Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Vernal, UT
Zola Joyce Tuft
Jun 8, 2024
Zola Tuft of Vernal, Utah passed away on Jun 8, 2024. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.
Tammy Lee (Lewis) Foreman
Jun 6, 2024
Tammy Lee Foreman passed away on June 6th, 2024 at the age of 66. Tammy was born on September 27th, 1957 to Billie Armstrong and Jackie Lewis in Victoria, Texas. Tammy married Ronald Lee Foreman on August 24th, 1984 in Comanche, Texas. Tammy enjoyed cooking for her friends and family, taking trips on the Harley's with her husband Ronnie and...
Kathy Jo (Powell) Quinto
Jun 4, 2024
Kathy Jo Quinto passed away on June 4, 2024 at the age of 64. Kathy was born on April 1, 1960 to Nita Powell (Slaugh) and Charles Kelly Powell in Vernal, Utah. Kathy married Jose Quinto on November 21, 1980 in the Salt Lake City Utah Temple. Kathy was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Jannea Charlene (Liebhardt) Maestas
May 29, 2024
Jannea Charlene (Liebhardt) Maestas was born on May 23, 1943 to Otis Henry Reed and Clara Berenice Chadburn in Topeka KS and later adopted by John Liebhardt. She married the love of her life Jose (Joe) Clarence Maestas in Tierra Amarilla NM on Oct 23, 1961. Jannea loved to travel, having visited all 50 states and multiple countries. Her...
Troy Lee Felsinger
May 25, 2024
Troy Felsinger of Vernal, Utah passed away on May 25, 2024. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.
Amanda Joyce Campbell
May 24, 2024
Amanda Campbell of Vernal, Utah passed away on May 24, 2024. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.
Norma "Jeanne" Jean (Hacking) Gross
May 23, 2024
Norma 'Jeanne' Jean Gross, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed peacefully from this life on May 23, 2024. Jeanne was born on November 12, 1937, in Vernal, Utah, to Owen and Evelyn Hacking. Jeanne was the fifth of six children, with one sister and 4 brothers. Her oldest brother, Marion, chose her name. He passed away when Jeanne was...
Lewis Madison Wall
May 22, 2024
Lewis Wall, age 88, of Lapoint passed away on Wednesday May 22 at his home. A Graveside service for Lewis was held Wednesday, May 29, 2023 at 10am in Vernal Memorial Park, under the direction of the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home.
Rulon "Harley" Wade Goodrich
May 20, 2024
Rulon Wade Goodrich (Harley) joined his son on May 20, 2024. Wade was born in Roosevelt, Utah to Rulon Levison and Thelma May (Law) Goodrich on August 9th, 1946. Wade grew up in Vernal and Bonanza, Utah. He attended school in Vernal, Utah. He entered the Navy in October of 1965, and went on to serve in Vietnam, he...
Dorothy Ellen (Pattan) Whitney
May 19, 2024
Dorothy Ellen (Pattan) Whitney, age 87, passed away on May 19th in Vernal, UT surrounded by family. Dorothy was born in Smith's Ferry, ID on December 4th, 1936, the sixth of seven children to Herman and Muriel (Eaton) Pattan. She graduated Class of 1955 from Cascade High School in Idaho. Dorothy married the love of her life, Ray Earl...
Isabelle Ann Allen
May 13, 2024
Isabelle "Ann" Allen of Wheatland Wyoming, formerly of Vernal passed away surrounded by her husband and sons on May 13,2024. Ann was born February 1, 1959 to Cloyd and Margie Hughes. After she was born they moved back to the Salt Lake Valley, and when she was a senior in high school, they moved back to Vernal where she...
Fiao'O Ioane Mamea
May 9, 2024
Fiao'o was born July 17, 1960, in Lona Fagalo, Samoa, to Pelenise and Tu'u Falaniko. She was 3rd out of 11 children. On April 11, 1980, she married Keli Mamea and together created a beautiful life together. They had seven children and eleven grandchildren. Fiao'o enjoyed spending time with her family, but especially her grandchildren. She loved to cook,...
Howard Dean Powell
May 8, 2024
Howard Dean Powell, of Vernal, 100, passed away on May 8, 2024, in Vernal, Utah. He was born August 17, 1923, in Altonah, Utah to Clarence Dean and Elsie Luella Chidester Powell. On August 23, 1949, he married Geraldine Spencer in the Salt Lake Temple. She died in 1993. In 1995 he married Lawana Blackburn in Elko, Nevada. She...
Merlene (Mcneill) Hall
May 8, 2024
Merlene McNeill Hall passed away on May 8th, 2024 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on November 19th, 1930 to Rollin McNeill and Nola Burton McNeill at the McNeill Ranch on the east end of Vernal, Utah. She had one older sister, Betty Rae Hart, and two younger brothers, Leland and TJ McNeill. She went...
Judith Ann (Dewolf) Branom
May 6, 2024
Judy Branom passed away on May 6, 2024, at the age of 83. Judy was born July 26, 1940, to Opal and David DeWolf in Lamar, Colorado. Judy married John Branom on October 22, 1956, in Raton, New Mexico. Judy enjoyed reading, the outdoors, traveling, cocktail hour with her friends, and sports (with her favorite being football). In her...
H. Glenn Mckee
Apr 30, 2024
Harold Glen McKee (79), of Vernal, Utah, suffered heart related complications and passed away on April 30, 2024, surrounded by family. Glen was born to Reed and Thelma McKee, on March 27, 1945, in Roosevelt, Utah and was one 15 children raised on a dairy farm in Tridell, Utah. Glen attended Union High school where he was a talented...
Rosemarie Tesar (Tesar) Cook
Apr 29, 2024
Rosemarie Tesar Cook, age 79 of Rangely, Colorado, wife of the late Larry Wursten Cook, passed away on Monday April 29, 2024. A private family graveside service for Rosemarie will be held later this week where she will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband Larry. Interment in the Rangely Cemetery in Rangely, Colorado under the direction...
Jolene (Smuin) Kendall
Apr 29, 2024
JoLene Smuin Kendall passed away April, 29th in her home in Vernal, Utah. She was 69 years old. JoLene was born on May 12, 1954 to Larry and LaDonna Smuin in Vernal, Utah. She was the oldest of her three siblings. Jolene married her high school sweetheart, Bruce Lawrence Kendall on July 21, 1972 and was sealed in the...
Richard Dale Harvey
Apr 26, 2024
Richard Dale Harvey Jr., age 74, husband of Diane Harvey, passed away on Friday, April 26, 2024. A family graveside for Richard will take place in the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Reno, NV with Military Honors by the United States Navy. Arrangements under the direction of the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home. A full obituary will be...
Dorothy Eileen Denison
Apr 24, 2024
Dorothy Eileen Denison (Wilson), born on November 2, 1942, was the sixth of seven children, raised amidst the rustic charm of a farm in Cimarron, Colorado, her family's cherished homestead. Dorothy joins in eternity her parents, siblings, the love of her life, and one grandson. Dorothy had a love for animals, particularly horses and sheep, with her beloved horse, Socks,...
