Local Obituaries for Families in Richfield, Salina, Sevier County and the surrounding areas
Steven E. Turner
Dec 19, 2015
Steven Edwin Turner, age 67, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 19, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born April 2, 1948 in Salina, Utah, the oldest of three boys born to Willis Edwin and Luana B. Brinkerhoff Turner. He grew up in Loa, Utah and graduated from Wayne High School, Class of 1966. Steven married Janet...
Ken Scovil
Dec 17, 2015
Salina, Utah - Kenneth Vern Scovil, age 74, of Salina, retired to greener pastures December 17, 2015, in Richfield, Utah. He was born November 26, 1941, in Salt Lake City, Utah, a son of Vern Lewis and Dorene Astle Scovil. He graduated from Granger High School, Class of 1960. He then went on to receive his Associate Degree in...
Grace M. Potter
Dec 13, 2015
Loa, Utah - Our kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and sister, Grace McClellan Potter, age 91, of Loa, passed away December 13, 2015 in Richfield. She was born June 15, 1924 in Glenwood, Utah, a daughter of William Jeppie and Elsie Estella Nielson McClellan. She graduated from Richfield High School, Class of 1942. She married William...
Sheldon Ellett
Dec 10, 2015
Gunnison, Utah - Our kind and loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother, Rulon Sheldon Ellett, age 77, of Gunnison, passed away December 10, 2015 in Gunnison. He was born March 25, 1938 in Bicknell, Utah, a son of Rulon Shiner and Bertha Amanda Durfey Ellett. He graduated from Wayne High School, Class of 1956 and went on to...
Berneal Nelson Hatch
Dec 10, 2015
Loa, Utah - Berneal Hatch, age 91, of Loa, Utah passed away peacefully Dec. 10, 2015 in Loa, Utah surrounded by her sweetheart husband and children. She was born March 17, 1924, the sixth of eight children, to Lewis and Della Taylor Nelson in Fremont, Utah. She spent her childhood on the family farm in Fremont and graduated from...
Judy C. Christensen
Dec 6, 2015
Salina, Utah - Our kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister, Judy Renae Cloward Christensen, age 65, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at her home in Salina, after a valiant and brave battle with cancer. She was born September 6, 1950 in Richfield, Utah, a daughter of Wayne C. and Bessie Ivie Colby Cloward. She graduated...
Thelma T. Behunin
Dec 5, 2015
Thelma Elizabeth Taylor Behunin, age 102, passed away December 5, 2015 in Sandy, Utah. She was born 28 August 1913 in Fremont, Utah a daughter of George Irvin and Katherine Butler Taylor. She graduated from Wayne High School. She married Matthew Erval Behunin May 11, 1933 in Richfield, Utah. Their marriage was solemnized in the Manti Temple, 26 April...
Alan Glen Young
Nov 30, 2015
Las Vegas, Nevada/Richfield, Utah - Alan Glen Young, age 75, of Las Vegas and formerly of Richfield, passed away November 30, 2015 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born July 2, 1940 in Richfield, a son of Leland Archibald and Grace Olsen Young. He graduated from Richfield High School in 1958. Alan served an LDS Mission to the England Southwest...
Nina Valadez
Nov 29, 2015
Loa, Utah - Our kind and beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt, Enedina Garza Valadez, age 90, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2015 in Loa, Utah. She was born February 8, 1925 in Pharr, Texas, a daughter of Manuel and Julia Villareal Garza. She married Noe Valadez, May 15, 1948 in McAllen, Texas. Their marriage was later solemnized...
Ed Robbins
Nov 18, 2015
Alton, Utah - Ed Robbins (Lewis Edward Robbins) graduated with honors from this mortal life on Nov. 18, 2015 in St. George, Utah, due to colon cancer. He died as he lived: on his and Heavenly Father’s terms. Ed was born Dec. 16, 1952, in Provo, Utah, to Carle Claude and Elaine Stevens Robbins. He grew up in Logan,...
Shelley Lund
Nov 16, 2015
Redmond, Utah - Our kind and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, Shelley Joy Christensen Lund, age 85, of Redmond, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Monday, November 16, 2015 at her home in Redmond. She was born August 1, 1930 in Redmond, a daughter of Ernal Ledale and Una Ann Peterson Christensen. She graduated from...
Floy Nielson Morrison
Nov 16, 2015
Salt Lake City, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt, Floy Nielson Morrison, age 93, passed away on Monday, November 16, 2015 in Salt Lake City. She was born June 4, 1922 in Glenwood, Utah, a daughter of Floyd and Emma Sophronia Hellquist Nielson. She married Kix B. Morrison, January 3, 1946 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He...
Lois Jean Elder
Nov 12, 2015
Marysvale, Utah - Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister, Lois Jean Curtis Elder, age 79, of Marysvale, passed away November 12, 2015 in Provo. She was born October 8, 1936 in Aurora, Utah, a daughter of Floyd and Bessie Mason Curtis. She married Glen Jensen in 1952 and they were later divorced. She married Ted Cox in 1959...
Hal Hatch
Nov 9, 2015
Richfield, Utah - Lorin Hal Hatch, age 71, of Richfield passed away November 9, 2015 in Richfield. He was born September 25, 1944 in Salina, a son of Lorin ElRoy and Thelma Virginia Smith Hatch. He graduated from Richfield High School, Class of 1962. He served in the United States Army during the Viet Nam Conflict. Hal worked construction...
Rollo C. Brinkerhoff
Nov 7, 2015
Neola, Utah - Rollo Charles Brinkerhoff (Hay burner) age 67 of Neola, passed away at his home in Neola, on November 7, 2015 of a massive heart attack. He was born October 24, 1948 in Salina, Utah, a son of Bliss Burr and Nina Bell Peterson Brinkerhoff. He graduated from Wayne High School, Class of 1966. He was called...
Arno D. Bastian
Nov 6, 2015
Salina- Our hearts break over the loss of our devoted husband, father and grandfather, Arno Dean Bastian, born February 1, 1928 in Salina to Afflick, and Rosena Beda Johnson Bastian. He passed away November 6, 2015 in Richfield, due to complications of Parkinson’s with his devoted wife of 62 years by his side. Arno married LaJuana Sorensen, September 11,...
Elda Ellett
Nov 6, 2015
Fremont, Utah - Our kind and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, sister and aunt, Elda Ann Blackburn Ellett, age 95, left her care worn body and was reunited with her eternal companion, November 6, 2015 at her home in Fremont, Utah. She was born February 14, 1920 in Loa, Utah, the 13th out of 14 children, born to Heber...
Sharon Godwin-Fox
Nov 6, 2015
Central Valley, Utah - Our beloved wife, sister and aunt, Sharon Lee Godwin-Fox, age 71, passed away at her home in Central Valley on November 6, 2015, of a heart attack. She was born March 10, 1944 in Inglewood, California, a daughter of James Roy and Helen Katherene Wheeler Godwin. She graduated from El Segundo High School, Class of...
Marvin Eugene "Gene" Smith
Nov 4, 2015
Richfield, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, brother-in-law and uncle, Marvin Eugene "Gene" Smith, age 77, died peacefully at the Richfield Care Center on November 4, 2015. Gene was born in Batesville, Arkansas on September 9, 1938, a son of Troy Garlin and Eva Hollowell Smith. The family moved to Needles, California in 1943, when Troy...
Matthew Keith Dowsett
Nov 1, 2015
Joseph, Utah - In Loving Memory of Our Beloved Matthew. He passed away peacefully following a sudden brain aneurysm on November 1, 2015 in Provo, Utah. Matthew was born October 28, 1971 in Salt Lake City, Utah, a son of Kelly Charles and Susan Lorraine Bangerter Dowsett. Matthew had a great love of books with an insatiable thirst for...
