Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries

Jun 10, 2007

Reed James Nielsen passed away at home on Sunday June 10, 2007 with a smile on his face. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Reed loved life, family, friends, work, & having fun. Born 6/24/1958 to Paul & Mildred Nielsen. Married to Dena Bowen 07/17/1976, "We have shared a romantic life together for over thirty...

Jun 7, 2007

Owen Driggs Christensen, prominent Provo businessman, loving and devoted father, husband and wonderful friend and neighbor, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2007. Dad was born on July 7, 1920 in American Fork, Utah to Bernard Niels Christensen and Maude Rosalie Driggs Christensen. He graduated from American Fork High School and attended B.Y.U. He served in the Western States Mission....

Jun 5, 2007

Ruth Jones Tanner, formerly of Meridian Idaho, died 5 June 2007 at her Springville home. The youngest child (of sixteen) of Lottie Sybil Seeley and Joseph Jones, she was born 15 October 1917 in Price, Utah. She is survived by a daughter and a son, Joyce (Jim) Whiting, and Curtis Partridge Tanner, 13 grandchildren, and 25 great grandchildren. She...

Jun 4, 2007

Electa Taylor Clark, age 91 of Springville, passed away Monday, June 4, 2007. She was born May 8, 1916 in Springville, Utah to Willie James and Hannah Wood Taylor. She was the first of their eleven children with two older step-siblings, Luther and Bessie Brake. Electa married Joe J. Joseph and they later divorced. She married Ronald E. Clark...

May 24, 2007

Director of Information Technology for Neways Corporation Our beloved husband, father, brother and grandfather went to be with the Lord on May 24, 2007 at the age of 57. Gary was born in Visalia, California on Tuesday, December 13, 1949 to Philip and Doris (June) Glaze. He was raised in Visalia but lived in many cities in California, Tennessee,...

May 24, 2007

Alvie Bradley Lloyd, son, father, husband, uncle, brother, grandpa, passed May 24, 2007 with his family by his side. He was born May 28, 1955 to Grant and Elva Thorvaldson Lloyd in Payson, UT. Brad found and married the love of his life, Julie Allen on October 31, 1996. He worked hard all of his life. He had 5...

May 24, 2007

Jonathan Taylor Soules age 17 of Springville died Thursday, May 24, 2007 in his home. He was born March 27, 1990 in Torrance, California to David Allen and Carol Lee Leilani (Atkin) Soules. Jonathan lived in California, Washington and the past 2 years in Utah. He enjoyed movies, computer and video games and had ambitions to be a gaming...

May 18, 2007

Clint Roger Valdez, of Provo, Utah died May 18, 2007. He was born August 17, 1993 in Provo, Utah, to Roger and Rebecca Valdez. Clint was a special child who enriched other's lives through knowing him. He was born 4 months premature weighing only 1 lb. 7 oz. He was not expected to live more than three days. With...

May 15, 2007

Herbert Burrows died May 15, 2007 in the loving arms of his daughter in Mapleton. Following the legacy of his father who lived to be 97 years old, Herbert Burrows lived a long and productive life. Born on July 30, 1909 in Hatch, Utah, he lived through extreme changes in his world. As a kid, he rode horses and...

May 13, 2007

Iris Rose Cox Reese of Mapleton, Utah died May 13, 2007. She was born June 1, 1925 in Alton, Utah, to William Mills and Eliza Olive Allen Cox, the 10th of 11 children. She married Aaron Allen Reese February 10, 1949. They were sealed for time and all eternity on June 20, 1953, in the St George, Utah, temple....

May 11, 2007

May 11, 2007, Mom got her "Impossible Dream" and joined Daddy and other family members on the other side of the veil. Ethel May Lavender Wheeler was born February 23, 1928 in Garfield, Utah, the first daughter of Ray William Lavender and Fay Konold. She married her sweetheart, Samuel L. Wheeler, Jr. on November 28, 1947. He preceded her...

May 9, 2007

Our sweet Angel Momma and Grandma Coco has taken her place in Heaven. After a long and valiant struggle with the complications of her lung disease, she was called home to the loving arms of her Heavenly Father Wednesday, May 9, having faithfully accomplished all He had asked her to do. Her departure from mortality leaves an emptiness in...

May 6, 2007

Quinten Elroy Lowe, 75 of Mapleton passed away Sunday, May 6th, 2007 at his home after a long illness. He was born August 19th, 1931 in Provo Utah to Reed Eggerson and Vilda Leavitt Lowe. He Married Delia May Peterson on May 7th, 1951 in Spanish Fork. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple. Quinten grew up...

Jan 1, 1970

Born to celebrate and explore the world, John Phillip Biggs arrived on June 6, 1930 in Oak Park, Illinois to Maxine Virginia Satchell and Lee Biggs. He was the second of five children. He remembers attending the 1934 World's Fair in Chicago and traveling, terrified, in a suspended car between two giant towers. As a child he...

Jan 1, 1970

Frank S. Vincent was a cowboy if there ever was one. Born in Spanish Fork, Utah in 1937 to William Standley and Myrtle Vincent, he would grow up on the back of a horse. Legend has it, he learned how to ride a horse before he learned how to walk. He told many stories to anyone who would listen about...

Jan 1, 1970

Our beloved Christopher Gene Rumfield passed from this life on January 1, 2021. Christopher was known for his fun-loving and giving soul. Christopher was born 1971 in Riverside, California to Lester Eugene and Carolyn Kay Rumfield. The early years of his life were spent in Las Vegas, Nevada where he attended school. He graduated from Southern Nevada Vocational Technical...

Darrell Wayne Simonsen, 62, passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2023, of heart failure after a valiant six-month fight against the rare protein disease Amyloidosis. He was born February 10, 1961, in Provo, Utah to John M. Simonsen and Loura Rae Sorensen Simonsen. He honorably served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1979-1981...

Jeffrey Alan (Squires) Trewartha, age 39, passed away near the end of November, 2022. He was born March 26, 1983, to Joni Murdoch and Alan D. Squires. He was the step-son of Drew Trewartha. He was raised in Orem, Utah, with his family: Cheryl (Squires) Trewartha (Eric Barber), Suzanne (Kemmer) Williams, and Jordan (April) Trewartha. He was loved by all...

Linda McClure Sackett, age 80 of Springville passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2021.

Linda McClure Sackett was born in Long Beach, CA on September 25, 1940 to Dick & Dolores McClure. Those that preceded her in death include her parents, her son David Brian Sackett, and her Foster Native American son Lester Smith.

Linda is...