Obituaries
Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Springville, Mapleton & UT County
Lorna Faye Searle Carter
May 15, 2009
Lorna Faye Searle Carter, 83 of Springville, Utah passed away Friday, May 15, 2009 at her home of cancer. She was born on March 5, 1926 in Payson, Utah to Franklin E. and Dora Maude Memmott Searle. She married O. Eldridge Carter in Nephi, Utah on July 12, 1943. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple....
Henry Taylor Reynolds, III
May 13, 2009
Henry Taylor Reynolds III (Taylor) age 88, our dear husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, died May 13, 2009. Taylor was born on February 24, 1921 to Henry Taylor Reynolds II and Vilate Knudsen Reynolds. He grew up in Springville, a town that he loved and his great-grandparents helped to settle. Taylor graduated from Springville High School where he was...
Byron Lorin Cottam
May 8, 2009
Byron Lorin Cottam was born on January 22, 1927 in Escalante, Utah, the son of Lorin and Meleta Shirts Cottam. He passed away on Friday, May 8 from bone cancer. He graduated from Escalante High School in 1945. He then served in the United States Army from 1945-1946 in Germany. He then served a LDS mission to the North...
LaPreal Ludlow Harward Mower
Apr 30, 2009
La Preal Ludlow Harward Mower, age 90, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 30, 2009 from complications associated with age. She was born July 5, 1918 in Spanish Fork, Utah to Francis Raymond Ludlow and Edith Jones Ludlow. She loved her family and her Father in Heaven; relished life. La Preal enjoyed music and performed the lead part in...
Addison Lee Andreason
Apr 29, 2009
Loved daughter of Eric Andreason and Annie Church. Sister of Kyler and Conner Andreason. Held for a day, loved for life. Survived by parents and brothers of Salem; grandparents Gary & Teresa Church, Katherine Brockbank all of Provo, David (Connie) Andreason of Springville; many aunts, uncles and cousins. All friends are invited to attend the graveside services being held...
Earl Alvin Nielson
Apr 26, 2009
Earl Alvin Nielson passed away peacefully and quietly on Sunday April 26th at the North Canyon Care Center in Bountiful, Utah. Earl has been a resident at North Canyon since the first of the year. As his family, we are greatly saddened to not have him with us, but feel the calm and peace of knowing his spirit is...
Ray Lewis Clegg
Apr 23, 2009
Ray L. Clegg, 80, life long Springville resident born January 24, 1929 to Lois Randall and Lewis H. Clegg, passed away April 23, 2009 of heart failure. 3 1/2 years ago he was diagnosed with lung cancer and surprised everyone how well he handled the treatment. Ray grew up working hard on his grandfather's farm and had an incredible...

Loyal Dee Hastings
Apr 21, 2009
Loyal Dee Hastings, 76, passed away in Glendale, Arizona on April 21, 2009. Born in Norman, Oklahoma October 28, 1932, Loyal is the son of Joel Henry and Alvaretta Marie Hastings. Loyal married his college sweetheart, Janice Mendenhall, June 18, 1953 in the Manti, Utah LDS Temple. A graduate of Brigham Young University holding both an undergraduate degree in...
MacArthur Douglas Halona
Apr 19, 2009
MacArthur Douglas Halona, 57, of Springville, UT, returned home to his Heavenly Father surrounded by his family, on April 19, 2009 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born April 21, 1951 in Gallup, New Mexico to Wallce E. and Betty J. Halona. He spent his childhood years on the Navajo reservation in Tohatchi, New Mexico. At the...
Margaret Woods Peay
Apr 15, 2009
Margaret Woods Peay passed away peacefully on April 15, 2009. She was born on a beautiful Sunday morning October 3, 1916, in Provo, Utah, a daughter of Joseph Berton Woods and Myrtle Elizabeth Perry. She married Horace Edward Peay on July 2, 1941, in the Manti Temple. He preceded her in death on March 25, 1998. Most of her...
Dale Deloss Castagno
Apr 13, 2009
At the age of 73 our beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed early Monday morning at his home in Mapleton with his wife of 50 years, Edna LaRae Strickland, by his side. He was born in Grantsville, UT to Zelma Rose and John Stanley Castagno. Dale attended Utah State with a football scholarship He was a...
Marvin Kae Weight
Apr 13, 2009
Marvin Kae Weight, 82, passed away April 13, 2009 at his Springville birth home after a lifetime of enduring, with grace and dignity, the crippling aftermath of poliomyelitis. He was born August 12, 1926 in Springville, Utah, to Ernest Gilbert Weight and Belva Diamond. He attended Springville schools and graduated from Springville High School in 1944 where he enjoyed...
Randall Gene Mock
Apr 7, 2009
Randall Gene Mock died peacefully in the arms of his daughter, Wendy Connelley April 7, 2009 and surrounded by his family. He was born December 8, 1948 to Gene and Norma (Gustin) Mock in Springville, UT. Randy was preceded in death by his mother Norma Mock and brother Steven Lamont Mock. He is survived by father Gene Mock and...
Louise Averett Hjorth
Apr 6, 2009
Louise Averett Hjorth, age 89 of Mapleton, passed away Monday, April 6, 2009. She was born January 12, 1920 in Springville, Utah to Clifford Jay and Ellen Lee Averett. She married Don Carlos Hjorth September 25, 1940 in the Salt Lake Temple. Louise was an active faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She taught...
Lorene Vara Covington Mayne Harris
Apr 6, 2009
On April 6th 2009, the angels gathered and rejoiced as God welcomed His best and sweetest gardener home. Lorene Vara Covington Mayne Harris began her earthly journey May 8, 1918 in Hillsborough, Texas, the 5th child of Fonzo and Eunice Covington. After high school she went to beautician school in Ariz. There she met and married Everett Miles Mayne....
Frank Robert Nieve
Apr 5, 2009
Frank Nieve Twoponies, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2009, in Provo, Utah, surrounded by his loved ones and friends. Frank was born November 27, 1939, in South Dakota. He was proud of his American Indian heritage as a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, and was a decorated veteran of the United States Army. Frank came from a military...
Charles David McNamara Bradley
Apr 4, 2009
Charles David Bradley died in his sleep at his apartment in Orem on Friday, April 3, 2009, after an adverse reaction to medication. Charles was born in Provo to Edward and Patricia (Thornhill) Bradley on December 17, 1983. From the time he was old enough to walk and talk, his greatest passion in life was helping other people. Whenever...
Richard Vernon Beck
Mar 30, 2009
Richard Vernon Beck, age 75 of Springville, passed away Monday, March 30, 2009 at Mountain View Hospital. He was born September 3, 1933 in Springville, Utah to Wayne A and Rachel Marsh Beck. He married Colene Child December 7, 1956 in Springville, Utah and later solemnized in the Manti Temple. Richard was raised and attended schools in Springville and...
Margaret Taylor Holdaway
Mar 30, 2009
Margaret Taylor Holdaway joined her recently departed sweetheart, Reed, on March 30th 2009. Margaret was born June 2, 1917 in Lakeview. Growing up at Cherry Hill Farm, she participated in all the outdoor work associated with a dairy farm. She and her sister Virginia maintained a loving and functional home after the early death of their mother. Her innate...
Susan Elise Evans Hatch
Mar 24, 2009
Susan Elise Evans, born 11 June 1942 at Los Angeles, California, the second of two children of Frances Barbara Fields and Jack Mosby Evans, was raised at their San Marino, California Ashbourne Drive family home with summers spent at the family West Ocean Front beach home in Newport Beach, California. Susan attended Stoneman Elementary School, Huntington Middle School, South...