Obituaries

Delta, Utah Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area

Rosabeth Marguerite Nickle Kennington Delapp

Rosabeth Marguerite Nickle Kennington Delapp

Dec 8, 2014

Rosabeth Marguerite Nickle Kennington DeLapp, age 91, passed away at sunset on Monday, December 8, 2014. She was born July 14, 1923 in Meadow, Utah to Lloyd Nadine Nickle and Luella Bushnell Nickle. Later they moved to Delta, Utah where her father farmed and formed Nickle Mortuary.

In 1945, she was 1 of 5 graduates with a...

Donald D Kozina

Donald D Kozina

Dec 3, 2014

Donald D Kozina, age 88, passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014. He was born on July 11, 1926, to John Kozina and Grace Collier Kozina in Orange County, California.  Don moved to Utah as a young boy in the late 1920's where he grew up working with his father on their farm north of Sutherland and learning how to...

Ava Nielson Anderson

Ava Nielson Anderson

Nov 27, 2014

Ava Nielson Anderson passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 27, 2014, at age 92, in her home surrounded by loving family. She was born February 26, 1922 to John and Ida Nielson in Oak City, Utah. She married Christian J Anderson on December 3, 1945 in the Manti LDS Temple and resided in Oak City all her life. She...

Marlo William Sagers

Marlo William Sagers

Nov 26, 2014

Marlo William Sagers, 76, succumbed peacefully to cancer while sleeping in the early hours of Wednesday, November 26, 2014 in Highland, Utah. He was born November 9, 1938 to Earl and Donna (Langston) Sagers in Delta, Utah. He married Heide Eckhardt on September 15, 1962 for time and eternity in the Manti, Utah LDS Temple. He graduated from Delta...

Orvetta Pace Nickle Groom

Orvetta Pace Nickle Groom

Nov 26, 2014

Orvetta Pace Nickle Groom was born December 21, 1921 in Provo, Utah at her grandfather’s home to Leslie D. and Geneva C. Pace. As she always said she was going to do, she lived in her own home until her death. On October 4, 2014 while at a family gathering commemorating the 36th anniversary of the death of her...

Benjamin Chey Perkins

Benjamin Chey Perkins

Nov 18, 2014

Benjamin Chey Perkins, age 41, passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at home in Hinckley, Utah. He was born on March 18, 1973 in Boulder City, Nevada to Gerald Fay and Kathy Ferne Turpen Perkins.

He grew up in Nevada, attending elementary school in Overton, Nevada and graduating from White Pine High School in Ely. He...

Sonia Gail Anderson Mcdonald Stephenson

Sonia Gail Anderson Mcdonald Stephenson

Nov 14, 2014

Sonia Gail Anderson McDonald Stephenson passed away on Friday, November 14, 2014, in Minot, North Dakota from a heart attack at the age of 38. Sonia was born in Medford, Oregon on April 18, 1976. She grew up in Delta, Utah with her family.  As a little girl, she loved to be inside. She was always cold and never...

Beverly Rae Christensen Eliason

Beverly Rae Christensen Eliason

Nov 2, 2014

Beverly Rae Christensen Eliason, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away November 2, 2014 at home surrounded by her loving family. Beverly was born August 5, 1929 in Delta, Utah at the Grunning Maternity Home. She was the eldest child of Edna Leone Hales and Earl Lewis Christensen. She grew up in Deseret and attended A.C. Nelson Elementary...

Susan Beckwith Dutson

Susan Beckwith Dutson

Oct 31, 2014

Delta -- Susan Beckwith Dutson, age 71, an incredible person, mother, sister, champion of underdogs, and community activist, passed away from a cerebral hemorrhage on Friday, October 31, 2014. Her extensive family and friends mourn her loss and reel from the weight of all the things she was single-handily able to keep together.

She was...

Beverly Jean Crother Millikin Lux

Beverly Jean Crother Millikin Lux

Oct 30, 2014

Beverly Jean Crother Millikin Lux, age 83, passed away Thursday, October 30, 2014 in St. George, Utah. She was born on March 8, 1931 in Santa Barbara, California to William George Crother and Helen Augusta Kirsten Crother. Beverly grew up in Santa Barbara and attended UC Santa Barbara for one semester. She also attended a Business school for a...

Jerry Fox Daugherty

Jerry Fox Daugherty

Oct 6, 2014

Jerry Fox Daugherty, age 75, passed away on Monday, October 6, 2014 in Delta, Utah. He was born in Joplin, Missouri on December 26, 1938 to Lee Wood Daugherty and Jenny Rebecca Fox Daugherty.

He is survived by his children: Sean, Brandy, Kelly and Tracy Daugherty and Lisa Penick; brother: Howard Daugherty; sisters: Nancy Austin and Kathy...

Darold P Stanworth

Darold P Stanworth

Sep 25, 2014

Our beloved father, Grandfather, Brother and Uncle, Darold P Stanworth, passed away peacefully at the age of 71 on Thursday, September 25, 2014, in Provo, Utah surrounded by family. He was the son of the late, Joseph Edward “Ted” Stanworth and the late Margaret Alberta Peterson Stanworth. Darold was born in his home in Oasis, Utah on July 8,...

Tori Lee Murray

Tori Lee Murray

Sep 24, 2014

Tori Lee Murray, age 40, passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at her home in Garrison, Utah. She was born in Cedar City, Utah on September 18, 1974 to Danny Richard and Dawn Murie Murray. She attended Enoch Elementary and Parowan High School. She has lived in Cedar City, Utah; Mesquite, Nevada; Las Vegas, Nevada; Reno, Nevada; and...

Allen Gardner Smith

Allen Gardner Smith

Sep 20, 2014

Allen Gardner Smith, age 78, passed away unexpectedly at home due to heart failure on Saturday, September 20, 2014, in Delta. Allen was born on April 24, 1936, to Thomas X. Smith Jr. and Arvilla Allen Smith in Rexburg, Idaho. He met the love of his life, Patricia Kay Brinkerhoff, while performing in a community play in Salt Lake...

Pete Shields

Pete Shields

Sep 18, 2014

Arnold LeAur “Pete” Shields, age 80, died peacefully at home on Thursday the 18th of September, 2014 in Delta, Utah surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. He was the son of the late Rodney A and Melva Jane Justesen Shields. He was born in his home in Sugarville, Utah on January 29, 1934. He inherited...

Vaughn Edwin Owens

Vaughn Edwin Owens

Sep 15, 2014

On Monday, September 15, 2014, Vaughn Edwin Owens, age 63, also known affectionately as “Fast Eddy,” peacefully slipped away from this earth while sleeping at his home in Sutherland. He was the son of James Henry and Maxene Jackson Owens. Born with a BB gun in his hand, in Salt Lake City on August 13, 1951, meant that he...

Dell Ashby

Dell Ashby

Sep 6, 2014

Richard Dell Ashby, age 90, passed away on Saturday, September 6, 2014 in Delta, Utah. He was born on July 30, 1924 in Fillmore, Utah to Richard Eugene and Sarah Verle Kesler Ashby.

Dell grew up in Fillmore and graduated from Millard High School.  He married Barbra Dean Petersen on May 25, 1943 in the Salt Lake...

Steven Carl Pace

Steven Carl Pace

Aug 26, 2014

Steven Carl Pace, beloved son, husband, father, brother, and friend, died peacefully in Maple Grove, Minnesota, on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 surrounded by his family after a long battle with a terminal illness. Steve was 63. He will be remembered for his strength, courage, toughness, generosity, knowledge, and keen wit. His love of family, fishing, hunting, adventure and sports...

Orpha Langston Taylor

Orpha Langston Taylor

Jul 27, 2014

Orpha Langston Taylor, age 90, joined her eternal companion on July 27, 2014 in Delta, Utah. Born February 14, 1924, in Hinckley, Utah to Jacob Alma Langston and Edith Reeve Langston. Married her high school sweet heart,  Robert "Herb" Taylor, November 18, 1942, in Hinckley. They were sealed for time and all eternity on January 11, 1968. In the...

Venice Ruth Moody Bishop

Venice Ruth Moody Bishop

Jul 14, 2014

Venice Ruth Moody Bishop returned to our Father in Heaven on Monday, July 14, 2014, in Delta, Utah. She was born April 18, 1943 to George Keith and Beth Pewtress Moody in Ogden, Utah.

Venice married the love of her life Ken Grant Bishop on November 11, 1961. They were later sealed in the Manti LDS Temple...

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