Obituaries
Delta, Utah Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area
Robert Edmond Wright
May 10, 2023
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, son, sibling and friend, Robert Edmond Wright, who passed away unexpectedly at home in Delta, Utah on May 10, 2023. Rob was born in Delta, Utah on August 31, 1958 to Ron and Helen Wright. Rob was the fourth of five children and...
Jeanne Marie Thompson Shank
May 6, 2023
Jeanne Marie Thompson Shank, age 84, passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2023 in Delta, Utah. She was born on June 21, 1938 in Fremont, Ohio the youngest of two daughters born to Lloyd William and Ollie Brown Slattery Thompson. She grew up in Fremont, graduating from Ross High School. She worked a short time as a telephone operator...
Don William Fullmer
Apr 27, 2023
Don William Fullmer, age 98, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 27, 2023. He was born in Abraham, Utah on December 13, 1924 to William and Cora Leona Sampson Fullmer. He was child number 3 in a family that eventually grew to include 11 children. Don was the only boy for 16 years until babies number 10 and 11...
Anna Louise Dabel Bennett
Apr 15, 2023
Anna Louise Dabel Bennett, age 75, passed away at her home in Delta, Utah on Saturday, April 15, 2023, after a long battle with COPD. She was surrounded by a loving family who held her hand day and night until her passing. She was born in Afton, Wyoming, to Grant Wilford and Betty Jean Thornton Dabel. She was the...
Jean Black Seegmiller
Apr 6, 2023
Jean Black Seegmiller, age 89, died Thursday, April 6, 2023 in San Antonio, Texas following an accident at home. She was born January 19, 1934, in Roosevelt, Utah and raised in McAllen, Texas. She was the daughter of Alma Cox Black and Marion Ellen Ross Black, and had one brother, Donald Ross Black.
Jean grew up in...
Sharon Lee Bishop Davis
Mar 27, 2023
Sharon Lee Bishop Davis, age 71, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2023 in Delta, Utah. She was born on August 27, 1951 in Longview, Washington to Dale S. and Launita Helen Slaughter Bishop. Sharon was the eldest of six children. Her family moved to Hinckley when she was 3 years old, she attended Hinckley Elementary, and graduated from...
Dell Lavoy Starley, Jr.
Mar 20, 2023
Dell LaVoy Starley Jr., age 79, passed away on March 20, 2023 at his home in Fillmore, Utah. He was born March 3, 1944 to Dell LaVoy Starley Sr. and Renee Edwards Starley in Fillmore. LaVoy graduated from Millard High School in 1962. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Utah University and a Master of Science...
Millard R Crafts
Mar 12, 2023
Millard R Crafts, age 85, passed away on March 12, 2023 in Delta, Utah. He was born on August 12, 1937 in Panquitch, Utah, the sixth of the nine children born to Charles Edward and Ruevo Heywood Crafts. Millard grew up helping out on the family farm in Hinckley, Utah. He graduated from Hinckley High School, excelling on the...
Elwin K Davis
Feb 18, 2023
Elwin K Davis, age 80, of St. George, Utah, passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2023 in St. George, Utah after a battle with pneumonia and cancer.
Elwin was born on May 7, 1942 to Rulon and Ruby Nelson Davis in Glendale, California. He served in the Southern Far East mission for the Church of Jesus Christ...
Dean William John Meyers
Feb 16, 2023
Dean William John Meyers, aged 88, passed away on February 16, 2023 at his home in Delta, Utah. He was born on August 18, 1934 in Baraboo, Wisconsin; the eighth of 12 children born to Roy Edwin and Ida Isabel Zimmerly Meyers.
After graduating, he enlisted in the US Air Force in January of 1953. He was...
Beulah Mae Lake Heath
Feb 5, 2023
Beulah Mae Lake Heath, age 95, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at her home in Delta, Utah surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on December 15, 1927 in Provo, Utah to James Myron and Eva Lenore Woolston Lake. When she was young, her family moved to Waterbury, Connecticut, where she grew up. During her teenage...
Raymond Lee Tapp
Jan 27, 2023
Raymond Lee Tapp, age 88, passed away on January 27, 2023, in Delta, Utah. He was born on May 12, 1934 in Midvale, Utah, to Raymond Stephen and Nettie Hansen Tapp. He married Phyllis Moffett, and they had three beloved daughters together: Lynn Marie, Vicki, and Lisa. They later divorced.
During his younger years, he worked for...
Curtis Elmer Smith
Jan 25, 2023
On January 25, 2023, Curtis Elmer Smith left this earth to join his late wife, Frances, in his eternal home. Curtis was born on June 7, 1930 in Forbes, North Dakota to Adoph "Abe" and Dorothy Knutta Fulton Smith. His family moved to Southern California when he was a child. He married the love of his life, Frances Dee...
Ilene Reynolds Oliver
Jan 18, 2023
Ilene Reynolds Oliver was born November 25, 1942 in Driggs, Idaho. She attended and graduated from Malad High School where she was known as an exceptional vocalist and was always performing. She loved reminiscing about the many friendships she developed during that time.
Ilene learned the value of hard work as a child working in her family’s...
Keith Henry Johnson
Jan 17, 2023
Keith Henry Johnson, age 77, passed away on January 17, 2023 surrounded by loving family at his home in Delta, Utah. He was born on December 2, 1945 in Delta, Utah second of the seven kids of Ward Huntsman and Bonnie Jean Conk Johnson. He grew up on the family farm in Delta where he learn to work hard...
Connie Kay Cropper Sledge
Jan 16, 2023
Connie Kay Cropper Sledge, age 79, passed away incident to dementia in Cedar City, Utah on January 16, 2023, surrounded by a loving family. She was born in Delta, Utah in Dr. Bird's ‘lambing shed’ on July 5,1943 to Mahonri Bishop Cropper and Erma Irene Ekins Cropper. Much to the delight of her older sister, Glenda, finally a sister...
Elwin Jay Dutson
Jan 13, 2023
Elwin Jay Dutson (Grandpa Kiki) passed away on January 13, 2023, in Riverton, Utah at the age of 89 surrounded by his family and friends. He was born in Lynndyl, Utah, one of 10 children born to John Q and Eva Dutson. He spent his early years in Lynndyl where he enjoyed riding his horse, Copper, and working in...
Jack Charles Valiquette
Jan 8, 2023
Jack Charles Valiquette, age 97, peacefully left this world on Sunday, January 8, 2023 with his two daughters, Sharon and Deb, by his side. He was born on February 4, 1925 in Toledo, Ohio to Elsie Mae Terwilliger and George Washington Valiquette. He grew up in Toledo with his three older siblings: sister, Kathleen; and brothers, George and Bill....
Lucille Elizabeth Weeks Egan
Jan 6, 2023
Lucille Elizabeth Weeks Egan, age 95, passed away on January 6, 2023 at the Millard Care and Rehabilitation Center in Delta, Utah. She was born February 11, 1927 in Central City, Nebraska, the eldest of 4 daughters born to Howard “Ted” Martin and Margaret Anne Franssen Weeks. She grew up in Central City. After graduating from Central City High...
Carrie Juanita Stroud Barney
Dec 31, 2022
On New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2022, Carrie Juanita Stroud Barney passed away in St. George at the age of 94. She was born on November 23, 1928 in St. Joseph, Missouri, the eldest of the two daughters born to Lawrence Allen and Della Estella Newkirk Stroud. She spent her early years in Missouri, until her family moved to...