Local Obituaries for Families in Richfield, Salina, Sevier County and the surrounding areas

Sep 2, 2022

Aurora, Utah - Our sweet mother, Nola V Christiansen Madsen, age 96, passed from this life to the next on the morning of September 2, 2022. She was born in Monroe, Utah on June 6, 1926, to Carl and Nettie Arlena Bridges Christiansen. She passed away in Monroe while residing at Monroe Canyon Assisted Living.

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Sep 1, 2022

Richfield, Utah – Our kind and loving husband, father, grandfather and brother, Gerald Waters, age 75, passed away September 1, 2022 at his home in Richfield after a valiant battle with prostate cancer. He was born August 25, 1947 in Brigham City, Utah, a son of Lamar and Mable Lu Johnson Waters. He served his country in the United...

Aug 31, 2022

Gunnison/Payson, Utah - Richard (“Dick”) Dean Gillham was born in Sioux City, Iowa on October 9, 1930, to Howard A. and Erma Aaldrup Gillham. Dick died on August 31, 2022 in Payson.

In his early years, he experienced the Great Depression and World War II. Dick served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict....

Aug 27, 2022

Gunnison/Midvale, Utah - Wade Kenneth Miller, age 35, passed away on August 27, 2022 at his home in Midvale, Utah. Wade was born in Fallon, Nevada, on July 7, 1987, to Eldon Baird and Marsha Gail Spivey Miller. He was the youngest of five children and lived in Fallon until the age of 8. At that time, his family...

Aug 23, 2022

Salina, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Jolayne Anderson Okerlund passed away peacefully, in the early morning hours of August 23, 2022 at the age of 72 in Springville, Utah. She was born March 17, 1950, in Richfield, Utah, a daughter of Everett Lysle and Lois Fae Sorenson Anderson. Jolayne graduated from East High High...

Aug 20, 2022

Salina, Utah - Glen Moroni Barney, age 98, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Salina, in the early morning of August 20, 2022. Loving son of Moroni and Mable Barney, he was born in Elsinore, UT on April 4, 1924. Glen was a compassionate and dedicated soul, giving his all to community, country, career, and...

Aug 12, 2022

Barry Spencer Young, 46, died August 12, 2022, at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, from complications of cardiac arrest. He was born March 16, 1976, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Jim and Faye Young. After four girls, Jim and Faye thought for sure that they were forming a girls' basketball team. But then this blond-haired, brown-eyed boy came along...

Aug 11, 2022

Hurricane, Utah - Richard Lawrence Midson passed away peacefully on August 11, 2022, surrounded by his family, and loved ones at the age of 81 in Hurricane, Utah. Richard had been battling Parkinson’s Disease for the past four years. Although he will be very missed, he is finally at peace. Richard was born on May 23, 1941, in San...

Aug 8, 2022

Salina, Utah - Vickie Avonne Ivy Cooper, age 68, passed away August 8, 2022 peacefully surrounded by her children in Salina, Utah. She was born January 9, 1954 in Plymouth, Indiana, a daughter of Claude C. Ivy Sr. and Marine Elaine Smith Ivy. She married her high school sweetheart John Richard “Rick” Cooper October 24, 1970 in Eagle Mountain,...

Aug 5, 2022

Salina, Utah - L. King Anderson of Salina, passed away August 5, 2022, at the age of 75. He was born September 15, 1946, a son of Lynford James and Lula D. King Anderson in Salina. He married his childhood sweetheart, Mary Ellen Hales, on September 18, 1964. King was the proud dad of two boys, Rustin and Bruce....

Jul 27, 2022

Loa, Utah – Our beloved, Richard Allen “Dick” Nielson, age 91, passed away July 27, 2022 at his home in Loa. Dick was born August 24, 1930 in Richfield, a son of Walter Orian and Erma Eldora Salisbury Nielson. He grew up Richfield and graduated from Richfield High School, Class of 1948. When he was younger, he and some...

Jul 21, 2022

Aurora, Utah – Gerald “Jerry” Howard McCullough returned to his loving Heavenly Father on July 21, 2022 at his home in Aurora. Jerry was a devoted loving husband, father, brother, grandpa and great-grandfather. He was born, the oldest of four children, to loving parents, Gerald Hardy and Grace Leona Lewis McCullough in Commodore, Pennsylvania on January 11, 1936. When...

Jul 19, 2022

Lawrence S. Bagley of Torrey, Utah died in Salt Lake City at the University Hospital on July 19, 2022. Just as in one of Larry’s favorite John Lennon quotes, he died of death, which killed him. He was born in 1941 to Ames and Lucy Bagley. He had many happy memories of growing up on Sheridan Road in Salt...

Jul 18, 2022

Las Vegas, Nevada – Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt, Joy Kay Penman Allred, age 85, passed away July 18, 2022 at her home in Las Vegas, surrounded by her loving family. Joy was born June 4, 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter of John Albert and Ardella Brunson Penman. She married the love of...

Jul 15, 2022

Elsinore, Utah - Ronald Murvin Colby Sr., age 80, of Kearns, Utah, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, was reunited with the love of his life on July 15, 2022, six days shy from their 60th wedding anniversary. He passed away at Sevier Valley Hospital in Richfield due to heart failure. It is our belief his heart could...

Jul 2, 2022

Redmond, Utah - Timothy Lowell Hood, an owner/operator truck driver, beloved husband, loving father and grandfather, unexpectedly passed after a motorcycle accident on July 2, 2022, at the age of 52, on I-70 in Sevier County, while on a group bike ride with his oldest son and friends. Tim was born in Mesa Arizona on November 23, 1969, to...

Jul 1, 2022

Salina, Utah - Jim Lea Blackburn passed peacefully at home surrounded by his children on Friday July 1, 2022 at the age of 85. He was born April 6, 1937 to James H. Blackburn and Genevieve Wareham. He grew up in Arizona and Utah in his early years and served as a Petty Officer Machinist Mate in the U.S....

Jul 1, 2022

Our sweet, loving, caring, and determined wife, mother, and grandmother Gwen Noyes, passed peacefully on Friday, July 1, 2022, in Gunnison, Utah. Gwen was born March 8, 1937, to parents, Marlin J and Nelda (Zufelt) Sorensen, Sr. in Salina, Utah. While attending North Sevier High School, she met the love of her life, Rae Noyes, Jr. They married shortly...

Jun 30, 2022

Fremont, Utah- George T. Blackburn, age 76, returned to his loving heavenly father on June 30, 2022, at his home in Fremont, surrounded by his loving wife and family. George was born to loving parents, Floyd B. and Clay Taylor Blackburn February 22, 1946 in Salina Utah. He grew up in Loa and graduated from Wayne High School, Class...

Jun 29, 2022

Salina, Utah – Gene Barrington Edwards, age 94, passed away June 29, 2022 at his home in Salina. He was born October 25, 1927 in Preston, Idaho, a son of Warren and Zella May Barrington Edwards. His family moved back and forth between southern Idaho and Star Valley, Wyoming before finally settling in Riverdale, Idaho. He attended elementary school...