Obituaries
Delta, Utah Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Delta and Millard County, Utah area
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...
Sidney Duane Morris
Dec 27, 2022
Sidney Duane Morris, Son, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother, Uncle and Friend passed away after a short illness on December 27, 2022 at the age of 90, while on a cross-country road trip to Florida.
Sid was born September 9, 1932 to William Wesley and Evelyn LaGrace (Nielson) Morris. He was the fourth of 10 children and grew...
Cheryl Darlene Grant Poulsen
Dec 25, 2022
On Christmas morning, December 25, 2022, the love of our lives, Cheryl Darlene Grant Poulsen, passed away at the Millard Care Center in Delta. She was born on December 11, 1952 in Rochester, New York to Albert “Bud” Dougal and Esther Harriett Storen Grant.
When she was young, Cheryl’s family moved to Salt Lake City Utah to...
Christen David Christensen
Dec 22, 2022
Christen David Christensen, age 49, passed away unexpectedly on December 22, 2022 at his home in Orem, Utah.
David was born on July 21, 1973 in Murray, Utah to Christen Craig and Jacqueline Rogers Christensen.
Services were held on Wednesday, December 28, at the Orchard 7th Ward LDS Chapel. Burial was in the Timpanogos Memorial...
Clayton Dennis Mooney
Dec 20, 2022
Clayton Dennis Mooney, our beloved father passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born June 27, 1935 to Earnest Gerald Mooney and Orel Theodora Bjorkman Mooney in Sioux City, Iowa.
Clayton’s parents moved with their family to California where Clayton attended grade school. Clayton met the love of...
Selma Elizabeth Potts Lazaro
Dec 17, 2022
Selma Elizabeth Potts Lazaro, age 76, passed away on December 17, 2022 in Delta, Utah. She was born on July 9, 1946 in her family home in Lynndyl, Utah. She is the eldest daughter of Leona Selma Lake Davis Potts and Walter Andrew Potts, and grew up in Lynndyl, the second in a family of six children. A highlight...
Lawanna Sorensen Peterson
Dec 3, 2022
LaWanna Sorensen Peterson, age 94, in her words, “jumped the wall” on December 3, 2022 at Millard Care and Rehabilitation in Delta, Utah, completing a long life devoted to her family, church, and community. She was born on May 28, 1928 in Manti, Utah, the first of Erastus Mayo and Vera Anderson Sorensen’s eight children. Her childhood during The...
Russell Clarence Jones
Dec 2, 2022
Russell Clarence Jones, age 68, passed away in LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, on December 2nd, 2022 from an aggressive form of Mantle Cell Lymphoma. He was surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren and returned to his Heavenly Father peacefully and without pain.
Russ was born June 20, 1954 in Delta, Utah to Sherman Lovell and...
Carl Daniel Greenhalgh
Dec 2, 2022
Carl Daniel Greenhalgh III, age 69, passed away on December 2, 2022 in Murray, Utah. He was born on November 26, 1953 in Payson, Utah, the second of 5 children born to Karl Daniel and Naomi Throckmorton Greenhalgh. He grew up in Santaquin, Utah. At a young age, his father sat him down on the tractor and taught him...
Mariann Adams Trillo
Nov 11, 2022
Our beloved Mother and Grandmother, MariAnn Adams Trillo, returned to her heavenly home on November 11, 2022, in Delta, Utah. She was born on June 13, 1958 in Delta to loving parents, Kenneth Benjamin and LoRaine Petersen Adams. She was the third oldest of eight children. She grew up on the family farm in Sutherland, Utah. Her childhood was...
Sharon Lieuwen Shumway Steele Western
Nov 7, 2022
Sharon Lieuwen Shumway Steele Western, age 88, passed away on November 7, 2022 in Taylorsville, Utah. Sharon was born September 16, 1934 in Tropic Utah, the second of 5 children, born to James Howard and Sarah Lieuwen Savage Shumway.
Sharon graduated from Millard High School in 1952 where she excelled in Speech and Debate. Later that same...
Sharen Lee Westmoreland
Nov 7, 2022
Sharen Lee Westmoreland, age 80, passed away Monday, November 7, 2022 in Tooele, Utah. Sharen was born in Ogden, Utah on December 11, 1941, the third of the six children of Lee Ennes and Dora Miles Westmoreland. She grew up in Roy and graduated from Weber High School. During her younger years she was excelled at roller skating, tennis...
Barney Albert Davis
Nov 3, 2022
Barney Albert Davis, age 79, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, November 3, 2022 in Delta, Utah. Barney was born on June 5, 1943 in Payson, Utah to Albert Thompson Davis and Leona Selma Lake Davis. His father was serving his country in WWII during the early months of his life. Shortly before receiving a leave from service to return...