Obituaries
Delta, Utah Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area
James "Jim" Lavar Porter
Mar 27, 2019
Celebrating a life well lived, James “Jim” LaVar Porter, passed away March 27, 2019, at the age of 84 on his farm, a place he often referred to as being “just like heaven.” He was born to Leslie and Romania Hansen Porter on September 9, 1934 in Sutherland, Utah, the youngest of 7 children. His fondest memories of childhood...
Christie Sue Smith
Mar 22, 2019
Christie Sue Smith, age 51, passed away Friday, March 22, 2019, in American Fork. She was born on January 17, 1968 in Salt Lake City to Harry and Coleen Smith. She graduated from Delta High School. She worked at many businesses in the Delta community, the Rancher Café, Jade Restaurant, Materion, Hogi Yogi, Quality Market and for the BLM....
Jacquelyn Marie Bassett Hardy Turner
Mar 12, 2019
Jacquelyn Marie Bassett Hardy Turner, age 78, died peacefully at her home in Hinckley, Utah on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 from complications associated with Lupus. Jacquie was born in the home of her Petersen grandparents in Hinckley, Utah on June 23, 1940. Her parents Ralph Henry “Bud” and Beulah Marie Petersen Bassett were thrilled to welcome the first of...
Thomas Karl Stanworth
Feb 25, 2019
Thomas Karl Stanworth, age 62, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February 25, 2019 in Delta, Utah. He was born in Delta, Utah on February 4, 1957 to the oldest of the four children of Karl Thomas and Margaret June Peer Stanworth. He married his sweetheart, Esther M. Kahn, on February 12, 2010 in Delta, Utah. Together they ran “The...
Donald A Poulsen
Feb 20, 2019
Donald A Poulsen, age 89, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 in Delta, Utah, surrounded by his family. He was born in Tooele, Utah on July 26, 1929, to Archibald Christian and Norma Adamson Poulsen. He grew up in Delta and graduated from Delta High School. He was sealed to his sweetheart, Clara Jeffery, in the Manti...
Leslie Wayne Cole
Jan 28, 2019
Leslie Wayne Cole graduated from this life on Monday, January 28, 2019 at age 82. He was a leap year baby born February 29, 1936, the middle child of the three children of Leslie Lawrence Cole and Alene Pace Cole. He had an inquiring mind with a great desire to keep learning through out his life. He was an...
Marian Cruse Fletcher
Jan 23, 2019
Marian “Sadie” Cruse Fletcher known to many as “Granny”, was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on December 22, 1938 to Bessie and Zadie Cruse. Her father passed away when she was 2 weeks old. Her mother remarried William “Bill” Senseney, who was the father she came to know and love. After a brief illness, she passed peacefully to be reunited...
Elizabeth Julia Anderson
Jan 16, 2019
Elizabeth Julia Anderson passed peacefully in the arms of her parents on Wednesday, January 16, 2019. She was born at 1:07 a.m. and lived for just a few short hours.
Elizabeth is the daughter of Tyler & Julia Anderson; the granddaughter of Dean & Terilyn Anderson of Delta, Utah and Karl & Jennifer Stumpf of Fishers, Indiana;...
Merrill Gene Nielson
Jan 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...
David Cropper Ekins
Dec 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...
Veniece Lavonne Vent Lovell
Dec 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...
John Clark Bringard
Dec 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...
Barbara Nell Scott Taylor
Dec 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...
Jay Atkinson
Dec 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...
Wardell Stanworth
Dec 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...
Laura Marie Neilson Higley
Nov 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.
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Don Richard Bird
Nov 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...
Charles Bryce Ashby
Nov 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...
Catherine Gloria Ashby Cook
Nov 7, 2018
Cathy Cook, age 60, passed through the veil on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 in her home in Delta, Utah with her family by her side, after fighting a courageous battle with breast cancer. Cathy, at no surprise to those that know her, was an extremely outgoing and devoted Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Friend, and community member. She was born in...
Delores Petersen Stanworth
Nov 4, 2018
Delores Petersen Stanworth, age 62, of Delta, Utah, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2018, in Provo, Utah, surrounded by her family. She was born on June 19, 1956, in Delta, Utah, to Earl and Afton Talbot Petersen. She moved to Arizona when she was young and graduated from Wilcox High School. Attended the College of Eastern Arizona. After college...