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

Jul 9, 2024

Gae Nelson Mangrum passed away peacefully surrounded by family from complication of Covid on July 9, 2024. Gae was born March 11th, 1931 in Redmond Utah to Tilman and Bessie Powell Nelson.

She grew up in Redmond and was blessed with 2 sisters. Nadine and Marilyn. Her father, Tilman Nelson passed away from a ruptured...

Jul 8, 2024

Loa, Utah - Our kind and loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and uncle, Wells LaRon Bagley, age 82, passed away July 8, 2024 at his home in Loa, surrounded by his loving family. Wells was born October 10, 1941, in Salina, a son of Ellis Lynn and Della Elmira Anderson Bagley. He grew up in Koosharem, where he...

Jul 7, 2024

Mayfield, Utah - Our beautiful and beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, neighbor and friend, Zelma Rose Anderson (Rosie) passed away at the age of 94 on July 7, 2024 in Centerfield.

Rosie was born in Centerfield on August 21st, 1929 to Orvil Hamilton Barney and Hannah Matilda Follett Barney. She married Elmo M. Anderson October...

Jul 7, 2024

Aurora, Utah - Our kind and persevering son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin and friend to all John Michael Cox, age 67, passed away at home in Aurora, Utah July 7, 2024. He was born February 9, 1957, to John Lynn Cox and Marilyn Miles (Midson) Cox in Inglewood, California. He grew up in Southern California where he enjoyed the...

Jul 5, 2024

Sanger, Texas/Loa, Utah - William J. Grundy, known affectionately as Bill, passed away at home, surrounded by loved ones, on July 5, 2024, in Sanger, Texas at the age of 80. Born on November 22, 1943, in Teasdale, Utah, while his father served in Europe during WWII, Bill enjoyed his early years around family in the tight knit community....

Jul 3, 2024

Lyman, Utah - Our beloved Kathy Turner Chappell passed away peacefully in her home on July 3, 2024, surrounded by her loving family.

Kathy was born to B. Ward Turner and Fay Bradford Turner on January 6, 1959, in Ogden, Utah.

Growing up in Roy, Utah, Kathy cherished family camping trips...

Jul 2, 2024

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Sister, and friend, Maureen Madsen Beutler Karst-Wheadon, 89, of Richfield, UT, passed away on July 2, 2024, peacefully in her home. Maureen was born on October 3, 1934, to Harold and Wilva Wrigley Madsen in Monroe, UT.

After High School, she married Ted Beutler (deceased) in Las Vegas, NV on...

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

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 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 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 21, 2024

Auora, Utah - Patrick Neil Tucker, age 62 passed away on June 21, 2024 at his home in Furth, Germany. Patrick was born in Price, Utah to Lyle M Tucker and Carla Anne Dougherty.

Patrick spent his younger youth in Granger, Utah before moving to Aurora in 1973, where he graduated from North Sevier High School, Class of 1980.

After graduation, Patrick...

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,...