Obituaries
Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Springville, Mapleton & UT County
LaVar Clifford Nelson
Jul 12, 2007
LaVar Clifford Nelson, 77, passed away quietly on July 12, 2007 surrounded by his family following a courageous battle with cancer. LaVar was born on October 7, 1929 in Logan, Utah to Wray Nelson and Alta Davis. He spent his early years fishing and playing along the little Logan River. At the age of 12 he moved with his...
Valeria Holt Averett
Jul 10, 2007
Valeria Holt Averett, age 91 of Springville, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2007 after a short illness. She was born August 22, 1915 in Lyman, Utah to Enoch Alfonzo Holt and Altha Elnorah Turner. She married Jesse Evon Averett April 12, 1935 in Manti, Utah. Valeria was very active in the LDS Church holding many callings throughout her life....
Glenn Lowder
Jul 8, 2007
Glenn Lowder, age 83 of Springville, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2007. He was born October 9, 1923 in Parowan, Utah to Jesse Frank Lowder and Mary Alice Bentley Lowder. He married Irene Shakespeare on January 23, 1943. She preceded him in death in 1990. Glenn then married Ilene Penrod on September 3, 1993 in the Jordan River Temple....
David Bigler Jr.
Jul 5, 2007
David (Poon) Bigler Jr. passed away at his home on July 5, 2007 at the age of 89. He was born in Butte, Montana on September 28, 1917, as the first child of David Bigler Sr. and Hannah Pearl Butterfield Bigler. He was raised in Payson, Utah and from a very young age he worked with his brothers and...
Dorothy Christine Stoddard
Jul 3, 2007
Dorothy Christine Jensen Stoddard, age 81 of Ephraim, Utah passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at Central Valley Medical Center in Nephi, Utah. She was born August 31, 1925 in Ephraim, Utah to Wilford and Ruth Jensen. She married Robert L. Stoddard June 9, 1948 in Ephraim, Utah. The marriage was later solemnized in the Logan L.D.S. Temple. Dorothy...
Donald Edgar Dansie
Jun 25, 2007
Donald E. Dansie, 77, passed away on Monday, June 25, 2007, of apparent heart attack. He was born November 16, 1929, in Soldier Summit, Utah, to Clarence and Grace Jones Dansie. He grew up in Spring Glen and Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah, with five brothers and three sisters. He married Laurel Jean Lowe in March 1950 and they have...
Jenny Rebecca Oman
Jun 22, 2007
1974 - 2007 Jenny Rebecca Oman sadly passed away on June 22, 2007. Born April 19, 1974 to Lonnie Ray and Rixa Clyde Oman, she grew up in Springville and Mapleton, Utah. After graduating from Springville High, she attended BYU, completing a BA in English and an MA in International Relations. She served an LDS mission in the California...
Bryan Showgren
Jun 18, 2007
There aren't many people who come along in life about whom it can truly be said that everybody who come in contact with them was the better for it. Bryan Showgren was one of those individuals. Bryan was called back to his Heavenly Father on Monday, June 18 at the age of 34, after touching more lives than can...
Verlene Buchanan Haws
Jun 16, 2007
Verlene Buchanan Haws died on June 16, 2007 in Logan, Utah. She was born June 12, 1920 in Venice, Utah, third child of Boyd Buchanan and Catherine Boyer Buchanan. On July 6, 1945, she married Melburn Ward Haws of Mesa, Arizona. They lived in Salt Lake City, Utah; Nampa, Idaho; Davis, California; and American Fork and Orem, Utah. They...
Brian Levi Coates
Jun 15, 2007
Springville Brian Levi Coates, age 24, died on June 15, 2007 in Springville, Utah. Born October 1, 1982 in Springville, Utah to Robert Lynn Coates and Deana Ruth Coates. Brian grew up in Springville, Utah. Brian always enjoyed sports of every kind, especially baseball and football. He graduated from Springville High School in 2001. He worked in home construction...
Richard John Lister
Jun 13, 2007
Richard John Lister, age 66 of Springville, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2007. He was born April 3, 1941 in Roosevelt, Utah to Carl and Irene Fullmer Lister. He married Vanita Rose Paxman in Evanston, Wyoming. Richard loved the outdoors hunting and fishing. He enjoyed race car driving. He especially loved his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife,...
Elma Lucile Medved
Jun 13, 2007
Our sweet wife, mother, sister, grandmother and aunt, Peggy Medved age 84 of Mapleton, Utah passed from this life into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on June 13th, 2007. She was born October 19th, 1922 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah to Jesse M. Petersen and Annie Rebecca Seeley. She was the 6th of 7 children. Mama married Edgar...
Barbara Gudmundson Lindberg
Jun 11, 2007
On June 11, 2007, after a brief illness and surrounded by family, Barbara Gudmundson Lindberg, 88, returned to her Heavenly Father. Barbara was born December 2, 1918 in Springville, Utah, the ninth of ten children born to Moses Samuel Gudmundson and Erma Adella Crandall. After spending her youth in Springville and graduating from BYU, she moved to Huntington Park,...
Glade L Felix
Jun 11, 2007
Lt. Colonel Glade L. Felix, beloved husband, father and brother died Monday, June 11, 2007 in Al Udeid, Qatar. Lt. Colonel Felix was serving with the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group, United States Air Force assisting the medical needs of our military population in the Middle East. Lt. Colonel Felix was born in Springville, Utah, August 4, 1954 to the...
Reed James Nielsen
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...
Owen Driggs Christensen
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....
Ruth Jones Tanner
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...
Electa Taylor Clark
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...
Gary Arthur Glaze
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,...
Alvie Bradley Lloyd
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...
