Obituaries
Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Springville, Mapleton & UT County
Della Mason Thornton
Mar 24, 2009
Della Thornton passed away on 24 March 2009 surrounded by her loved ones. She is the last child born to Albert and Sarah Mason on 3 February 1933 in Springville, Utah. She married Vernal Bennett Thornton, the love of her life, on 21 November 1951, later solemnized in the LDS Swiss Temple. Their 57-year journey is marked by love,...
Leida Ruth Call Anderson
Mar 22, 2009
We rejoice that our dear mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother has finally finished the last battle she had to fight and can now rest, secure in the fact that her children have taken her place in the Saviors ranks and labor to uphold the truths she so diligently taught us. Like many who were raised during the Great...
Beth Hall Barney
Mar 19, 2009
Beth Hall Barney passed from this life on Thursday, March 19, 2009 in Springville, Utah, at the home where she was born. She was born December 31, 1921, in Springville to Pearl Averett and E. Owen Hall. She married Arnold A. Barney in Salt Lake City on September 20, 1940. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple....
Ivan Grant Curtis
Mar 19, 2009
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, march 21, 2009 at Trinity Mission Health & Rehab, 1053 West 1020 South in Provo. Interment will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the Spring City Cemetery.
Rose Bona Johnson
Mar 18, 2009
Rose was born July 24, 1918 in Carbon County to Frank Santo and Anna Brenna Bleggi. After her father's death, her mother married Antonio (Tony) Antonino, the only father she knew. She was a member of the Catholic Church. Rose had a special place in the heart of her eight brothers: Frank, Joe, Angelo, Charlie, Lewis, Camillo, Johnnie and...
Dorcas Pearl Richards Smith
Mar 12, 2009
Dorcas Pearl Richards Smith, age 92, of Springville, Utah, passed away peacefully March 12, 2009 at her home. She was born July 2, 1916 in Buist, Idaho to John Eugene and LaVina Pearl Richards. Dorcas lived a long, abundant life. The Richards spent their summers dry land farming in Idaho; their winters in Logan, Utah so the children could...
Beverly Sumsion Miller
Mar 12, 2009
Beverly Sumsion Miller was told by her parents Edna Bella Anthon Sumsion and Ernest Elvin Sumsion that she was born in Springville, Utah on February 21, 1927 at noon as the U.S. Steel Plant whistle blew. She was one of eleven children, nine of whom reached adulthood. She enjoyed music, dancing, art, seeing and taking part in plays as...
Darold Vernon Hiatt
Mar 10, 2009
Darold Vernon Hiatt, age 88, Springville, Utah died at home on March 10, 2009. He was born on September 24, 1920 in Marysville, Idaho to Joseph Walter Hiatt and Ada Vilate Hendricks. He married Margaret Edith Clayton on September 4, 1946 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Margaret preceded him in death September 18, 1991. He married Mary Peterson...
LaVon Wheeler
Mar 9, 2009
LaVon Wheeler, beloved husband of Lynette Livingston Wheeler passed away peacefully on March 9, 2009. He was born October 25, 1931 to Leo LaVon Wheeler and Josephine Jeanett Stone. He is survived by his five children: Rosalind (Bryan) Grotegut; Nola (Michael) Grotegut; Julie (Bob) Hansmann; Leo LaVon (Renee) Wheeler; and Tammy (Ray) Pierce. He was a well, loved hero...
Paul Franklin McHargue
Mar 8, 2009
Paul Franklin McHargue, age 75 of Mapleton, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2009. He was born April 23, 1933 in Columbus, Georgia to Andrew Thomas and Bessie Mae Mattox McHargue. He married Virginia Gay Bennett August 21, 1961 in the Salt Lake Temple. Paul was a member of the LDS church and was active in the High Priest quorum,...
Ella Rasmussen Paxton Sheffield Naylor
Mar 6, 2009
Ella Rasmussen Paxton Sheffield Naylor, passed away peacefully, Friday, March 6, 2009 at her beloved Springville home, surrounded by her children. Ella was born February 18, 1921 in Fillmore, UT to Harris & Juel Callister Rasmussen. She received her early education in Fillmore. Ella married her high school sweetheart Ellsworth Uriel Paxton in Beaver, UT. Their marriage was later...
Dr. Reed Amos Holdaway
Feb 28, 2009
Reed A. Holdaway ceased "breathing in and out" on February 28, 2009 at the age of 91. He was born June 7, 1917 to Elmer Thomas Holdaway and Mary Ellen Ekins in Vineyard, Utah. Reed attended school in Vineyard and Orem, graduating from Lincoln High School. Margaret Taylor entered his life when they were teenagers. They courted, fell deeply...
Craig George Marshall
Feb 28, 2009
Craig George Marshall, age 79, of Springville, Utah, passed away peacefully at home, Saturday, February 28, 2009, from kidney failure. He was born on December 12, 1929, in Minersville, Utah, to Clyde George and Emma Augusta Eyre Marshall. Craig married Shirley Gillies on March 7, 1949. They were blessed with three children, Cheryl, Michael, and Robert. They later divorced...
Cecilia Maycock Beyers
Feb 26, 2009
Cecilia Maycock Beyers, age 85, of Salt Lake City, Utah, peacefully passed away Thursday night, February 26, 2009. She was born November 8, 1923, in Springville, Utah to George Ray Maycock and Annie Selina Condie Maycock. She married Charles H. Beyers on November 30, 1946. Their family was sealed for time and eternity in 1970 in the Salt Lake...
Peggy Gabbitas Wiscombe
Feb 26, 2009
Our beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Sister and Friend slipped from this mortal life on February 26, 2009. Peggy, 65 lived a full and wonderful life. She will be greatly missed by her wonderful husband, Karl Gene Wiscombe whom for the last 10 years has stood by her side, with undying love and devotion as she battled with...
Gertrude Elizabeth Barney
Feb 22, 2009
Gertrude Elizabeth Barney, age 90, died Feb 22, 2009, at Las Vegas, NV of natural causes. She was born March 10, 1918 in Canon City, Colorado to Roy Thomas Seip and Anna Laura Reynolds. She was preceded in death by her husband Kimball J. Barney, an infant son Ronald, a daughter Paula Ann Holtzclaw and her brother Roy Edward...
Mary Hirst Bredesen
Feb 19, 2009
Mary A. Hirst Bredesen passed away peacefully February 19, 2009 surrounded by her family in Springville, Utah at the age of 82. She was born October 10, 1926 to Clarence and Anna Whittle Hirst in Provo, Utah. She married William Bredesen in Elko, Nevada on April 25, 1948. She was a member of the L.D.S. Church. She received her...
Val Stewart Clement
Feb 19, 2009
Val Stewart Clement, 86 of Springville, passed away February 19, 2009. Daughter of Lanson C. and S. Minerva Fowles Stewart, she was born on May 10, 1922 in Fairview, Utah. She married Grant L. Clement October 7, 1940 in the Manti Temple. Survived by her husband, Grant; brother, Closs (Fern) Stewart; sister, Peggy (Reed) Mower; 3 adopted children: James,...
Joyce Hansen Hulce
Feb 18, 2009
Joyce Hansen Hulce, 93, died February 18, 2009 of causes incident to age. Joyce was born on July 22, 1915 to George and Winifred Kate Pollard Hansen in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She graduated from Lew Wallace High School in Gary, Indiana, where she met her future husband, Harry Hulce. Harry and Joyce were married on October 27, 1935. As...
Glenna Palfreyman Hatfield
Feb 8, 2009
Glenna Hatfield, born to William Palfreyman and Mattie Thorn, on November 4, 1923 in Springville, Utah, passed away peacefully surround by members of her family on Sunday, February 8, 2009 from complications of pneumonia. Glenna was born and raised in Springville, Utah where she met and married Koyle Hatfield on February 20, 1943. They moved to Northern Idaho, where...
