Obituaries
Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Springville, Mapleton & UT County
James David Simmons
May 31, 2022
James David Simmons, 78, of Springville, passed away at home in the early morning hours of May 31, 2022, with his wife, Nancy beside him. David, "Dave" to most people who knew him, was born in Nashville, Tennessee to James Alfred and Pearlie Mabel Simmons in 1943. From the stories he's shared, he was a very active child who didn't...
Edward Thomas Murdock
May 28, 2022
Our hero, our rock of Gibraltar, our dad Edward Thomas Murdock passed on to the happy hunting ground on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 11:10 PM to be reunited with his sweetheart who had passed on 11 year’s earlier. Dad was born on October 10, 1925 to Edward Teancum Murdock and Bertha Mayho Jeffs Murdock in Heber City, UT. He...
Masao Keawepuahikinao Kaanga
May 18, 2022
Masao Keawepuahikinao Kaanga passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022. He was born April 29, 2003, in Newport Beach, California, to Mandy and Jared Kaanga.
Masao graduated from Springville High School in 2021. He attended the Tippie School of Business at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He was a big cinema fan...
Joseph Edward Klobucar
May 16, 2022
Joseph Edward Klobucar, 88 years of age, passed away on May 16, 2022 in San Jose, California. He was born in San Francisco, California, on October 15, 1933, to Joseph M. and Alice Klobucar (nee Bacigalupi). He was raised in the Excelsior District, graduated from Balboa High School and City College of San Francisco, and served in the U.S....
Lee Measom
May 14, 2022
Our honest, loving, caring, spiritual, passionate father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend passed away in his home in Springville, Utah on Friday, May 14, 2022.
Lee Measom was born on August 28, 1940 in Payson, Utah to George and Joy Fullmer Measom. As a child he lived in Tacoma, Washington and Springville, Utah....
Wilford Wadley Harris
May 11, 2022
Wilford Wadley Harris, 93, of Springville, Utah, shed the limitations of his well worn body and passed away peacefully Wednesday, May 11, 2022. He was born October 3, 1928, in Lindon, Utah, to Stanley Harris and Rosella Wadley Harris in the back bedroom of his grandmother’s house, weighing in at only 3.5 pounds. He married Mary La Gene Nelson in...
Arline (Hall) Vincent
May 6, 2022
Arline Hall Vincent was born January 4, 1936, in Payson, Utah to James Armond Hall and Naomi Finlayson. Arline passed away May 6, 2022 in Madera, CA. Frank and Arline were married in Southern California in 1955 where they started their family and resided until 1971. In 1971 they relocated to Archibald, Ohio working for Georgia Pacific this only lasted...
Gloria Jean (Bosman) Peterson
May 6, 2022
Our precious mother Gloria Bosman Peterson, 74, of Mapleton, passed away Friday, May 6, 2022 from complications of an abdominal aortic dissection. She was born January 29, 1948, in Provo, Utah, to Walter Bosman and Lucile Dalley. Her mother met and married Earl Dalley when she was a small child, and together, Lucile and Earl raised Gloria. Mom was an...
Pamela Grace (Allan) Cherrington
May 6, 2022
Pamela Grace (Allan) Cherrington, age 70 of Mapleton, passed away Friday, May 6, 2022, after a long and valiant battle with ALS. Pam was born in Springville, Utah, October 3, 1951, to Reese and Phyllis Allan. She attended schools in Springville and graduated from Springville High School in 1969. She married the love of her life, Kim Cherrington in...
Fern (Crowther) Van Sickle
May 2, 2022
We would like to celebrate the beautiful life of Fern Crowther Van Sickle which started on July 12, 1928. Fern ended her journey on earth on May 2, 2022, to return to her heavenly Father and was preceded in death by her husband, Don Van Sickle on August 18, 2006. They were married on November 16, 1947, in Sanford, Colorado,...
Willard Stanley Rose
May 1, 2022
Willard Stanley Rose, age 77 of Springville, Utah passed peacefully from this life, surrounded by his family on May 1, 2022 in Provo, Utah. Will was born on July 9, 1944, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the 3rd of five children born to Stanley Baker Rose and Ima Palmer Rose. He married Linda Cheryl McGee...
Donna (Wentz) Bleggi
Apr 26, 2022
Donna Wentz Bleggi of Mapleton, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2022. She was born on March 27, 1940 in Provo Bench (Orem), Utah, the seventh of nine children to Charles Mastin and Belva Hills Wentz. She grew up in a loving family on their family farm in Mapleton with her six sisters and two brothers. She met her sweetheart,...
Thayne Garland Brower
Apr 20, 2022
One day on 25 January 1938 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a cute little baby boy was born. The name on his birth certificate was Thayne Garland Brower, a name he would go by after joining the Navy. In his early years however, he was known as Thayne Wahl. Thayne was the son of Verla R. Wardell, and Duane C. Clark,...
Darwin Kay Sumsion
Apr 16, 2022
Darwin K Sumsion, 91, of St George, Utah, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2022. He was born April 20, 1930, in Preston, Idaho, to John Bert Sumsion and Mary Caroline Hansen Sumsion. He married Deon Rodgers Sumsion on October 26, 1953 and later sealed together in the Oquirrh Mountain Utah LDS Temple in 2010. She preceded him in death on...
Valerie Ventura Sims
Apr 8, 2022
Valerie Ventura Sims, infant daughter of Jared Spencer Sims and Marisol Mendoza Sims, passed away shortly after her birth on Friday, April 8, 2022. She is survived by her parents and Brooke Andersen; Caitlin Croft; and Vivian Vega. There will be a visitation and service held a Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South in Springville on Friday, April 15th...
Afton (Bennion) Alleman
Apr 7, 2022
Afton Bennion Alleman passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at her home in Springville, Utah, after receiving visits from her family and loved ones. Afton was born on December 25, 1929 at home in Duchesne, Utah, while her older brothers sat outside in the family car waiting for updates about her arrival. Leo and Elva (Billings) Bennion were so...
Ralph Joseph McClain
Apr 4, 2022
Ralph Joseph McClain, aged 79, of Springville, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2022, surrounded by his family. He was born July 22, 1942, in Springville, Utah to George Albert McClain and Mollie Dalton McClain. He was married and sealed to his beloved Carol Lee Chadwick on April 20, 1967 in the Manti Utah Temple. Ralph was a dutiful husband,...
Mary (Chilibeck) Talaska
Mar 31, 2022
Mary Chilibeck Talaska, age 98 of Springville, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2022. She was born February 10, 1924 in Mundare, Alberta, Canada to Peter and Alexandra (Forest) Chilibeck. She is survived by her four children and her grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, 2022 in the Springville...
Robert (Bo) Eugene White
Mar 30, 2022
Robert (Bo) Eugene White, 68, of Mapleton, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 30th, 2022. He was born July 13, 1953, in Kansas City, Missouri to William Denzil White and Helen Louise Corey. Bo married Jacqueline Kirkman on July 3, 1987, in the Los Angeles, California temple.At age 14, Bo had a friend that introduced him to the gospel. From Bo’s...
Terry Dayle (Hopper) Evans
Mar 29, 2022
Terry Dayle Evans, 64, of Provo, left this earth Tuesday, March 29, 2022. She was born May 11, 1957, in North Bend, Oregon to Raymond Charles Hopper and Wilma Eileen (Eldredge) Hopper. She married Jamie Don Evans on December 15, 1984 in Orem Utah. Terry grew up in North Bend, Oregon, the oldest of five children. She moved to Utah...
