Obituaries

Myrna McInelly Watts

Myrna McInelly Watts

Jan 19, 2021

Myrna McInelly Watts (82) peacefully returned to the arms of her awaiting Heavenly Father and her loving husband, on January 19, 2021 at the Utah Valley Hospital in Provo Utah. 

Myrna was born February 6, 1938 to Arthur McInelly and Twila Moosman.  She was the fifth child in a family of nine.  They grew up in a small home in...

Scott Harvey Watts

Scott Harvey Watts

Jan 15, 2021

Scott Harvey Watts, 77, passed away holding hands with his eternal sweetheart on Friday January 15, 2021 at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo Utah.  Scott was born on August 29, 1943 in Richfield Utah. He was the second child of Milo Watts and Cleown Winget Watts.  He grew up in Kanosh Utah where he spent his time farming, training horses...

Jerry J. Hulin

Jerry J. Hulin

Jan 11, 2021

Jerry J. Hulin, age 72, passed away Monday, January 11, 2021 at Huntsman Cancer Center in Salt Lake City.

Jerry was born in Rayne, Louisiana to Nelson Hulin and Eunice Sonnier. He was raised in Rayne. He attended schools in industrial technology and industrial electricity.  He was proud of his Ragin’-Cajun background.

Jerry served in the U.S. Navy from 1969-1975...

Cecil Glenn Levi

Cecil Glenn Levi

Jan 6, 2021

Cecil Glenn Levi, 77, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2021 in Provo, Utah.  He was born January 29, 1943 in Kanab, Utah to Johnson and Ruth Levi.  Cecil married Lorraine Kay Kanosh July 2, 1973 in Richfield, Utah. 

Cecil graduated from Millard High School.  He was a Vietnam Veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps where he received the rank of...

Deanette Thomas Almanza

Deanette Thomas Almanza

Dec 26, 2020

Deanette Thomas Almanza, age 53, passed away on December 26, 2020 in Delta, Utah. She was born December 13, 1967 in Albuquerque, NM to JohnLong and Mabel W. Thomas.  She Married Victor Almanza, later divorced.

Deanette was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  When she was in High School she came to Delta on the...

Phillip G. Robison

Phillip G. Robison

Dec 25, 2020

Phillip G. Robison, born May 3, 1923, when the first train arrived in Fillmore. Grandpa always told how his parents, Albert & Dora Carling Robison, were upset as they were missing the city’s celebration. Grandpa was raised in Flowell, Utah with his 11 siblings. He rode the horse to attend school until the days of the school bus. He and...

Susan K Stuart

Susan K Stuart

Dec 18, 2020

Oak City, Utah  -  Susan K. Stuart, age 66, passed away Friday, December 18, 2020 at UVRMC, Provo, Utah.  She was born March 27, 1954 to Edwin L. and Theo R. Stuart in Payson, Utah.

Susan lived in Oak City her entire life.  She attended Delta High School and then continued her education at Westminster College and Utah Technical College...

Harold Lovell Beckstrand

Harold Lovell Beckstrand

Dec 5, 2020

After a long life of service to his family, church, friends, and community, Harold Lovell Beckstrand, 94, passed away on Saturday, December 5th, surrounded by family.

Harold was born on April 16, 1926 in Oak City, Utah to J. Milton and Eva Lovell Beckstrand.  He grew up in Meadow along with his four brothers where they worked on the family...

Sarah June Day

Sarah June Day

Dec 4, 2020

Sarah June Day was born on November 2nd, 1923 in Fillmore, Utah to Carl Homer Day and Hazel Beauregard Day.  She died on Friday, December 4th, 2020 at the age of 97.

June was preceded in death by her son, Curtis Mark Christopherson, brother, C. Nelson Day and sister, Donna Day Clare.

She is survived by her daughter, Dionne Brooks;...

Sunhe Lee Ashurst

Sunhe Lee Ashurst

Nov 30, 2020

Sunhe grew up in a Korean farming village. As a girl she loved school but when the Korean war broke out in 1950, her school education ended. After the war she was able to set up a small cosmetic business in Seoul and supported her parents and siblings.

She came to the USA in 1967 by herself, leaving her young daughter,...

Orson Rey Koyle

Orson Rey Koyle

Nov 16, 2020

Orson Rey Koyle 25, passed away Monday night November 16, 2020 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Orson was born in San Pablo, California on May 22, 1995 and spent most of his time growing up in central and southern Utah. He was a 2013 graduate of Millard High School where he excelled in Cross Country and Track and also served as FFA...

Bisaross Koeu

Bisaross Koeu

Nov 11, 2020

Fillmore, Utah - Bisaross Koeu, 68, passed peacefully away from Pancreatic Cancer on November 11, 2020, at the Millard County Rehabilitation and Care Center in Delta, Utah.  He was born on July 20, 1952, in Cambodia.

As a child, he helped his father with farming. He joined the Cambodian Marine Corp in 1970 when he was 18. He fought on...

Carol Gavin

Carol Gavin

Nov 10, 2020

Carol Gavin, 77, Passed away peacefully in her home in Sugarville on November 10, 2020.

Carol was born October 12, 1943 to Lon and Lucille Wood.  At the age of 19, mom met and fell in love with her husband at a Western dance at Woodrow Hall in Woodrow, Utah.  She married Donald Fred Gavin Sr. on December 15th, 1962...

Franklin R. Peterson

Franklin R. Peterson

Nov 2, 2020

A very special spirit, beloved to many, was called home on Monday November 2, 2020 from his earthly home in Flowell, Utah. Franklin R. Peterson, was born in Payson, Utah on the 28th of March, 1934 to Franklin Henry and Iola Alvern Smith Peterson. When he was only four years old, his father passed away. These were hardship years for...

Jay Van Warnick

Jay Van Warnick

Oct 27, 2020

Delta, UT-  Jay Van Warnick, 71, passed away October 27, 2020 in Provo, UT surrounded by his family.  He was born January 13, 1949  in Delta, Utah to Van and Carole Black Warnick.  He married Beverly Aleene Adair in the Mesa Arizona Temple on June 12, 1968 later divorced.  He married the love of his life Lisa Ann Law on...

Mack Freeman

Mack Freeman

Oct 25, 2020

Mack Freeman, 101, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2020 in Payson, UT.  He was born September 10, 1919 in Tuila, Texas.  He is survived by his daughter Jane Hubbard of Fillmore, UT; Son: Ted Freeman of Kansas.

Family services will be held Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 10:30 AM in the Olpin Stevens Funeral Home in Fillmore, UT.  Interment with...

Joshua Wesley Spencer

Joshua Wesley Spencer

Oct 20, 2020

Our much-loved husband, father, son, brother, grandson, and friend passed away in a tragic accident on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 near Leamington, UT.

Josh and his twin brother were born in Colorado Springs, CO and were joyfully welcomed into the family of Joseph Walter Spencer, Jr. and Beverly Bagwell Spencer. Josh grew up in Penrose and Canon City, CO, where...

Ann Lee Roper

Ann Lee Roper

Oct 17, 2020

Ann Lee Black Roper was born to Martha Mae and Paul James Black on April 18, 1939 in Blanding, Utah. Ann was the seventh of nine children: Dorman, Allie, Keith, Carolyn (passed away as a baby), Paul, Jim, Johnnie, and Jessie. They were a large typical Mormon family in a small Mormon town. 

Mom had a very happy childhood. They...

Michael Otto Figueroa

Michael Otto Figueroa

Oct 11, 2020

Fillmore, UT- Michael Otto Figueroa, 76, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2020, at his Fillmore Home, in the loving arms of his wife, son, daughter, and brother.  He was born December 26, 1943, in Los Angeles, California to Jessie Albert Figueroa and Elsie Lea.

He married Andrea Ashcraft-Hightower October 10, 1987, at the Fern Grotto, Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii.  He was...