Obituaries
Delta, Utah Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area
Carla King Spadaro
Mar 24, 2014
Carla King Spadaro, age 59, of Hinckley passed away March 24, 2014 in Delta, Utah. She was born December 22, 1954 in Delta, Utah to Jerald A. And Cecelie M. Fielding King. She graduated from Delta High School and earned an Associate of Science degree from Dixie College. She worked 32 years for Brush Resources. She owned and trained...
Wilburn Olson
Mar 21, 2014
Wilburn Olson, age 85, passed away Friday, March 21, 2014 in Delta , Utah. He was born July 24, 1928 in Oak City, Utah to William Lafayette and Elsie Elizabeth Talbot Olson. He married Elaine Sheriff on March 20, 1953 in the Manti LDS Temple.
Wilburn grew up and went to Elementary School in Oak City. He...
Neree Erickson Stanworth
Mar 13, 2014
NeRee Erickson Stanworth, age 87, passed away March 13, 2014 in Delta, Utah. She was born December 9, 1926 in Sutherland to John Norman and Francis Lizette Theobald Erickson. NeRee married Conard G Stanworth on March 1, 1948 in Sutherland. Their married was later solemnized in the Provo LDS Temple. He preceded her in death on October 29, 2010....
Gayle Roper Nielson
Jan 16, 2014
Gayle Roper Nielson, age 87, passed away Thursday, January 16, 2014 in the Delta Hospital surrounded by his family. Gayle was born October 23, 1926 in Oak City, Utah to John Lewis Nielson and Ida Roper Nielson. He attended Oak City Elementary and Delta High School and graduated on May 22, 1946. He was a veteran of World War...
Natalie Jean Hale Bennett
Jan 16, 2014
Natalie Jean Hale Bennett, beloved wife, mother, sister and grandmother, age 72, passed away unexpectedly on January 16, 2014 at her home in Hinckley, Utah. She was born in Grantsville, Utah on June 15, 1941 to Nathan Leonard and Myrta Margie Hale. She was raised in Trout Creek where she learned to love the beauties of the west desert....
Janet Stanworth Pearson
Jan 9, 2014
Janet Ann Stanworth Pearson, age 69, cherished mother and “grandma” to so many, died at home unexpectedly on January 9, 2014. She was born on August 11, 1944 in Heber City, Utah, the third child and only daughter of the late Duane and Illa Stanworth. After living a brief time in Mapleton, the family settled on a farm in...
Carl Marion Pace
Jan 9, 2014
Carl Marion Pace, a loving husband, dad, grandpa and great grandpa passed away on January 9, 2014 at the age of 90. Carl was born on November 11, 1923 in Delta, Utah to Marion J. Pace and Martha Ellen Bishop. He graduated Delta High School, then attended the Branch Agricultural College (now SUU) in Cedar City, and Utah State...
Bruce R Lovell
Dec 27, 2013
Bruce R Lovell passed away peacefully, Friday, December 27, 2013, at 8:11 am at the Delta Hospital, in Delta, Utah. He was 86 years old. Bruce was born July 17, 1927, in Oak City, Utah, to Reed and Zella Lovell. He attended Oak City Elementary and graduated from Delta High School in 1945. In high school, he served as...
Gordon Jay Stone
Dec 21, 2013
Gordon Jay Stone, age 68, of Delta, our much beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend returned to his Heavenly home on December 21, 2013 on the West Desert that he loved. He was born to Harlon Leonard and Elva McCullough Stone in Tooele, Utah, on February 16, 1945. He married the love of his life, Peggy Dene...
Sarah Jo Gottardi Louder
Dec 13, 2013
Sarah Jo Gottardi Louder, age 81, passed away Friday, December 13, 2013 in Delta, Utah, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 10, 1932 in Denver, Colorado to Louie and Estel Allred Gottardi. She grew up as a coal miner’s daughter and her mother was a school teacher in a one room school house, where she...
David Gordon Church
Dec 1, 2013
David Gordon Church, age 73, passed away December 1, 2013 in Provo, Utah. He was born February 16, 1940 in Delta, to Ned Milne and Mildred Christensen Church. David grew up on a farm with his Dad and Mom, 3 brothers: Sterling, Steve and McKay and 4 sisters: Florence, Leah, Kathline and Marsha. David went to Delta High School...
Pauline Ann Collard Hull
Nov 6, 2013
Pauline Ann Collard Hull, age 67, passed away November 6, 2013 in Hinckley, Utah. She was born August 6, 1946 in Manchester, England to John “Jack” Edward and Margaret Rudol Collard. She married Robert Lynn Hull on April 20, 1974 in the Laie, Hawaii LDS Temple.
Pauline earned her nursing degree in Sydney, Austrailia and traveled the...
Carol Steele Hardy
Nov 4, 2013
Carol Steele Hardy age 80, passed away at her daughter’s home in Tucson, Arizona on November 4, 2013 after complications of an ongoing illness. She resided in Hinckley, Utah until her illness made it necessary for extended care.
She was born on December 25, 1932 at home in Sutherland, Utah to Doyle LeFevre and Lena Pearl Prows...
Anna Liisa Solasaari Swensen
Nov 3, 2013
Anna Liisa Solasaari Swensen, age 72, peacefully passed away in her home in Thousand Oaks, California on November 3, 2013 surrounded by her children. She was born Sunday, January 28, 1945 in Northern Finland to Vaino and Eeva Makinen Solasaari.
At age 18 she moved to the United States. She studied linguistics at BYU where she met...
Mary Lorraine Welton Thurgood
Oct 24, 2013
Mary Lorraine Welton Thurgood, age 87, passed away October 24, 2013 in Delta, Utah. She was born August 21, 1926 in Hinckley, Utah to Lester Lawrence and Mabel Talbot Welton. She married Doyle Thurgood on December 29, 1956 in Elko Nevada. He died April 2, 2008.
Lorraine grew up in Delta and graduated from Delta High School. ...
Charles Leroy Zeeman
Oct 22, 2013
Charles LeRoy Zeeman, age 80, succumbed to cancer on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 in Delta, and returned to his eternal companion Beth. He was born on November 17, 1932 in Payson, Utah to John and Martha Schramm Zeeman. He attended Payson High School where he met Beth LaRue Christensen. They were married on September 3, 1952, in Payson. Later...
Edgar Hale Jeffery
Oct 16, 2013
Edgar Hale Jeffery, age 85, returned to his Father in Heaven, October 16, 2013 at his home surrounded by his loving family after a long battle with cancer. He was born March 22, 1928 in Delta, Utah to Edgar Wallace and Nancy Ethel Hale Jeffery. He married Laura Wyora Hunter on November 23, 1949 in the Manti Temple. She...
Marion George Talbot
Oct 3, 2013
Marion George Talbot, age 60, of Hickley, Utah and Bridger Valley, Wyoming; returned to his heavenly home on October 3, 2013 in Delta, Utah. He was born on June 24, 1953 in Hinckley to Harold Dean and Carolyn “Kelly” Dean Dillenbeck Talbot. He married Lynmarie Bennett on May 22, 1982 in Hinckley. They later divorced.
Marion was...
Joseph Thompson
Sep 30, 2013
Joseph Thompson, age 88, passed away Monday, September 30, 2013 at his home in Hinckley, Utah. He was born May 14, 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri to Frank and Florence Williamson Thompson. He married Patricia Ann Fischer On September 21, 1985 in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1996, Joseph moved to the Delta area and worked as a contractor...
Frank Jay Yacapraro
Sep 29, 2013
Frank Jay Yacapraro, age 49, passed away on Friday, September 29, 2013 in Provo, Utah. He was born August 12, 1964 in Bourne, Massachusetts to Frank Joseph Jr. and Wilma Ann Campbell Yacapraro. He married Tonya Kay Hannebaum on April 21, 2012 in Silver Creek, Utah.
Frank grew up in Sacramento, California. He most recently lived in...


