All Obituaries

Our beloved father, brother and son, passed away unexpectedly due to medical reasons on Aug 1st, 2020 at the age of 44, in his home state of Utah.  He was born on December 21, 1975 to Steve and Gayla Claybrook.  He was a nature enthusiast and loved more than anything his son Dawson.  After graduating high school, Jared went on a 2-year LDS Mission to Honduras and then attended Front Range Community College for a degree in Nursing. While attending he changed his major several...

Morrell D. Dean passed away with his family by his side on Wednesday, July 29, 2020.  He is the father of five children.  Larry (Ronnalynn) Highland, John, Springville, Ronald (Jennifer) American Fork, and Joanne (Brent-Deceased) Stone, West Point, Julie (Deceased).  Dad has two living siblings, Janice Mayne (Doug), American Fork, and Robert McManus Cheshire, Oregon.   Morrell was preceded in death by his sweetheart Carma Ruth Wilkin, three years ago in April 2017. We...

William Robert “Bob” Boone, 84, of Mapleton, Utah passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. He was born March 20, 1936 in Toledo, Oregon to Raymond and Verla Massie Boone.  He married his sweetheart, Stephanie Ann Priddy on June 4, 1960 in Portland, Oregon.  They were later sealed for time and all eternity in the Oakland California Temple on January 24, 1975.   Right after graduating high school he enlisted in the US Navy and served four years traveling all over...

Daniel Boone Evans, 78, of Springville, Utah died July 29, 2020 of heart failure.  Married Mary “Jo” Gongaware May 27, 1967 in the Idaho Falls Temple.  Son of Dean E. Evans and Camilla M. Olsen Evans, born October 3, 1941 in Pocatello, Idaho.     Dan taught math at Springville High School for 32 years and was an excellent teacher.  He loved his students.  He served as a bishop and in many other callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of...

On Friday, July 24, 2020 our dear Patricia Dawn Bliss, passed from this life into the next surrounded by her family at her home in Mapleton, Utah. Patricia was born February 9, 1933 to Russell Sheppeard and Hazel Marsh Sheppeard and was raised by her mother and loving stepfather Milton Passey.  She was born and raised in Tooele, UT and moved to Ontario California in 1945. It was on a visit to her aunt back in Tooele that she met the love of her life, Blaine Bliss.  They were...

The families of Earl Fitzgerald Dunn of Lindon, Utah unite to grieve his death and remember his life. He passed away due to heart failure on July 15, 2020 at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.     Earl was born into his first family on February 18, 1964 in Payson, Utah to James Webb and Carolee Hone Dunn.  He was greeted by three brothers and two sisters. He was the youngest and most adored and teased baby brother. He grew up loving baseball and other sports and most...

Lila Jane Dorman Craft Petroff, age 78 of East Carbon, Utah passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2020.  Graveside services will be held Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 11 a.m. in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery.  There will be a viewing at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South in Springville from 10:00 to 10:45 prior to the graveside services.

Heaven gained another fisherman on July 19, 2020.  Steve VanWagenen was born in Provo Utah to parents Jess VanWagenen and Readele Swapp May 17,1947.  Provo is where he spent his childhood and eventually graduated from Provo High School.  He later went to tech school specializing in welding and spent most of his career working at Geneva Steel.  After Geneva closed Steve got a job as a Janitor for Nebo School District and he loved it! He enjoyed all of his interactions with...

Rex Gordon Wardle, 94, of Springville, Utah, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2020. He was born November 27, 1925 in Ft. Duchene, Utah to James H and LaRue Rudy Wardle weighing in at 2 ½ lbs. He married Anna Mae Bird August 29, 1946 and was sealed in the Salt Lake temple February 5, 1960.   Rex attended schools in Los Angeles, California, Roosevelt and Springville, Utah.  Enlisting in the Navy during World War II he served on an oil tanker, the USS Cimarron, as a mortar...

Richard “Dick” Wiley passed away peacefully July 9, 2020. His desire was to write his own obituary and the following is in his own words.  I was born on a cold winter day on November 18, 1925 in Baraboo, Wisconsin to Richard Wiley and Agnes Schulz Wiley. During the Depression in 1930 my father obtained a position as a policeman in Washington, D.C. After he was established there my mother took me, my brother and sister by train to join him. We bought a home on Capitol Hill,...