Obituaries
Delta, Utah Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area
Nyle Wesley Stott
Jan 14, 2020
KB7WQD has left the Air.
On January 14, 2020, Nyle Wesley Stott passed away in Delta, Utah. Nyle was born in Meadow, Utah on February 18, 1942, to Wesley and VauNess Thacker Stott. He married Constance “Connie” Jean Hostetter on September 14, 1963. Later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. They were the parents of...
Della Eileene Jacobson
Jan 9, 2020
Della Eileene Jacobson, age 76, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020 at the Millard County Care Center in Delta, Utah, where she has been residing for the past year and a half. She was born on June 17, 1943 in Delta, Utah the fourth child of Thurlow Wilmer and Ada Anderson Jacobson. Della graduated from Delta High School, and...
Leon Sidney Allgood, Sr
Jan 9, 2020
Leon Sidney Allgood, Sr, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2020 in Orem, Utah at the age of 79. He was born on April 12, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Sidney Cecil and Beaulah Lloyd Allgood. After graduating High School, he honorably served the US Navy. He married Bonnie Elaine Launt on April 30, 1965 in Elko,...
Marion Moody Church
Dec 30, 2019
Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Marion Moody Church, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2019 at age 91 in Ogden, Utah. Marion was born August 28, 1928 in Woodrow, Utah, the seventh of thirteen children born to Marvin Juel Moody and Marie Ethel Thurmon Moody. Marion learned about hard work on the family farm in Delta, Utah. She...
Mary Josephine Childress Church
Dec 28, 2019
Mary Josephine “Jo” Childress Church, age 93, of Delta, Utah peacefully returned home on Saturday, December 28, 2019. She was born on February 15, 1926 in Richmond, Virginia to Walter Linwood and Rosa Lee Hart Childress. She was raised in Richmond, VA and attended area schools. As a girl she was active in the Girl Scout program and loved...
Anna Lou Dewsnup Stanworth
Dec 17, 2019
Anna Lou Dewsnup Stanworth passed away, surrounded by her loving family, on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, in Nephi, Utah, at the age of 86. Born October 29, 1933, in Deseret, Utah, to Joseph Harmon and Hulda Hales Dewsnup, Anna Lou was the second of two daughters. Anna Lou attended grade school at the A.C. Nelson in Oasis, Utah. It...
Richard Thorpe Waddingham
Dec 8, 2019
Richard Thorpe Waddingham, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2019, at the age of 63, after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer. He never gave up. Born February 4, 1956, to Thorpe and Norma Waddingham, he was the youngest of five children. Richard graduated from Delta High School in 1974. He was...
Evelyn Garber Rowlette
Oct 29, 2019
Gosh, we will miss her! Evelyn Garber Rowlette, age 93, returned home to her Heavenly Father and to her beloved husband on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, in Delta, Utah. Raised during the Great Depression, she never forgot to be grateful for what she had. She expressed gratitude for God, family, good neighbors, health, sunsets, false teeth, friends, strangers, the...
Meldon Jay Wright
Oct 26, 2019
Meldon Jay Wright was born on November 25, 1938 in Hinckley, Utah to Ivan Morris and Hilda Castina Christensen Wright. He attended Hinckley High School until it closed his Freshman year, and graduated from Delta High School in 1957. Following High School, he attended Snow College before serving a Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints...
Nancy Jean Mcpherson Oppenheimer
Oct 20, 2019
Nancy Jean McPherson Oppenheimer, age 85, passed away Sunday evening October 20, 2019, in Delta, Utah. She was born June 16, 1934 in Nephi, Utah to Eugene and Velva Dalley McPherson. Nancy grew up in Nephi along with two brothers and one sister. The extended family included grandparents, aunts, uncles and many cousins. Her parents were hard working farmers...
Charleen Knight Weaver
Oct 10, 2019
Charleen Knight Weaver, age 72, passed away on Thursday, October 10, 2019 in Tooele, Utah. She was born on March 10, 1947 in Salt Lake City, the third of four daughters born to Stanley Webb Knight and Glena Theobald Knight. As she grew up, she spenter her summers on the family farm in Hinckley, Utah. She helped milking cows,...
Mearlene "Mert" Wheeler Ashby
Oct 8, 2019
On October 8, 2019, M. Mearlene “Mert” Wheeler Garner Ashby, our beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully at the age of 67. Mert was born as a leap year baby on February 29, 1952 in Arco, Idaho to Mearl and Alice Marie Taylor Wheeler and spent most of her life in Paul, Idaho. She moved to Salt...
Amelia Jane Cahoon Cole
Oct 6, 2019
Our dear Mom, Amelia Jane Cahoon Cole, age 87, got her wish of staying in her home until she died. Jane passed away on Sunday, October 6, 2019, to be reunited with her eternal companion, Lesle Wayne Cole, and her son, Richard.
Jane was born on February 15, 1932, in Vernal, Utah. She was a surprise baby...
Dorthy Marie Tolbert Mcfarland
Oct 4, 2019
Dorthy Marie Tolbert McFarland, age78, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 4, 2019, holding the hand of her loving sister, Wanda Tolbert Anderson.
Dorthy was born on February 16, 1941, in Abraham, Utah, to Sherman W. and Gladys Taylor Tolbert. She was the second oldest of six children: Elsie Jean, Fred, Verl, Wanda, and Ricky. The Abraham...
Kelly Davis
Sep 29, 2019
Kelly Davis, age 44, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 29, 2019 in Nephi, Utah. He was born on February 10, 1975 in Nephi to Ron L and Susan Ann Anderson Davis.
He grew up and attended school in Nephi. When he was 6 years old, to keep him occupied his Grandpa gave him a set of...
Riggs Denton Peterson
Sep 15, 2019
Riggs Denton Peterson, age 2, suddenly passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2019. Since his birth on June 4, 2017 in Provo, Utah; Riggs was the light of his family and was constantly keeping everyone on the move. He loved riding horses with his dad and sister. He loved working with the cows and going with his grandpas and...
Lou Jean Boltz Hales
Sep 12, 2019
The light of our lives, Lou Jean Boltz Hales of Hinckley, Utah died unexpectedly on the evening of Thursday, September 12, 2019 at the age of 70 years old. Lou Jean was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on November 30, 1948 to Luke John and Wilma Jean Andersen Boltz. She was the oldest of four children and helped raise...
Brandon Richard Williams
Aug 31, 2019
Brandon Richard Williams, age 31, passed away suddenly on Saturday, August 31, 2019 in Spanish Fork, Utah. He was born in Fallon, Nevada on June 22, 1988. He grew up in Sutherland, Utah helping out on the family farm. He loved being outdoors, swimming in the ditches, hunting, fishing, camping and riding 4 wheelers. From an early age he...
Cecelie Mae Fielding King
Aug 31, 2019
On August 31, 2019 in Delta, Utah, we said goodbye to the lady who saw the beauty in everything and everyone. Cecelie Mae Fielding King was born August 14, 1928 to John and Emma Snyder Fielding. The youngest of six children, she grew up on a ranch in Baker, Nevada. Cecelie attended school in Baker, earning recognition as Valedictorian....
James Clark Cook
Aug 30, 2019
James “Jim” Clark Cook, age 55, died on Friday, August 30, 2019 in Delta, Utah. He was born in Delta on September 10, 1963, the third of four children of Kenneth Ray and ClaraBelle Bennett Cook. Jim graduated from Delta High School where he excelled in football and wrestling, and instilled a lifelong love of sports. He first worked...