Obituaries

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

Karol Gene Clements

Karol Gene Clements

Apr 8, 2012

Salina, Utah - Our kind and caring wife, mother, grandmother and sister, Karol Gene Lewis Clements, age 75, died Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 at her home in Salina, of lung cancer, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 21, 1936 in Salina, a daughter of Lowell Lawry and Una Gay Crane Lewis. She attended schools in...

Jeanette M. Shriber

Jeanette M. Shriber

Apr 7, 2012

Monroe, Utah - Our loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister, Jeanette McManus Shriber, age 74, of Monroe, died peacefully, with her husband at her side, on April 7, 2012 in Richfield after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. She was born August 18, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, a daughter of Jesse Allen and Georgia Ellen Burre McManus. She...

Ellen Lopshire

Ellen Lopshire

Mar 28, 2012

Junction, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, Catherine Ellen Rauch Lopshire, age 81, died March 28, 2012 in Provo, Utah. She was born August 3, 1930 in San Bernardino, California, a daughter of Arthur Fredrick and Ellen Catherine Savage Rauch. She married Lawrence Gilbert Lopshire, June 6, 1947 in Oceanside, California. He died April 27, 1986....

Kathie Merchant

Kathie Merchant

Mar 27, 2012

Richfield, Utah - Our kind and loving mother, grandmother and sister, Katherine Outzen Merchant, age 62, of Richfield, died March 27, 2012 in Provo, Utah after a very short illness. She was born February 10, 1950 in Richfield, a daughter of Warren James and Grace Mace Wadell Outzen. She graduated from Richfield High School, Class of 1968. She married...

Tom Searle

Tom Searle

Mar 26, 2012

Monroe, Utah - Our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother, Thomas Allen Searle, age 89, of Monroe, died March 26, 2012 in Richfield, Utah. He was born May 31, 1922 in Lost Creek Canyon, a son of Allen and Margaret Ellen Taylor Searle. He attended schools in Wayne County and Sevier County. Tom joined the CCC’s for two years,...

Raymond Furnal

Raymond Furnal

Mar 24, 2012

Monroe, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Raymond Furnal, age 88, died March 24, 2012 in Richfield, Utah. He was born June 25, 1923 in Des Moine, Iowa, a son of Elmer Ray and Myrtle Millie Cummings Furnal. He married Aileen Marie Shepherd November 30, 1985 in Spring Valley, California. Ray was a Professional Race Car...

Bonnie Rae Lowry

Bonnie Rae Lowry

Mar 23, 2012

Monroe, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother and sister, Bonnie Rae Lowry, age 80, of Monroe, died March 23, 2012 in Richfield. She was born December 17, 1931 in Eureka, Utah, a daughter of Noble Ray and Hana Elizabeth Keenan Holman. She graduated from Enterprise High School in 1949 and attended Compton College for one year. She married Gene...

Ethel P. Hartung

Ethel P. Hartung

Mar 20, 2012

Centerfield, Utah - Our kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister, Ethel Pearl Goodenough Hartung, "GG", age 92, passed peacefully from this life at her home in Centerfield, March 20, 2012, surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 28, 1919 in McCammon, Idaho, a daughter of William and Anna Mae Hunter Goodenough. She married Raymond Paul...

Donna Mae Jackson

Donna Mae Jackson

Mar 16, 2012

Salina, Utah - Our kind and caring mother, grandmother and sister, Donna Mae Jensen Jackson, age 83, died March 16, 2012 in Centerfield, Utah. She was born September 19, 1928 in Salina, Utah, a daughter of Carl Earlin and Fern Geneva Shaw Jensen. She graduated from North Sevier High School, Class of 1946, where she was the Valedictorian. She...

Kenn Christiansen

Kenn Christiansen

Mar 9, 2012

Richfield, Utah - Our beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Owen Kenn Christiansen, age 83, died March 9, 2012 in Richfield. He was born November 20, 1928 in Monroe, Utah, a son of Willford Owen and Edna Addeline Chalk Christiansen. He graduated from Provo High School, Class of 1947 and then attended Telegraphy School in Omaha, Nebraska. Kenn served his...

Vila Dean Barney Jacobsen

Vila Dean Barney Jacobsen

Mar 7, 2012

Salina, Utah - Vila Dean Barney Jacobsen, our much loved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, passed peacefully away March 7, 2012 in Gunnison, with her family and partner at her side. She was born to Byron Henry and Alice Mary Anderson Barney on May 23, 1926 in Elsinore, Utah, the eldest of three daughters. She married John A....

Sharlene Brian Taylor

Sharlene Brian Taylor

Mar 5, 2012

Fremont, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, niece and cousin, Sharlene Brian Taylor, age 64, of Fremont, died March 5, 2012 in Salt Lake City following may years of bad health. She was born July 8, 1947 in Salina, Utah, a daughter of Daniel Roe and Della DeLeeuw Brian. She attended schools in Wayne County. Sharlene married Ted...

Ruth J. Ervine

Ruth J. Ervine

Mar 1, 2012

Salina, Utah - Our kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, Ruth Jayne Ervine, age 71, of Salina, passed away March 1, 2012 in Gunnison, Utah, surrounded by her loving family, after a brave and valiant battle with leukemia. She was born February 27, 1941 in Sayre, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Fred Alexander and Susie Eliza Waterman...

George A. Schumann

George A. Schumann

Feb 16, 2012

Richfield, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, George Amos Schumann, age 84, died February 16, 2012 at his home in Richfield, surrounded by his family, after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born April 22, 1927 in Tremonton, Utah, a son of George Ludwig Christian and Louise Marie Emma Reinhardt Schumann. He graduated from Bear...

Milly T. White

Milly T. White

Feb 15, 2012

Sevier, Utah - Mildred “Milly” Tanner White, age 80, of Sevier, passed away February 15, 2012 surrounded by family, at the home of her daughter in Murray, after a courageous fight against cancer. She was born April 27, 1931 a daughter of Orin and Lila Mae Olcott Tanner in Clear Creek Canyon. She graduated from South Sevier High School,...

Joyce Townley

Joyce Townley

Jan 26, 2012

Joyce Townley 1944 - 2012 Gunnison, Utah - Our kind and loving wife and mother, Joyce LaRose Fratto Townley, age 67, of Gunnison, died January 26, 2012 in Provo, Utah. She was born August 8, 1944 in Redmond, California, a daughter of Sam and Zora Steward Fratto. She graduated from American Fork High School. Joyce married Richard Townley, August...

Lamont Ekker

Lamont Ekker

Jan 20, 2012

Hanksville, Utah - Our kind and beloved father, grandfather and brother, Darys LaMont Ekker, age 56, died January 20, 2012 in Salt Lake City. He was born December 2, 1955 in Grand Junction, Colorado, a son of Darys Fredrick and Clella Mae Lance Ekker. He graduated from Wayne High School, Class of 1974 and attended Utah State University in...

Marvin J Fjeldsted

Marvin J Fjeldsted

Jan 11, 2012

Redmond, Utah - Our kind and beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, Marvin J Fjeldsted, age 92, of Redmond, finally got his wish to “go home” on January 11, 2012. He died peacefully at his home in Redmond, after several years of bad health. He was born June 14, 1919 in Centerfield, Utah, a son of Sidney James and...

Richard A. Pitts

Richard A. Pitts

Jan 6, 2012

Our beloved father, grandfather and friend, Richard Allen Pitts, age 87, died January 6, 2012 in Gunnison, Utah, after a valiant and brave battle with colon cancer. He was born August 29, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, a son of Howard and Frances Lozier Pitts. He served his country during World War II in the United States Army. He was...

Jan Hansen

Jan Hansen

Jan 3, 2012

Las Vegas, NV/Richfield, Utah - Our kind and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, Janice Rene Eastes Hansen, age 75, of Las Vegas, Nevada, died January 3, 2013. She was born February 8, 1937 in Grand Junction, Colorado, a daughter of Wilburn Rene and Iverne Rachel Warren Eastes. Jan graduated from West High School in Salt Lake City, Utah,...

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