Obituaries
Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Springville, Mapleton & UT County
Blair S. Kenney
Sep 11, 2008
Our beloved husband, father, and grandfather Blair S. Kenney passed away in Redlands, CA. on September 11, 2008 at the age of 81 surrounded by his family. He was born September 2, 1927 in Fillmore, Utah. He served in the army during the occupation of Japan after WWII for 18 months. After returning home from Japan he was called...
Ann Whiting Allan
Sep 9, 2008
Ann Whiting Allan, 79, of Springville, Utah died September 9, 2008 at her home. She was born on August 3, 1929 in Provo Utah to Jesse and Helen Whiting. She married Ronald J. Allan on August 22, 1952 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Ann worked for J.C. Penny for many years. She was a wonderful homemaker, mother, grandmother,...
Helen JoAnn Johnston
Sep 9, 2008
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend returned to her Heavenly Father on Sept. 9, 2008 at her home. She was born October 30, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Helen Dana Thomas and Clayton Bullock Turner. She married the love of her life, Robert Francis Johnston on March 19, 1945 in Berkeley, California. Their marriage was...
Louise Patrick Springer
Sep 5, 2008
Our beloved Mother, Louise Patrick Springer, 90, passed away peacefully in her home in Springville, Utah, on Friday, September 5, 2008, with her children by her side. She was born March 6, 1918, in Springville, Utah, to John Hulet and Lura Ann White Patrick, She married L. Frank Springer on May 15, 1941, in the Salt Lake Temple. They...
Loeen Crandall Whiting
Sep 4, 2008
Our mother passed September 4, 2008 with her family beside her. She was born on December 16, 1921 in Springville, Utah to Edgar Vernon and Slyvia Mae Crandall. She was the fifth of seven children. Bliss (deceased), Hortense (deceased), Elaine, Ruel (deceased), Carma and LaMar (Sonny). She was taught at a very young age the principle of hard work,...

Crystian Jo Espinoza
Sep 3, 2008
Crystian Jo Espinoza, infant son of Timothy Joe Espinoza and Elizabeth Donna Beaton, passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Funeral services will be held Friday, September 12, 2008 at 2 p.m. in the North Park 3rd Ward Chapel at 1066 West 200 North in Provo. There will be a viewing held at the church one hour prior to the...
Merrill Asay Despain
Aug 27, 2008
Merrill Asay Despain passed away Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at his home in Mapleton at the age of 69. He was born May 4, 1939 in Byron, Wyoming to William Quayle and Mary Asay Despain. He married Gertrude Venene Schnebly in Mesa, Arizona Temple on April 25, 1964. Together they had seven children and were later divorced. He married...
Lola Smith Jensen
Aug 26, 2008
Lola Smith Jensen, age 92 of Mapleton, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2008. She was born July 2, 1916 in Provo, Utah to Albert and Beatrice Rodeback Smith. She married Bernell Jensen June 18, 1941 in Kamas, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. Lola enjoyed fishing and camping until her health declined. She loved...
Elizabeth Harmer
Aug 21, 2008
Elizabeth Harmer, age 96, passed away August 21, 2008 at Utah Valley Regional Hospital due to pneumonia and incidents of age. She was born January 24, 1912 in Springville, Utah to Albert William Harmer and Eleanor Elizabeth Reynolds. Her mother died when she was only 6 years old. Her brothers and sisters, all deceased were: Clifford Harmer (Annie), Reynolds...
Carolyn Kay Shinners
Aug 16, 2008
Our baby girl, Carolyn Kay Shinners, passed away August 16, 2008 in Boxford, Massachusetts at the age of 20. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 7, 1988 to John William Shinners and Kathleen Helene Clark. Carolyn was one of a kind! To most she was quiet and reserved, but to those who knew her best, she was...

Pauline Booth
Aug 13, 2008
Pauline Booth, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2008 in Provo, Utah. Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 10 a.m. in the Evergreen Cemetery, 1997 South 400 East, Springville, Utah.
Darryl La Verne Potter
Aug 7, 2008
Darryl LaVerne Potter of Sandy, Utah, left this life on August 7, 2008, in Springville, Utah. We will all miss him but our fond memories of him will always remain. Darryl was born March 25, 1941, in Telluride, Colorado, to James LaVerne Potter and Grace Marie Collins. He attended Jordan High School in Sandy, Utah, graduating in 1959. He...
Marie C Hamilton
Aug 7, 2008
August 7, 2008, the world lost one of the most kind, independent, funny, strong and loving women ever to grace this space. Our Mom, Marie C. Hamilton, left this day to rejoin her family who went on before to a place she described as "beautiful, happy and everyone she loved was there." She was born on July 10, 1931...
Kenneth Kent Kendall
Aug 5, 2008
Mapleton, Utah - Kenneth Kent Kendall, our beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away August 5, 2008 at home. He was born April 2, 1923 in Nephi, Utah to Amelia Bowles and Kenneth F. Kendall. He served in the military in World War II from 1942 - 1945. He worked as a machinist at Geneva Steel for...
Bruce Wilhelmsen
Aug 5, 2008
Bruce Wilhelmsen was born Nov. 4, 1924 in St. Charles, Id. to Cora Law and Niels Wilhelmsen. Following high school, he served two years in the Army Air Corp during World War II. He married Meredith Rich, his childhood sweetheart, on Nov. 18, 1943 in the Logan, Utah Temple. Five children were born to this union. He went on...
Leonard Edwin James
Aug 4, 2008
Leonard Edwin James, 90, passed away on August 4, 2008, at Mountain View Hospital in Payson, Utah, having been surrounded by family for his last few days. Leonard was born on Oct. 29, 1917, on the family farm in Daniels, Idaho, the son of Edwin and Mary Crowther James. He grew up in Logan where he graduated from Utah...
Ethel Lavern Lucas
Aug 3, 2008
Ethel Dangerfield Lucas passed away August 3, 2008 at her home from a long illness that she fought valiantly to the age of 90. Born August 31, 1917 to Robert and Bertha Dangerfield, she was raised and educated in Springville. She married Diamond W. Lucas and together they had 10 children. Ethel was a member of the Church of...
Alma "Guy" Chesnut
Jul 31, 2008
After a valiant battle with cancer, Guy passed away July 31, 2008 peacefully at his home surrounded by his family. He was born January 8, 1923 in Teasdale, Utah to Almira Wilson and Alma Francis Chesnut. Due to the untimely death of his mother, Guy was raised by Valentine and Vera Oyler in what is now Capitol Reef National...
Beverly Mason Sorensen
Jul 30, 2008
Beverly Mason Sorensen passed away at home July 30, 2008 in the arms of her sweetheart and her two loving daughters and granddaughter. She was born January 13, 1937 to Ronald and Ardell Lewis Mason. She was active in church with the young girls in her class room and she loved visiting teaching. Beverly graduated from Springville High School....
Charlotte Lee Edwards
Jul 30, 2008
Charlotte Caroline Lee Edwards, age 85, passed away on July 30, 2008 due to complications of old age. She was born on February 13, 1923 in Oakland, California to Henry Daniel Lee and Lorraine Frances Howard. She resided for over 80 years in California and moved to Utah in 2004 to enjoy the company of her children and grandchildren....