Obituaries
Delta, Utah Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area
Lujuana Mae Pearson Smith
Nov 7, 2015
LuJuana Mae Pearson Smith died peacefully at her home in Socorro, New Mexico on November 7, 2015 at the age of 85. LuJuana was born to Karl Emil and Lula Jane Bushnell Pearson on October 21, 1930 in Meadow, Utah. She was preceded in death by her parents, and siblings: Van Dale Pearson, Nona Pearson Chesley, Stanley K.E. Pearson,...
Walter Wendelboth
Oct 31, 2015
Walter Wendelboth, age 83, passed away at his home in Sutherland on October 31, 2015. He was born July 22, 1932 in Ortelsburg, Germany. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of 17 and left Germany when he was 28. He immigrated to Canada and then to Utah. He worked for Brigham Young...
Helen Ruth Pratt Swalberg
Sep 30, 2015
Our Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother, Helen Ruth Pratt Swalberg passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 30, 2015 in Delta, Utah. She just celebrated her 85th birthday. Helen was born August 24, 1930 to Jonathan Isaac and Josephine Warnick Pratt in an upstairs room of the family home in Delta. Helen married Glen Wilford Swalberg on August 29,...
Marie Bushnell Young
Sep 15, 2015
Velma Marie Bushnell Young, age 76, returned to our Heavenly Father on September 15, 2015 in Delta, Utah. She passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family after a valiant battle with bone cancer.
Marie was born September 1, 1939 in Meadow, Utah to Bernard and Phebe Ingrid Taylor Bushnell. She was the third of eight...
Marjorie West Sheldon
Sep 15, 2015
Marjorie Elma West Sheldon, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 in Sheridan, Wyoming. She was born on October 3, 1923 in Lehi, Utah; the second of four children born to Floyd and Blanche Druscilla Felt West. Marjorie grew up in Ibapah, Utah, enjoying the country, riding horses, herding sheep and working in her father’s fields.
...Dr. David William Seegmiller
Sep 15, 2015
Dr. David William Seegmiller, age 81, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, following complications from surgery. Born January 6, 1934 in Nephi, Utah and raised in Delta, Utah. He was the son of Glen William and Thelma Fern Park Seegmiller.
David attended Brigham Young University, graduating in 1956 with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in...
Kristine Wright Stanworth
Sep 15, 2015
Eleanor Kristine Wright Stanworth, age 64, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 in Oasis, Utah. Born on January 22, 1951, Kristine was the oldest of 12 children born and raised in Coalville, Utah to Eleanor Fae Brown and Joseph Lee Wright. Kris graduated from North Summit High School in 1969. While attending Utah State University, she met and...
Brenda Mortensen Berrett
Sep 14, 2015
Brenda Mortensen Millard Workman Berrett, age 67, passed away Monday, September 14, 2015 unexpectedly in her sleep, at her home in Ogden, Utah. Brenda was born July 17, 1948 to William Alonzo and Rachel Leah Allen Mortensen of Delta, Utah. She graduated from Delta High School.
Brenda married Joseph Millard in 1966. They lived in Ogden, Utah...
Albert J Nickle
Sep 2, 2015
Albert J Nickle continued his journey into the eternities on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 in Delta, Utah at the age of 95. He was born November 6, 1919 in Delta, Utah to Lloyd Nadine and Luella Bushnell Nickle. He was the oldest of three children: Albert J, James L, and Rosabeth Marguerite.
His early years were spent...
Ann George Dziuk
Aug 29, 2015
Anndee Ella George Dziuk, age 83, passed gently from this life on August 29, 2015, incident of age. She was born to Dewey and Melcina George, February 10, 1932 in Delores, Colorado.
Married Rupert E. Dziuk of Foley, Minnesota, November 5, 1953 in Littleton, Colorado. To them were born sons, Edward, Richard and daughter, Connie. They followed...
Sybil Sheriff Tanner Lallas
Aug 27, 2015
Sybil Ines Sheriff Tanner Lallas, age 74, our beloved Mom and Grandma “Yia Yia”, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015 in Provo, Utah. She was born on October 21, 1940 in Lynndyl, Utah to Guy Olen and Hazel Zeffie Porter Sheriff.
Sybil grew up in Lynndyl. At age 16, her family moved to Provo. She graduated from...
Doyle Andrew Berry
Aug 27, 2015
Doyle Andrew Berry, age 97, passed away quietly from old age surrounded by his family on August 27, 2015 in Delta, Utah. Doyle was born April 9, 1918 in Kanarraville, Utah; the third of four children born to William Andrew and Mary Ethel Williams Berry. When Doyle was 4, his father was killed in the Castlegate Mine Explosion in...
Glen Clead Nielson
Aug 12, 2015
Glen Clead Nielson, age 63, passed away on August 12, 2015 in Delta, Utah from renal cancer. Glen was born July 19, 1952 in Payson, Utah to Robert Dee and Marilyn Shuldberg Nielson.
He grew up in Lynndyl, Utah. He attended the Utah School for the Blind in Ogden, until he was 16 years old. While at...
Dora Day Bringhurst
Aug 2, 2015
Our sweet mother and grandma, Dora Heloise Day Bringhurst, 93 years old, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, August 2, 2015 in her home in Delta, Utah. Dora was born March 7, 1922 in Byron, Big Horn County, Wyoming. She is the 7th of 14 children of Orville Cox Day and Otes Clysta Strasburg. She married...
Evelyn Rae Bliss Skeem
Jul 30, 2015
Evelyn Rae Bliss Skeem, age 84, loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend; passed from the loving embrace of her family to the Eternal love of her sweetheart, Calvin, and son, Guy, on July 30, 2015, in Murray. Born February 15, 1931 in Hinckley, UT to Oren Vernon Bliss and Alice Hardy Bliss. Raised as a farm girl...
Rodney Clark Ivie
Jul 22, 2015
Rodney Clark “Rod” Ivie, 80, passed away peacefully July 22, 2015 at the Millard Care & Rehabilitation Center in Delta, UT due to natural causes.
He leaves behind his wife of 59 years, Bonnie Jean (Largent) Ivie; his children: Kathy Ivie, Darwin Ivie, Debra Smith (Jeff), and Troy Ivie; his sister: Sharon Bishop (Garn): eight grandchildren; and...
Donald Ward Petersen
Jul 9, 2015
Donald Ward Petersen, aged 94, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather passed away peacefully at his home in Hinckley, Utah in the early morning hours of July 9, 2015. He was born September 12, 1920 in Deseret, Utah to Nels L and Edith Bennett Petersen; the eighth of 10 children.
Ward married NaRae Ellis on January 1,...
Elmer Woodrow Toms, Jr.
Jul 1, 2015
Elmer Woodrow Toms, Jr., age 71, of Delta, passed away on Tuesday, July 1, 2015, in Delta, Utah. He was born August 1, 1943, in Le Gore, Maryland to Elmer Woodrow Toms, Sr. and Aldenia Elizabeth Engle Toms. He grew up in a family of 13 children as a true farm boy. He never wore his shoes, except when...
Billie Huntsman Nielson
Jun 29, 2015
Wilhelmina “Billie” Huntsman Nielson, age 90 passed away June 29, 2015, in Delta, Utah. She was born to Lamond Welcome Huntsman and Theresa Cannon Huntsman on September 21, 1924 in St. George, Utah. Billie was the fifth child of six and spent her youth in Enterprise, Utah. After graduating from High School, she eventually moved to Lynndyl, Utah to...
Boyd Clark Cook
Jun 12, 2015
Boyd Clark Cook, 90, of Orem, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2015, in Provo, Utah. He was born Aug. 25, 1924, to Lucene Clark and Echo Rose Sampson Cook in Delta, Utah. Clark attended school in Delta and helped out on the family farm. After school, he joined the Army and served as a member of the military...