Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries

Waldo Evan Jacobson

Dec 26, 2016

Waldo Evan Jacobson, 91, passed away December 26, 2016, in Payson, Utah, with his wife of 70 years by his side. He was surrounded by family on Christmas Eve day at a dinner and musical program in the Central Utah Veterans Administration Home. He was one of a few surviving ball-turret gunners of World War II. He was born July...

James Leslie Diamond

Dec 21, 2016

Obituary for James (Jim) Leslie Diamond Our precious father, grandfather, great grandfather, great-great grandfather, and friend, James Leslie Diamond passed away peacefully at his home at the age of 98 on Wednesday December 21, 2016. Jim was born on August 3, 1918 to Sarah Mann and Earl Vaughn Diamond in Springville.  He was the second oldest in a family of...

Rulon Alvin Graham

Dec 18, 2016

Rulon Alvin Graham passed away on December 18, 2016 due to complications from his 25 year battle with Parkinsons disease.

Rulon was born in American Fork on December 9, 1935 to Alvin and Laprele Graham. He grew up in Wallsburg and Provo, graduating from B.Y. High School in 1953.

He served honorably in the U.S....

Batbileg Tippetts

Dec 9, 2016

Batbileg Tippetts, age 22 of Salt Lake City, passed away Friday, December 9, 2016.  There will be a brief memorial service held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South in Springville.  Condolences may be sent at www.wheelermortuaries.com

Eric Roy Giles

Dec 9, 2016

Eric Roy Giles passed away on the morning of December 9, 2016, at the age of 64 surrounded by his family. He was born to Bill and LuWana Giles, May 29,1952, in Payson, Utah. He grew up in Provo and graduated from Provo High. He spent his summers on a ranch in Montana owned by his Uncle and Aunt,...

Dean Bradley Warren

Dec 8, 2016

Dean B. Warren returned to the loving arms of his Heavenly Father and parents on Thursday, December 8, 2016. He was born on March 1, 1934 in Spanish Fork, Utah to Paul Sweet and Maria Warren. He was the youngest of 4 children. Dean married the love of his life, Carol Olsen, on April 20, 1955 in the Salt Lake...

Bonnie Beardall Decker

Dec 2, 2016

Practical. Brilliant. Generous beyond measure. Bonnie Beardall Decker, age 84, was all three. The daughter of a professional educator, Bonnie had a natural gift for teaching and learning. After graduating from Brigham Young High School in 1950, she attended Brigham Young University where she received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in microbiology. Her choice of studies not only...

Jay Lewis Diamond

Nov 30, 2016

Jay Lewis Diamond, 89 of Springville, Utah passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 30, 2016. Jay was born in Springville on January 13, 1927 to Lewis Burton and Violet Moulton Diamond.  Jay married his sweetheart, Shirley Allan on March 10, 1948.  Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple September 20, 1950.  They enjoyed 59+ years...

Linda (Erickson) Henrie

Nov 28, 2016

Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend Linda Jean Erickson Henrie passed away peacefully at her home in Springville, November 28, 2016. She was born in Logan, Utah April 21, 1943 to Quentin and Georgia Erickson. She graduated from Springville High School class of 1961. She was married to Gary Johnston and they were later divorced. They had 3...

Kathryn June (Rogers) Carter

Nov 28, 2016

Kathryn June Rogers Carter passed away peacefully on November 28, 2016 at Mountain View Hospital. Kathy was born on June 3, 1951 to Betty June Kappas and Ben Leavitt Rogers. She was raised in Mapleton, UT and graduated from Springville High School. She enjoyed her time working as a nanny, especially in Kissimmee, FL where she was able to...

Leon Elliot Fish

Nov 27, 2016

Leon Elliot Fish, 73, of Springville Utah, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving wife and three children on Sunday evening November 27th 2016, in Provo Utah due to complications from respiratory failure.  Leon was born January 13, 1943 to Howard Leon and Bessie Beatty of Toquerville Utah. Leon lived in Toquerville until the age of 13 when his father...

Patrick Edward Lake

Nov 20, 2016

Patrick Edward Lake age 69 died November 20, 2016 in Springville, Utah. He was born May 19, 1947 to Vera B. England and Edward C. Lake in Arcata California. He married Sandra L. Scott on September 20, 1975 in Pleasanton, California. On April 6, 1989 he and Sandy were sealed for time and eternity in the Los Angeles Temple...

Mary Ellen (Christensen) Snow

Nov 17, 2016

Mary Ellen Christensen Snow, beloved sister, mother, grandmother,  great grandmother and friend passed away peacefully on November 17, 2016 in Provo, Utah. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the eldest of 4 children, on July 3, 1925. Mary Ellen was named after both of her grandmothers.

Her youth and teenage years were spent in Flushing, New York...

Leona Isabell Roylance

Nov 15, 2016

Leona Isabell Aston Roylance, 82, beloved sister, mother, wife, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away at her home surrounded by family on November 15, 2016. Leona was born December 17, 1933, in Provo, Utah, to Ray and Isabell Aston. She was raised in Provo and attended schools there, graduating from Provo High School in 1952. Through the classes she took, she...

Douglas Arthur Redford

Nov 15, 2016

Douglas Arthur Redford, age 75, of Spanish Fork.  Passed away Tuesday November 15, 2016.  From an 11year battle of Congestive Heart Failure. He was born June 8, 1941 to Douglas Hamilton Redford and Faye Rowley Redford of Springville.  He married Connie Lee Wilson, April 5, 1968.

Doug served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged March...

Clark L Bird

Nov 8, 2016

Clark Bird was born on October 16,1940 to Walter Dee Bird and Dorothy Bird in Provo, Utah. Where he grew up with three siblings. Clark served in the US Air Force for 4 years in Greenland. He was honorably discharged and came home to start a family. He had four children: Jeffery (Monica) Bird, Laurie (Chad) Panghorn, Teresa (Tony) Hyte,...

Alan "Ted" Gerald Nelson

Nov 5, 2016

Alan died of natural causes. He had a massive heart attack so, naturally he died. Alan Gerald Nelson, or “Ted” as he liked to be called, was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on September 13, 1970 to Dean and Carma Aird Nelson. In his early childhood he smiled so much his great grandma worried he couldn't close his mouth....

Jesse Jay Taylor

Nov 2, 2016

Our beloved husband, dad, son, brother and friend, Jesse Jay Taylor, age 40, passed unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. He was born May 31,1976 in Provo to Thomas and Pamela (Boswell) Taylor. He graduated from Springville High, class of 1994. He married the love of his life, Mailee Gates on July 10, 2004. Together they had two amazing daughters....

James Monroe Dunn, III

Oct 28, 2016

Heaven received our greatest hero in the morning hours on October 28th, 2016.  James Monroe Dunn III, was born on November 26th, 1972 in Coldwater, Michigan to James Monroe Dunn Jr. and Diane McCoy Dunn.  He spent the first years of his life on a dairy farm.    At 10 years old, his parents moved him to Orem, Utah.  He attended...

James T. Hardesty

Oct 27, 2016

James T. Hardesty, died of complications of kidney disease and bladder cancer. Jim is survived by his wife of 40 years, Mickey and his children: Robbi (Steve) Begley, Terri (Mo Ong) Hardesty, Lisa (Barry Durand) Fay, and Jonathan Fay; and Jim’s sister, Tanya Roberts; as well as many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  Jim was preceded in death by his son Robert,...