Obituaries
Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Springville, Mapleton & UT County
LaRae Emmons Wilson
Feb 21, 2025
Mary LaRae Wilson, 67, of Springville, passed away after a short battle with cancer on Friday, February 21, 2025. She was born October 30, 1957, in Nephi, Utah, to James Robert and Rose Arlene Emmons.
LaRae was interested in scrapbooking, crafts, game shows, taking photos, and was an avid reader. She loved spending time with her family, exploring, traveling, and visiting...
Collette Palfreyman Binks
Feb 19, 2025
Collette Palfreyman Binks passed away peacefully on February 19, 2025, surrounded by family. Collette was born December 20, 1934 to Loeen and Bert Palfreyman. She was married to her high school sweetheart, Glade Binks, on July 28, 1953 in the Manti, Utah temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They had five children together.
Collette had a vibrant...
David Henry Sargent
Feb 16, 2025
David Henry Sargent, 84, longtime resident of Springville, died on Sunday, February 16, 2025. Born in Springville, David was fifth of the six children of Merle and Oleah Huff Sargent. Dave and his wife Martha celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary on January 25th, 2025.
Dave's daily mission was to make everyone he encountered smile. His success rate was high. His interests...
Michael Darwin Spencer
Feb 15, 2025
Michael Darwin Spencer, 70, of Mapleton, Utah, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2025. Funeral Services are under the direction of Wheeler & Sundberg Funeral Homes.
Condolences may be expressed to the family on this page.
Marvin Dewey Bird
Feb 15, 2025
Marvin Dewey Bird, age 86, of Springville Utah, passed away peacefully on February 15, 2025 in Provo Utah surrounded by his loving family.
Marvin was born in Springville to Dewey and Lucille Winward Bird on March 22, 1938.
Marvin grew up on the family farm with his siblings, Reva, Marion and Roy. He loved horses, chickens and gardening and learned the value...
LeGrand William Fry
Feb 11, 2025
LeGrand William Fry, 43, passed away on February 11, 2025. He was born on October 20,1981 in Hollomon AFB, New Mexico to Dale Willis Fry and Marilee Margaret Wilson Fry. He married Kristina Dietz on April 11, 2008 in the Seattle Washington Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
LeGrand was a devoted husband and a loving father...
Janet Groesbeck Packard
Feb 9, 2025
Janet Louise Groesbeck Packard
1936-2025
Janet Louise Groesbeck Packard, a lifelong resident of Springville, Utah, a town she loved so dearly, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, February 9, 2025, at the age of 88, after a valiant fight with cancer. She was the youngest of three children born to W. Berton and Minnie Finley Groesbeck on September 13, 1936.
Janet attended...
Darlene Huff Day
Feb 7, 2025
Darlene Huff Day passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Friday, February 7, 2025. She was born to Joseph Lynn and Mercy Eleanor Huff on February 22, 1938, in Provo, Utah. She was the oldest of seven daughters. She married her soul mate and eternal sweetheart, Clark Harris Day, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple on August...
Michael Scott Nance
Feb 6, 2025
Michael Scott Nance
July 21, 1952 – February 6, 2025
Heaven welcomed home one of God’s choice spirits on February 6, 2025, after a courageous year-long battle with brain cancer. Michael Scott Nance was born on July 21, 1952, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to James and Elizabeth Goldthorpe Nance. Shortly after his birth, the Nance family moved to Springville, Utah, where...
Carla Roberta McCormick
Jan 29, 2025
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Carla Roberta McCormick, age 86, who left this world surrounded by the love of her family. Born on October 29, 1938, in Fillmore, Utah, to Edward and Rita Carroll, Carla was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.
Carla had a big personality that kept everyone on their toes—no one ever quite knew...
Eileen Dwyer
Jan 28, 2025
Eileen Dwyer, 75, of Mesquite, Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
Condolences may be expressed to the family on this page.
Audrey Dana Castillo
Jan 24, 2025
Audrey Dana Castillo
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away quietly the morning of January 24th 2025 at the age of 96 years. She was born on December 30, 1928 in Stockton, CA to Charles and Sarah Dana. She graduated from Tracy Union High School in 1946 and later served a 2.5 year mission for The Church of Jesus...
Lyle Trevor Carrell
Jan 21, 2025
Lyle Trevor Carrell, 89 of Springville, Utah, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2025. He was born June 20, 1935, in Ioka, Utah, to George Franklin Carrell and Floral VaDella Howells. He married Geraldine Adams on June 1, 1954, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple.
Lyle enjoyed hunting, fishing, photography, tennis, golf, trap shooting, and gardening. He was an excellent father,...
Viona Elizabeth Budge
Jan 20, 2025
Viona Elizabeth Wuthrich Budge
Born: 11 June 1934 Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho
Died: 20 January 2025 Salem, Utah County, Utah
Viona Elizabeth Wuthrich Budge died peacefully in her sleep on January 20, 2025, after gracefully enduring a long struggle with dementia.
Viona was born in 1934 to Edward Barnard Wuthrich and Maud Caroline Nelson. She was raised in Montpelier, Idaho as the youngest...
Edwin Ralph Sorensen
Jan 15, 2025
Edwin Ralph Sorensen, age 93, passed away January 15, 2025 in Orem, Utah. He was born to Emanuel and Virginia Sorensen in Lovell, Wyoming on January 13, 1932, the fifth and youngest child. He married Ella Mae Lamb of Mesa, Arizona in Ipswich England in 1952 and they were later sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple. Edwin and Ella were...
Jeremy Alan Esklund
Jan 7, 2025
Jeremy Alan Esklund May 5, 2000 – January 7, 2025
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend, Jeremy Alan Esklund, who left us too soon on January 7, 2025, at the age of 24 in Springville, UT. Jeremy’s life was tragically cut short by suicide, but his impact on those who...
Eli Jordan Brady
Jan 7, 2025
Eli Jordan Brady, 26, of Mapleton, Utah, passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 7, 2025. He was born March 29, 1998, in Prince George’s, Maryland. He was selected for adoption prior to his birth and was welcomed into the loving home of Jim and Laurel Brady shortly after.
Eli graduated from Maple Mountain High School in 2016. He served...
Janice Young Parker
Jan 2, 2025
Janice Young Parker died quietly and peacefully at her home in Springville, Utah on 2 Jan 2025 with her husband and a daughter at her side. Having been born in Richfield, Utah of goodly parents (Leland Archibald Young and his wife Grace Sophia Olson) on 2 Feb 1933 she was 91 and 11/12 years old. She grew up in a...
Frank George Memory
2025
In the early morning hours of January 1, 2025, after more than 101 years on this Earth, Frank George Memory silently and peacefully passed through the veil for a joyous reunion with many family and friends, especially Eileen, his eternal companion of 67 years, his beloved parents, and siblings. The last months and weeks of his life he was surrounded...
