Obituaries
Donald Lee Ponton Sr.
Mar 12, 2023
Donald Lee Ponton, born Aug 18, 1944, in Las Vegas, NV. Donald is the 2nd son born to LeRoy Arden Ponton and Alice May Lewis. Donald was lucky to have 2 fathers in his life; Leo Francis Rowan was his dad.
Donald grew up in Las Vegas with his brothers and sister but also spent several years in different locations...
Rex Deloy Day
Mar 4, 2023
Rex Deloy Day returned to his Father in Heaven on March 4, 2023, at the age of 76. He passed away at home, surrounded by family, after a valiantly fought battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Rex was a quiet man of enormous strength. He spoke little but was an eternal optimist and was known for his quick wit and dry sense...
Wendy Michelle Bayles
Feb 18, 2023
Loved and adored Wendy Michelle Cushing Bayles brought joy, compassion, and kindness into this world. Wendy was born to Rulon Cushing and Karen Christensen Cushing in Bountiful on March 21, 1966. She lived her early childhood in Long Island New York, she loved living there and has a fondness for NYC. During her teen years they moved back to...
Christopher Thomas Lunt
Jan 28, 2023
Christopher Thomas Lunt of Salt Lake City Utah passed away January 28, 2023 doing what he loved most, adventuring with his friends.
Chris was born December 9, 1993, in Salt Lake City Utah to Ellen Gay Gertsch Lunt and Robert Petty Lunt. He was raised in Farmington Utah where he began his life adventure. Growing up Chris developed a love...
Charles Edward DeGraffenried Jr.
Jan 21, 2023
Charles Edward DeGraffenried Jr. was born on October 1, 1943 to Charles Edward DeGraffenried and Irmadell Evans in Murray, Utah and was raised in South Jordan, Utah. There he was raised in a strong, gospel-centered home, with his three sisters and two brothers. He was taught an excellent work ethic in the family masonry business, and graduated from Bingham High...
Richard Neil Dietzel
Jan 11, 2023
Richard Neil Dietzel, 71, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at his home in Washington, UT. He was born January 10, 1952 in Salt Lake City, UT to George Elmore Dietzel Jr. and Dorothy Ardell Anderson. He married Jo Ann Marie Bean on September 19, 1992 in Los Angeles, CA.
He is survived by his wife, Jo Ann; his children,...
Yvonne Bond Hancock
Jan 2, 2023
Yvonne “Vonnie” Bond Hancock, 83, passed away January 2, 2023 at home with three daughters by her side shortly after the devastating news of her metastasized cancer.
Also known as the “Airport Lady” she co-managed and managed Fillmore Muni Airport for approximately 35 years. She was known for her witty sense of humor, sarcasm, and fire cracker personality and the...
Owen Culmer Olpin
Dec 14, 2022
Owen Culmer Olpin, lawyer, law professor and, most importantly, husband, father, and grandfather, died on December 14, 2022. He was 88.
Born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on July 10, 1934, to Roy D. and Arlene C. Olpin, he grew up in Fillmore, Utah where his parents established a mortuary business, which served that community for many years,...
Gail Henderson Rowell
Dec 12, 2022
Fillmore, Utah – Gail, aged 75, passed away early on Monday, December 12, 2022. She is a Florida native but was staying with her son and family while they helped her these past five months as she struggled with an aggressive form of cancer.
Gail was born in Waycross, Georgia on July 16th, 1947, to Rhoda Lou Hutson and James...
Gordon Lee Hall
Nov 30, 2022
Gordon Lee Hall, 90, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2022 surrounded by his family in Meadow, Utah. He was born August 23, 1932 in Le Grande, Oregon to Walter Wallace and Elizabeth Pearl Lay Hall. He married Frances Leona Freeman in Salem, Oregon on October 8, 1954 later sealed on April 18, 1955 in Salt Lake City, Temple.
Gordon...
LaVoy Martin
Nov 28, 2022
Olive LaVoy Wilcken Martin, affectionately known as Voy, age 96, passed away on November 28, 2022 of complications incident to age at Intermountain Hospital in Murray, Utah. She was born January 4, 1926 in Fillmore, Utah to John Carl Wilcken and Olive Beatrice Day. She married Cecil Max Martin for time and all eternity in the Logan LDS Temple on...
Susan Whitney Weidauer
Oct 22, 2022
Susan Whitney Weidauer, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, was tragically taken from her loved ones while vacationing with Doug in Missouri on October 22, 2022. Susan graduated from LDS Business College, worked in law offices and was a paralegal before a successful career serving the City of Sandy for over 31 years, beginning as the Prosecuting Coordinator,...
Myrna Monsees Longhurst
Oct 16, 2022
Myrna Monsees Longhurst passed away peacefully on October 16th, 2022. Daughter of Henry and Gertrude Monsees; Myrna is survived by her husband, Ashton Dale Longhurst and five children:
Sherri Lehman, Keith Longhurst, Brent Longhurst, Gary Longhurst and Lisa Bautista and their families.
Myrna and Dale were married in the LDS Mesa, Arizona temple on May 8th, 1958 by Avril Pierce.
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Michael LeRoy Black
Sep 18, 2022
Michael LeRoy Black, born in Delta on November 16, 1954 to Ladd and Barbara (Anderson) Black, returned to the arms of his loving Heavenly Father on September 18, 2022 at his home in Sutherland surrounded by his wife and children. He courageously endured the painful effects of liver cancer. True to his quick wit and sense of humor, Mike said...
Margaret G. Johnson
Sep 10, 2022
Margaret Graham Johnson peacefully passed away on September 10, 2022 in Corvallis, Oregon after a sudden health decline due to a stroke. Throughout life she gave of herself for faith and family, but beyond that she nurtured connections with friends and extended family far and wide.Margaret was born at home in Provo, Utah on Aug 29, 1941, the first child...
Lorin Condie Black
Sep 8, 2022
Lorin Condie Black, beloved son of Mark Chase Black and Nina Vilate Warner, passed away peacefully, September 8, 2022 at the family’s longtime home in Kanosh, Utah. Lorin and his wife, Martania Lee Smith, had retired to the family home after completing a successful aircraft maintenance career with Northwest Airlines in Atlanta, Georgia and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Lorin was born January...
Chad Kent Whitaker
Sep 7, 2022
Kanosh, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, Papa Chad, brother,uncle, and son, passed away on September 7, 2022, at his home inKanosh. He is survived by his wife Liz, 4 children, and two amazingdaughters-in-law. Kaleb (Gabbriel) Milford, Pierce (Shantel) Lehi,Daniel, Kanosh, Sophie, Kanosh, 4 beautiful granddaughters, and hisMother Lorranie (Leonard) Watts of Kanosh. His brothers and sisters,Doug (Sue) Whitaker, Sheri...
Angie Maxfield McElroy
Aug 29, 2022
Chief Master Sergeant Angie McElroy passed away Monday, August 29, 2022 at the age of 57, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer in her home in Haughton, LA.
She was born on November 7, 1964, in Delta, UT to her parents Thayne and Erma Maxfield. She was preceded in death by her dad, and her son Brandon, she is...
Lyle Osborne Evans
Aug 28, 2022
Lyle Osborne Evans passed away peacefully at the age of 93 on Sunday, August 28, 2022; to rejoin his beloved wife of 72 years after a brief separation. Lyle was born January 3, 1929 to John Calvin and Carrie Evans in Parowan, Utah. He was the youngest of seven children.
Lyle led an active and happy life. He was active...
Audean Lou McDowell Gregersen
Aug 17, 2022
The rim of our family wheel has fallen away. On August 17, 2022, Audean Lou McDowell Gregersen has finished her mission here on earth and left to join passed family and friends. Audean was born in McGill, Nevada May 31, 1931 to Walter William McDowell and Nettie Ray Howarth. She was the sixth of nine siblings. Audean (Audie) lost her...
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