Obituaries
Delta, Utah Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area
Margaret Marlene Ekins Bliss
Jul 8, 2016
With heavy hearts we announce the passing of our loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Margaret Marlene Ekins Bliss, on Friday, July 8, 2016, in Provo, Utah.
Her faith, strength, example, patience & compassion will long be remembered and she will always be a huge part of our family that remains here on earth. We will...
Betty Jane Clara Suprise Valiquette
Jun 28, 2016
Betty Jane Clara Suprise Valiquette, age 91, passed away at her home in Delta, Utah on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. She was born August 12, 1924 to John and Carrie Drummond Suprise in Toledo, Ohio. She had an older brother, Bob, whom she absolutely adored. Mom grew up in Toledo and graduated from Waite High School in 1942. After...
Delores Richardson Sightler
Jun 27, 2016
Delores Richardson Sightler, age 86, Monday, June 27, 2016 at the Millard Care Center in Delta, Utah. She was born January 17, 1930 in Memphis, Tennessee to Aaron “Slim” and Velma Pearl Richardson. She was a strong woman of faith and a survivor.
At age 5, Delores became a victim of an illegal adoption ring run out...
Berdell J Memmott
Jun 26, 2016
Berdell J Memmott, age 86, passed away peacefully Sunday, June 26, 2016 Delta, Utah. He was born December 8, 1929 in Oasis, Utah to Eugene and Lillie Ingaborg Jensen Memmott. He grew up in Oasis and graduated from Hinckley High School. He participated in many activities, including football, track, boxing, and musicals; and was elected Senior Class President. He...
Steven Alma Broderick
Jun 24, 2016
Steven Alma Broderick, age 69, passed away Friday, June 24, 2016 at his home in Delta, Utah. He was born on August 31, 1946 in Delta, the first child of Alma LaVell and Sephronia Mae Lake Broderick. Throughout his childhood, Steven acted as example and protector his two younger siblings. When he was five, his family moved to California....
Vernell Stewart Dutson
Jun 19, 2016
Vernell Stewart Dutson, age 81, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at the Millard Care and Rehabilitation Center in Delta, Utah on Sunday, June 19, 2016. She was born January 7, 1935 in Meadow, Utah to Edgar J. And Beatrice Vernell Bushnell Stewart.
Mom grew up in Meadow, where she attended Millard High School. She graduated in...
Ida Johnson Overson
Jun 8, 2016
Ida Johnson Overson, our mom, grandmother, great-grandmother and Aunt passed away on June 8, 2016 at her home in Leamington, Utah, at age 96. Ida was born May 11, 1920 in Fountain Green, Utah to Ruth Thomas and William Henry Johnson the oldest of 5 children. She spent the first 29 years of her life living in Fountain Green,...
Rozella Keller Rusby Morris
Jun 1, 2016
Rozella Keller Rusby Morris, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at the age of 87, at her home in Hinckley, Utah due to cancer. She was born February 1, 1929 in Hinckley, to Ernest Lucian and Zina Jane Ames Keller. During her early years, she helped in the home and on the farm, and always loved and helped care...
Betty Jane Roper Morris
May 27, 2016
Betty Jane Roper Morris, age 90, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2016, in Riverton, Utah. She was born January 6, 1926 in Oak City, Utah to Parley L and Margaret Walker Roper. Betty grew up in Oak City. After graduating from Delta High School, she earned a Bachelors degree in Secondary Education from BYU. During the same period,...
Ralph Melvin Ross
Apr 27, 2016
Ralph Melvin Ross, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, in Delta, Utah. He was born April 5, 1930 in Delta, Utah to Melvin Delcroy “Dell” and Ellen Lorraine Ivie Ross. Throughout his life, he helped his parents on their farm/dairy. He graduated from Delta High, and often talked about the great ‘bummin’ trip through the southwest...
Brett William Nielson
Apr 22, 2016
Sgt. Brett William Nielson, age 50, tragically passed away on Friday, April 22, 2016, near Kanarraville, Utah. He was born April 21, 1966 in Blytheville, Arkansas to Eric Wayne and Linda Jo Lowther Nielson. He grew up in Wendover. His family moved to Delta, Utah in 1978, where he graduated from Delta High School. He married his sweetheart, Angela...
John F. Nye, Jr. "Jeff"
Apr 12, 2016
John F. Nye, Jr. “Jeff”, age 85, passed away April 12, 2016, in Delta, Utah. He was born February 25, 1931 to John Fremont and Myrtle Mortimer Nye in Pittsfield, MA. He grew up in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and was an active member of 4-H and worked on local farms. At the age of 19, he founded the...
Amos Ward Hardy
Apr 9, 2016
Amos Ward Hardy, age 87, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 in Delta, Utah. He was born on September 26, 1928 to Martin Church Hardy and Annie Mae Watson Hardy in Red Oak, Virginia. He moved to Farmington, Utah with his family as a young child. He married Maida Talbot on October 18, 1947 in Elko, Nevada. They were...
Marjorie Ann Murry Cox
Mar 29, 2016
Marjorie Ann Murry Cox, our beloved wife, sister, mother and grandmother passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her loved ones on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the age of 78 after an extended battle with several health challenges.
Marjorie was born on March 28, 1938 in Provo, Utah to Lacy and Mark Murry. Mom was...
Ina Lee Tippetts Bradford
Mar 21, 2016
Ina Lee Tippetts Bradford, age 68, passed away Monday, March 21, 2016, surround by her loved ones, at her home in Fairfield, California. Ina Lee was born on Februday 25, 1948, in Monticello, Utah to Perry and Bea Tippetts; their fourth child. She grew up in Utah and Napa, California. Ina Lee married Robert Sterling Bradford on August 21,...
Karla Deane Steele
Mar 19, 2016
Karla Deane Steele, age 67, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 19, 2016, at her home in Boulder City, Nevada. Karla was born February 6, 1949, in Delta, Utah, daughter to LeRoy Vern Steele and Dorothy Thelma Harris Steele, and sister to Billie Rae Rowley, Barbara Dunbar, Karyl Lambert, Richard Steele, Kaye Steele-Dent and Kathy Amrine.
She...
Donna Mae Anderson Cox
Mar 17, 2016
Donna Mae Anderson Cox, 86, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Delta, Utah. She was born on October 5, 1929, in Hinckley, Utah to Aaron Elton and Sarah Leland Roberts Anderson. She spent her early years in Hinckley. She graduated from Delta High School, and then attended Dixie College on a scholarship where she met her sweetheart,...
Dr. Richard Bernard Jackson
Mar 5, 2016
Dr. Richard Bernard Jackson, 55, of San Antonio, TX died on Saturday, March 5, 2016 in San Antonio from brain cancer. Richard was born on January 30,1961 to Robert and Ruth Jackson in Delta, Utah. He grew up in Sutherland, Utah surrounded by a loving extended family. He was the oldest of five children. He attended Delta schools and...
Milo Lamar Bringhurst
Mar 4, 2016
Milo LaMar Bringhurst, age 79, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 in Mesa, Arizona. He was born on October 23,1936 in Pocatello, Idaho to Milo Hammond and Bernice Kowallis Bringhurst. He grew up in Pocatello and graduated from Pocatello High School. He went to work for the railroad, and his job transferred him to Salt Lake City. There he...
Daniel Dean Anderson
Mar 1, 2016
Our beloved Father, Grandfather, Brother, and Friend, Daniel Dean Anderson, passed away March 1, 2016 in Murray, UT from complications of the H1N1 virus. He was 57.
Daniel was born May 5, 1958 in Fillmore, UT to Dean Eldon and Aneita June Harvey Anderson. Daniel was raised on a farm and ranch and learned from an early...