Obituaries
Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Springville, Mapleton & UT County
Boyd Goodrich
Dec 31, 2014
1927~2014 Boyd Goodrich, 87, from Springville, Utah loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, dedicated teacher, exemplary education administrator and friend to all died December 31, 2014 surrounded by his family. Boyd was born July 16, 1927, at home in his beloved Bluebell, Utah to Alfred Slade and Sylvia Ann Hancock Goodrich. He was the youngest of nine children. He...
Laurel Jean Lowe Dansie
Dec 31, 2014
Laurel was born in Springville on October 17, 1930 to Earl and Jessie Snow Lowe. She passed away at home on December 30th from heart failure. She was the oldest of seven children. Her brother Richard Lowe and sister Carol Lowe Elder preceded her in death, but she is survived by her brothers Douglas, Lynn, James (Jim) and Russell. She...
Glenna Kennedy Bird
Dec 31, 2014
Glenna Kennedy Bird died on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on September 26, 1928, in Springville, Utah, to Glenn Donloe Kennedy and Emma Bryan Kennedy. Her siblings, all deceased, are Don, Keith (Bud), Gail and Edna. Glenna is a remarkable wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. No one loves her family more or is...
Calvin Johnson Sumsion
Dec 28, 2014
Calvin Johnson Sumsion passed away December 28th, 2014. He was born March 4th, 1942 in Provo, Utah to LaCelle Alleman Sumsion and Julia Johnson. He was raised in Springville and graduated from high school in 1960. He served an honorable mission in the Northeast British Mission where Grant Thorne was his mission president. He married Nolene Hjorth on June 6th...
Evan Paul Gundersen
Dec 27, 2014
1948~2014 Evan Paul Gundersen passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2014. Paul was born in Salt Lake City, UT to Evan and Audine Westman Gundersen on September 6, 1948. He lived in Springville most of his life. He attended school in Springville and graduated from Springville High School. He served in the US Army. Paul was marred to Trish Luder...
Madge Gardner Truman
Dec 27, 2014
Madge Gardner Truman, 87, completed her work on earth, and joined her family in Heaven on December 27, 2014, passing peacefully at home. Born in Birdseye, Utah at the family farmhouse to Earl Guy Gardner, and Maggie Rigby Gardner on December 5th, 1927. She was preceded in death by her parents, siblings Blaine Gardner, Dean Gardner, Von Gardner, Odetta West,...
Roland F. Hansen
Dec 25, 2014
1918~2014 Roland F. Hansen, 96, of Mapleton passed away peacefully in his home on December 25, 2014. He was surrounded by his family, and will be dearly missed by those that knew and loved him. Roland was born January 18, 1918 to Christian and Hattie Hansen of Park Valley, Utah. He was the fifth of nine children, survived by his...
Atticus John Sowards
Dec 22, 2014
February 29, 2012 - December 22, 2014 Our best friend Atticus John Sowards, age 2, passed peacefully Monday December 22, 2014. Atticus is survived by his parents: Rhett and Andrea; sisters: Afton and Charlotte; grandparents: John and Sandy Moore, and John and Cindy Sowards; great grandmother: Christine Grover; and many loving aunts, uncles, and cousins. Cuss was all-boy and enjoyed...
Benjamin Davis Hone
Dec 21, 2014
1966~2014 Benjamin Davis Hone, age 48 died December 21, 2014 at his home in Springville, Utah, after a long fight with Multiple Sclerosis. Ben was born to Roland Dale Hone and Roma Singleton Hone on November 27, 1966. Ben attended school in Spanish Fork, Utah where he played football and participated in Drama which he loved. Ben joined the National...
Catherine Stevens Boman
Dec 20, 2014
Catherine Stevens Boman, age 86 of Springville, Utah passed away Saturday, December 20, 2014 at the Utah Valley Specialty Hospital in Provo, Utah. She was born January 22, 1928 to Kenneth R. Stevens and Iona Brimhall Stevens in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Catherine grew up in Logan, Utah where she graduated from Logan High School and attended Utah State University...
Monte Lamar Anderson
Dec 19, 2014
Today we celebrate the life of a man who, in so many ways taught each of us how to celebrate life. On July 1st, 1928 Ralph and Ruth Anderson welcomed their youngest son Monte Lamar Anderson into their family home in Aurora Utah. He was received into heaven by his parents and all of his siblings; Jeston and Donna Anderson,...
Linda Sue Steiner Multine
Dec 18, 2014
Linda Sue Steiner Multine went to Heaven on Dec. 18, 2014 to spend Christmas with Jesus and her husband Stan Multine which preceded her in death on Feb. 7, 2012 and her sister, Marian J. Steiner Kennedy who left us in Feb. 2003. She will be greatly missed by her family who loves her dearly. She will watch over her...
Douglas Reed McKell
Dec 16, 2014
"Ratchet" Douglas Reed McKell was born in Spanish Fork, Utah on November 8, 1950 to loving parents Clifford Reed McKell and Janice Neil McKell. Doug graduated from Spanish Fork High School in 1969 as a sterling scholar. He participated in R.O.T.C. while attending B.Y.U. He majored in chemical and mechanical engineering. Doug was employed at Geneva Steel where he met...
Kimber Lee Denison
Dec 12, 2014
1981~2014 Kimber Lee Denison, 33, beloved daughter of E. Darnell and Virginia Gurr Denison passed away Friday, December 12, 2014, at her home in Springville. She was born March 5, 1981, in Aurora, Colorado. Her family moved to Texas when she was 10 and she graduated from Lewisville High School with a license in Cosmetology. She was an amazing hair...
Jean Eddy Smith
Dec 3, 2014
03/22/18-12/03/14 Jean E. Smith passed away peacefully on Wednesday December 3, 2014. She was born on March 22, 1918 to William Thomas and Mary Alice Phillips Eddy in Springville, Utah. She married Ted Albert Smith on August 9, 1940. They were later sealed in the Manti Temple. She was very active in her church service. They resided in Springville, Utah...
LaRell Femina Thurman Bird
Nov 30, 2014
Our beautiful mother and grandmother LaRell (Lorrie) Thurman Bird, age 93, of Springville, passed away Sunday, November 30 surrounded by her family. She was born October 5, 1921, in Grover, Star Valley, Wyoming to Charles Alvin Thurman and Zilpha Ann Lowder. She married Robert Freeman Bird on November 10, 1943 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He preceded her in...
Harman Levi Eastman
Nov 30, 2014
1927~2014 Harman Levi Eastman 87, from Springville passed away peacefully in his sleep Sunday November 30. Born June 22, 1927 in Provo, to Jack and Vera Mae Eastman. He was the youngest of their 6 children. Harman married Elayne Muhlestein Eastman in August 1951. They were sealed in the Manti temple and enjoyed 60 years of marriage and had a...
Anita Palfreyman Miller
Nov 29, 2014
Anita Palfreyman Miller, age 89 of Springville, passed away Saturday, November 29, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 22, 1925 in Springville, Utah to Bert Floyd and Loeen Beardall Palfreyman. She graduated from Springville High School and spent her entire life in Springville. She married William Jerome Miller October 6, 1943. Their marriage was later solemnized...
Shirley Brown Garlick
Nov 26, 2014
Shirley Brown Garlick, age 92, passed away in Provo, UT on November 26, 2014. She left behind earthly cares and suffering to be joyfully reunited with her eternal companion, Glen William Garlick. Shirley was born in North Ogden, UT on August 5, 1922 to George Edward and Maud Stahr Brown as the youngest of nine children. She had many fond...
Ellen Margaret Larson Roberts Welsh
Nov 20, 2014
1923~2014 Ellen Margaret Larson Roberts Welsh passed away, Thursday, November 20, 2014 in Provo, Utah. She was born June 20, 1923, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Israel Tycko and Ellen Laura Johansson Larson. She was a first-generation American and very proud of her Swedish ancestry. She moved with her parents to Springville, Utah, when she was six months old...
