Obituaries
Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Springville, Mapleton & UT County
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....
Russell Evan Frandsen
Jul 26, 2008
Russell Evan Frandsen, 89, passed away peacefully July 26, 2008 at his home in Springville, Utah. Russell was born in Redmond, Utah to Vance Edwin and Pearl Jorgenson Frandsen. He graduated from North Sevier High School, where he was active in athletics. He was a member of basketball and track teams that competed in state tournaments. In 1941 Russell...
Bessie Marie Johnson
Jul 24, 2008
Bessie Marie Juggert Johnson, age 84 of Springville, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2008. She was born April 13, 1924 in Hastings, Nebraska to George Gilpin and Laura Bell Kelso Gilpin. Bessie loved to quilt and play bingo. She enjoyed trips to the cabin at Strawberry and going fishing. She is survived by her children: Dianna (Kevin) Kezerian, Michael...
Lois Esther Child
Jul 23, 2008
Lois was born November 27, 1920 in Benjamin, Utah, to Carl Edwin and Esther Adamson Johnson. She passed away peacefully at her home in Springville on July 23, 2008. She grew up in Springville, Utah, where she graduated from Springville High School and also attended BYU. She married her high school sweetheart, Earl S. Child in the Salt Lake...
Melvina Gividen Johnson
Jul 22, 2008
Josephine Melvina Gividen Johnson, 94, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in Orem, Utah. She was born on July 12, 1914 to Joseph Gividen and Mary Alice Stone Gividen in Mapleton, Utah. She married Wilford Martin Pulley July 9, 1930. They had a daughter, Janis Mary. Wilford died April 21, 1946. She then married Parley Boyd Johnson in the Salt...
Michael Ray Witherell
Jul 13, 2008
Michael Ray Witherell, age 53 of Orem, passed away due to a lingering illness Sunday, July 13, 2008 exactly 32 years after the death of his father, Ray Harvey Witherell, who died July 13, 1976. He was born February 9, 1955 in Payson, Utah to Ray Harvey Witherell and LaRee D. Gottfredson. He married Jennifer Bailey and later divorced....
Gloria Alice Bodeker
Jun 28, 2008
Gloria Alice Malrose Bodeker passed away June 28, 2008 at 6:17 p.m. in Payson, Utah. She was 91 years old. She is survived by 2 children, 17 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren. She will be loved and missed by all who were lucky enough to know "Tiger".
