Obituaries
Delta, Utah Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area
Boyd Lamond Bunker
Jan 15, 2021
Boyd Lamond Bunker, age 95, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2021 in Sutherland, Utah. Born on May 23, 1925 to Clifton Lamond Bunker and Zola Woodbury Bunker, Boyd was the oldest of their 6 children. After the bombing at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Boyd was determined to defend his beloved country. He had earned enough credits...
Luanne Farnsworth
Jan 14, 2021
LuAnne Farnsworth, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021 after a hard fought, valiant battle with cancer. LuAnne was born March 13, 1959 in Delta, Utah to Frank Gale and Norma Kimber Farnsworth. LuAnne was the third child and third girl and was born with the prettiest blue eyes. Her sister, Kathleen, called her "Blue Ann". Early years were...
Karen Louise Morrison Harker
Jan 12, 2021
Karen Louise Morrison Harker, age 63, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at her home in St. George, Utah. She was born on July 28, 1957 in Fillmore, Utah , the oldest of four children born to Willis Clark and Charlotte Evelyn Kay Morrison. Karen grew up on the family farm in...
Marcy Lynn Smith
Jan 11, 2021
Marcy Lynn Smith, age 49, adored daughter, sister, aunt and friend to so many passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021 in Murray, Utah. She was born on May 29, 1971 in Payson, Utah to Douglas Alan and Kathy Finlinson Smith. Marcy was born with Downs Syndrome, but she excelled and thrived in spite of her challenges. She was...
Francis Larae Chesley Peterson
Jan 7, 2021
Francis LaRae Chesley Peterson, age 87, returned home to her Heavenly Father and to her beloved husband on Thursday, January 7, 2021 in Delta, Utah. She was born to Scott B and Nona Pearson Chesley on April 20, 1933 in Delta, Utah. She was the oldest of two daughters.
She attended Delta High School. She was a...
Mary Stewart Abbott
Jan 5, 2021
Mary Stewart Abbott, age 97, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother, sister and friend, passed away very quickly and peacefully on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at the home of her daughter in Spanish Fork, Utah. She was born on December 1, 1923 in Hinckley, Utah to George Lyle and Clara May Walker Stewart, the middle child of...
Ken Grant Bishop
Jan 3, 2021
Ken Grant Bishop returned to our Father in Heaven on Sunday, January 3, 2021 surrounded by his loved ones at the age of 80. Ken was born in Delta, Utah on October 15, 1940 to Grant Hilton and Dail Stapley Bishop. He was raised in Sutherland where he attended elementary school. Ken was a natural athlete. Growing up he...
Karla May Shields Wilkes
Dec 29, 2020
Karla May Shields Wilkes, age 75, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 in Delta, Utah. She was born on August 17, 1945, the youngest of the three children of L.A. “Buss” and Zada Louise Evans Shields. She grew up in Delta, attending Delta Elementary, Middle and High Schools. Following high school she moved with her parents to Salt...
Blaine F Theobald
Dec 27, 2020
Blaine F. Theobald, a longtime resident of Hinckley, Utah, passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on Sunday, December 27, 2020. Blaine was born in Hinckley, Utah on January 18, 1926 to Lafayette and Ethel Webb Theobald. Blaine was 4 pounds when he was born on a cold January morning. Since he was so small, to keep him...
Harry Lavern Bell
Dec 24, 2020
Harry LaVern Bell, age 95, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020 at his home in Hinckley, Utah. He was born on July 27, 1925 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin to Henry Clay and Helen Borwig Bell. He was the oldest of four children. When Harry was a year old, the family moved to Chatham, Illinois and lived in the Bell family...
Scott Lyle Wilcken
Dec 23, 2020
Scott Lyle Wilcken, age 62, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 in Delta, Utah. He was born on March 4, 1958 in Cedar City, Utah, the youngest of the five children of Dee Humphries and Cleone Wilcox Wilcken. Scott grew up in Enoch, Utah. He graduated from Cedar City High School. He served an LDS Mission in...
Sherril Waun Tolbert
Dec 23, 2020
Sherril Waun Tolbert passed away at his home Wednesday, December 23, 2020, at age 82. Sherril was born February 22, 1938, in Delta, Utah, to Floyd and Margaret Cleone Wilcox Tolbert. He was the second of five children. He grew up in Abraham and developed an early love for the west desert, where he spent time with his dad,...
Toni Mary Desorcy Beers Perez
Dec 10, 2020
“Toni” Antoinette Mary DeSorcy Beers Perez, age 63, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2020 in Sutherland, Utah. Toni was born on January 7, 1957 in Oyen, Alberta, Canada to Arthur Joseph and Helen Sibulak DeSorcy. She was the middle of five children, siblings: sister, Darlene, and brothers, Rennie, Art and Bill. In 1959, Toni’s family moved to the United...
Hayden Craig Smith
Dec 8, 2020
Hayden Craig Smith, 26, of St. George, Utah, passed away on December 8, 2020. He was born in Delta, Utah, on May 15, 1994. Hayden was raised in Diamond Valley, Utah where he spent time finding and creating adventures in the surrounding hills with his siblings and friends. Hayden loved, and was fascinated by, all kinds of critters —...
Delano "Dee" Church
Dec 2, 2020
Delano “Dee” Church, age 87, passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 in Delta, Utah. Dee was born on March 11, 1933, in Delta, Utah; the sixth of the eight children born to George David and Alice Lorraine Cahoon Church. After growing up in Delta, his job took him to Tooele, where he met the love of his life,...
Gladys Winn Banks
Nov 27, 2020
Gladys Winn Banks, age 91, passed away peacefully on November 27, 2020 in South Jordan, Utah. Gladys was born on May 29, 1929, in Delta, Utah, to James Alma and Gladys DeLong Banks. Gladys grew up in Lynndyl, Utah and graduated from Delta High School. She continued her education at the BAC in Cedar City, Brigham Young University, and...
Connie Jeanne Ingram Best
Nov 24, 2020
Connie Jeanne Ingram Best, age 74, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 in Provo, Utah. She was born on May 6, 1946 in Payson, Utah to Blaine Mortensen and Iris Elizabeth Kay Ingram. Connie grew up in Nephi, until age 11 when she went to live with her grandparents on their farm in Mona. She graduated from Juab...
Michael E Brown
Nov 23, 2020
Michael E Brown passed away on Monday, November 23, 2020 at the Millard County Care Center in Delta, Utah at age 51. Mike is proof that miracles do happen. He was born on August 26, 1969 to Ray E. and Beth Maurine Moody Brown in Delta, Utah. Mike was born with a rare birth defect called Arthrogryposis (resulting in...
Janet Sanford Stanworth
Nov 7, 2020
Janet Sanford Stanworth, age 90, passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2020 in Fillmore, Utah. Janet was born on August 3, 1930 in Delta, Utah; the eldest of the 4 children born to Hyrum Elbert and Florice May Wixom Sanford. She grew up in Delta and graduated from Delta High School in1948, where she participated in the student government....
James "Jim" David Edwards
Nov 5, 2020
James “Jim” David Edwards, our loving husband, dad, and grandpa, passed away peacefully at the age of 79 surrounded by his family, on Thursday, November 5, 2020 in his home in Delta, Utah. It was one day short of his 61st wedding anniversary to his sweetheart, Jeanne. His passing came after battling stomach cancer for 5 months. Dad fought...