Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Vernal, UT
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,...
Naomi Willoughby
Apr 23, 2024
Naomi Willoughby, infant daughter of Nicholas and Kelsey Willoughby was born and passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Roosevelt, Utah. Graveside services for Naomi will be held Saturday at 10:00am in the Rockpoint Cemetery under the direction of the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home.
Harley David Kile
Apr 23, 2024
Harley Kile of Vernal, Utah passed away on Apr 23, 2024. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.
Rebecca (Allen) Allred
Apr 22, 2024
Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, sister-in-law and aunt passed away peacefully with family by her side on Monday, April 22, 2024. She was born in Aurora, Colorado on a Sunday morning, January 22, 1956, at the Fitzsimons Army Hospital. She was the second of eight children born to LeGrande and Marva Genevieve Stevens Allen. When she was seven...
Carol Lee (Davis) Warner
Apr 20, 2024
Carol L. Warner passed away at home on April 20, 2024 at the age of 83. She was born on February 12, 1941 to Charlotte Greenhow Davis and Harold Davis in Vernal, Utah. Carol married RM Burnite (Mickey) on September 1964, later divorced. She then married Rod Warner in 1977 on Kansas. Carol enjoyed being a mom and grandma....
Ronnie Gene Pierce
Apr 16, 2024
Ronnnie Gene Pierce, 80, peacefully passed away at his home surrounded by his loved ones on April 16, 2024. Son of Charles Albert Pierce and Claudia Leona Darling, Pierce. Eternal companion to Beverly Price, Pierce, father to Tiffani (Max) Hudkins of Pocola, Oklahoma. Stepfather to DaShell (Travis) Oldham of Greeley, Colorado, Robyn (Mitch) White of Vernal, Utah, R.J (Tash)...
