Obituaries

Delta, Utah Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area

Charlene Petersen Brunner

Charlene Petersen Brunner

Jan 27, 2016

Charlene Petersen Brunner, age 70, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at her home in Abraham, Utah. She was born on April 19, 1945, in Delta, Utah to Joseph Clifferd and Erma Tolbert Petersen. She lived in Abraham for the majority of her life. She graduated from Delta High School and the Salt Lake Trade Technical Institute both...

Dorothy Bird Killpack

Dorothy Bird Killpack

Jan 23, 2016

Dorothy Bird Killpack, age 94, passed away quietly on January 23, 2016, surrounded by her family. The second of three children of Dr. Myron Evan and Romania Westenskow Bird, Dorothy was born March 2, 1921 in Salt Lake City. After years of medical training in Utah and Illinois, the Bird's settled in Delta, Utah in 1929.  Dorothy would call...

Phillip Andrew Burnham

Phillip Andrew Burnham

Jan 19, 2016

Phillip Andrew Burnham, age 99, passed away January 19, 2016 at his home in Deseret, Utah surrounded by his loving family.  Phil was born November 24, 1916 in Redmesa, Colorado to James Warren Burnham and Edith Adell Wheeler. He was raised during the depression and grew up learning how to save and reuse everything until it was completely worn...

Joan Smith Owens

Joan Smith Owens

Jan 19, 2016

Joan Smith Owens, age 65, better known as Joann, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 in Provo, Utah. She was born on May 21, 1950 in Abilene, Texas to Lloyd Delton and Dealous Odena Harper Smith. As a baby, her family moved to Mentone, California, just outside the city of Redlands in Southern California. This is where she...

Donald Neil Schmutz

Donald Neil Schmutz

Jan 14, 2016

Donald Neil Schmutz returned home to his Heavenly Father on January 14, 2016, at the age of 59, in his home in Oak City, Utah. Neil was born on March 24, 1956 in St. George, Utah to Donald F. and Merlene Lovell Schmutz. There he grew up and farmed with his father, Don, while attending Dixie High School....

Kathy Finlinson Smith

Kathy Finlinson Smith

Dec 22, 2015

Kathy Finlinson Smith of Delta, Utah, passed away December 22, 2015 at the age of 69. She was born June 14, 1946 in Delta, to Leo Lyman and Sarah Marie Church Finlinson. She grew up in Oak City, Utah, the second of eight children. She graduated from Delta High School with the class of 1964 and moved to Provo...

Ronald Herbert Webb

Ronald Herbert Webb

Dec 22, 2015

We have lost an truly great man. Ronald Herbert Webb aka ”Tobe”, lost his fight to cancer on Tuesday December 22, 2015, in Delta, Utah at age 75. He was the only man we knew to give mouth to mouth resuscitation to a newly born calf while cussing it for not breathing on it’s own. A man who went...

Patsy Bushnell Starley

Patsy Bushnell Starley

Dec 19, 2015

Patsy Bushnell Starley, beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, niece, and friend passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015. She was born April 12, 1945 in Fillmore, Utah to Ural J. & Lola Forsyth Bushnell. She was welcome by two older brothers, Clell, age 9; and Ned, age 7. She was born on her brother Ned’s birthday, and legend has...

Marilyn Jones Stoddard

Marilyn Jones Stoddard

Dec 14, 2015

Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Marilyn Jones Stoddard, passed away peacefully on December 14, 2015 at the Millard Care and Rehabilitation Center in Delta, Utah. We rejoice that she has been reunited with her eternal companion and many other beloved family members.

Marilyn was born February 7, 1927 on a farm at Taylor’s Flat, near Oak...

Beulah Webb Rowley Jensen

Beulah Webb Rowley Jensen

Dec 7, 2015

Beulah Webb Rowley Jensen, age 93, of Oasis, Utah returned to her Heavenly Father on December 7, 2015 surrounded by her family. She was born August 31, 1922 to Leslie Webb and Nellie Rachel Thacker Webb in Hinckley, Utah. She was the fourth of 10 children.

Beulah graduated from Hinckley High School in 1940, then went on...

Merilyn Starley Bishop

Merilyn Starley Bishop

Dec 6, 2015

Merilyn Starley Bishop, age 91, passed away December 6, 2015 in St. George Utah. Melly was born on January 12, 1924 in Delta, Utah to William J. and Ava Stevens Starley. She married her high school sweetheart, Wilburne H. “Bill” Bishop, on March 8, 1942. The marriage was later solemnized in the LDS Temple. Bill passed away in 1988....

Beryl Gillen Sorensen

Beryl Gillen Sorensen

Dec 1, 2015

Beryl Gillen Sorensen, beloved Mother and Grandmother passed from this life on December 1, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the home of her son, DeRay Brush, at the age of 95. Beryl was born to Enoch Gillen and Hilda Therissa Styler Gillen in Oasis, Utah on March 31, 1920. She was the second daughter in a family of...

Richard M Gardner

Richard M Gardner

Nov 21, 2015

Richard Manwaring Gardner, age 93, passed away at his home in Delta on November 21, 2015. He was born May 17, 1922 in Provo, Utah; the oldest of four children, to Fenton S. and Ora Manwaring Gardner. He grew up in Delta, Utah helping his father and uncle herd sheep. He graduated from Delta High School, then attended BYU....

Norma Erickson Evans

Norma Erickson Evans

Nov 20, 2015

Our sweet mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Norma Erickson Evans, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 20, 2015, with her two daughters by her side. She was born on November 15, 1924 to John Norman Erickson and Frances Lizette Theobald Erickson in Sutherland, Utah. Norma spent her childhood on the 4L Ranch in Sutherland and attended elementary school in...

Bonnie Rose Owens

Bonnie Rose Owens

Nov 14, 2015

Bonnie Marie Rose Owens, wonderful wife, sister, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt and friend, born March 16, 1926 in Delta, Utah to Arvin S. and LaPreal Beatrice Carter Rose, passed from this life on November 14, 2015 in Delta.

Bonnie married her perfect puzzle piece, partner and love, Bernard E Owens, on September 7, 1946. They spent...

Susan Hales Wendelboth

Susan Hales Wendelboth

Nov 10, 2015

Susan Elizabeth Hales Wendelboth, age 72, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in Delta, Utah. She was born on December 29, 1942 in Delta, to Samuel Henry and Annie Emily Galloway Hales. Susan grew up in Sutherland and later moved to Salt Lake City to attend LDS Business College. She met Walter Wendelboth at a church sponsored dance. They...

Lujuana Mae Pearson Smith

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

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

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

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...

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