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Ellen H. Bates

Ellen H. Bates

Feb 25, 2024

Ellen H. Bates, 97, of Payson, UT passed away February 25, 2024 of old age. She was surrounded by her loved ones.

Ellen was born May 28, 1926 in Blue Hill, Maine to Kenneth W. and Elizabeth H. Howard. She was the youngest of 3 children. She had 2 older brothers, K. Weymouth and Frank Howard who...

Bruce Emerson Debrine

Bruce Emerson Debrine

Feb 25, 2024

Bruce Emerson DeBrine passed away peacefully on 25 February 2024, 2 months before his 96th birthday at his daughter, Valorie’s home in Elk Ridge, Utah. He was born in Rochester, New York on 18 April 1928 to Ralph Theodore DeBrine and Patience Hope Rothfuss DeBrine. He was the second of three children. Dad graduated from East High in Rochester...

Keith Alan Williams

Keith Alan Williams

Feb 24, 2024

Keith Alan Williams of Spanish Fork, Utah, died at 11:55 p.m. on February 24, 2024, the last five minutes of his 79th birthday. He died fighting a courageous battle with cancer.

Dad was born February 24, 1945, to Ray Daniel and Ina Holley Williams. He was the third in line of four boys: Dan, Leon, Keith, and...

Leroy K Laycock

Leroy K Laycock

Feb 23, 2024

Our loving Father, Grandfather and friend to all LeRoy K Laycock, passed away peacefully at his home on February 23, 2024, surrounded by family members and loved ones. He was born August 26,1939 in American Fork, Utah to Albert H. (Bert) Laycock Jr and Helen Emily Kooyman. The first of his family born in a hospital. He graduated from...

Elaine Wride Schramm Wilson

Elaine Wride Schramm Wilson

Feb 22, 2024

Elaine Wride Schramm Wilson, born on January 10, 1930, in Midvale, Utah, was a beacon of compassion, inspiration, love, and generosity. Known affectionately as Elaine, her spirit was as vast and vibrant as the many places she called home, from her birthplace in Midvale, Utah to her final residence in Paul, Idaho, with numerous stops in between. Most of...

Joanne Dart Jones

Joanne Dart Jones

Feb 21, 2024

Joanne Dart Jones, 90, a lifetime resident of Spanish Fork, UT passed away surrounded by her family on 21 February 2024. Joanne was born in Spanish Fork, Utah 15 April 1933 on her Grandmother Clara’s dining room table, to Paul E. and Blanche Rigtrup Dart. She was the oldest of 3 children. She and her two brothers, Paul R...

Joseph Richard Anderson

Joseph Richard Anderson

Feb 20, 2024

Joseph Richard Anderson, beloved son of Joseph and Deborah Anderson, passed away on February 20 th, 2024, in Lehi, Utah. He was born May 12 th , 1979, in Presque Isle, Maine while his father was serving in the Air Force at Loring AFB, ME.

Joseph is survived by his parents, siblings, Kimberly Dixon and husband Scott,...

Gary Lee Hill Jr.

Gary Lee Hill Jr.

Feb 20, 2024

Gary Lee Hill Jr.   Born November 7, 1957 in Louisville, KY – Died February 20, 2024 in Payson, UT.

Gary (a.k.a. ‘Thriller’) was a gifted athlete.  He excelled at hockey, golf & upper division softball.  Later in life he took up road cycling, and enjoyed riding for miles and miles in a day.  Gary’s smile and kindness...

Virginia Fox Cogan

Virginia Fox Cogan

Feb 19, 2024

Virginia Fox Cogan, cherished friend and mother, passed away on February 19, 2024, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born on April 12, 1947, in Portland, Oregon, and her passing leaves a void in the hearts of all who knew her.

Virginia was a woman of remarkable qualities. Her caring nature, boundless generosity, and...

Donald Clark Searle

Donald Clark Searle

Feb 19, 2024

Donald Clark Searle, aged 86, peacefully departed this life on February 19, 2024. Donald was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, beloved by his family and highly respected and loved in the community.

Born on March 2, 1937, Don was 1 of 4 children of Donald William Searle and Edra Clark Searle, he being the only son,...

Marylou Peterson Housekeeper

Marylou Peterson Housekeeper

Feb 18, 2024

Our dearest, spunky, mother, grandma, great grandma and great, great grandma, Marylou Peterson Housekeeper passed away February 18, 2024 at the age of 86, surrounded by loving family.

She was born June 17, 1937, in Garfield, Salt Lake County, Utah to Stanley Theodore and Minnie Iretta Johnson Peterson. She was the youngest of seven children, and as...

Mac Lester Carter

Mac Lester Carter

Feb 16, 2024

Mac Lester Carter Died Peacefully surrounded by family on February 16 th 2024 in Spanish Fork Utah. He was Born on August 24, 1942, in Spring Lake, Utah, to Reuben Eldridge Carter, and Marinda A Menlove.

Mac spent his early years enjoying time in the outdoors. Hunting, fishing, and trapping. You would often find him with his...

Joanne Vincent

Joanne Vincent

Feb 16, 2024

Our dearest mom, JoAnne Vincent, passed away February 16, 2024, at the age of 84. She was born November 4, 1939, in Southgate, California, to James W. and Velma N. Cooper. JoAnne has one sister, Rose C. Walcott.

JoAnne married Gordon Vincent on March 24, 1962, in Cudahy, California; later solemnized in the Los Angeles LDS Temple....

Ronald Judd Heap

Ronald Judd Heap

Feb 16, 2024

Ronald Judd Heap, 70, of Spanish Fork, Utah, passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by his loved ones on February 16, 2024. Ron was born on May 19, 1953 to Daniel LeRoy Heap and Eloise Judd Heap in Cedar City, Utah.

He spent a lot of his childhood going back and forth from Cedar City to...

William Edward Holden Sr.

William Edward Holden Sr.

Feb 15, 2024

William Edward Holden Sr. affectionately known as Dad, Papa, and friend passed away on February 15 th , 2024, after 85 years of life with many blessings and many challenges. The last nine years, Bill (as he is called by his friends) has endured a lot. He suffered a paralyzing stroke in 2015 and then a second stroke in...

Robert “Bob” Arvid Anderson

Robert “Bob” Arvid Anderson

Feb 14, 2024

Robert “Bob” Arvid Anderson, 90, of Springville, Utah passed away on February 14, 2024.

Bob was born on April 30, 1933, in Dearborn, Michigan to his parents William A. Anderson and Leota LaGrandeur.

Bob married his sweetheart, Ruth Moroney Anderson on September 10, 1960, in San Diego, California. Together they raised their beautiful daughter, Kristin...

Cheryl Coombs Evans

Cheryl Coombs Evans

Feb 13, 2024

On February 13 th , 2024, Heaven got a little louder! Affectionately known to all as “Grandma Cheryl,” Cheryl Coombs Evans left this earth on a new adventure. She was born in Payson, Utah on November 25, 1957. She grew up in Santaquin, Utah. Cheryl was raised with three brothers, of which she was the toughest! The neighborhood boys...

Joyce Elsea

Joyce Elsea

Feb 12, 2024

Joyce Stanbridge Elsea, born on June 30, 1930, to Albert Earl Stanbridge and Leona Shepherd Stanbridge, passed away on February 12, 2024, quietly and comfortably at home in Redding, California, where she had been living the past two years with her son, Rick, and daughter-in-law, Evelyn, who cared for her until her passing.

She married Richard C....

Jean Taylor

Jean Taylor

Feb 12, 2024

In the quiet of night, Jean Taylor, 79, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family, just short of her 80 th birthday. Jean was born on February 17, 1944, to Ammon “Snick” Taylor and Helen Mortensen Taylor and grew up in Payson, Utah with her siblings, Carol, Monte, and Richard. Jean graduated from Payson High School with the...

Ruth Ann Shelley

Ruth Ann Shelley

Feb 11, 2024

Ruth Ann Clark Shelley passed away on February 11, 2024, surrounded by family and loved ones in the comfort of her home in Payson, Utah. Ruth Ann was born to Ernest Howard and Afton Ruth Jex Clark on December 10, 1947. She was raised in Payson and Salem, Utah and graduated with the class of 1966 from Spanish Fork,...

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