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.
Merrill Gene Nielson
(November 19, 1934 - January 9, 2019)
Merrill Gene Nielson, age 84, passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at the Seasons of Santaquin care facility in Santaquin, Utah. He was born on November 19, 1934 in Lynndyl, Utah, the sixth child of his loving parents, LaClead and Eleanor Jane Ashby Nielson. He was raised in Lynndyl growing up working on the family farm. Merrill attended Delta…
David Cropper Ekins
(August 13, 1946 - December 26, 2018)
David Cropper Ekins, age 72, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in Provo, Utah. He was born on August 13, 1946 in Delta, Utah to George Arnold and Sebrina Cropper Ekins. David was a life-long resident of Hinckley, Utah. He graduated from Delta High School in 1964, and from Brigham Young University with a Bachelors Degree in Economics in…
Veniece LaVonne Vent Lovell
(May 30, 1939 - December 20, 2018)
Veniece LaVonne Vent Lovell, age 79, passed away on the sunny morning of Thursday, December 20, 2018. Vee was born on May 30, 1939 in Trinidad, Colorado to George Wilfred and Frances Olga Albertson Vent. She lived her early life in Santa Barbara, California. She was 18 when she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which…
John Clark Bringard
(July 9, 1938 - December 17, 2018)
John Clark Bringard, age 80, of Deseret, Utah, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2018, in Delta, Utah. He was born on July 9, 1938, in Panguitch, Utah, the youngest of 16 children of Frank and Weltha Clark Bringard. He grew up in Delta and graduated from Delta High School. He was a skilled wrestler and as was a part…
Barbara Nell Scott Taylor
(March 6, 1942 - December 12, 2018)
Barbara Nell Scott Taylor, age 76, of Hinckley, Utah, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018, in Delta, Utah. She was born on March 6, 1942, in LaLuz, New Mexico, the youngest of seven children of George Ira and Mary Onelia Rice Scott. As a young girl her family moved to many places throughout the western states as her father worked…
Jay Atkinson
(December 27, 1936 - December 5, 2018)
Selton Jay Atkinson, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at his home in Delta, Utah, after a long illness. He was born on December 27, 1936, in Preston, Idaho, to Vernon Sperry and Donna Marie Lewis Atkinson. Vernon, his father, was killed in a car accident prior to Jay’s birth. When Jay was a few months old,…
Wardell Stanworth
(September 7, 1927 - December 2, 2018)
Wardell Stanworth, age 91, passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2018 at his home in Magna, Utah. He was born in Delta, Utah on September 7, 1927, to George Washington and Ethel Maxfield Stanworth. He graduated from Delta High School in 1946. He then left to serve his country, enlisting in the United States Navy, and serving as a airplane…
Laura Marie Neilson Higley
(April 28, 1937 - November 30, 2018)
Our beloved wife, sister, aunt, and friend, Laura Marie Neilson Higley, age 81, passed away on Friday, November 30, 2018 in Logan, Utah, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 28, 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Vivian Washington and Gladys Leona Jensen Neilson. Laura being the middle of their three beautiful daughters. She spent her…
Don Richard Bird
(March 7, 1929 - November 11, 2018)
Donald Richard Bird was brought into the world in Delta, Utah by his father, Dr. Myron E. Bird, on March 7, 1929. From Delta, Utah on Sunday, November 11, 2018, at age 89, he was welcomed into the loving arms of his loving father, Myron E. Bird; mother, Romania Westenskow Bird; son, Richard Don Bird; brother, Evan Bird; and sister,…
Charles Bryce Ashby
(August 14, 1929 - November 8, 2018)
Charles Bryce Ashby, age 89, passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at his home in Delta, Utah. He was born in Crescent, Utah on August 14, 1929, the second of five children born to Charles Prosser and Lucille Jensen Ashby. He graduated from Jordon High School in 1947, and was always a proud Beet Digger. He then attended Utah…