Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries

Cindy Drue (Chambers) White

Jan 30, 2019

Cindy Drue White, age 62, currently from Tucson, Arizona, passed away from complications battling Alzheimer’s on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.  She was born April 23, 1956 in Logan, Utah to James Lennis Chambers and Drue Wilson Archibald Chambers.  She married Keith Louis White on June 4, 1981 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Cindy graduated from Utah State University with...

William Alvin Cox

Jan 29, 2019

William Alvin Cox passed away January 29th, 2019 from his earthly home at the age of 84. He will be dearly missed by family and friends here in mortality, but welcomed home and celebrated in Heaven. He is preceded in death by his loving wife Joyce Cox, parents Carl and Nettie Cox, and granddaughter Kayce Cox. He leaves a legacy...

Keith Eugene Huff

Jan 27, 2019

Funeral services for Keith Eugene Huff will be held on Friday February 1, 2019 at the LDS Church 150 N 900 E in Springville at 11:00 a.m. A visitation has been scheduled on Thursday January 31, 2019 from 6-8 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, and from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Friday at the church. Interment will follow at Springville Evergreen...

Conda Ann (Weight) Sorensen

Jan 26, 2019

Conda Sorensen Weight, 81, of Springville, Utah, passed away, January 26, 2019, at her daughter’s home in Riverton, Utah. Conda was born March 10, 1937, in Springville, Utah, to the late Leslie LaMar Weight and Esther Laney. She was the 2nd of nine children. Conda graduated from Springville High School in 1955 and received a bachelor’s degree in Clothing and...

John "Gary" Gerrit Ekker, Jr.

Jan 25, 2019

John Gerrit Ekker Jr., 86, of Springville, Utah, passed away peacefully on January 25, 2019.

Gary was born on June 12, 1932, to John Gerrit Ekker and Florence Harrison Ekker in Provo, Utah. He was raised at Ekker Ranch in Tooele County, Utah until he started elementary school in Springville, Utah. His early years were spent between...

Suellen (Kay) Allman

Jan 24, 2019

Suellen Kay Allman, aged 75, of Orem, Utah, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at home with her family after fighting like hell to live. She was born to Florence Mildred Simmons Kay and Eldred Ephraim “Fuzz” Kay on July 9, 1943.

Suellen grew up in Provo, where she learned her love of dance and sewing....

Lola Dawn (Pyne) Liston

Jan 23, 2019

Lola Dawn Pyne Liston of Springville, Utah, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on January 23, 2019. She was born to Samuel and Vivian Pyne on November 20, 1945 in Provo, Utah. Family meant everything to Lola. She desired and was blessed to be a stay-at-home mother, and was as dedicated to her grandchildren as her own children. She...

Faye (Anderson) Litster

Jan 21, 2019

Faye Anderson Litster, 72, passed away on Monday, January 21, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas. Faye was born June 1, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the 8th child of Clyde LeRoy and Constance Porter Anderson. She was preceded in death by her parents; six siblings, Mary Lou, Tom, Chris, Lorraine, Elaine, and Brian; four sibling-in-laws; son, Paul Litster; two...

Karl Gene Wiscombe

Jan 19, 2019

Karl Gene Wiscombe passed away peacefully from this life January 19, 2019.  Gene was born in Mapleton Utah on February 7, 1940 to Karl G. Wiscombe and Gladys Thomas Wiscombe (Pennington).  He married Peggy Gabbitas on June 9, 1960 in the Salt Lake City Temple. She passed away on February 26, 2009. Gene will be greatly missed by his...

Scott Chapman Craig

Jan 16, 2019

Scott Chapman Craig, 66, of Spanish Fork, passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 in Spanish Fork. A viewing will be from 6-8pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South in Springville, Utah. Funeral services will be held Thursday January 31, 2019 at 1:00PM with a viewing from 11:30am to 12:30pm at the LDS Chapel,...

Nyx Nevynkunane Kew

Jan 16, 2019

Nyx Nevynkunane Kew, age 23 of Springville, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2019.

Private family services will be held under the direction of Wheeler Mortuary.

Condolences may be sent at www.wheelermortuaries.com

Robert Westley Swanson

Jan 13, 2019

Robert Westley Swanson

January 20, 1932 – January 13, 2019

Robert Westley Swanson, age 82, died Sunday evening January 13, 2018, at the Abbington Senior Living Community. He was the son of Samuel and Viola Swanson of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Veloy Abrams Swanson of more than...

Jeanene Marie (Schaefermeyer) Bradshaw

Jan 13, 2019

Jeanene Marie Bradshaw, age 80, of Mapleton, Utah passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019. She was born January 6, 1939 in Maeser, Utah to James Marquis and Etta Genevieve Schaefermeyer. She married Lawrence Stuart Bradshaw on June 6, 1958 in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He preceded her in death on May...

Arthur Dennis Gore

Jan 13, 2019

Arthur Dennis Gore, age 74 of Mapleton, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019. Private family services will be held at a later date.  Condolences may be sent at www.wheelermortuaries.com

Nathan McKay Merrill

Jan 12, 2019

Nathan was the cutest, happiest, blue-eyed boy, who loved to run and jump, be spoiled by his immediate and extended family, and give hugs.  As he grew, he became a tall and handsome, tender-hearted man who loved the outdoors, running with his high school track and cross country team, playing all sorts of games, music, reading, fishing, spending time with...

Coston Lorentzen Christensen

Jan 11, 2019

Coston Lorentzen Christensen passed away on January 11 th , 2019, at the age of 100 at the Ashford Assisted Living and Memory Care Center in Springville, Utah, where he was lovingly cared for by many. Coston was born to Nephi and Laura Lorentzen Christensen on August 17 th , 1918, in Blackfoot, Idaho.  He had nine brothers and...

Julian Terry Reid

Jan 9, 2019

Julian Terry Reid, Terry as everyone knew him; was born to Samuel Robert Reid & Lois Muriel Wilds in Toronto Ontario, Canada on January 12, 1944. His father was American and his mother Canadian. In 1957 when he was 13 years old, his family moved to Lynwood, California. 2 years later, they moved to Hemet, California where he graduated...

Dee Isaac Gardner

Jan 8, 2019

Dee Isaac Gardner, 60, passed away peacefully at home in Springville on January 8, 2019. His parents, Melba Isaac and Allen Gardner, instilled in him responsibility toward his community, compassion for others, and the determination to pursue meaningful goals. His father’s early death was a foundational moment in Dee’s life from which he gained an understanding of loneliness and loss...

Juanita (Rodriguez) Holman

Jan 7, 2019

Juanita Rodriguez Holman, age 61 of Springville, passed away Monday, January 7, 2019.  Services will be held under the direction of Wheeler Mortuary.  Condolences may be sent at www.wheelermortuaries.com

Joseph William Shinners

Jan 5, 2019

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Our hero, Officer Joseph William Shinners, 29, succumbed to injuries sustained in the line of duty January 5, 2019.

First and foremost, Joe was a loving and dedicated husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend.

Joe...