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.
Dorothy Bird Killpack
(March 2, 1921 - January 23, 2016)
Dorothy Bird Killpack, age 94, passed away quietly on January 23, 2016, surrounded by her family. The second of three children of Dr. Myron Evan and Romania Westenskow Bird, Dorothy was born March 2, 1921 in Salt Lake City. After years of medical training in Utah and Illinois, the Bird's settled in Delta, Utah in 1929. Dorothy would call Delta…
Joan Smith Owens
(May 21, 1950 - January 19, 2016)
Joan Smith Owens, age 65, better known as Joann, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 in Provo, Utah. She was born on May 21, 1950 in Abilene, Texas to Lloyd Delton and Dealous Odena Harper Smith. As a baby, her family moved to Mentone, California, just outside the city of Redlands in Southern California. This is where she grew…
Phillip Andrew Burnham
(November 24, 1916 - January 19, 2016)
Phillip Andrew Burnham, age 99, passed away January 19, 2016 at his home in Deseret, Utah surrounded by his loving family. Phil was born November 24, 1916 in Redmesa, Colorado to James Warren Burnham and Edith Adell Wheeler. He was raised during the depression and grew up learning how to save and reuse everything until it was completely worn out.…
Donald Neil Schmutz
(March 24, 1956 - January 14, 2016)
Donald Neil Schmutz returned home to his Heavenly Father on January 14, 2016, at the age of 59, in his home in Oak City, Utah. Neil was born on March 24, 1956 in St. George, Utah to Donald F. and Merlene Lovell Schmutz. There he grew up and farmed with his father, Don, while attending Dixie High School. He loved…
Ronald Herbert Webb
(February 15, 1940 - December 22, 2015)
We have lost an truly great man. Ronald Herbert Webb aka ”Tobe”, lost his fight to cancer on Tuesday December 22, 2015, in Delta, Utah at age 75. He was the only man we knew to give mouth to mouth resuscitation to a newly born calf while cussing it for not breathing on it’s own. A man who went out…
Kathy Finlinson Smith
(June 14, 1946 - December 22, 2015)
Kathy Finlinson Smith of Delta, Utah, passed away December 22, 2015 at the age of 69. She was born June 14, 1946 in Delta, to Leo Lyman and Sarah Marie Church Finlinson. She grew up in Oak City, Utah, the second of eight children. She graduated from Delta High School with the class of 1964 and moved to Provo to…
Patsy Bushnell Starley
(April 12, 1945 - December 19, 2015)
Patsy Bushnell Starley, beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, niece, and friend passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015. She was born April 12, 1945 in Fillmore, Utah to Ural J. & Lola Forsyth Bushnell. She was welcome by two older brothers, Clell, age 9; and Ned, age 7. She was born on her brother Ned’s birthday, and legend has it…
Marilyn Jones Stoddard
(February 7, 1927 - December 14, 2015)
Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Marilyn Jones Stoddard, passed away peacefully on December 14, 2015 at the Millard Care and Rehabilitation Center in Delta, Utah. We rejoice that she has been reunited with her eternal companion and many other beloved family members. Marilyn was born February 7, 1927 on a farm at Taylor’s Flat, near Oak City, Utah to…
Beulah Webb Rowley Jensen
(August 31, 1922 - December 7, 2015)
Beulah Webb Rowley Jensen, age 93, of Oasis, Utah returned to her Heavenly Father on December 7, 2015 surrounded by her family. She was born August 31, 1922 to Leslie Webb and Nellie Rachel Thacker Webb in Hinckley, Utah. She was the fourth of 10 children. Beulah graduated from Hinckley High School in 1940, then went on to receive an…
Merilyn Starley Bishop
(January 12, 1924 - December 6, 2015)
Merilyn Starley Bishop, age 91, passed away December 6, 2015 in St. George Utah. Melly was born on January 12, 1924 in Delta, Utah to William J. and Ava Stevens Starley. She married her high school sweetheart, Wilburne H. “Bill” Bishop, on March 8, 1942. The marriage was later solemnized in the LDS Temple. Bill passed away in 1988. Mom…