Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries

Jul 29, 2020

Daniel Boone Evans, 78, of Springville, Utah died July 29, 2020 of heart failure.  Married Mary “Jo” Gongaware May 27, 1967 in the Idaho Falls Temple.  Son of Dean E. Evans and Camilla M. Olsen Evans, born October 3, 1941 in Pocatello, Idaho. Dan taught math at Springville High School for 32 years and was an excellent teacher.  He loved...

Jul 29, 2020

William Robert “Bob” Boone, 84, of Mapleton, Utah passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. He was born March 20, 1936 in Toledo, Oregon to Raymond and Verla Massie Boone.  He married his sweetheart, Stephanie Ann Priddy on June 4, 1960 in Portland, Oregon.  They were later sealed for time and all eternity in the Oakland California Temple on January...

Jul 24, 2020

On Friday, July 24, 2020 our dear Patricia Dawn Bliss, passed from this life into the next surrounded by her family at her home in Mapleton, Utah. Patricia was born February 9, 1933 to Russell Sheppeard and Hazel Marsh Sheppeard and was raised by her mother and loving stepfather Milton Passey.  She was born and raised in Tooele, UT and...

Jul 19, 2020

Heaven gained another fisherman on July 19, 2020.  Steve VanWagenen was born in Provo Utah to parents Jess VanWagenen and Readele Swapp May 17,1947.  Provo is where he spent his childhood and eventually graduated from Provo High School.  He later went to tech school specializing in welding and spent most of his career working at Geneva Steel.  After Geneva closed...

Jul 15, 2020

Lila Jane Dorman Craft Petroff, age 78 of East Carbon, Utah passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2020.  Graveside services will be held Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 11 a.m. in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery.  There will be a viewing at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South in Springville from 10:00 to 10:45 prior to the graveside services.

Jul 15, 2020

The families of Earl Fitzgerald Dunn of Lindon, Utah unite to grieve his death and remember his life. He passed away due to heart failure on July 15, 2020 at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. Earl was born into his first family on February 18, 1964 in Payson, Utah to James Webb and Carolee Hone Dunn.  He was greeted by...

Jul 11, 2020

Rex Gordon Wardle, 94, of Springville, Utah, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2020. He was born November 27, 1925 in Ft. Duchene, Utah to James H and LaRue Rudy Wardle weighing in at 2 ½ lbs. He married Anna Mae Bird August 29, 1946 and was sealed in the Salt Lake temple February 5, 1960. Rex attended schools in Los...

Jul 9, 2020

Richard “Dick” Wiley passed away peacefully July 9, 2020. His desire was to write his own obituary and the following is in his own words.

I was born on a cold winter day on November 18, 1925 in Baraboo, Wisconsin to Richard Wiley and Agnes Schulz Wiley. During the Depression in 1930 my father obtained a position...

Jul 6, 2020

Barbara Lee McReynolds Young was born February 21, 1933, in Whittier, California, the only child of Edwin Wesley McReynolds and Gladys Harrisene Baillie. Barbara peacefully crossed the veil on July 6, 2020, with her husband and two of their six children holding her hands as they stood next to her bed. Barbara graduated from Montebello High School in 1951. She...

Jul 2, 2020

Clifford Foster DeGraw, 86, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2020, with his loving family by his side in his Holladay, Utah home. Cliff was born July 19, 1933, in Spanish Fork, Utah, to Clifford Eugene DeGraw and Florence Ruth Bowen. Cliff married Judith Ellis, and they had four children. He married Nancy Jane Turner on April 10, 1974; they were...

Jul 2, 2020

Thursday July 2, 2020 the world lost a truly beautiful soul. Amanda Jean Crandall, a larger than life personality and perfect example of unconditional love. Amanda was born May 4, 1983 to Sally Jensen and Brad Crandall in Provo, Utah. The oldest of 4 children she quickly and easily developed a sense of caring. Amanda graduated from Independence high school...

Jul 2, 2020

Louise Jensen Watson passed away peacefully at the age of 90 in Springville Utah She was born July 21, 1929 to Wilford Erastus Jensen and Effie Gill in Salt Lake City.  She graduated from Murray High.  She was the sixth of 7 children. She married Bob Watson on May 25, 1949 in Murray, Utah.   They were sealed in 2000.  They...

Jul 1, 2020

It is with tremendous sadness that the family of Corma Wright Evans announces her passing. Corma passed away peacefully July 1, 2020, due to natural causes at the age of 84. She was born September 9, 1935, in Hinckley, Utah, to Ivan Morris Wright and Hilda Castina Christensen. She married Earl Dean Evans on October 30, 1958, in the Salt...

Jun 23, 2020

Myrna Alice Cecelia Evert, nee Larson, 93, peacefully passed away on June 23, 2020.  She was born on June 3, 1927 in Argyle, MN to Louis and Mathilda Larson. The family included five children – Harriet, Eileen, Llewellyn, Dorothy, and Myrna, the youngest.  She attended rural school through the eighth grade and then Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston, MN,...

Jun 23, 2020

Catherine Aldeen Cazier Palfreyman died June 23, 2020 in Mapleton, Utah. She was born in 1938 in Salina, Utah and lived in Koosharem until she was three years old when she moved to Mapleton. She attended Springville High School where she had many friends and met the love of her life, Clark Dennis Palfreyman. Aldeen jokingly boasted of the A+...

Jun 13, 2020

Luis Jesus Uribe Leon, age 22 of Springville, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 35 West 500 North in Orem.  There will be a viewing held that evening from 5 to 9 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 82 West 400...

Jun 13, 2020

John David Wilkerson, 86, of Springville, left this troubled world for a better one on Saturday, June 13, 2020, after suffering a fall in his home. He was born August 18, 1933, to Harley P. and Helen Marie Overbye Wilkerson in Fruita, Colorado. He married Joyce Stone Peterson on December 12, 1961, in Provo, Utah. They lived in Provo until...

Jun 5, 2020

Annalee Walker Strong returned home to the loving arms of her sweetheart John on June 5, 2020. What a beautiful reunion for her as they have been apart for twenty years. Annalee was born July 6, 1926 in Manti, Utah to Paul Knute Walker and LaRue Munk Walker. She moved from Manti when she was a baby but returned...

Jun 3, 2020

Erma Jean Besendorfer Phillips, 89, of Springville, passed away unexpectedly in Provo, Utah on June 3, 2020.  Erma Jean was born on December 31, 1930, in Charleston, Utah, to Noah & Nancy Ann Casper Besendorfer.  She grew up in Charleston and graduated with honors from Wasatch High School and from Brigham Young University with a major in Elementary Education.  She...

Jun 1, 2020

Geraldine (Jerri) Sorenson Fry, 85, passed away in Orange, California on Monday, June 1, 2020. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 60 years, James, and her daughter, Bonnie Watson; Jerri is survived by her sons Brad (Yvonne) and Chris (Patti), daughter Shauna (Bruce) Bengochea; her 13 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren; her brother Paul (Virginia) Sorenson of...