Obituaries

Jul 25, 2021

Beverly Ann Buxton Morgan passed away July 25, 2021 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born August 13, 1930 at the Curtis Hospital in Payson, Utah to Milton Lewis and Zelda Steele Trotter Buxton. She lived in Goshen most of her life. She graduated from Payson High School and LDS Seminary in 1948. She married Harold Samuel Morgan...

Jul 3, 2021

Paul Kent Black, 76, passed away July 3, 2021 after battling long-term health issues.  He was born to Harold and Alice Snell Black in Spanish Fork, UT, on October 25, 1944.  He attended school in Payson, UT and graduated in 1962 from Payson High School.  He married Nanette Curtis in Winnemucca, NV and were later sealed in the Manti...

Jun 26, 2021

Douglas Gordon Thomas, 92, died June 26, 2021 at his home in Genola, Utah where he always wanted to be. He was number 7 of 11 children born November 14, 1928 to Grace Rebecca Hartvigsen and David Bynon Thomas. He married his high school sweetheart Lucille Throckmorton on November 24, 1947. They were both born and lived all of their lives...

Jun 25, 2021

Born as Gerald Dean Walker JR on June 28, 1960 drew his last breath surrounded by his loving family at 10:29 PM on June 25, 2021 after a long and courageous battle with everything from cancer to a broken back to lung problems and on to more broken bones. But the one thing he never had broken was his will. A stronger...

Jun 25, 2021

Heidi Lynn Frandsen, cherished mother, grandmother, sister, daughter and friend peacefully passed Friday, June 25th. After a valiant fight with Stage IV breast cancer, she passed in her home in Santaquin, Utah surrounded by family.

Heidi was born in Mons, Belgium at NATO Headquarters. She was the second of seven children and was raised as an Army...

Jun 24, 2021

Joyann Marlene Jones Packard, 87, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 24, 2021.  She was born on March 15, 1934 in Provo Utah to Milton Carlos and Leone Elizabeth Nielsen Jones.

She is married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple on May 15, 1953 to Ace William (Bill) Packard. They enjoyed 68 wonderful...

Jun 21, 2021

Bennie Allen Lee

Altruism (noun): The principle and moral practice of concern for the happiness of others.

Bennie found purpose in befriending and lifting all around him, in particular the lost and lonely. A lifetime of service to others, especially the youth, will be his legacy. Known for addressing life’s difficulties with humor, Bennie left...

Jun 15, 2021

Norma Allridge Shumway, age 97 of American Fork, passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021 from causes incident to age. She was born September 2, 1923, in Ferron, Utah to Charles Raymond and Pearl Larsen Allridge. She married Norman E. Shumway on October 11, 1941 in Elko, Nevada and their marriage was solemnized in the Manti Utah Temple on July...

Jun 14, 2021

Susan “Jayne” McKeand Brereton Jacobson

Jayne, 74, was welcomed home by her father in heaven and her children in a much awaited reunion On June 14th 2021. Jayne was born in Colorado on October 29, 1946, to Avanelle Kay Dittemore and Thomas James McKeand. She was the youngest of four children. She later moved to Utah and...

Jun 13, 2021

Leola Marene Kester, age 87, was born January 26, 1934, to Owen Donald and Iva Pearl Shepherd Kester, in Santaquin, Utah. Passed away June 13, 2021, at a Care Center in Spanish Fork, Utah.

Mom attended schools in Santaquin, and later the family moved to Carbon County where she finished her formal schooling, graduating from Carbon County...

Jun 10, 2021

Donna Jane Selee Alexander, 62, died June 10, 2021. She was born March 14, 1959 in Manhattan, Kansas and moved many times as a child and as a military spouse. Donna graduated from Phoenix High School in Ashland, Oregon in 1977. She graduated from Cortiva Institute - Massage Therapy School in June 2019.

She is survived by...

Jun 3, 2021

Donald David Randolph, 81, of Payson, Utah passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Thursday June 3, 2021. David was born in New Martinsville, West Virginia on September 23, 1939 to Donald Davis Randolph and Goldie Marie Loy Randolph. David was married to his best friend and sweetheart, Mary Carolyn Rice on August 20, 1961. David and Mary were...

May 20, 2021

Lois Clark Johnson, 101, passed away Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Santaquin, Utah. Lois, an identical twin to her sister, Lola, was born October 20, 1919 in Lehi, Utah to James Lynn Clark and Effie Melissa Schow. Soon after her birth her family moved to Logan, Utah where she attended elementary school.  While in the fourth grade the family...

May 18, 2021

Ruby Butler Hales, cherished wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, sister and friend was born on March 10th, 1939 to Clarence & Susannah Limb in Richfield, UT. She passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at the age of 82, from complications of pneumonia. She was the youngest of 7 siblings and grew up in Santaquin, UT where she attended...

May 16, 2021

RaMona McIntyre Wilde passed away Sunday May 16 at The Parkway Health and Rehab Center in Payson, Utah of complications from a fall and early onset dementia.

RaMona was born to Samuel Howard and Pauline Kent McIntyre in Montpelier, Idaho on April 22, 1953. Soon after they returned home to Mammoth, Utah where she grew up. She attended...

Apr 19, 2021

Toni Bryan, 49, passed away April 19, 2021 in St George, Utah.  She was born September 11, 1971 in Payson, Utah to Brent Bryan and Sharon Bennett, and she grew up in Helper, Utah.

Toni’s greatest joy was being an Aunt. Her nieces and nephews were the source of her deepest joy in life, all her free...

Apr 8, 2021

Barbara Jean (Wanamaker) Stocking, 54 resided in Goshen, Utah and passed away April 8, 2021 at her home surrounded by her loved ones from cancer.

Barbara was born August 26, 1966 in Denville, New Jersey to John and Helen Wanamaker. Barbara lived with her family in Hopatcong, New Jersey until she was 13 years old and then...

Apr 5, 2021

Shirley Allred Rowley, age 70, passed away April 5, 2021 at her home in Santaquin, Utah. She was born June 5, 1950 into the loving home of Dee Vern and Zola Mullins Allred. She was welcomed and enjoyed by an older brother and sister, Earl and Deanne. She married Philip B. Rowley March 16, 1973 in the Manti Temple. They...

Mar 30, 2021

John Vernon Lowe, age 79 from Payson, Utah, passed away the way he wanted to, peacefully at home surrounded by his family on the night of March 30, 2021. Vernon was born June 25, 1941 in Springville, Utah to John Powell Lowe and Vera May Johnson. He was the sixth of ten children and grew up in Springville in the home his...

Mar 26, 2021

Thelma Morgan Ahlin, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother quietly passed away Friday, March 26, 2021. Thelma was born November 18, 1935 in Spanish Fork, Utah to Albert Morgan and Vera Hamilton Morgan and was raised in Goshen, Utah.  She attended school in Goshen, Utah, and later Payson High School.

Thelma married her high school sweetheart Warren L. Ahlin...