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Samantha (Sammi) Nicole Molina

Samantha (Sammi) Nicole Molina

Nov 11, 2022

Our precious, sweet, loving, and beautiful Samantha (Sammi) Nicole Molina passed from her mortal existence into the eternal on November 11, 2022, in Springville, Utah. She was 34 years old.

Sam always had a deep love for all things nature since was little. She loved going on hikes, floating the rivers, fishing, camping, and swimming. She was...

Wilma Johnson Gay

Wilma Johnson Gay

Nov 8, 2022

Wilma Johnson Gay passed away November 8, 2022, at the age of 84 in Payson, Utah. She was born to Ervin Wesley Johnson and Winnie Valera Moss on March 13, 1938, in Moroni, Utah. Wilma helped her family on their farm growing up and would later tell her grandkids stories of her farm life. She had a love of...

Elden C Stallings

Elden C Stallings

Nov 7, 2022

Elden C Stallings passed away peacefully at his home in Birdseye, the morning of November 7th. He was born on February 16, 1932 to Lewis Golden Stallings and Vernice Barney Stallings in Spanish Fork, Utah where he grew up and graduated from Spanish Fork High School. At a very young age he began helping his family, local farmers, and...

Joseph Allen Summerhays

Joseph Allen Summerhays

Nov 7, 2022

Joseph Allen Summerhays, 30, passed away November 7, 2022. He was born January 27, 1992, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Joe grew up in Salt Lake City until he was 10 years old and then moved to Payson, Utah with his family where he spent the rest of his life.

Joe attended and graduated from Payson High...

Grace Louise Williams

Grace Louise Williams

Nov 6, 2022

Grace Louise Williams passed away in her treasured home, in Payson, Utah, surrounded by her four children in the early hours of Sunday, November 6, 2022. She was 92 years old.

She is survived by her daughters Christine and Pamela, her sons Robert and Phillip, her son-in-law Steve and daughter-in-law Kassandra, her sister-in-law Diane, her twelve grandchildren,...

Sheryl Hazelet

Sheryl Hazelet

Nov 5, 2022

Sheryl Elizabeth Bellows Hazelet passed away from breast cancer at the age of 55 on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at her home in Genola, Utah surrounded by her family. Sheryl was born on January 21, 1967 in San Jose, California. She was the third child to Stephen Bellows and Shirley Ann Loder. Her family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania when...

Joseph Dean Brierley

Joseph Dean Brierley

Nov 5, 2022

Joseph Dean Brierley, 69, of Spanish Fork, passed away November 5, 2022 at home after a valiant battle with Parkinson’s Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. He was born March 25, 1953 in American Fork, Utah to James Orson and Maria Kunz Brierley. His early years were spent in Lindon where he started Kindergarten, and later that year the family moved...

Jerlie Nola Heaps Kay

Jerlie Nola Heaps Kay

Nov 4, 2022

Heaven gained a very special angel on November 4, 2022. Jerlie Nola Heaps Kay was the second child born to Errington and Nola Adair Heaps on November 20, 1933, in Escalante, Utah. Jerlie was raised in Escalante until she was 11 years old, then the family moved to Payson, Utah.

She learned early to work hard on...

Ruel J Dyches (Rooster)

Ruel J Dyches (Rooster)

Nov 3, 2022

Son of Joe and Leah Dyches, passed away peacefully November 3, 2022 surrounded by family. He was 91 years young.

He left behind his wife Karen, sons Mark (Crystal), Blake (Frances), 5 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. He loved the mountain so much he spent 48 days straight fishing and camping.

Ruel is an Air...

Kathryn (Kathy) Leone Dutson

Kathryn (Kathy) Leone Dutson

Oct 31, 2022

Kathryn (Kathy) Leone Dutson, age 68, passed away peacefully on October 31, 2022 in Payson Utah. After many years of health issues, the last couple of years leaving her home bound, she is now free from her earthly pain and challenges.

Kathy was born April 6, 1954 in Nephi, Utah to Kendall Atkin Dutson and Dorothy Wilde....

Barbara May Magers Gowans

Barbara May Magers Gowans

Oct 30, 2022

Barbara May Magers Gowans passed away peacefully, two days after her 74th birthday on October 30, 2022 of complications from late stage Parkinson’s disease and a recent stroke.

She was born to Oscar E. Magers Jr. and Lois May Meinhart in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 28, 1948. She was the oldest of four children. She...

Ava Marie Mickelson

Ava Marie Mickelson

Oct 30, 2022

On Sunday, October 30th, 2022, Ava Marie Mickelson, wonderful daughter, sister, and friend, passed away at the age of 18.

Ava was born on September 9th, 2004 in Provo, Utah to David S. and Alena M. (Smith) Mickelson. Ava moved to Springville at age 3 and then to Spanish Fork at age 14. She was finishing her...

Sandra Hale Dietlein

Sandra Hale Dietlein

Oct 29, 2022

Our beloved Sandra Hale Dietlein was born on October 1, 1934 in the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.  She was the oldest of Nathan and Ruth Hale’s 7 children and joyfully two of her other siblings cooincidentally shared the same birthday.  She had a happy childhood in her Granger home.  Because she was the daughter of famous...

Mikki Barben

Mikki Barben

Oct 26, 2022

Judith McVoy Henrie Barben, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away at her home near Marysvale Utah, October 26, 2022, after a valiant struggle with cancer.

She was born to Francis Verl and Dessie Swalberg Henrie, February 6, 1939, in Richfield Utah and grew up with her parents, four sisters, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins...

Lilly Warren

Lilly Warren

Oct 26, 2022

SPRINGVILLE- Lilly Warren, Age 17, passed away surrounded by her family October 26, 2022 as a result of an accident on Canyon Road in Springville, Utah. She was born March 8, 2005, to Sam and Holly (Robertson) Warren in American Fork, Utah.

She is survived by her parents and younger brothers Atticus and Johnny Redd, her grandparents...

Kenneth James Ray

Kenneth James Ray

Oct 26, 2022

Spanish Fork, Utah

Kenneth James Ray 75

Born January 29,1947 in Oceanside, California to Charles Vergil Franklin Ray and Grace Elizabeth Hanson Ray. He married his sweetheart on March 19, 1971 in Arcadia California and was sealed for time and all eternity in the St. George LDS temple. He passed away in Provo on October...

Brenda Russell

Brenda Russell

Oct 26, 2022

Brenda Russell, loving sister, aunt, and friend passed away October 26, 2022, at the age of 75 in Payson, Utah. Brenda was born on September 11, 1947, to Manuel Jr. and Yvonnie Russell. She spent most of her childhood in Layton and Santaquin until graduating from Payson High School. After graduation she served a mission for The Church...

Lamarr Simons Nielsen

Lamarr Simons Nielsen

Oct 26, 2022

LaMarr Simons Nielsen, known to all as, “Lovable LaMarr, from beautiful downtown Payson”, passed away peacefully on October 26, 2022, with his eternal companion “Delightful Diane” by his side. They were surrounded by their cherished children and grandchildren in those peaceful final moments.

LaMarr was born July 21, 1945 in Oildale, California to Darlene Simons and Clifford...

David Martin Pett

David Martin Pett

Oct 26, 2022

The life of David Martin Pett is best told beneath the stars of a cool summer night, around a campfire, by the slot caves in Forgotten Canyon at Lake Powell back in its full glory days. The flavor of our beloved father’s soul is found somewhere in between cosmic moment and epiphany.  He was so authentic and unique you...

Raymond Fred Banks

Raymond Fred Banks

Oct 24, 2022

Raymond Fred Banks, “Ray” was born January 11, 1964 in Payson, Utah. From the time he could walk, to the moment he left this earth, he spent every second he could up the mountain. If you were to ask Ray to describe his perfect day, it would be to spend a day on the property, surrounded by his kids....

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