About Us
Our Story

Ashley Valley Funeral Home has proudly served Vernal and the surrounding areas families with their funeral and cremation needs since 2012. As a family owned mortuary, we too have lost loved ones and know all too well that selecting a funeral home is an important step in the funeral process.
Families that we have been honored to serve have said it is nice having a new clean spacious facility to celebrate a life well lived, particularly that our funeral home is one level, allowing easy access for wheelchairs and the elderly. Families have also found it comforting that we are able to handle all the details under one roof. Preventing families from having to go multiple places to make all the necessary arrangements (headstone, cemetery, flowers, newspaper, etc…) while grieving. We offer quality American made Products.
Our family would like to invite you to come see the difference and see why families are choosing Ashley Valley Funeral Home. Please stop by our Mortuary located in Vernal Monday~Friday 9~5PM or call to make a private night or weekend appointment to fit your schedule.
Our Team

Jake Phillips
Owner / Funeral Director
Jake is a licensed Funeral Director, Preplanning Consultant, and Certified Crematorium Operator with over a decade of experience in the funeral home industry.
Jake Phillips Bio
Jake is a licensed Funeral Director, Preplanning Consultant, and Certified Crematorium Operator with over a decade of experience in the funeral home industry. Before opening Ashley Valley Funeral Home Jake worked for Larkin Mortuary in Salt Lake City.
Jake is married to Whitney Robb Phillips and together they have four children: Casch, Sayler, Navy and Lochlan; and a set of quadruplets who passed away shortly after birth Ocean, Knox, Piper and Lola.
Jake is actively involved in the community. He is a member of Vernal Chamber of Commerce, National Funeral Directors Association, Utah Funeral Directors Association and the Membership Clerk in his church.
Jake enjoys aviation and fishing with his children and wife.
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Whitney Phillips
Owner
Whitney is the daughter of Claye and Kym Robb of Vernal, Utah. She attended school in the Basin and graduated from Uintah High.
Whitney Phillips Bio
Whitney is the daughter of Claye and Kym Robb of Vernal, Utah. She attended school in the Basin and graduated from Uintah High.
Whitney is a mother of four Caschtain, Sayler, Navy and Lochlan; and a mother of quadruplets that passed away shortly after birth Ocean, Knox, Piper and Lola.
Whitney is involved in the community by volunteering at the Terra Academy and serving as a Young Women's Secretary at her Church.

Kathy Torres
Pre-Planning Consultant / Aftercare

Jade Owens
Apprentice

Ivan Merrell
Funeral Director's Assistant
Ivan Merrell started with the Ashley Valley Funeral Home when we first opened our doors.
Ivan Merrell Bio
Ivan Merrell started with the Ashley Valley Funeral Home when we first opened our doors. The son of Randy and LouAnn Merrell he is a Vernal native. He is married to Hollie Merrell and they have two rambunctious boys, Luken and Dylan. In addition to working with us, he has been employed with Gold Cross Ambulance since 2001. Working in EMS as well as having suffered the loss of close family members has blessed Ivan with the ability to empathize with those who are experiencing the grief of a loved one’s passing.