

Karen Coates

Oct 27, 2022

Karen CoatesCircleville, Utah

    My sweet angel mother, Karen Dalton Coates, passed 21 days after her sweetheart, my loving dad of 65 years, on October 27, 2022. Some say that she might have died from a broken heart thinking about being on earth without her dear husband, Kent. She was a devoted wife, mother, a beloved "Grandma Great," sister,...

Gene Collette

Gene Collette

Oct 27, 2022

Gene ColletteWickenburg, AZ./Panguitch, Utah

    Ronald “Gene” Collette left this life on October 27, 2022, at the age of 88 at his home in Wickenburg, Arizona. He leaves a large family — his wife of 64 years; 6 children; 31 grandchildren; and 57 great-grandchildren. Gene was born May 24, 1934 in Challis, Custer County, Idaho to William Phillips Collett...

Dexton Spencer Hutchings/Obray

Dexton Spencer Hutchings/Obray

Oct 26, 2022

 

Dexton HutchingsMonroe, UT

Dexton Spencer Hutchings Glover/Obray, our sweet boy, was born February 25, 2008 with a full head of thick, beautiful hair. Since day one of coming into this world, he was full of love and smiles. If you knew Dexton, you knew happiness and compassion. His passions in life were his family and football, and he lived...

Kathleen Carlisle Christensen

Kathleen Carlisle Christensen

Oct 23, 2022

Kathleen Carlisle ChristensenSan Marcos, California    Vivian Kathleen “Kathy” Carlisle Christensen, 73, passed away October 23, 2022, at home in San Marcos, California, with her family around her, after bravely fighting multiple myeloma for several months.    Kathy was born April 30, 1949 in Columbus, Georgia, to Roy and Lorene Knox Carlisle. She married Laurence Christensen of Springville, Utah. They...

Maynard Stenberg

Maynard Stenberg

Oct 23, 2022

Maynard StenbergMayfield, Utah

    Maynard Stenberg was peacefully reunited with the love of his life, his wife Kathy in heaven, the afternoon of October 23, 2022 in Centerfield. Maynard was born July 1, 1937 to his parents, James Albert and Rhoda Stenberg in Mayfield, Utah, the youngest child in a family of six children. Maynard proudly served his country...

Chariton Douglas 'Doug" Hinckley

Chariton Douglas 'Doug" Hinckley

Oct 22, 2022

Douglas HinckleyOrem, Utah

    Chariton Douglas Hinckley passed away October 22, 2022 at his home in Orem.  He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1931 to Edwin Carlyle Hinckley Sr. and Emma Jacobs Hinckley. He had one brother, Edwin Carlyle Jr., (Beula Bell), both deceased.      He lived in Provo until age five when his family...

Weldo Don Woolsey

Weldo Don Woolsey

Oct 20, 2022

Weldo WoolseyEscalante, Utah

    Weldo Don Woolsey, 74, passed away at his home in Escalante on October 20, 2022. He was born November 1, 1947, Panguitch, Utah to Wells Tillman and Beth Cottam Woolsey.  He married Kathleen Schow on December 9, 1988 in Escalante.    Survived by his wife, Kathleen; children: Joe (Jeanette) Smith, Overton, NV; Andy (Brenda) Smith,...

Neil Barney

Neil Barney

Oct 18, 2022

Neil BarneyMt. Pleasant, Utah

    Neil Brent Barney passed away on October 18th 2022. He was 77 years old at his passing. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leslie and Edna Barney; his sisters: Reva, Lynn and Bessie; his brothers: Shirley and Everett; and Shirley (his smoking hot wife of 49 years). He is survived by his...

Gary Thayer

Gary Thayer

Oct 18, 2022

 

Gary ThayerGunnison, Utah

Gary Melvin Thayer, 82, of Gunnison, UT passed away October 18, 2022 at his home surrounded by loved ones. Gary was born July 19, 1940 in Eugene, OR.

Gary married his high school sweetheart, Shirley Johnson, and together they had 3 wonderful children. Gary was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Throughout his life he has...

Helen Bradley

Helen Bradley

Oct 14, 2022

 

Helen BradleyEphraim, Utah

    Helen Squire Bradley, 86, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 14, 2022, surrounded by family. She was born on August 9, 1936, in Clarion, Utah, to Ivan and Bertice Squire.    She was the second of eight children, and she enjoyed growing up on the family farm with her brothers, sisters, and parents. She...