All Obituaries

Doyle Dewis Shaw, 72 of Provo, passed away, August 14, 2019 in Payson, Utah.  He was born April 18, 1947 to Dewis Milton Shaw and Janice Dawn Jensen in Boise, Idaho.  Doyle graduated from Weber State College where he ran track and held the 1966 Big Sky Conference Mile record with a time of 4:19.6. Doyle was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission in Australia. He was a member of the United States Marine Corps between 1969-1974 reaching the...

Idonna Olsen Anderson was born August 20, 1932 in Emery, Utah to Jorgen Olsen and Oleva Keele Olsen. She spent her childhood in the rural farming community of Emery and the coal mining camps of Spring Canyon, Utah. She met and married LaMar Anderson and soon after their marriage, our father was drafted into the military service. Mom followed with him to California where they would spend the next few years close to the ocean making great memories and plans for their future. Idonna spent most...

Kent Wheeler, 87, of Mapleton passed away August 9, 2019 surrounded by his family. He was born June 16, 1932 to Walt and Leah Wheeler in Provo, UT. He married AnnaDale Bandley Wheeler April 12, 1952.   Kent is survived by his wife AnnaDale and his seven children; Dan (Becky) Wheeler, Dawn (Phil) Dunn, Bobbie (Kim) Dewsnup, Kim (Jeff) Carter, Mickee (Craig) Lowe, Rondo Wheeler, Rusty (Travis) Reid, 22 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents and...

David LeRoy Keim, age 76 of Mapleton, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2019.  Services are pending under the direction of Wheeler Mortuary. To leave condolences, please visit www.wheelermortuaries.com

Dorothy Fusae Kihara Chang, 97, of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, passed peacefully from this life, Sunday, August 4, 2019, surrounded by family members. She was born on the 17th of June, 1922 to Yokichi and Tokie Aoki Kihara in Mahukona, Hawaii. She attended schools in Kohala and Hilo, Hawaii, graduating from Hilo High in 1940. She married William Ako Chang on the 9th of August 1953 in Kohala, Hawaii then making their home in Holualoa, Hawaii. Bill preceded her in death on the 19th of January...

Lydia Merline Bentwet Olsen of Springville, Utah passed away August 7th, 2019 at age 88.  Lydia was born and raised in Provo, the daughter of Karl and Edna Bentwet. She was married to Ben L. Olsen at the Salt Lake Temple on April 6th, 1951. Lydia was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, serving in teaching and leadership positions in the youth and women’s organizations. She enjoyed reading, traveling, and working in the temple. She and her husband served an...

Nicholas Carroll Gates was born December 11, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, the youngest of three children, to Howard Stiles Gates and Crystelle Clark Gates.  He came home from the hospital to a beautiful vine-covered Tudor-style home in Altadena and spent the rest of his life in that home, until he married Jolyn Christiansen Meyer, after having met and had a friendship with her 40 years earlier at Brigham Young University. They married in the Provo City Center temple, August 6,...

  Gary Blynn Underwood, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle passed away peacefully at home on July 30 2019 from brain cancer.    Gary was born in Los Angeles CA, August 22 1941 to Vincent Morris Underwood and Dolores Jenkins. He was the oldest of three children. He was fond of telling stories from his childhood, involving himself and his younger brother Bob, who tended to serve as mischief-maker-in-chief. And because he was the elder by less than two...

Jeffery Paxton Cooksey, age 64 of Springville, passed away Friday, August 2, 2019.  Services are pending under the direction of Wheeler Mortuary.  To leave condolences, please visit www.wheelermortuaries.com

Nancy Fink Lower, age 82, of Springville, Utah, died on May 14, 2019, surrounded by her family. She was born on September 21, 1936, in Evanston, Illinois, to Walker and Alice Fink, and lived her first 20 years in the upper Midwest. She was a talented singer and pianist who performed her entire life and had a deep love of sacred and classical music. Nancy was raised in the Free Methodist Church and became Presbyterian later in life. Her faith was so core to her being, serving as her...