Obituaries

Delta, Utah Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area

J Howard Johnson

J Howard Johnson

Apr 17, 2019

Our beloved father, brother, and grandfather, J Howard Johnson, age 83, passed away peacefully April 17, 2019, in Delta, Utah. Howard was born February 7, 1936 in Cedar City, Utah, the second of six children to Bert and Nina Ahlstrom Johnson. He was raised in Sutherland, Utah and graduated from Delta High School. He attended BYU, then served an...

Lena Renee Tanner

Lena Renee Tanner

Apr 17, 2019

Lena Renee Tanner, our beloved mother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend, returned to the loving arms of our Father in Heaven on April 17, 2019 along with her constant companion and soulmate, Kenneth Nielson.

Lena was born on September 12, 1979 in Payson, Utah to Lee and Becky Tanner. She spent most of her 39 years in...

Clark Burgess Cox

Clark Burgess Cox

Apr 2, 2019

Dr. Clark Burgess Cox, DDS, PhD, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 in Delta, Utah. He was born on February 23, 1929 in St. George Utah to Emerald Lane and Elsie Burgess Cox. He grew up farming, ranching, and mining alongside his family in the St. George area.

He graduated from Dixie High School...

Darlene Fullmer Bliss

Darlene Fullmer Bliss

Mar 29, 2019

Enduring with faith and love to the end, our sweet Darlene Fullmer Bliss passed away Friday, March 29, 2019 at her home in Delta, UT surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 8, 1939 in Delta UT, the youngest of 5 children to Joseph Smith Fullmer and Julia Mae Peterson Fullmer. She attended Delta High school where...

James "Jim" Lavar Porter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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