Local Obituaries for Families in Richfield, Salina, Sevier County and the surrounding areas
Vauna C. Ashman
Aug 17, 2015
Richfield, Utah - Vauna Ashman, age 90, passed away peacefully at Logan Regional Hospital on August 17, 2015 due to complications suffered from a stroke. She was born on March 16,1925 in Richfield, Utah to Leonard and Beatrice Gray Christensen. The youngest of four children she grew up helping her parents with the family farm where she learned the...
Burke V. Bastian
Aug 15, 2015
Vermillion, Utah - Burke Vernal Bastian walked away from his Vermillion home toward Heaven early in the morning on August 15, 2015, at the age of 87. He was diagnosed with chronic leukemia in 1996, but lived his normal busy lifestyle on his farm until last November. Beginning in December, Burke began fighting his last battle, which became increasingly...
George Merrill Brown
Aug 14, 2015
Koosharem, Utah - George Merrill Brown, age 91, died August 14, 2015 in Ames, Iowa. He was born April 24, 1924, in Koosharem, Utah, to Rhoda Ann Anderson and Ebenezer Cornelius Brown. He was the youngest of seven children. George grew up in humble circumstances, living without indoor plumbing and electricity for the first twelve years of his life....
Don E. Chappell
Aug 14, 2015
Loa, Utah - Our beloved and devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, Don Elwood Chappell, age 72, of Loa, passed away August 14, 2015 in Provo with his loving wife of 53 years by his side. He led his family with quiet dignity and was an example of strength and dedication to all who knew him. Don...
Allen W. Milbury
Aug 11, 2015
Aurora, Utah - Allen Wendell Milbury, 84, died August 11, 2015 at his home in Aurora. He will be remembered as someone who filled his life with a passion for learning. He was born May 5, 1931 in Beverly, Maine, the oldest son of Arthur Rupert and Elinor Frances Hawes Milbury. As a New Englander, he valued self-reliance and...
Veronda S. Nichols
Aug 9, 2015
Austin, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, Veronda Llyn Stewart Nichols, age 64, passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2015 in Richfield, Utah. She was born July 26, 1951 in Tooele, Utah, a daughter of Kenneth E. and Dorothy Irene Beaumont Stewart. She graduated from South Sevier High School, Class of 1969. She married Lonnie Harvey...
Mitzi M. Snow
Aug 7, 2015
Our kind and loving mother, sister and aunt, Mitzi Mickelson Snow, age 63, of Richfield, passed peacefully away on Friday, August 7, 2015, after a brave and valiant battle with metastatic cancer. She was born July 5, 1952 in Richfield, Utah, a daughter of Garth Rulon and Lola Bertha Anderson Mickelson. She grew up in Richfield and graduated from...
Wendell H. Chappell
Aug 5, 2015
Lyman, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Wendell Holden Chappell, age 88, of Lyman, passed away August 5, 2015 in Centerfield, after a long, active life of hard work, love and service. He was the rock and foundation of our family and will be greatly missed. Wendell was born September 9, 1926 in Lyman, Utah, a...
Mike O'Neil
Aug 4, 2015
Redmond/Delta, Utah - Our loving and caring husband, father, son, brother and uncle, Michael Dean "Mike" O'Neil, age 26, passed from this earthly life on August 4, 2015 at Frog Flat in Sevier County on the West Mountain. He was born July 22, 1989 in Delta, Utah, a son of Danny Gene and Julie Ann Meacham O'Neil. He married...
Peggy Ellett
Aug 2, 2015
Bicknell, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Mary Anita "Peggy" Jones Ellett, age 82, died August 2, 2015 in Loa, Utah. She was born October 8, 1932 in Bicknell, Utah, a daughter of Stephen Otis and Vera Baker Jones. She graduated from Wayne High School, Class of 1950. She married her sweetheart, Lane R. Ellett, July...
Carol Dean Taylor Chabot
Jul 30, 2015
Fremont, Utah - Carole Dean Taylor Chabot was born June 29, 1934, in Fremont, Utah. She is the twelfth and youngest child of William Gross Taylor and Emily Bell Duncan Taylor. She passed from this life on July 30, 2015. Carole was a member of the Wayne High School graduating class of 1952 in Bicknell, Utah. That fall she...
Betty Jean Long Miller
Jul 28, 2015
Betty Jean Long Miller , our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, passed away peacefully after a valiant and courageous fight with cancer, on July 28th, at her daughter’s home in Salina at the age of 83. She was born on June 22, 1932 to Vernon Keith Long and Luella Chamberlain Long and was so...
Rulon L. Miller
Jul 26, 2015
Redmond, Utah - Rulon Laird Miller, age 79, died July 26, 2015 at his home in Redmond, surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 18, 1936 in Twin Falls, Idaho, a son of Elezar and Carmen Holland Miller. Rulon joined the US Army in 1954 and served as a paratrooper and cook. In January of 1955 he...
Ruth Talbot Johnson
Jul 17, 2015
Monroe, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Ruth Talbot Johnson, age 77, passed away peacefully on July 17, 2015 in Richfield, Utah. She was born July 4, 1938 in Panguitch, Utah, a daughter of James Edwin and Maralta Dickinson Talbot. She attended schools in Payson and graduated from Payson High School. She married Rile Dutton, July...
Larry P. Cosby
Jul 17, 2015
Aurora, Utah - Our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and uncle, Larry Powell Cosby, age 78, of Aurora, passed was July 17, 2015 in Centerfield, Utah. He was born June 19, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, a son of Melvin Powell and Dora Angle Cosby. He graduated from Escondido High School, Class of 1955. He married Gail Jean Major,...
Merrill C. Hampton
Jul 15, 2015
Redmond, Utah – Merrill C. Hampton, age 88, of Redmond, passed away peacefully in Gunnison, Utah, on July 15, 2015. Merrill was born July 26, 1926 in Joseph, Utah to Charles and Una Christina Dorius Hampton. He was the middle child, a twin, and the only boy of nine children. He grew up in Marysvale, Utah. He enjoyed a...
Ted "Lux" Leaming
Jul 8, 2015
Sandy/Salina, Utah - Our kind and beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, John Ted "Lux" Leaming, age 71, passed away July 8, 2015 at his home in Sandy of cancer. He was born March 30, 1944 in Salina, Utah, a son of John Wainwright "Jack" and Helen Folster Leaming. He graduated from North Sevier High School, Class of 1962....
Hal R. Miller
Jul 1, 2015
Koosharem, Utah - Hal Robert Miller, age 77, passed away July 1, 2015 at his home in Koosharem of Esophageal Cancer. He was born January 24, 1938 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a son of LeRoy and Ruth Malmberg Miller. He graduated from West High School in Salt Lake City, Class of 1956, with friends to the end, from there....
Karen Jean Matheson
Jul 1, 2015
Salina, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Karen Jean Kerr Matheson, age71, of Salina, passed away unexpectedly on July 1, 2015 in Gunnison, Utah. She was born July 28, 1943 in Hawthorne, Nevada, a daughter of Milo Lealand and Geraldine Spain Kerr. She graduated from Springville High School, Class of 1961. She went to nursing school...
Jim G Burr
Jun 30, 2015
Salina, Utah - James G Burr, a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend, died on June 30, 2015 in Payson, Utah after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was surrounded by loved ones as he left this life on his way to Heaven. He was born July 13, 1943, in Salina, Utah, a son of Myron...
