Obituaries
Delta, Utah Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area
Richard Lee "Dick" Shank
Aug 2, 2017
Richard L. “Dick” Shank, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 in Delta, Utah. He was born on June 24, 1936 in Attica, Ohio to Linus Walter and Margret Agatha Gerber Shank. He grew up in Ohio and married his high school sweetheart, Jeanne Marie Thompson, on June 29, 1957 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Fremont,...
Treva Ann John Carlson
Jul 18, 2017
Treva Ann John Carlson, age 57, passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Delta, Utah. She was born March 16, 1960 in Gallup, New Mexico, the third of the four children of Dallas Orlin and Beverly Ann Biggs John. She grew up on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona where her family ran a trading post. She graduated...
Lara Anderson
Jul 17, 2017
Our precious angel, Lara Anderson was called home to her mother and her Heavenly Father on Monday, July 17, 2017. Lara Anderson was born on May 19, 1989, in Delta, Utah, to Scott F and the late Barbara Marie Lake Anderson. Lara was born with Down Syndrome. This became the source of numerous health challenges throughout her life but...
Joan Carol Brenay Lake
Jul 16, 2017
At approximately 10:55 pm on the night of July 16, 2017, Joan Carol Brenay Lake, age 77, was once again united with her loved ones long since passed, as Heaven’s Gates opened to grant her admittance. Surrounded at the time of passing by her husband of 61 years and her children, Joan succumbed to complications of multiple health issues...
Lawrence Edward Correia
Jun 25, 2017
Lawrence Edward Correia, age 67, passed away on Sunday, June 25, 2017 in Provo, Utah. He was born on October 19, 1949 in Merced, California to Gloria Jesus (née Correia) Correia and Joseph Martin Correia. He grew up on a dairy farm in Elnido, California with an older brother and younger sister. He graduated from Merced High School. While...
Cathy Forman Robison
Jun 19, 2017
Cathy Forman Robison, age 70, returned to our Heavenly Father June 19, 2017 in Delta, Utah. She was born March 30, 1947 in Murray, Utah to Clifford Leon and Barbara Smith Forman. She graduated from Jordan High in 1965 and LDS Business College with an Associate Degree in Bookkeeping in 1966. Cathy was set up on a blind date...
Cecil Thurlow Jacobson
Jun 17, 2017
Cecil Thurlow Jacobson, age 80, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2017 at his home in Oak City, Utah. He was born on February 9, 1937 in Delta, Utah, the second child and only son of the eight children of Wilmer Thurlow and Ada Anderson Jacobson. He was always a wild tease to he seven sisters. He graduated from...
Carol Anderson
May 30, 2017
Carol Anderson, age 65, passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 in Provo, Utah. She was born in Delta, Utah on March 24, 1952, the third child to Christian J and Ava Nielson Anderson. She attended elementary school in Oak City then junior and senior high school in Delta. She was a skilled pianist. In high school, she played...
Gage D. Schroeder
May 18, 2017
Gage D. Schroeder, age 14, son of Adam and Brittni (Hoelzle) Schroeder, returned to his Heavenly Father and his sister, Taylor, on May 18, 2017 in El Paso, Texas. Gage was born on June 14, 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gage was a wonderful son, big brother, and role model to many. He excelled in academics, wrestling, and...
Verna Mae Sims Gregson
May 12, 2017
Verna Mae Sims Gregson, age 71, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2017 at the Utah Valley Hospital in Provo. Verna was born August 5, 1945, in Delta, Utah to George Fredrick and Velma Irene Overstreet Sims. She attended grade school in Gandy and Callao, UT. She graduated from Delta high school in 1963 then moved to Baker, Nevada....
Warren Brent Overson
Apr 24, 2017
Warren Brent “Opey” Overson, age 66, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017 at his home in Lynndyl, Utah. He was born on February 12, 1951 in Payson, Utah, to Warren George and Margaret Jenna Rosquist Overson. He grew up in Kearns, Utah with his seven siblings where he enjoyed participating in many sports and activities. He attended Kearns High...
Elzo Bruce Porter
Apr 13, 2017
Elzo Bruce Porter, age 68, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017 during a vacation to Davao City, Philippines. He was born on August 22, 1948 in Walla Walla, Washington to Elzo Eugene and Rebecca Rowley Porter, and raised by his step mother Diane Harris Porter. He grew up in Walla Walla, and later moved to Omaha, Nebraska where he...
Kenneth Ralph Ashby
Apr 7, 2017
Kenneth Ralph Ashby, age 76, passed away on Friday, April 7, 2017 in Murray, Utah. He was born May 26, 1940 in Delta, Utah to Orran Thomas and Stella Leona Gardner Ashby. He was the third of four children: Richard, Larry, Ken and Margaret.
Ken grew up living in Phoenix, Arizona during the winter months and farming...
Rosemary Kernell Christensen
Apr 2, 2017
Rosemary Kernell Christensen, age 86, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017 in West Jordan, Utah. She was born on April 13, 1930 in Downey, California, the third of four children to Charles Wallace and Ellen Brown Kernell. Her family moved many places around the country during her youth, settling in Hinckley, Utah. She graduated from Hinckley High School. During...
Bryan Keith Peterson
Mar 19, 2017
Bryan Keith Peterson, age 53, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 in Delta, Utah. He was born on September 12, 1963 in Delta, Utah, the youngest child of William Donald and Ellen Maurine Hanson Peterson. He attended Delta High School where he participated in football. After leaving Delta High, he attended Snow Technical School studying Automotive Technology. During the...
Sarah Elaine Smith Jensen
Feb 19, 2017
Our little mother, Sarah Elaine Smith Jensen, age 91, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017 in Delta, Utah; and went on her next great adventure, into the arms of her son, Fred Samuel, and her many family and friends who have passed on before. She was born just before the Great Depression, on February 8, 1926, to Jason...
Norma Perry Adams
Feb 17, 2017
Norma Perry Adams, age 98, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 17, 2017 in Delta, Utah. She was born on October 14, 1918 to Ethel Westenskow Perry and George Washington Perry in La Grande, Oregon. The family moved to Utah, and she grew up in the Holladay area, with one sister, Helen Perry Campbell, and one brother, Howard George...
Daryl Mahonri Cropper
Feb 14, 2017
Daryl Mahonri Cropper, age 83, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Summerlin Hospital, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Daryl was born on June 12, 1933 in Hinckley, Utah to Mahonri Bishop and Erma Irene Ekins Cropper. He was raised in Hinckley, and attended elementary and high school there. He attended Brigham Young University, earning Bachelors and Masters degrees geology...
Joann Peterson Wright
Feb 14, 2017
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend, JoAnn Peterson Wright, age 72, passed away peacefully on February 14, 2017 in Murray, Utah. JoAnn was born on March 9, 1944, in Lehi, the oldest of three children born to Odis Joseph and Betty Lou Jensen Peterson of Orem, Utah. JoAnn married the love of her life, Wally Ray...
Grant Wilford Dabel
Jan 14, 2017
Grant Wilford Dabel, age 94, left this life on Saturday, January 14, 2017 in Delta, Utah, to join his beloved wife, Betty. Grant was born on January 26, 1922 in Freedom, Wyoming to Wilford “Bill” Louis and Anna Kraft Dabel. He had an older sister, Gayle, and a younger sister, Rita. After his mother Anna’s death, his father married...