Local Obituaries for Families in Richfield, Salina, Sevier County and the surrounding areas
Linda A. Rackham
Jun 3, 2021
Joseph – Our beloved friend and neighbor, Linda Anne Rackham, age 69, passed away peacefully at home, in the care of her friends, on June 3, 2021. Linda was born on December 11, 1951, to James Patrick and Emma Jean Creighton. She was raised in Washington D.C. and Mechanicsville, Virginia. She enjoyed living with her grandparents including fishing trips...
Don L Okerlund
May 28, 2021
Salina, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, Don L. Okerlund passed away peacefully May 28, 2021, at the age of 74. He was born March 2, 1947, in Salina, to Clyde and Helen Okerlund. Don always had a smile on his face and had a caring way of making everyone around him feel special. He...
Clair L. Lipsey
May 27, 2021
Koosharem, Utah – Our friend and neighbor, Clair L. Lipsey, age 87, passed away quietly on May 27, 2021 in Provo, Utah. Clair was born on November 10, 1933 in Annabella, Utah to Lee and Veoma Anderson Lipsey. He grew up in Koosharem where he attended elementary school there and was one of the first to be baptized in...
Mateland D. Nay
May 26, 2021
Richfield, Utah – Our kind and beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother, Mateland D. Nay, age 91, of Richfield, passed away suddenly on May 26, 2021 in Provo, Utah. He was born January 28, 1930 in Circleville, Utah, a son of William Levi and Mary Venna Sherman Nay. He graduated from Richfield High School, Class of 1948. He...
Roa S. Mason
May 26, 2021
Aurora, Utah - Our sweet mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Roa Dean Shaw Mason passed away at the age of 94, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at her home in Aurora, Utah. She was born December 27, 1926 in Aurora, a daughter of William Hartley and Mary Jeanette Harding Shaw. Roa spent her happy childhood years climbing trees, wading in the...
Jan Rae Penney
May 24, 2021
Salina, Utah – Our beloved daughter, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend and neighbor, Jan Rae Penney, age 56, passed away on May 24, 2021 at her home in Salina. Jan was born on February 14, 1965, to Kenneth William Brunson and Marlene Isabell Despain. She was married to Troy Fay Melville who passed away in August 1998. She married...
Candus Darlene Toth
May 14, 2021
Candus Darlene Toth, 45, passed away Friday, May 14, 2021 at her home in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She was a resident of Rock Springs for the last eight years and former resident of Elsinore, Utah. Candus was born August 22, 1975 in Richfield, Utah; the daughter of Kim James Peterson and Darlene Hansen Peterson. She attended schools in Utah....
Don Gay Van Dyke
May 10, 2021
Lyman, Utah - Don Gay Van Dyke, 83 died May 10, 2021 at his home in Lyman, Utah. He was born January 24, 1938 in Richfield, Utah to Delmar H. and Romania Carrell Van Dyke. He grew up in Lyman. Gay enjoyed family time with his dad, brothers and cousins when he was young. He graduated from Wayne High...
Kenneth Doty
May 7, 2021
Richfield, Utah – Our beloved husband, father, son and brother, Kenneth Paul Doty, age 54, passed away May 7, 2021 at his home Richfield, after a brave battle with cancer. He was born October 8, 1966 in Long Beach, California, a son of Stephen Paul and Carmenlynn Mullenax Doty. He grew up in Long Beach where he enjoyed surfing,...
Leon Chappell
May 7, 2021
Washington / Torrey – Leon Don Chappell, 73, died May 7, 2021 in Washington, Utah. He was born July 13, 1947 in Salina, Utah to Don Austin and Betty Jean Rees Chappell. He was raised in Lyman and farmed with his family there. He helped herd cows and sheep on the Parker Mountain in his youth and raised potatoes....
Stewart Shaver
May 6, 2021
Richfield, Utah - Earl Stewart Shaver graduated with high honors from this life on May 6, 2021 at the age of 74. He spent the last 6 months of his life bravely battling cancer. He died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones. Stew was born on April 3, 1947 in Ottawa, Canada. He immigrated to Los Angeles, California with...
Heartly Brown
Apr 29, 2021
Sigurd, Utah - Heartly Austin Brown, age 77 of Sigurd passed away at his home on April 29, 2021. Heartly was born October 15, 1943, in Salina, Utah, a son of Austin Christian and Vada Newby Brown. He grew up in Sigurd and graduated from Richfield High School. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Garrett Brown
Apr 26, 2021
Herriman, Utah - Our loving son, brother, husband, father, uncle and friend passed away on April 26, 2021 after a long hard-fought battle with colon cancer. Garrett was born on August 22, 1971, in Reno Nevada to Paul and Duella Williams Brown. He started this world as a fighter coming early and weighing only 3.12 pounds. Garrett grew up...
James Cosby
Apr 26, 2021
Aurora, Utah - James Melvin Cosby, age 89, passed away on Monday, April 26, 2021 in St. George, Utah. James was born on August 31, 1931 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was the son of Melvin Powell and Dora Angle Cosby. He grew up in Escondido, California. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War from 1950 to...
Tom Jeffery
Apr 26, 2021
Fremont, Utah - Our charming and witty, loving and kind father, grandfather, and friend, Thomas Alfred Jeffery, 69, passed away April 26, 2021, at his home in Fremont, after his heart was broken from losing the love of his life. They are together again. He was born June 24, 1951, in Richfield, Utah, a son of Garn and Colleen...
Paul Martin
Apr 26, 2021
Paul LaMar Martin, 92, passed away in his Las Vegas home on April 26, 2021, after a long and vibrant life. He was born on July 24, 1928, in Scipio, Utah, and was the fourth of seven children born to Cecil J Martin and Beatrice Elizabeth Quarnberg Martin. During Paul’s youth, he gained the work ethic that would direct...
Donna Rae Stanton
Apr 22, 2021
Salina, Utah – Donna Rae Stanton, 76 passed away April 22, 2021 in Gunnison, Utah. She was born September 2, 1944 in Delhi, New York to Hiley “Jake” and Jessie Seward, She graduated high school from Delaware Academy, Class of 1962. She fell in love and married her sweetheart Robert Paul Stanton Sr. on July 31, 1962 in Equinuck...
Ruth O. Hallows
Apr 22, 2021
Loa, Utah - Ruth Oldroyd Hallows, 95, passed away on April 22, 2021 in Monroe, Utah. She was born August 24, 1925, in Loa, Utah, to Edwin Archibald and Alberta Okerlund Oldroyd. Ruth grew up in Loa and graduated from Wayne High School and Branch Agricultural College in Cedar City, Utah. Ruth married Lorenzo Duane Hallows on September 15,...
Marty L. Brannagan
Apr 12, 2021
Gunnison, Utah - Our father, grandfather, friend and neighbor, Marlow “Marty” Leroy Brannagan, age 85, passed away on April 12, 2021 at his home in Gunnison. Marty was born in Hastings Nebraska on January 24, 1936 to Leroy Brannagan and Bertha Osborn. He spent his childhood in Nebraska and later Idaho. He earned his GED at Chemeketa College in...
Lavina Horne
Apr 6, 2021
Salina, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, and neighbor, LaVina McBroon Horne, age 75, passed away unexpectedly on April 6, 2021, at her home in Salina. LaVina was born in Ferron, Utah on May 8, 1945, to Allen and Lucile Akelund McBroon. She grew up in Emery and graduated from Emery High with the class of...
