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Lynda Lavon Oryall

Lynda Lavon Oryall

Dec 28, 2022

On Wednesday, December 28, 2022, loving Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Sister passed away at the age of 74.  She was in the comfort of her home, surrounded by loved ones (Physical and Spiritual). She is preceded in death by her Father Clifford Oryall, Mother Leona Oryall, and Niece Hope Larsen

Lynda LaVon Oryall, was born April...

David E. Cole

David E. Cole

Dec 25, 2022

David Edward Cole, 73, of Payson, Utah, passed away at home with his family near, on the evening of December 25, 2022, after a short battle with cancer. He was born May 8, 1949, in Los Angeles, California to Joseph David Cole and America Jo Harper, the second of their four children.

He grew up in California,...

Kasey Dustin Bills

Kasey Dustin Bills

Dec 25, 2022

Kasey Dustin Bills life ended at the age of 35 on Sunday, December 25, 2022. He was born the youngest of three children (Chelsi Briem & Tyson Bills) on April 28, 1987, in Provo, Utah to Douglas Bills & Deena (Leftwich) Lab.

Kasey leaves behind his beloved wife Jesse (Wilkins) Bills, married January 12, 2013, along with...

Paul Johnson Hair

Paul Johnson Hair

Dec 25, 2022

Paul Johnson Hair 86, of Salem, Utah, passed away from complications of cancer on Sunday. December 25, 2022. Paul was born on November 9, 1936 in Salem, Utah to Delamar B Hair and Zelma Johnson Hair. He grew up in Spanish Fork UT and graduated from Spanish Fork High School and Seminary in May of 1955. He worked two...

Demi Jane Lindberg

Demi Jane Lindberg

Dec 25, 2022

Demi Jane Lindberg | September 28,1993 – December 25, 2022 | Age 29

Demi Jane Lindberg twinkled down upon the cozy community of Richfield, Utah on September 28, 1993- a fall day, and just like fall can be, she was vibrant, brilliant. . . with color, wild and gentle all at once. .

Demi loved...

Barbara (Bobbie) Preece Barrus

Barbara (Bobbie) Preece Barrus

Dec 24, 2022

Our mother, sister, grandmother, neighbor and friend Barbara (Bobbie) Preece Barrus peaceably passed away on December 24, 2022, in the Utah Valley Hospital.  She was 91.  Bobbie was born on July 5, 1931, in Vernal Utah.  She was the 3rd of 6 children born to Clara Noel and John Ronald Preece. She attended school and church in a small...

John James Sweeney Jr.

John James Sweeney Jr.

Dec 24, 2022

After a 20-plus-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease, John James  Sweeney,  Jr. passed away at home on the evening of December 24, 2022, with his family around him.  He was born May 24, 1960, in Providence, Rhode Island, to John James Sweeney and Muriel Jean Picard. He was the oldest of five children and was known in his childhood to...

Lois Larsen Haney

Lois Larsen Haney

Dec 24, 2022

Lois Larsen Haney passed away on Christmas Eve. She was born on February 9, 1937 to Kenneth and Faye Warren in Nephi, Utah.

She moved to Spanish Fork when she was young and graduated from Spanish Fork High in 1955. She married Richard Larsen, they had 5 children and were later divorced. She then married George Haney...

Linda Lee Elmer Jensen

Linda Lee Elmer Jensen

Dec 24, 2022

Linda Lee Elmer Jensen, 74, passed away December 24 th 2022 at her home in Spanish Fork, Utah. Linda fought a long battle with cancer and is now free from the pain and suffering she had to endure during the end.

Linda was born in Payson UT, April 11, 1948 to Clarence DeMar and Doris Elmer. She...

David Maughan Soderberg

David Maughan Soderberg

Dec 23, 2022

David Maughan Soderberg, June 3,1957-December 23, 2022: On Friday morning, in the peace of his home surrounded by his loving family and faithful pup, David Maughan Soderberg courageously returned home to his Father in Heaven after enduring a seven-year struggle with early-onset dementia. David wanted to remain with his family as long as possible and that was made possible...

Rodney Victor Lowder

Rodney Victor Lowder

Dec 22, 2022

Rodney Victor Lowder returned to his heavenly home on December 22, 2022, after a long and courageous battle with melanoma. Rod was born on October 25, 1949, to Robert LeRoy Lowder and Nelda Mae Smith in Rupert, Idaho, and was the third of their eight children. He grew up working on a farm, which he didn’t particularly enjoy, but...

Carol Rampton

Carol Rampton

Dec 21, 2022

Carol Whatcott Rampton, age 89, passed away on December 21, 2022 following a protracted battle with the effects of dementia. Carol was born on December 28, 1932 in Provo, Utah to H. D. and Valera (Snow) Whatcott, and was the third of four and the last surviving of the Whatcott children (Calvin, Keith, Carol and Weston). She was a...

Norma L Evans

Norma L Evans

Dec 17, 2022

Mabel “Norma” Liechty Evans, 94, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 17, 2022, in Marietta, Georgia. She was born on June 24, 1928, in Springville, Utah. Norma served an 18-month mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Western States from 1949 to 1951. She then married Paul Evans on September 20, 1951, in the...

Justo Barajas Muro

Justo Barajas Muro

Dec 17, 2022

Justo Barajas Muro, 44, passed away December 17, 2022, surrounded by his family. Visitation and rosary will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, December 23, 2022, at Walker Funeral Home, 587 South 100 West, Payson, Utah. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 24, 2022, at Saint Francis of Assisi...

Jerry W Newitt

Jerry W Newitt

Dec 16, 2022

A good son, great husband, and fun-loving dad and grandpa, Jerry W Newitt, passed away in the morning of December 16, 2022.  He was born in Spanish Fork, Utah, March 20, 1953, to Cliff Tadd Newitt and Beth Whittaker Newitt.  Jerry grew up and attended schools in Spanish Fork, graduating Spanish Fork High School.

Jerry served a...

John Gordon Hoffman

John Gordon Hoffman

Dec 14, 2022

In the late evening hours of December 14, 2022, our family patriarch, John Gordon Hoffman, of Spanish Fork, Utah, passed away in Provo, Utah, with his family near. He was born in Plainview, Texas, February 21, 1934, to Walter Straub Hoffman and Raye Russell Hoffman.

John married Renae Jensen in Brigham City, Utah on May 29, 1957....

Jerry Dean Hamaker

Jerry Dean Hamaker

Dec 14, 2022

Jerry Dean Hamaker, 68, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on December 14, 2022. Formally of Helper, Utah, recently of Payson, Utah, he is preceded in death by his Father Weston Hamaker, Grandparents Levan and Mary Elizabeth Hamaker, his Grandfather Clifford Smith, and beloved Grandmother Hazel Kanistanaux-Smith. Jerry is survived by his Wife Charlotte Oakden-Hamaker, Sons Jerry Stephen...

James Wesley Smith

James Wesley Smith

Dec 13, 2022

James W Smith passed away on December 13, 2022, surrounded by his family, after a valiant fight against cancer. Jim was born January 10, 1951, in Illinois to parents James Edward and Ann Smith. He graduated from Maine East High School in Park Ridge Illinois. In April of 1971, Jim enlisted in the United States Navy and proudly served...

Mary Hanson Bishop

Mary Hanson Bishop

Dec 9, 2022

Mary was born in Barstow, California on February 5, 1959 to Gerald A. Hanson and Peggy Jane Hanson. Her early years were spent in Southern California moving between Santa Ana, El Toro Marine Base and Camp Pendleton Marine Base due to Gerald being a career Marine.

Her family moved to Boise, Idaho in 1968 where Mary attended...

Kent G. Worthen

Kent G. Worthen

Dec 9, 2022

Kent G. Worthen, age 93, passed away peacefully December 9, 2022, in Provo, Utah. He was born George Kent Worthen, April 28, 1929, in Cedar City, Utah, the youngest of 5 children to George H. and Cloie Sanders Worthen. He married his sweetheart, Jeanne Russell Worthen, February 19, 1954, in the Mesa, Arizona Temple. They were married for 64...

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