Local Obituaries for Families in Richfield, Salina, Sevier County and the surrounding areas
Jim Secrist
Apr 30, 2008
Koosharem, Utah - James Arthur (Jim) Secrist, age 80, of Koosharem, returned to his Heavenly Father on April 30, 2008 in Salt Lake City, after a long battle with diabetes. He was born October 28, 1927 in McFadden, Wyoming, a son of Orson S. and Mary Ann Taylor Secrist. As a toddler, his family moved to D’Hanis, Texas, where...
John B. Harter, Sr.
Apr 30, 2008
Richfield, Utah - Our beloved husband, father and grandfather, John Bennett Harter, Sr. age 88, died April 30, 2008 at his home in Richfield. He was born July 26, 1919 in Logan, Iowa, a son of Gerald Everett and Ida Elizabeth Durfee Harter. He married J. Alyce Ploub March 18, 1939 in Vancouver, Washington. She died April 12, 1992....
Bernice C. Baker
Apr 23, 2008
Teasdale, Utah - Bernice Coombs Baker, age 95, passed away peacefully on April 23, 2008 in Gunnison, Utah, in the presence of her three children. She was born February 19, 1913, a daughter of George Lewis and Mae Williams Coombs in Teasdale, Utah, where she spent her entire life. She attended Wayne High School, Utah State Agricultural College and...
Thelma N. Okerlund
Apr 22, 2008
Salina, Utah - Our angel mother and grandmother, Thelma Nielsen Okerlund, age 97, left this life to join her eternal companion, Dent Okerlund on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at her home in Salina. She was born July 25, 1910, a daughter of Hans Carl (Charles) and Frances Elizabeth Evans Nielsen in Salina, Utah, where she lived her entire life....
Justin Giles
Apr 14, 2008
Bicknell, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, son, brother and grandson, William Justin Giles, age 32, was killed in an automobile accident on Monday, April 14, 2008 near Fish Lake, Utah. He was born February 9, 1976 in Salt Lake City, Utah, a son of Robert Henry and Sandra Lee Potter Giles. He graduated from Wayne High School, Class...
Ivan J. Jensen
Apr 13, 2008
Centerfield, Utah - Our kind and beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and uncle, Ivan James Jensen, age 88, of Centerfield, died April 13, 2008 in Mayfield, Utah. He was born November 1, 1911 in Centerfield, the fourth child and a son of Alexius Christian and Christene Marie Jensen Jensen. He married Madge Buchanan August 7, 1940 in the Manti...
Ralph E. Dixon
Apr 10, 2008
Marysvale, Utah - Ralph Eugene Dixon, age 97, of Marysvale, Utah, died April 10, 2008 in Richfield, Utah. He was born February 7, 1911 in Escondido, California, a son of James Benjamin and Ethel Melvina Young Dixon. He graduated from Escondido High School, and attended Woodbury Business College and graduated in 1931. He married Wanda Rose Lanham, June 17,...
Madge W. Green
Apr 8, 2008
Redmond, Utah - Our dearly beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt, Madge Willardson Green, joined her husband, Dell Roy Green, in Heaven early Tuesday morning, April 8, 2008. Madge had been suffering recently from congestive heart failure and was preceded in death by her husband two weeks earlier. Madge was 89 years old. She was born January 18,...
Mitchel C. Mccubbin
Apr 7, 2008
Torrey, Utah - Mitchel Carl McCubbin, age 52, of Torrey, died April 7, 2008 in Murray, Utah. He was born July 28, 1955 in Salt Lake City, a son of Melvin Carl and Marilyn Eccles McCubbin. He married Doreen Cerqua October 4, 1973 in Sun Valley, California. They were later divorced. Mitch enjoyed fishing, rock hounding and spending time...
Katy Ann Armstrong
Apr 6, 2008
Lyman, Utah - Katy Ann Cutler Armstrong, age 48, of Lyman, died April 6, 2008 at her home in Lyman. She was born July 3, 1959 in Ely, Nevada, a daughter of Royal Morris and Peggy Louise Anderson Cutler. She married Clifford Armstrong and they were later divorced. She is survived by her mother, Peggy Anderson of Bicknell; children:...
Blaine Roberts
Apr 2, 2008
Richfield, Utah - Ricky Blaine Roberts, beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend, passed away April 2, 2008 at the age of 59 in Murray, Utah. He was born on Nov 26, 1948 in Ogden, Utah, a son of DeLoy and Phyllis Hansen Roberts. He married Peggy Ann Ficklin, January 8, 1966 in Salina, Utah. She died March 17,...
Fay Lay
Apr 1, 2008
Circleville, Utah - Our kind and beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and sister, Ethel Fay Rigby Lay, age 95, of Glenwood and forrmerly of Circleville and Orem, died April 1, 2008 in Glenwood. She was born August 22, 1912 in Fairview, Utah, a daughter of Howard Wix and Sarah Celestia Peterson Rigby. She attended school in Fairview and Mt....
Fred E. Brown
Mar 30, 2008
Salina, Utah - Our kind and beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother, Frederick Edmond Brown, age 73,of Salina, died March 30, 2008 in Gunnison, Utah, after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born November 20, 1934 in Gardiner, Maine, a son of Lewis Albert and Evelyn Lessard Brown. Fred graduated from Gardiner Maine High School, Class of...
Roger E. Nielsen
Mar 28, 2008
Salina, Utah - Roger Evans Nielsen, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, passed away March 28, 2008 at the Gunnison Valley Hospital in Gunnison, Utah, at the age of 85, after a long fought battle with Multiple Myeloma Cancer. He was born September 29, 1922 in Salina, Utah, a son of Hans Carl (Charles)...
Dell Roy Green
Mar 25, 2008
Redmond, Utah - Our dear husband, father and grandfather, Dell Roy Green, peacefully passed from this life to the next early Tuesday morning, March 25, 2008. He entered into eternal life at the Life Care Center of Reno, following a brief illness. He was 89 years old. Dell was born September 22, 1918 in Redmond, Utah, the son of...
Herman V. Gier
Mar 21, 2008
Centerfield, Utah - On 21 March 2008, Herman Virgil Gier, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and uncle, returned to his Heavenly Father. He passed away peacefully at his home in Centerfield, Utah, with his loving wife, Rose, at his side, after a valiant fight with cancer. Herman was born on 29 March 1937 in Turlock, California, a son...
Una Pierce Adams
Mar 21, 2008
Richfield, Utah - Our kind and beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt, Una Pierce Adams, age 80, of Richfield, died March 21, 2008 in Provo, Utah. She was born April 16, 1927 in Fremont, Utah, a daughter of Miel Edwin and Minnie Albrecht Pierce. She attended Wayne High School in Bicknell, Utah. On April 16, 1944, her 17th...
Donald D. Breese
Mar 14, 2008
Richfield, Utah - Our kind and beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, Donald Delos Breese, age 94, died March 14, 2008 in Richfield, of causes incident to age. Because of his warm heart and ready smile, and great sense of humor, Don was able to make friends easily and because of this, he will be greatly missed by all...
Chuck Coons
Mar 12, 2008
Monroe, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, Charles Francis “Chuck” Coons, age 73, of Monroe, died March 12, 2008 in Richfield, Utah. He was born January 5, 1935 in Naples, New York, a son of Walter Melville and Mabel Davis Coons. He married Barbara Ballew in 1959 in Jackson, Wyoming. They were later divorced. He married...
Rosanna H. Taylor
Mar 8, 2008
Teasdale, Utah - Rosanna Hiskey Taylor, age 94, of Teasdale, died March 8, 2008 in Provo, Utah of complications from emergency surgery. She was born October 29, 1913 in Salt Lake City, a daughter of John Seamon and Mary Lyman Hiskey. She lived her entire life in Teasdale. She married Lorenzo Keith Taylor, September 2, 1933 in Loa, Utah....
