Obituaries

Mar 28, 2025

Blaine Wilson Mitchell, age 91, of Payson, Utah passed away peacefully on March 28, 2025. Blaine was born on July 6, 1933, in Brigham City, Utah, to James Wilson and Ethel Amelia Clark Mitchell. He was one of four children. He graduated from Payson High School.

Blaine served in the United States Airforce from 1952-1956 and during...

Mar 28, 2025

Our sweet mother Ann Stewart Nelson Fullerton passed away March 28, 2025 peacefully in Payson Utah. She was born March 8, 1939 to Mitchell and Helen Stewart. She is the second of six children. She was born and raised in Vineyard, Utah. She grew up on a dairy farm where she learned the value of hard work. She also...

Mar 27, 2025

Ronald Lewis Jones, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away at his home in Spanish Fork, Utah, on March 27, 2025, at the age of 80.

Ron was born on October 25, 1944, in San Jose, California, to Ethel and Lewis Jones. He grew up in North Hollywood, California, where he graduated from North...

Mar 27, 2025

James (Jimmy) Leslie Gledhill, 83, of Spanish Fork, Utah passed away on March 27, 2025. He was born on January 3, 1942 to Donald Laurell Gledhill and Dorothy Croff Gledhill in Payson, Utah.

He preferred to be called James, but he was Jimmy to his family. Jimmy loved putting together jigsaw puzzles and listening to music, especially...

Mar 27, 2025

Deborah “Debbie” Kay LeDuc, 70, of Payson, Utah, passed away peacefully on March 27, 2025. She was born on August 8, 1954, in Ohio to Creede Everett Britton and Mary Phyllis Britton.

A devoted mother, grandmother, and friend, Debbie cherished time with her family and found joy in life’s simple moments. She was the loving mother of...

Mar 25, 2025

It is with deep sorrow and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of April, age 50, on March 25, 2025.  April’s bright spirit and warmth left a mark on all who knew her.  A devoted mother, loving grandmother, and cherished spouse, April had a heart full of love that touched the lives of her family and friends in...

Mar 25, 2025

Ti’Ata Coreen Sorensen (Cherry) died peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 in Lehi, Utah at the age of 63 just days before her 64th birthday.

Ti’Ata is survived by her husband, Clyde Sorensen; her son, Justin Sorensen (Carianne);  her daughter Danielle Potter (Trek); 9 grandchildren, Cadence, Lorien, Taya, Korbyn, Bladen, Craiger, Brinley, Canyon, &...

Mar 25, 2025

On April 6th, 1938 Merrill Ray Carter made a dramatic entrance into this world. It was a difficult and painful delivery for the first and only son of Ray and Edith Wilson Carter. The delivery resulted in two large bumps on the baby’s head, and the mother was surprised to find her baby was born with teeth! Merrill would...

Mar 24, 2025

James Robert Strobel, age 70, passed away on March 24, 2025, in Payson, Utah. James was born to Wilburn Louis and Geraldine Ester Strouse Strobel on January 19, 1955, in St. Maries, Idaho. He was one of five children.

He graduated from Kootenai High School in Harrison, Idaho. He worked hard in a variety of positions over...

Mar 24, 2025

Richard Horne Spencer, 80, of Payson, Utah, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 24, 2025. He lived an extraordinary life and left an outsized influence on those around him with his life of faith, service, and dedication.

Richard was born on March 9, 1945, to George Albert and Vivian Spencer in Washington, D.C., where his father was...

Mar 19, 2025

Dolores Volk Waggoner, age 88, peacefully returned to her Heavenly Father on March 19, 2025. She was born June 12, 1936 in Inglewood, California to Frank Xavier Volk Jr. and Dora Evelyn Graham. She married her loving husband, Robert LeRoy Waggoner on August 16, 1969 who preceded her in death in 2001.

Dolores was known as Dee,...

Mar 18, 2025

Mary Ella Lazenby Ross passed away at age 78 on March 18, 2025. She was born March 16, 1947, to Violet Emeline Rose Lazenby and Walter Monterville Lazenby in Payson, Utah. She resided in Santaquin, Utah most of her 78 years with her husband Al Ross who preceded her in death just 2 years ago. Together they raised four...

Mar 18, 2025

Fay Jennie Butterfield Wetzel passed away peacefully on March 18, 2025, in Payson, Utah.

She was born on Aug 22, 1930, to Lucy and Franklin Butterfield in Murray, Utah and raised in Taylorsville on an 80-acre farm. She was the fifth of six children and the first to be born in a hospital. Fay was baptized in...

Mar 17, 2025

Karen Koew Payne, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on March 17, 2025, in Payson, Utah, at the age of 79. Born on May 12, 1945, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to William H. Koew and Lucille Bunker Koew, Karen’s life was a beautiful tapestry woven with love, laughter, and an unwavering commitment to her...

Mar 16, 2025

On March 16, 2025, our mother Mary Ann Cheney returned to her Heavenly Father’s side, surrounded by her loving family.

Born Mary Ann Peterson, on September 3, 1941, in Portage la Prarie, Manitoba, Canada, she was the eldest child of seven children born to Eldon McBride Peterson, a Canadian Airforce Officer, and Mirra Ann Peterson (nee: Henninger),...

Mar 16, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Robert Sterling Madsen, lovingly known as Bob, who passed away peacefully at his home in Spring Lake, Utah, on March 16, 2025, just shy of his 75th birthday.

Robert was born on March 29, 1950, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Richard William Madsen III and...

Mar 15, 2025

Steven Grant Aitken, 65, passed away peacefully at the Hearthstone Manor on Saturday, March 15, 2025.

Steven was born on July 28, 1959, to Grant Joseph Aitken and Sandra Charlene Attryde Aitken in Payson, Utah. He was a miracle baby. At three months old, it was discovered that he had Hydrocephalus. He had surgery before he was...

Mar 14, 2025

“Take It Easy” Weston McKay Smith, 40 years old born April 8th, 1984 in San Diego, CA, died March 14, 2025 at his residence in San Francisco, CA. He was preceded in death by his father Steven Kent Smith, Spanish Fork, UT and his grandfather Wes Steele, Goshen, UT whom he was named after.

He is survived...

Mar 14, 2025

Paul R. Chapple was born on February 6th, 1933. Lovingly known by friends and family as “Chuck.” He was the second child of Roach J. Chapple and Rhoda Evelyn Robbin, and grew up with his siblings Donna and Keith. A natural athlete, he excelled in sports throughout his youth, lettering in basketball, baseball, football, and track at Spanish Fork...

Mar 13, 2025

Sheldon Alma Dorius, age 86, passed away peacefully at home in Payson, Utah on March 13, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Sheldon was born to Sheldon Ferdinand and Merle Kite Dorius on February 20, 1939, in Salt Lake City, Utah and was one of two children. He was raised in San Francisco, California.

In 1967, Sheldon...