Obituaries
Delta, Utah Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area
James William Christensen
May 6, 2015
James William Christensen, age 85, passed away in Delta, Utah, Wednesday May 6, 2015. Jim was born October 11, 1929 in Delta, Utah to Norvel John and Ella Bishop Christensen. He was blessed to be born in-between two loving sisters. Jim grew up in Oasis, Utah. He graduated from Hinckley High School in 1947. On September 5, 1950, Jim...
Kenneth Ray Cook
May 3, 2015
Kenneth Ray Cook, age 78, died from natural causes on Sunday, May 3, 2015, in Delta, Utah. He was born December 28, 1936 to Lucene Clark and Echo Rose Sampson Cook in Delta, Utah, the sixth of eight children. Ray went to school in Delta and his favorite subject was planning how to get out of it. He started...
Diane Harris Porter
Apr 30, 2015
Diane Harris Porter, age 79, of Oak City, Millard County, Utah, passed away on April 30, 2015 in Oak City, after a valiant year-long battle with leukemia. Diane was born and raised in the loving home of Earl Tolton and Silva Ann Lovell Harris, on April 17, 1936.
Diane had the unique honor to be born in,...
Molly Marie Taft Anderson
Apr 10, 2015
Molly Marie Taft Anderson, age 85, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2015 in Winnemucca, Nevada. She was born on January 17, 1930 in Salt Lake City to Seth Barlow Taft and Marie Belle Higbee Taft. Molly married Marlow Anderson on April 15, 1953 in Salt Lake City, and then moved to Oak City. He died on July 21,...
Shad Hall
Apr 9, 2015
Shad Hall, age 44, unexpectedly passed away after suffering a heart attack on Thursday, April 9, 2015 in Leamington, Utah. He was born on February 2, 1971 in Lehi, Utah to Melvin and Roma Jean Smith Hall.
Shad grew up in Lehi in a large family with 6 brothers and 5 sisters. After completing school, he earned...
Shay Olson Rowley
Apr 1, 2015
Shay Olson Rowley, age 29, of Oak City, Utah, Adventurer, Explorer and spirited son of Stewart Loren Rowley and the late Kathy Olson Rowley, left his earthly home April 1st, 2015 due to injuries sustained from a tragic accident in Delta, Utah.
Born in Payson, Utah, on April 29, 1985, Shay quickly became the center of his...
Edith H Anderson
Mar 31, 2015
Edith H Anderson crossed peacefully through the veil, returning to our Father in Heaven on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 in her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Milford, Utah on February 9, 1925 to Charles F. Hollis and Ruby Kemp Hollis. Mom was the first of three children. She spent the first six years of her...
Helen Irene Anderson
Mar 26, 2015
Helen Irene Franklin Anderson, age 89, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2015 in St. George, Utah. She was born April 17, 1925 to Joseph Smith Franklin and Martha Cecelia Slifer Franklin in Mt. Morris, Illinois. She remained there until her junior year in high school when her father bought a farm four miles away. It was a place...
Brandie Leigh Peterson
Mar 26, 2015
Brandie Leigh Peterson, age 29, passed away Thursday, March 26, 2015 in Grand Junction, Colorado. She was born on January 17, 1986 in Delta, Utah to Bryan Keith and Joyce Kay Wetterick Peterson.
Brandie was in a bad car accident on March 18, 2006. She suffered a brain injury that put her in a wheel chair. She...
Ronald H. Bird
Feb 24, 2015
Ronald H. Bird, age 78, passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 in Delta. He was born on December 30, 1936 in Tooele, Utah to Rexford Harry and Mary Ellen Bryan Bird. He was the 5th child in a family of 11 children. His family moved to the Millcreek area of Salt Lake when he was a child. He...
Margaret Church Callister
Feb 14, 2015
Margaret Church Callister, age 100, passed away in Delta, February 14, 2015. She was the oldest resident in Delta, 1978 Utah Mother of the Year and exemplary member of the LDS Church.
Margaret was born March 30, 1914 in Panguitch, Utah to George Newman Church and Sarah Jane Shakespear Church. She was the second daughter in a...
Bent Jorgen Mork
Feb 5, 2015
Bent Jorgen Mork, age 82, passed away at home in Oak City, on February 5, 2015. He was born on February 1, 1933 in Aalborg, Denmark to Elmer Georg and Mary Birgette Pedersen Mork. He grew up in Denmark along with one sister, Sally. When he finished his formal schooling in Denmark, he apprenticed as a cabinet maker. When...
Kathryn "Tobe" Pace Humphries
Jan 29, 2015
Kathryn “Tobe” Lou Pace Humphries, a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, and friend, passed away at the age of 85, on January 29, 2015, in Delta, Utah. She was surrounded by her family. Tobe was born September 2, 1929 to Carlos Middleton “Pat” and Lizzie Edeveen Pace.
She grew up in Delta and later attended Delta...
Mary Lou Rawlinson Western
Jan 20, 2015
Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Mary Lou Rawlinson Western, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2015 in Lehi, Utah. Our hearts rejoice at the reunion she is having with her eternal companion Harold and 2 children, Linda and Robert.
Mary Lou was born on May 15, 1931, in Los Angeles, CA, to Claude Fisk and Irene...
Linda Wilkins Stewart
Jan 5, 2015
Linda Wilkins Stewart, age 73, passed away January 5, 2015 at her home in Lynndyl, Utah after years of struggle against brain cancer and a stroke she suffered a year ago on Christmas Eve.
She was born July 22, 1941 in Hinckley, Utah to Lowell Leland and Nena Alldredge Talbot Wilkins. Linda moved with her family to...
Phillip Darren Young
Jan 1, 2015
Darren Young succumbed to Influenza A and double pneumonia in Provo, Utah on January 1, 2015 at the age of 52. Darren was blessed by being able to see most of his family before he passed away. He was born May 28, 1962 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Archie Graham and Billie Mills Young.
Darren moved...
William Lee Talbot
Dec 25, 2014
William Lee Talbot, the oldest son of Lee Aisel and Velma Bunker Talbot was born April 11, 1935 in Abraham, Utah. He got his calling papers for Heaven on December 25, 2014 surrounded by his loving family, at age 79. Bill was blessed in being able to see all of the children and being able to tell them he...
Fred Lamont Works
Dec 23, 2014
Fred “Grey” LaMont Works, age 70, passed away unexpectedly the morning of December 23, 2014. Fred was born August 15, 1944 in Murray, Utah, and adopted by his parents, LaMont and Leona Jackson Works. He graduated from Delta High School, and proudly served in the US Navy during the Vietnam Conflict. Fred married Leslie Jane Thompson on April 30,...
Betty Jean Thornton Dabel
Dec 22, 2014
Betty Jean Thornton Dabel, age 85, our darling Wife and Mother passed away on December 22, 2014 in Delta, Utah at the Millard County Care Center. Betty was born on March 29, 1929 in Osmond, Wyoming. She was the seventh of the eight children of Charles Clifford Thornton and Inez Jerusha Campbell Thornton. All of her siblings and her...
Kent William Devers
Dec 18, 2014
Kent “Pops” William Devers, age 59, was accepted in to the loving arms of his Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, December 18, 2014, surrounded by his devoted wife, Terri, and three beautiful children. He was born in Salt Lake City on June 23, 1955 to Paul Howard and Catherine Ilene Carter Devers. He married Terri Lee Truswell on June...


