Obituaries

Patricia Anne Fairbanks Brown

Patricia Anne Fairbanks Brown

Dec 29, 2024

Patricia BrownWenatchee/Marysvale

Patricia Ann Brown passed away December 29, 2024 in Wenatchee, Washington. Patricia was born in Salina, Utah to Philip Ralph Fairbanks and Auburn Elva Fairbanks on February 13, 1932. She went to Bear River High School and graduated in 1950. 

Patricia enjoyed searching for antiquities and had businesses in Wenatchee, WA and Ogden, UT. 

She was an excellent cook and made...

Spencer Lynn Nunley

Spencer Lynn Nunley

Dec 29, 2024

Spencer NunleyMonroe, Utah

Spencer Lynn Nunley passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer on December 29, 2024 in Monroe, Utah. He was born September 15, 1935, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Isaac Raymond and Rosemoyne (Smith) Nunley. Lynn grew up in a large family and was taught at an early age how to cook by helping his mother...

Heather Elizabeth Naas

Heather Elizabeth Naas

Dec 29, 2024

HEATHER ELIZABETH NAAS, passed away December 29, 2024 — wife of Dan Naas — CREMATION in the Magleby Mortuary Cremation Center— MEMORIAL SERVICES will be held at a later date — FUNERAL DIRECTORS: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti

Irva Sudweeks

Irva Sudweeks

Dec 29, 2024

Irva SudweeksKingston, Utah

Irva Maud Gleave Brindley Sudweeks, 105, a long-time resident of Kingston, passed away December 29, 2024 — our mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend.

Irva lived through two worldwide pandemics, a century apart. The first was the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-1920; the other was COVID-19.

Irva was born in the now-ghost town of Widtsoe, in Garfield County, Utah on...

Robert "Bobby" Montoya

Robert "Bobby" Montoya

Dec 26, 2024

Bobby MontoyaWashington State/Sterling

This world lost its best friend on December 26, 2024. 

Bobby Montoya, a happy-go-lucky friend to everyone he met, was born October 10, 1981 to Debra Braithwaite and Mike Montoya. 

Bobby was proud to call Sterling home and despite extensive travel and many places he laid his head at night, his roots remain in Sterling. 

Bobby never met a stranger, making...

Edith McInelly Barker

Edith McInelly Barker

Dec 26, 2024

Edith BarkerHenrieville, Utah

     Our mother, grandmother, and friend, Edith McInelly Barker, 96, of Henrieville, passed away in the late afternoon on December 26, 2024, at the Long-Term Care Center in Panguitch.       Edith was born on August 9, 1928, to Lester and Golda Woolsey McInelly in Escalante, as the third of eight siblings. She married Amon Loy Barker...

Ilene Asay Julander

Ilene Asay Julander

Dec 26, 2024

Ilene Asay JulanderPanguitch, Utah

Ilene Julander, 102, passed away on December 26, 2024 in Panguitch, Utah. She was born November 18, 1922, in Monroe, Utah to Joseph Lawrence and Nellie Barney Asay. She spent her early years growing up in Monroe and attending school there. When she was a teenager, she was working as a waitress in the local cafe and...

Ronald Everett Hansen

Ronald Everett Hansen

Dec 25, 2024

Ron HansenRichfield, Utah

Ronald Everett Hansen, 90, peacefully passed away at his home in Richfield on December 25, 2024. He was born May 10, 1934 in Richfield to Alfred Everett and Manetta Peterson Hansen. He graduated from Richfield High School and served in the Air Force. He married Betty Lou Christensen in Las Vegas on June 22, 1952. The marriage was...

Francie Mickelson

Francie Mickelson

Dec 25, 2024

Francie MickelsonElsinore, Utah

Francie Lorraine Sorensen Mickelson, age 60, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 25, 2024 in Provo, Utah. Francie was born June 30, 1964 to Marlin and Lorraine Miller Sorensen. She graduated high school and went to Sevier Valley Tech for Cosmetology.

Francie married Gregory R. Mickelson in 1989 and divorced September of 2005. She had four children...

Lowell Nilsson

Lowell Nilsson

Dec 25, 2024

Lowell NilssonManti, Utah

Lowell Alma Nilsson (1931-2024), beloved husband and dad, age 93, passed away at his home in Manti, Utah, on December 25, 2024 after brief hospice care following a stroke. He is survived by his loving wife, Gayle Pitts Nilsson, and all eight of his children: Diane (William Sparks), Patricia (Steven LeSueur), Mike (Christine), Karen (James Griffin), Suzanne (Dan...

Oliver C Sequeira

Oliver C Sequeira

Dec 24, 2024

OLIVER SEQUEIRA, 86 of Manti, passed away December 24, 2024 — GRAVESIDE SERVICES will be Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 12:00 Noon at the Manti Cemetery — FUNERAL DIRECTORS: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti

Robert James Morey

Robert James Morey

Dec 24, 2024

Robert MoreyElsinore, Utah

Robert James Morey was born on June 19, 1947 in Bloomington, California to Joseph and Bonnie (Bird) Morey. He passed away peacefully in his home in Elsinore on December 24, 2024 and is now in the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

From the age of eight, Bob began a life-long passion for music, learning to play...

Ryan Elliott Cheney

Ryan Elliott Cheney

Dec 23, 2024

Ryan CheneyManti, Utah

We are beyond devastated to announce the passing of our beloved father, Dr. Ryan Cheney, on the 23rd day of December in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty Four. In his short 51 years of life, Ryan touched the lives and hearts of so many people, beyond what we can count. 

Of all the things that...

Irene Hinckley Gardner

Irene Hinckley Gardner

Dec 23, 2024

Irene Gardner Richfield, Utah

     Irene Hinckley Gardner, formally of Richfield passed away December 23, 2024 in Washington City, at the age of 93. Born April 30, 1931 in Springville. She lived in Salem but later moved to the avenues in Salt Lake. Irene was blessed with a sharp mind and was able to graduate from East High school at the...

William "Bill" Bruce Lithgow

William "Bill" Bruce Lithgow

Dec 17, 2024

WILLIAM BRUCE “BILL” LITHGOW, 97, of Manti, passed away December 17, 2024 — CREMATION in the Magleby Mortuary Cremation Center— MEMORIAL SERVICES will be held at a later date — FUNERAL DIRECTORS: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti

Thomas Wiley

Thomas Wiley

Dec 16, 2024

Thomas WileyAntimony, Utah

Thomas Arlin Wiley was born October 23, 1958, to Van Arlin Wiley and Betty Lou Coppinger in Richfield, Utah. Tom passed away at home of natural causes on December 16, 2024. He graduated from Piute High School and attended Snow College South in Richfield for 2 years. While in high school he participated in wrestling. He worked at...

Richard Avondet

Richard Avondet

Dec 16, 2024

Richard AvondetCenterfield, Utah

Richard “Rick” Lyman Avondet left this physical world December 16, 2024 in Centerfield, UT. He was born February 8, 1944 in Ogden, UT to Lyman and Twila Rakes Avondet.

Rick married Sandy Hover July 2, 1965, in Ogden, UT. Sandy’s brother Gary was in the service with Rick and Gary introduced them. They knew it was love at first...

Mary Ellen McKim

Mary Ellen McKim

Dec 16, 2024

MARY ELLEN MCKIM, 69, of Hatch passed away December 16, 2024 — CREMATION in the Magleby Mortuary Cremation Center— MEMORIAL SERVICES will be held at a later date — FUNERAL DIRECTORS: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti

Margery Simon

Margery Simon

Dec 11, 2024

Margery Simon Central Valley, Utah

Margery A Sylvester Simon, 82, passed away December 11, 2024 at her home in Central Valley. She was born January 6, 1942 in Richfield to Jay and Amilia Blatnick Sylvester. She married George J Simon on August 6, 1966 in Las Vegas, NV.

She is survived by her husband; children: Marcel Niederhauser, Logan; and George Simon II, Genola;...

LaPrele Jordan

LaPrele Jordan

Dec 11, 2024

LaPrele JordanHighland/Manti, Utah

LaPrele Porter Jordan returned to her heavenly home on December 11, 2024. She was born on April 16, 1938 in Hatch, Utah to L. Leroy and Sarah Heaton Porter. She lived in Hatch until she graduated from Panguitch High School and attended S.L.A.V.S in Salt Lake City, majoring in Art. 

She met and married Jerry B. Anderson while residing...