Obituaries
Carey Trammel
Aug 25, 2025
Carey Walter Trammel (CT) of Benjamin, Utah, age 65, passed away Monday August 25, 2025 peacefully in his home after a valiant 3 year battle with cancer.
Carey was born July 26, 1960 in Orange, California. He was the oldest child of Carey Peter Trammel and Karen Mae Naber. Carey graduated from Payson High class of 1979. He joined the National...
Bradley Jean Hammond
Aug 18, 2025
Bradley Jean Hammond, 58, passed away on August 18, 2025, in Delta Junction, Alaska, where he had made his home for many years.
Brad was born in Provo, Utah on December 16, 1966, to Don Lee Hammond and Kathleen Patrick Bearnson Hammond. He grew up in Springville/Mapleton and graduated from Springville High School. In school he excelled in sports, academics, music,...
Donna Hunt
Aug 23, 2025
Donna Hunt was born in Salem, UT, on November 9th, 1938, to Arvel Thomas Hunt and Garnet Bauer Hunt, followed shortly by her twin brother, Don. She grew up on a humble dairy farm. Her graduating "Class of '57 had its dreams" (Statler Brothers).
Donna learned to play the piano and loved to sing alto. Music was always present throughout her...
Dennis Christensen
Aug 18, 2025
Michael Dennis Christensen, age 82, of Sandy, Utah, passed away on August 18, 2025. He was a loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend. He was born in Santaquin, Utah on February 17, 1943 to Michael Beveridge Christensen & Marjorie Blanche Painter. He married Cheryl Ann Gee on June 5, 1965 in the Manti, Utah LDS Temple. Cheryl passed away in...
Dennie Ray Jensen
Aug 13, 2025
Dennie Ray Jensen, 55, passed away August 13, 2025 at his home in Santaquin, Utah. He had a life-long love for old trucks, and anything in the mountains or outdoors. He enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren. Dennie had a love for his dog Rusty as they would go everywhere together over the years.
Dennie is survived by his...
LaDean Gillman
Aug 11, 2025
LaDean Walker Gillman, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, sister and friend, returned peacefully to her heavenly home on Monday August 11, 2025.
Mom was born September 9, 1934 in Lehi, Utah to Merrill John Walker and Erma Estella Hansen. She was the 6th child in a family of 13.
Mom was a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ...
Jeanine Nielsen Greenhalgh
Aug 8, 2025
Jeanine Nielsen Greenhalgh concluded her beautiful earthly life on August 8, 2025. She was born December 2, 1946 in Payson, Utah. Her parents were Lauritz ‘Shock’ and Fern Nielsen. She was very proud to call Spring Lake, Utah her childhood home, where she lived on a farm with her horse named Molly and dog Rocket. She enjoyed gardening with her...
Donna Franks Laird
Jul 21, 2025
Donna Madeline Franks Laird was born in Eureka, Utah, on July 12, 1930, to Charles LaVern and Anna Magdaline Drussel Franks. She left this world in the quiet, pre-dawn hours of July 21, 2025. She passed away five short days after being diagnosed with cancer.
Donna leaves behind two daughters, Debra (Spanish Fork), Lana (Santaquin), and one son, Terry (Jennie) of...
Monica Palma Gardner
Jul 17, 2025
Monica Palma Gardner died suddenly and unexpectedly the early morning of Thursday July 17, 2025 in her apartment in West Valley City, Utah. She was 40 years old.
Monica was born on January 24, 1985 at Magee-Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. She is survived by her father Guy Gardner (Susan) currently residing in California and her mother Regina (Gina) Drollinger (Patrick)...
Donald Roland Brassard
Jul 14, 2025
Donald Roland Brassard — Born in Woonsocket Rhode Island to Irene and Donald Brassard. Don was a man whose strength, intelligence, and warmth touched everyone lucky enough to know him. A husband, father, grandfather, brother, veteran, and friend.
Born on April 23, 1958, Don was a man of deep convictions and power. He served his country proudly in the United States...
Sid Daniel Throckmorton
Jul 9, 2025
On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, our beloved husband, son, brother, father, grandpa, uncle and dear friend, Sid Daniel Throckmorton, returned home to his Heavenly Father.
Sid was born March 6, 1983 in Payson, Utah to Max and Gaylene Throckmorton. From the beginning, he brought light, love and laughter into their home. As the proud older brother to his little sister, Tara,...
Bo Davis Knight
Jul 8, 2025
Bo Davis Knight, son of Austin and Starling Knight, of Santaquin, Utah was killed in a car accident on Tuesday July 8th, 2025.
Bo was born December 12th, 2006, in American Fork, Utah. His grandfather, the legend Coach Davis Knight of American Fork, was born on the 11th of December. We named our son after Bo Jackson who could do it...
Anna Marie Gillespie
Jul 7, 2025
Anna Marie Montoya Gillespie, 86, ofEureka, passed from this world July 7,2025 at her home. She was born August28, 1938 in Ault, Colorado to Jeremias and Rebecca Mata Montoya.
She married George Thomas Gillespie, Sr. on September 12, 1959 at St. Patrick’s Church in Eureka. To this union were born 4 children who brought her much joy.
Anna was a kind, loving woman...
Marie Nelson Durney
Jul 1, 2025
Marie Nelson Durney passed away peacefully on July 1, 2025, in Sandy, Utah, surrounded by family and loved ones who deeply cherished her.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Carl H. Durney; her parents, Melroy Ole Nelson and Clarissa Nelson Benjamin; her siblings Doris Bruno, Lynn Nelson, Dean Nelson, and Norma Bond; her grandson, Maxillian Nelson Curtis; and...
Steven Blake Liddiard
Jun 26, 2025
Steven Blake Liddiard passed away in Genola, Utah on June 26, 2025 at the age of 71. He was born in Provo, Utah on March 16 1954 to Barbara Heinerman and James Fred Liddiard. Blake grew up in Provo, Utah attending Provo High School. He worked most of his adult life as a heavy equipment operator. In his younger years...
Martha Yvonne Lackman
Jun 13, 2025
Martha Yvonne Lackman (née Smith), age 69, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2025, in Timber Lakes, Utah, after a courageous battle with liver cancer.
Born on October 12, 1955, in Monroe, Louisiana, Martha lived a vibrant and deeply meaningful life. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, known for her boundless energy, fearless spirit, and loving heart.
She...
Ellen Riggs Thornock
Jun 12, 2025
Lorelei Ellen Riggs Thornock, age 95, passed away peacefully June 12, 2025 in Santaquin, Utah with her daughter at her side. She was born August 14, 1929 in Meridian, Idaho to Theodore Clay and Alma Devona Warrick Riggs.
Ellen was raised in Boise, Idaho and graduated from Boise High School. She was crowned the winner of the Miss Payette Lake and...
Shelly Craig
Jun 9, 2025
Shelly Craig passed away peacefully on June 9, 2025, after a long and courageous battle following a traumatic brain injury. She was 63 years old.
Born on September 9, 1961, to Farrel Dee and Barbara Jean Craig, Shelly inherited her father’s deep love of horses from an early age. She was a gifted horsewoman, competing in high school rodeo events including...
Doug Peterson
Jun 8, 2025
Steven Douglas Peterson, better known as Doug, passed away at age 61 on June 8, 2025 at Elk Ridge Assisted Living Center. A graveside service will be held at the Santaquin City Cemetery on Thursday June 12, 2025 at 10 AM with a celebration of life to follow at the family home.
Doug was born in Twin Falls, ID on October...
Maggie Marie Midgley
Jun 5, 2025
Maggie Marie Midgley was born June 16, 1992, in Salt Lake City to John Scott and Andrea Jo Midgley. She passed away June 5, 2025, at her home in Eureka, Utah, at the age of 32, just shy of her 33rd birthday. In 2022 she was diagnosed with an arterial venous malformation in her brain. It was lying on her...