Obituaries

Geraldine Sperry

Geraldine Sperry

Aug 2, 2021

Geraldine Sperry, 73, passed away Monday on August 2, 2021, in Provo, Utah at the Utah Valley Hospital. She was born July 1, 1948, in Vernal, Utah to Gerald Clark and Ona Givens. Gerri moved to Spanish Fork, Utah in 1962 and attended Jr. high and high school where she met and married Gary Sperry on February 4, 1966, and...

Doris  Bennett

Doris Bennett

Jul 28, 2021

Doris was born February 18, 1944 to Arjaan "Whitey" and Elaine Webb Dekker in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Grant C. Bennett, August 3, 1968 in the Saint George Temple. She passed away peacefully on July 28, 2021 from a long battle with cancer, arthritis and Alzheimer. You wouldn't know it because she kept her sense of humor and...

Barbara High

Barbara High

Jul 27, 2021

My wife and life partner Barbara A High, 70+, passed away on July 27 of this year at Fillmore Hospital, after a short illness. She was born in New York City, New York on February 27, 1950. Her parents Elisabeth Keller and Alfred Connolly having passed sometime before her. She married Norman High in Newport Beach, CA in 1983.

We...

Golda Allgood

Golda Allgood

Jul 27, 2021

Golda Brinkerhoff Allgood, of Fillmore, Utah was reunited with her eternal sweetheart on July 27, 2021 at the age of 85. Golda was born in Flowell, Utah to Wendell and Stella Hutchings Brinkerhoff. Golda enjoyed being raised in the close-knit community of Flowell with her brothers and sisters on the family farm. Her father taught her to drive the tractor...

Ida Lister

Ida Lister

Jul 23, 2021

Ida Charlene Lister, age 65, of Delta, Utah passed away peacefully on July 23rd, 2021, in St. George Utah. Ida was born September 23, 1955, in Hawthorne, Nevada to Julia Charlene Lamon. Ida recently was able to discover through DNA her deceased biological father, Harry Lloyd Chancy, and had connected with her new family. Ida rejoiced in that new family...

Billie Jones

Billie Jones

Jul 20, 2021

On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, Billie Jones passed away peacefully at the age of 92.

She was born on February 19, 1929, in Talpa, TX, to Jesse and Callie Bairrington. Billie was the youngest and last living sibling of the Bairrington family. She was married to Elbert Jones for 33 years and was the mother to two sons. She worked...

Joan Duncan

Joan Duncan

Jun 28, 2021

Kernersville, NC – Joan Arc Cronin Duncan, 87, passed away on June 28, 2021, at Kernersville Medical Center. She was born in Lincoln County, Mississippi to the late Mary Dorcas Britt and Casper Carl Cronin. Joan met her husband, David, in New Orleans, while he was serving in the US Navy. Their instant friendship turned into a 64-year long marriage....

Sarah Nez

Sarah Nez

Jun 16, 2021

Sarah Ann Parker Nez, 71, passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2021 in Fillmore, Utah.  She was born May 23, 1950 in Gallup, New Mexico to Leo Parker, Jr & Irene Adakai Miller.  She was married November 6, 1971 in Gallup, New Mexico to Jackson Nez. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake City Temple. Sarah was raised in Gallup,...

Thomas Suwyn

Thomas Suwyn

Jun 3, 2021

Thomas Gerald Suwyn, 77, died on June 3, 2021, at home in Oak City, Utah, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. Tom was born on March 2, 1944, in Denver, Colorado, to Wilbert John and Betty Lou English Suwyn. He was raised in Southern California, the eldest of six children. Tom married Rosalyn Frances Loving on November 11, 1966....

Otto Dale Riding

Otto Dale Riding

May 7, 2021

Otto Dale Riding succumbed to Alzheimer’s and made his final journey to be with his mom and dad, family and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Dale was born and raised in Delta.  He was the tenth child of Edwin Taylor and Eulalla McInelly Riding.  Dale is survived by his wife Shauna; Children: Rick and wife Sikeiti; Stephen; Suzanne and husband Ken...

Jouise B. Fletcher

Jouise B. Fletcher

May 3, 2021

Jouise B. Fletcher passed away Monday May 3, 2021 at the age of 90, while staying at Millard Care and Rehabilitation.

She was born on Aug. 23, 1930 in Dale, Oklahoma to Burford Garner and Ruby Bell Nave.  There she enjoyed life on a farm, being the eldest of two brothers and two sisters. 

She married Orville Wayne Fletcher on Sept....

Maxine Betty Jean Herdman

Maxine Betty Jean Herdman

Apr 30, 2021

Mrs. Maxine Betty Jean Hecke Herdman, aged 96, passed away on Friday, April 30th at the Pines of Sarasota Nursing Home in Sarasota, Florida. She was the loving wife of Frank K. Herdman, who passed away in 2002. 

Born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1925, to Myrtle Schweder and Theodore Hecke, Maxine enjoyed her childhood competing in regional and national...

John Ralston Staheli

John Ralston Staheli

Apr 23, 2021

John Ralston Staheli – devoted family patriarch, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend and humble servant of the Lord - peacefully passed away at his home on April 23, 2021 at the age of 87 of causes incident to age.  He often referred to himself as “a simple man”, but he lived an amazing life, found fulfillment in  the relationships he...

Dan "Dutch" Elmer

Dan "Dutch" Elmer

Apr 16, 2021

“Kaleidoscope” Does everyone know What’s behind the fake smiles The memories that go on for miles The lifetime of hunting Oh, the stories I’d tell Give me your hand, mine needs to be held Don’t say goodbye It leaves me no hope Give me your hand, “kaleidoscope” Think of me often I’m hot, now I’m cold Come...

Roger C. Lister

Roger C. Lister

Apr 14, 2021

Delta, Utah – Roger C. Lister, 83, passed away Wednesday April 14, 2021.  He was born on February 21, 1938 in Delta, Utah to Elwin and Betty Works Lister. 

Roger worked at Zions National Park as a teenager, went to night school and worked at Hercules, moved to California where he worked at Fairchild’s, then moved back to Delta working...

Sandra Lowder Willoughby

Sandra Lowder Willoughby

Apr 4, 2021

Our loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother Sandra or Sandy as she was known by friends and family alike, passed away peacefully in the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City UT, with her son Jason (Rita) by her side on April 4, 2021.

Sandy was born on July 1,1943 to Elmo and Frances Lowder in Long Beach CA. She was...

Vickie Lynn Taylor

Vickie Lynn Taylor

Apr 1, 2021

Delta, Utah – Vickie Lynn Taylor, age 65, passed away Thursday April 1st 2021 at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah, surrounded by her most treasured loved ones.  She was born November 4th 1955 in Provo, Utah to Darwin Wallace “Dee” Jensen and Petra Lucille Peterson.  She was the youngest of four children.  She married the love of her life...

Ivie Olsen Peterson

Ivie Olsen Peterson

Mar 29, 2021

Ivie Olsen Peterson passed from this life the evening of March 29, 2021 in Delta, Utah, at the age of 95. She was born on August 11, 1925, to Grantly Lamar and Vivian Ivie Olsen in Scipio, Utah.

She met Carl Reuben Peterson when they were attending Millard High School in Fillmore, Utah. They were married in the Salt Lake...

Larry Zane Crafts

Larry Zane Crafts

Mar 25, 2021

Larry Zane Crafts, made his final flight from Delta, Utah to fly with Heaven’s angels on March on 25, 2021 after a valiant battle with Cancer and Dementia.

Zane was born on July 24, 1940 in Oasis, Utah to Charles Edward Crafts and Ruvoe Heywood Crafts, the 7th child of 9 children.  He grew up in the family home in...

Sarah Marie Finlinson

Sarah Marie Finlinson

Mar 21, 2021

Delta, Utah - Sarah Marie Church Finlinson, age 97, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 21, 2021, surrounded by her loving family.

Sarah Marie was born on April 25, 1923 in Oasis, Utah to George N. and Sarah Shakespeare Church, the ninth of twelve children. She married her loving husband, Leo Lyman Finlinson on September 12, 1941, in the Manti...

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