Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries

Terence Lee White

Feb 15, 2022

Terence Lee White, age 50 of Goshen, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022.  He was born January 16, 1972 to Dennis White and Lillian Grace Hone. Terence was a very special man.  He took care of his sick dad everyday until his passing.  He graduated from Payson High School and spent three years at Arizona Tech.  He married Maridith Wheeler...

Thomas Wendell Hautala

Feb 10, 2022

Thomas Wendell Hautala, age 79 of Payson, passed away Thursday, February 10, 2022.  Services are under the direction of Wheeler Mortuary.  Condolences for the family may be expressed on this page.

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Tamara Lee (Carter) Doty

Feb 10, 2022

Tamara Lee Carter Doty, 60, of Kearns, passed away Thursday February 10, 2022. She was born February 11, 1961, in Provo, Utah, to Daniel Edward Carter and Harlene Moore Carter. She married Daniel Edward Doty on February 27, 2011. Tamara liked camping and the outdoors. She also enjoyed spending time with her family and loved her children and grandchildren dearly....

Buenaventura Mendoza

Feb 7, 2022

Buenaventura Mendoza, 78, of Spanish Fork, passed away on Monday, February 7th, 2022. She was born on July 14,1943 in Toliman-Jalisco, Mexico to Aurelio Mora and Jacinta Rodriguez. She married Emilio Mendoza in1964. He preceded her in death on May 28, 2019. In 1987, Buenaventura and Emilio became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and were...

Garlin Ray Hawkins

Feb 7, 2022

Garlin Ray Hawkins, a long-time resident of Springville, Utah, passed away February 7th, 2022 at the age of 65. Garlin is survived by his children; Jodi Cornwall (Kyle), Troy Hawkins (Allison) and four grandchildren; his siblings, Harold Hawkins, Mary Morgan, Garth Hawkins, Marvin Hawkins (Jamie) and Larry Hawkins (Cherice). He is preceded in death by his parents Arthur and Ellen...

Eldon J Haskell

Feb 4, 2022

Eldon J Haskell 85 of Springville, Utah died peacefully Friday, February 4th at the hospital in Murray, Utah due to Covid.  He was born in Payson, Utah on March 23, 1936 the son of E. LeRoy Haskell and Beulah Pierce Haskell.  He was previously married and divorced to Jolene Hudson. He married Leona Valdez on October 30, 1971 in Payson,...

Nadine (Murray) Kimber

Feb 4, 2022

Nadine Murray Kimber, 80, of Springville Utah, passed away February 4, 2022, after a short battle with cancer, at her daughters home in Salem Utah. She was born July 11, 1941, to Max Leonard and Mina Crandall Murray. She grew up in Springville and graduated from Springville High School in 1959. She loved growing up in the 50's and especially...

George Gilbert Wright

Feb 2, 2022

George Gilbert Wright, 84, passed away Wednesday February 2, 2022 in Mapleton, Utah. He was born June 26, 1937, in San Diego, California, to George Stanger and Marjorie Ruth Hatch Wright. George spent his childhood and youth in San Diego, and Chula Vista, California.  He met the love of his life, Jane Catherine Chatterton, at a dance...

William Robert Thaler, II

Jan 28, 2022

William Robert Thaler II passed away on January 28, 2022.  Bill was born in Oakland on September 17, 1955. He grew up in Moraga, California, graduating from Campolindo High School in 1973 where he played football, baseball and developed his love of cars including the Austin Healy 3000 he restored in high school. Later, he attended Diablo Valley College and...

Sharon Louise (Kloeckner) Stephenson

Jan 23, 2022

Sharon Louise Stephenson, age 70, of Springville Utah passed away January 23, 2022 in Orem Utah. She was born July 24, 1951 on Apra Harbor US naval base in Guam to George and Nola Kloeckner and was the eldest of 5 children. Sharon graduated from Morse High School in San Diego California. Sharon married Michael Stephenson on January...

Don Floyd Phillips

Jan 22, 2022

Don Floyd Phillips, 82, of McGill, Nevada and formerly of Springville, Utah passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022. He was born November 22, 1939, to Floyd and Hilda Losser Phillips. He married Sheila Waite on September 18, 1963 in the Manti Utah Temple.

Don grew up on a ranch in Hobble Creek Canyon in Springville....

E. LaRae (Strickland) Castagno

Jan 20, 2022

LaRae returned to her heavenly home Thursday January 20, 2022 and has been reunited with her husband Dale. LaRae and her twin sister LaRee were born November 2, 1937 to Edna May and James Strickland in the American Fork, Utah hospital. LaRae attended elementary school in Cedar Fort, Utah and graduated from Lehi High School in 1956. LaRae lived in...

Melissa Deanne (Sanders) Nielsen

Jan 19, 2022

Melissa DeAnne Nielsen, 48, of Springville, Utah, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2022.  She was born December 24, 1973, in Keflavik, Iceland to Bonnie S. Tidball and Marcus D. Sanders.  She married Kim Nielsen on June 6, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Melissa recently completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology from University of Colorado, Boulder....

Louis Darrell Kinyon

Jan 18, 2022

Our beloved husband, father, and granddad Louis Darrell Kinyon, 87, of Mapleton was called back to our Heavenly Father on Tuesday, January 18th, 2022.  He was born December 2, 1934, in Harrison, Arkansas to his loving parents Merle Kinyon and Zola Bell Fenn Kinyon.  Louie married his high-school sweetheart Ellen Ranae Preston April 10th, 1953, in Sunnyside,...

Zoriyiah Ann Bjarnson

Jan 15, 2022

On September 20, 2021, we found out that we were expecting a little one.  On November 24, 2021, we found out that she was diagnosed with Turner Syndrome, hydrops, and swelling.  The swelling and hydrops kept getting worse.  On January 6, 2022, we found out that not only had the hydrops and swelling gotten worse, but she...

Georgia (Smith) Majeska

Jan 11, 2022

Georgia Smith Majeska was born to Warren L. Smith and Susie Pitcher Smith in Cardston, Alberta, Canada on March 22,1927. She passed away January 11, 2022 in Santaquin, Utah.  She married William Ward Majeska June 9, 1951 in Indianapolis, IN. They were later sealed in the Cardston, Alberta, Canada Temple.

Georgia loved her...

Shanna Rae Kelsey

Jan 10, 2022

On January 10, 2022, surrounded by her family, Shanna Rae Kelsey gained her angel wings.  She was a beautiful, caring mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Shanna was born to Jesse Melvin Kelsey and Juanita Matson on December 8, 1950. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Melvin Ray, infant daughter and her son Nephi Roy....

Catherine Anne (Holley) Jensen

Jan 8, 2022

Catherine Anne Holley Jensen, our beautiful matriarch, left this world on Saturday, January 8, 2022, in Springville, Utah, following a short illness. She was 86 years old. She was born February 10, 1935, in Mapleton, Utah to John Isaac Holley and Pearl Padfield Holley. She married Ruel Alma Jensen on September 16, 1952, in the Salt Lake City Temple....

Kenneth Richard Young, Jr

Jan 7, 2022

K. Richard Young loving Husband, Father, Grandpa, and Great Grandpa passed away peacefully on January 7th, 2022. His sweetheart was by his side, and they were surrounded by their eight children. Richard lived an exemplary life to the very end, with humble strength, selfless love, and kindness.

Richard was born on October 8th,1945...

Janice Carol (McGee) Harper

Jan 7, 2022

Janice Carol (McGee) Wilbur Harper of Pleasant Grove, Utah, left her earthly home on January 7, 2022, to be reunited with her eternal companion, Clayton Vance Wilbur, Jr.  She was born in Seattle, Washington, on January 18, 1937, to Harold Eugene and Clemina Carol (Van Orsdel) McGee.  Jan and Clay were married on January 21, 1955, in Redwood City,...