Local Obituaries for Families in Richfield, Salina, Sevier County and the surrounding areas
Richard W. Chidester
Sep 27, 2007
Annabella, Utah - Richard White Chidester, age 72, of Annabella, Utah, died September 27, 2007 in Roosevelt, Utah. He was born September 21, 1935 in Bicknell, Utah, a son of Clyde Dastrup and Hannah White Chidester. He graduated from Wayne High School in Bicknell, Class of 1953. He attended Snow College for one year and joined the US Army...
Dean A. Wheadon
Sep 25, 2007
Richfield, Utah - Our loving husband, father and grandfather, Dean Asial Wheadon, age 74, of Richfield, passed away, September 25, 2007 in Salt Lake City, after a ten-year battle with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. He was valiant in the fight and remained positive and courageous in the battle to the end. He made us all proud. Dean was born in...
Blaine J. Torgenson
Sep 22, 2007
Salina, Utah - Blaine J. Torgenson, age 80, of Salina, died September 22, 2007 at his home in Salina. He was born September 5, 1927 in Salina, a son of Joseph Clinton and Hazel Sampson Torgenson. He was a Veteran of World War II serving in the United States Army. He married Lila Rae Ivie June 26, 1948 in...
Brent Durfey
Sep 10, 2007
Bicknell, Utah - Thomas Brent Durfey, age 66, died September 10, 2007 at his home in Bicknell. He was born February 17, 1941 in Bicknell, Utah, a son of Rotaseal and Ethel Heaps Durfey. He married Shirley Snell, May 1, 1975 in Rexburg, Idaho. Their marriage solemnized in the Provo LDS Temple February 27, 1982. Brent was raised on...
Boyd Cannon Morrill
Sep 7, 2007
Marysvale, Utah - Boyd Cannon Morrill, died September 7, 2007 at his home in Marysvale after a year long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born May 12, 1939 in Kingston, Utah, a son of Waldo Llewllyn and Inez Cannon Morrill. The family moved to Salt Lake City about seven years later. Boyd had two brothers, ElRay and Byron...
Madge Buchanan Jensen
Sep 6, 2007
Centerfield, Utah - Our kind and beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister, Madge Buchanan Jensen, age 87, died September 6, 2007 in Gunnison, Utah. She was born April 23, 1920 in Centerfield, a daughter of Archibald Lorenzo and Ann Geneva Ahlstrom Buchanan. Madge graduated from Gunnison High School and attended Snow College for one year. She married Ivan James...
Mabel Mangum
Sep 4, 2007
Bicknell/ Salt Lake City, Utah - Mabel Mangum passed away peacefully in her sleep on 4 September 2007, just four months before her 100th birthday. Mabel was born to Joseph Harvey and Melinda Johannah Johnson Mangum on 2 January 1908 in Bicknell, Utah. She had a happy childhood on Pine Creek Ranch and graduated from Wayne High School. She...
Lorraine Chappell
Sep 4, 2007
Lyman, Utah - Our kind and beloved Mom, Nana, daughter, sister and aunt, Lorraine Chappell, age 55, died September 4, 2007 at her home in Lyman. She was born November 8, 1951 in Richfield, Utah, a daughter of Lloyd Bybee and Hannah Delaine Madsen Chappell. She graduated from Wayne High School, Class of 1970. She married Lee A. Duncan,...
David Seth Baker
Aug 19, 2007
Fremont, UT./Rancho Cucamonga, CA. - Our kind and beloved husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and uncle, David Seth Baker, age 52, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, died August 19, 2007 in Provo, Utah. He was born December 3, 1954 in Ft. Hood, Texas, a son of Seth Claud and Anna Dean Taylor Baker. David was an active member of the...
Gary L. Jensen
Aug 16, 2007
Redmond, Utah - Our beloved “Gibb” was an exemplary husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle and friend. Gary Lynn Jensen passed away August 16, 2007 in Provo, due to a local mining accident. He was born March 17, 1954 and was a long time resident of Redmond, Utah. He married his sweetheart, Lola Jean Lambertsen, on June 30, 1973...
Billy A. Pay
Aug 16, 2007
Centerfield, Utah - Our kind and beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, Billy Allen Pay, age 58, died August 16, 2007 in Gunnison, Utah, of a heart attack. He was born July 10, 1949 in Payson, Utah, a son of William Fowkes and Fay LaJune Collard Pay. Billy graduated from Juab High School, Class of 1967. He served in...
John Lester Hansen
Aug 10, 2007
Fremont, Utah - Our kind and beloved husband, father and grandfather, John Lester Hansen, Jr. age 72, of Fremont, died August 10, 2007, in Richfield, Utah. He was born December 6, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah, a son of John Lester Sr. and Ruth Bell Griffin Hansen. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving in the...
Bill Jones, Jr.
Aug 7, 2007
Aurora, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, William Henry “Bill” Jones, Jr. age 82, of Aurora, died August 7, 2007 in Gunnison, Utah of complications from lung cancer. He was born January 15, 1925 in Birmingham, Alabama, a son of William Henry Sr. and Jenny Belle Rutherford Jones. He attended West End High School in Birmingham....
Betty Ann Muir
Aug 6, 2007
Sigurd, Utah - Our kind and loving wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, Betty Ann Forrest Muir, age 67, of Sigurd, died August 6, 2007 in Richfield, Utah. She was born July 1, 1940 in Fitchburg, Massachussetts, a daughter of Robert Lawrence and Adrianne Hazel Hadd Forrest. She graduated from Rancho High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, Class...
Betty Lewis
Jul 30, 2007
Redmond, Utah - Betty Dennison Lewis, age 76, of Redmond, died July 30, 2007 in Richfield. She was born July 22, 1931, in Sterling, Utah, a daughter of Merlin and Lila Swenson Dennison. She graduated from Manti High School. Betty married her lifetime sweetheart, Adelbert “Dell” Lewis on March 15, 1950 in the Manti LDS Temple. Dell died December...
Derrald J. Mickelson
Jul 30, 2007
Gunnison, Utah - Derrald Jack Mickelson, age 84, passed away peacefully at his home in Gunnison on Monday, July 30, 2007 of complications from cancer. He was born April 19, 1923 in Redmond, Utah, a son of Charles Arthur and Christy Marie Breinholt Mickelson. He married Beverly Bown on January 1, 1953 in Manti, Utah. They settled in Gunnison,...
Oma C. Chappell
Jul 25, 2007
Loa, Utah - Our kind and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, Oma Chesnut Chappell, age 88, died July 25, 2007 in Richfield. She was born October 26, 1918 in Escalante, Utah, a daughter of Alma and Almira Wilson Chesnut. Her mother died when Oma was four years old, and she and several of her siblings were raised in...
Mildred Jensen
Jul 22, 2007
Salina, Utah - A very special person passed away this day, July 22, 2007, our Mom, G’ma, Great G’ma, Aunt, Sister and friend, Mildred “Millie” Mciff Jensen. She was born March 28, 1922 in Panguitch, Utah, a daughter of Otto and Lillian Hatch McIff. She always said she married “The most handsomest man in the world”, Hubert J. Jensen...
Gene Porter
Jul 16, 2007
Aurora, Utah - Our kind and beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, Newbern Eugene “Gene” Porter Sr. age 75, died July 16, 2007 at his home in Aurora, of complications from cancer. He was born April 27, 1932 in Jackson, Tennessee a son of Archie Thomas and Lillie Bell Latham Porter. He married Shirley May Lawrence, August of 1971...
Bette Durrant
Jul 9, 2007
Provo, Utah - Mary Elizabeth Germain Archibald Durrant was born March 30, 1926 in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Capt. Francis Albert and Wavie Fern Baker Germain. She grew up along the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, a thoroughly Canadian girl. She spend the years of World War II in Victoria, British Columbia, scrubbing barnacles off navy ships and installing...
