Obituaries
Learn about recent deaths of friends and family in our community. You can find information about funeral services & viewing times, get directions, leave your condolences, share a photo with the family, or even send flowers.
Arnold Cloyd Talbot
(April 17, 1942 - August 1, 2020)
Arnold Cloyd Talbot, age 78, passed away on Saturday, August 1, 2020. Arnold was born April 17, 1942 in Delta, Utah to Cloyd Alden and Sara ‘Emma’ Twitchell Talbot. He was the youngest of their 3 children and grew up on the family farm in Oak City, enjoying every aspect of rural life. On the farm, he was in charge…
Sherrel "Sherry" Jean Morris Lewis
(October 29, 1938 - July 31, 2020)
Sherrel “Sherry” Jean Morris Lewis, age 81, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family and eternal companion of 63 years on Friday, July 31, 2020, after a valiant fight with Leukemia for five years. She was born in Delta, Utah on October 29, 1938 to William Wesley and Evelyn LaGrace Nielson Morris. She was born into a family of…
Joyce Church Ashby
(March 6, 1931 - July 31, 2020)
Joyce Church Ashby, age 89, passed away Friday, July 31, 2020 in Delta, Utah from natural causes. She was born March 6, 1931 in Delta to Robert Grant “Shine” and Yvonne Heyborne Church. She was the oldest of 3 children. As a young girl, she has fond memories of traveling throughout Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana while her dad sheared…
Scott Lovell Sheriff
(February 10, 1931 - July 14, 2020)
Scott Lovell Sheriff, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in Delta, Utah. He was born on February 10, 1931 in Oak City to Wilford and Bessie Lovell Sheriff. He grew up in the mountains of Oak City. He graduated from Delta High School in 1949. During his high school years he excelled in the basketball, football, and…
Marilyn Chloene Warnick Clayton
(April 12, 1944 - June 21, 2020)
Marilyn Chloene Warnick Clayton, age 76, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 21, 2020 surrounded by her family and her eternal companion at her home in Sutherland, Utah. She was born on April 12, 1944 Tooele, Utah, the oldest of four children to Van J and Adah Carole Black Warnick. She married Howard E. Clayton on June 29, 1963 in…
Ardith Maxine Terry Abbott
(May 9, 1929 - June 21, 2020)
Ardith Maxine Terry Abbott, age 91, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2020 in Abraham, Utah. She was born on May 9, 1929 in Delta to Melvin and Ardith Melverne Shields Terry. She was the eldest of nine children. Her mother died when she was 5 years old. Between ages 5 and 7 she was raised by her Aunt and…
Cecil Frank Shurtz
(October 31, 1923 - June 11, 2020)
Cecil Frank Shurtz, age 96, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at home in Delta, Utah. He was born October 31, 1923 to Frelen and Stella Shurtz in Parowan, Utah. He was the third of nine children. When he was 2 years old, they moved to the Bullen Ranch in Abraham. For most of the rest of his life,…
Scott D Christensen
(July 13, 1961 - June 6, 2020)
Scott D Christensen passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, June 6, 2020 at home in West Bountiful, Utah. He was born July 13, 1961 in Delta, Utah. He was the son of Merlin Deloy and Martha Catherine Bishop Christensen. Scott graduated from Delta High School in 1979. He went on to serve in the London England Mission for the Church of…
Leslie Carroll Talbot
(December 21, 1941 - June 9, 2020)
Leslie Carroll Talbot, age 78, passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Born December 21, 1941 in Coalville, Utah to Heber Black Carroll and Isabell Moon Carroll. Leslie was the oldest of their two children. Her brother Joseph died very young, so Leslie was essentially an only child her entire life. She…
Mary Ann Ulmer Schafer
(December 28, 1930 - June 1, 2020)
On Monday, June 1, 2020, at the age of 89 years, 5 months and 4 days, the matriarch of our family, Mary Ann Ulmer Schafer, made one final journey, ascending to heaven on the wings of angels. Oh, what a beautiful moment in eternity it must be, being embraced within the loving arms of her Savior, and reunited with her…