Obituaries
Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Springville, Mapleton & UT County
Tony Vee Pickering
Jan 17, 2009
Tony was born August 8, 1941 in Payson, Utah to Mack and Lucy Pickering. He had on brother, Dennis. Growing up in Payson, he experienced the simplicity of country life and the outdoors. He enjoyed many years of hunting and fishing with his family and friends. Tony graduated from Payson High School and there he played the trombone and...
Richard Joseph Kovatch
Jan 15, 2009
Richard Joseph Kovatch passed away peacefully January 15, 2009 at home, after a battle with emphysema. He was born February 13, 1925, in Conrad, Montana, to Steve Joseph and Mary Jane Stokes Kovatch. He married the love of his life, Clelia Aimee Stokes, on March 10, 1942 in Shelby, Montana. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple...
LaMar Vernon Crandall
Jan 14, 2009
SPRINGVILLE, UTAH - LaMar V. "Sonny" Crandall, 83, passed away on January 14, 2009 of congestive heart failure, surrounded by his family at his home. He was born June 28, 1925 in Springville to Edgar Vernon and Sylvia Hansen Crandall. He was the youngest of seven children. LaMar attended schools in Springville and in Logan at Utah State University....
Mary Waddoups Bradford
Jan 8, 2009
Mary Waddoups Bradford died January 8th, 2009 having lived a very long life. She was born July 10, 1913 to William M. Waddoups and Olivia Sessions Waddoups of Josepa, Utah. At the age of five she moved to Hawaii where her father was the first president of the Hawaiian Temple where she lived until marrying Rawsel W. Bradford in...
Stanley Edwin Jensen
Jan 4, 2009
Stanley Edwin Jensen, age 78, passed away on January 4th, 2009, in Provo, Utah surrounded by his family. He was born August 16th, 1930 to Hans Peter Jensen and Ruby Snow in Mapleton, Utah where he lived his whole life. He married Nancy Joyce Neff in September 22, 1962, this was later solemnized in the Provo LDS Temple. He...
Blake Harley Everett
Jan 4, 2009
Mapleton - Blake Everett passed away peacefully at his home in Mapleton, Utah surrounded by family on January 4, 2009 from causes incident to old age. He was 92. Blake was born on July 16, 1916 in Mapleton, Utah to Charles Averett and Hilda Marchbanks Averett. He graduated from Springville High School. He married Berniece Johnson on October 14,...
Glenn Johns
Jan 1, 2009
Glenn Johns, age 96 of Springville, passed away Thursday, January 1, 2009. Glenn was born May 6, 1912 in Marion, Illinois, the youngest of eleven children, to Thomas "Buddy" Jefferson Johns and Ettie Johns. Glenn grew up on the family farm, leaving home at an early age to move to Colorado where he had a brother. He then moved...
Richard Glen Thompson
Dec 30, 2008
Our loving and kind husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away, December 30, 2008 at his home surrounded by his family. Richard was born in Southgate, CA, September 8, 1942 to Richard and June Davis Thompson. He met his best friend and the love of his life in 1973, Patty Kim Ney. They married in 1977. They were later...
Othelia Broughton Edmonds
Dec 30, 2008
Othelia B. Edmonds passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at the age of 88. She was born September 6, 1920 in Christie, OK to Bessie Mae Young and Arle Claude Broughton. On June 7, 1940, she married Delmer Lewis Edmonds in Claremont, OK. They were baptized and confirmed members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Neal Douglas Harlan
Dec 22, 2008
Our beloved, tender-hearted son, brother, nephew, grandson, and friend passed away in a tragic car accident on December 22, 2008. He was traveling up Provo Canyon to Snowboard with his buddies. Neal was born September 23, 1990; the third child of David and Katrina Harlan and only boy surrounded by five girls. Neal recently earned his Eagle Scout award...
Mary Fern Larson
Dec 21, 2008
On Sunday, December 21, 2008, in the early hours at UVRMC, mom left this world free of physical and mental pain to have the best Christmas with our big brother, Jesus. She was born August 11, 1918 (age 90) to John and Laura Hatfield Brailsford. Mary worked at many jobs in her lifetime; from picking fruit, thinning long rows...
Allie Ann Jex Frisby
Dec 16, 2008
On Tuesday December 16th 2008 our Beloved Mother, Grandmother, sister, and friend Allie Ann Frisby (age 76) passed from this mortal life into the arms of our Heavenly Father and other loved ones who were eager to welcome her home. Ann was the daughter of Allie Fay Rasmussen and George Walter Jex. She was born in Provo, Utah on...
Alan R Stewart
Dec 13, 2008
Alan Ray Stewart passed away early in the morning of Saturday, Dec. 13th, 2008 at the age of 84 due to complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was born on May 25, 1924 to Floyd Levar and Bertha Williams Stewart in Springville, the 2nd of eight children. After graduating from Springville High School in 1942, he volunteered for the war...
Susan Snedeger Jex
Dec 11, 2008
Susan Snedeger Jex, 59, our beautiful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, friend and daughter of God, passed away on December 11, 2008 in Springville, UT as the result of ovarian cancer. She was born April 20, 1949 in Midvale, UT to Don Q and Emily Evert Snedeger. She married Walter K. Jex September 11, 1965 in Springville,...
Oscar Juan Whiting
Dec 11, 2008
Oscar Juan Whiting, son of Oscar and Mary Sullivan Whiting, died at home of leukemia Dec. 11, 2008. He was 86 years old, born on March 13, 1922, in Mapleton, Utah, where he has been a life-long resident. Juan enjoyed growing up on the farm with 4 sisters and 2 brothers, where he learned the value of hard work....
Rell Gardner Francis
Dec 9, 2008
Rell Gardner Francis was born in Lake Shore, UT on January 27, 1928 to Samuel Evan and Barbara Ferguson Francis. He married Janet Oaks July 18, 1958 in Salt Lake City. He completed a BA degree from Brigham Young University in 1954, a MA degree in 1963 and ongoing post graduate work in San Miguel d'Allende, Mexico, Ohio State...
Florence White
Dec 6, 2008
Florence White 1924-2008 Florence Greenland White, 84, of Springville, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2008. She was born July 21, 1924 in Highland, Utah, to Clarence and Maud Miller Greenland. Florence married Stanley Leo White, of Goshen, Utah, on June 29, 1949 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They lived in Pleasant Grove, Ogden, and St. George, Utah;...
Gale L Kresser
Dec 3, 2008
Gale L. Kresser, 76, passed away peacefully at home with his wife, Kathy, near his side on December 3, 2008 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born January 22, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Louise Chatlain Kresser and Vernal "Bud" Kresser. He was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Ruth Kresser Bailey...
David Glenn Larson
Nov 30, 2008
David Glenn Larson, 78, of Springville, Utah, passed away peacefully on Nov. 30, 2008 following an extended illness. David was born in Pocatello, Idaho July 10, 1930 to David Nels Larson and Nettie Loretta Forge. He graduated from McCammon High School and attended Idaho State University while working summers for the Union Pacific Railroad. He then served his country...
Pauline Ruth Schmidt
Nov 26, 2008
Polly Schmidt, 82, of Springville, Utah passed away November 26, 2008, in Payson, Utah. Born May 21, 1926 in Reading, Pennsylvania, Polly was the youngest surviving child of Harry Gehret and Sallie Yoh. She married George Schmidt August 2, 1947 in Rochester, New York. Polly and George joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 7th,...
