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

Jun 29, 2024

Torrey, Utah – Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Claudia Michele Springer Cook, age 84, of Torrey, passed away June 29, 2024 in Nephi. She was born January 4, 1941, in Salt Lake City, a daughter of Johannes Dirk and Adeline Florence Hardy Springer.

She grew up in Richfield. She loved her horse Sandy...

Jun 25, 2024

Santa Clara/Salina, Utah – Our kind and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Viola Simpson Larsen, age 90, passed away June 25, 2024, in Santa Clara, Utah. She was born December 4, 1933, in Axtell, a daughter of Mike and Mable Leona Watts Simpson. She grew up in Axtell and Gunnison, where she enjoyed swimming, reading, going on canyon...

Jun 25, 2024

Pleasant Grove, Utah - Linda JaNae Whitlock, age 70, passed away on June 25, 2024 at her home in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She was born in Gunnison, Utah to Aldous and Katherine Whitlock, the third of four children.

Linda completed her degree in education and was an elementary school teacher for many years, putting her...

Jun 24, 2024

Manti, Utah – Our precious son, brother, grandson and great-grandson, Rexton Jay Hales, age 6, passed away June 24, 2024, in Salt Lake City. He was born June 18, 2018, in Richfield, a son of Brandon Jay and Kylee Claudette Richens Hales.

Rexton spent most of his life battling a rare auto immune disease called...

Jun 22, 2024

Brent Lee Crane, our beloved husband, dad, papa, brother, and friend, passed away on June 22, 2024, returning to the warm embrace of his Heavenly Father. He was born May 22, 1963, in Gunnison, a son of Ronald Kenneth and Una Leila Hampton Crane.

Brent's early years were filled with adventure and camaraderie, riding dirt...

Jun 17, 2024

Richfield, Utah – Robert Benjamin Johnson, age 77, passed away June 17, 2024, at his home in Richfield. He was born April 24, 1947, in Daytona Beach, Florida, a son of William Hurbert and Nelly Belle Lewis Johnson.

Memorial services are being planned by Dave Ogden. If you are interested and would like to participate...

Jun 14, 2024

Our kind and beloved Mom, Grandma, Great-Grandma, Sister and friend, Ada Dianne Evans Barney, age 79, passed away June 14, 2024, at her home in Richfield, surrounded by her children, after a long and admirable battle with cancer.

Dianne Barney, AKA Ada Dianne Churchill, Magillacuttie Evans, Ader Button Batter, Ader Skater, Grandma Honey, Meniscus, Hood...

Jun 9, 2024

Margo Kae Neilsen, age 69, passed away June 9, 2024, at her home in South Jordan, Utah. She was born on July 26, 1954, in Richfield, Utah, a daughter of Lyle Geddes and Clela Sampson Nielsen. Her early years were spent as the firstborn child traveling with her parents from North Carolina, Kentucky, Logan and Provo Utah, and then...

Jun 8, 2024

Monroe, Utah - Trina Lee Ballard, age 65, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, friend, and beyond strong woman, passed away peacefully at her home in Monroe, on June 8, 2024, with her daughter, Chanelle, by her side as she departed from this world.

Trina was born February 7,1959, in Richfield, a daughter of Budd Edward...

Jun 7, 2024

St. George, Utah - Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Marilyn Jean Christensen Schaugaard, age 86, passed away June 7, 2024, at her home in St. George with her husband and two children by her side telling her "it's ok to go home now mom".

Mom was born August 21, 1937, in Salina,...

Jun 5, 2024

Richfield, Utah – Our kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Carolyn Heppler Spencer, age 87, passed away June 5, 2024, at her home in Richfield, after suffering a stroke earlier in the week. She was born May 15, 1937, in Richfield, a daughter of Chad Norris “Chesty” and Carma Shaw Heppler. She grew up in Richfield,...

Jun 4, 2024

Richfield, Utah – Our kind and loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother, Freeman Ross Memmott, age 86, of Richfield, passed away June 4, 2024, in Richfield. He was born on Father’s Day, June 20, 1937 in Scipio, a son of Alonzo Angus and Ossie Kathleen Memmott. He grew up in Scipio, where he loved to fish, hunt, ride horses,...

Jun 3, 2024

Richfield, Utah - Edward Wasden Johnson, age 99, of Richfield, passed away June 3, 2024, in Monroe, Utah. He was born to Alvin Smith and Sofe Christina Wasden Johnson on a cold December 1, 1924, in Lovell, Wyoming. Edward was welcomed by his siblings Edna, George, and Alva. In the years to come, they would welcome Calvin, Annella, Jerrold,...

Jun 2, 2024

Annabella, Utah – Our beloved mother, grandmother and friend, Donna Jean Arionus Scott, age 89, passed away June 2, 2024, in Riverton, Utah. She was born December 24, 1934, in Lead, South Dakota, a daughter of Edwin John and Mildred Louise Nelson Arionus. She grew up in South Dakota and graduated from Alameda High School in Alameda, California. She...

Jun 1, 2024

Aurora, Utah – Our kind and loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother, Bobby Orlo Hales, age 79, passed away June 1, 2024 at his home in Aurora. He was born on October 27, 1944, a son of Orlo Franklin and Roena Joy Hales.

Bob grew up in Aurora, Kearns, and Granada Hills, California. He...

May 29, 2024

Bountiful/Loa, Utah - Kathleen Okerlund, age 73, passed away peacefully May 29, 2024, of natural causes at her home in Bountiful surrounded by loved ones. She was born November 8, 1950, in Price, Utah to her beloved parents, Beryl Mecham and Loren Clare Okerlund. She cherished growing up in Loa, in the beautiful Wayne Wonderland in Utah. Though Kathy...

May 27, 2024

Teasdale Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and cousin, LaWana Durfey Jones age 90, passed peacefully away on May 27, 2024 in Hyrm, Utah, just two weeks after her husband, Allen passed away.

LaWana was born August 5, 1933, in Bicknell, Utah to George Lawrence Durfey Jr. and Clea King Durfey at...

May 25, 2024

Greenwich, Utah - Verl L Bagley, our loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, and friend passed away May 25, 2024, in Cedar City, at the age of 79. He was born July 11, 1944, in Salina, to Lynn Garr and Mary Glennona DeLange Bagley.

Raised in Greenwich, he was the oldest of 5 siblings....

May 24, 2024

Loa, Utah – Our kind and loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, brother, and friend, Steven Kent Gurr, age 68, of Loa, passed away May 24, 2024, in Provo, Utah, just six months after the passing of his beloved wife, Sharon.

He was born March 29, 1956, to Kent Joseph and Bonnie Kay Dickinson Gurr in...

May 23, 2024

Sterling, Utah - Rick Shepherd, passed away peacefully at 10:17 am on May 23, 2024, in Provo, Utah, with his loving sister Ellna Urquhart, and his 3 children Athena Hansen, Angel Andrus and Steven Shepherd by his side.

He was born in Nephi Utah on February 24, 1961, to Derl Glen and Carla Jeannine Bowels...