Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Vernal, UT
Lucky Lee Ross
Jun 10, 2021
Lucky Lee Ross, age 77 of Vernal, Utah passed away June 10, 2021. He was born August 1, 1943 in Coalville, Utah to George (Tex) and Nora Louise Taylor Ross. He graduated from Uintah High School. After graduation he enlisted in the United States Air Force. This became his full time career and he retired from the United States Air...
Shane Patrick Jackson
Jun 8, 2021
Shane Patrick Jackson passed away June 8, 2021, at the age of 49. Shane was born on July 8, 1971, to Adelle "Teri" and Clarence "Jack" Jackson in Meeker, Colorado. He married Denise Lynn Humphries on September 25, 2004. Shane enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping with his family, and cheering for the Bronco's. He enjoyed listening to the birds outside...
Joyce (Laws) Tobler
Jun 6, 2021
Our loving angel, Joyce Laws Tobler, 84, returned to her heavenly home on Sunday, June 6th, 2021. Joyce was born to Eva Lavon Streadbeck and Marvin Richard Laws in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 13th, 1937. Her parents named her Joyce because when she was born, they "rejoiced". She has lived up to her name. Joyce shared joy...
Max Benjamin Stubbs
Jun 1, 2021
Max Benjamin Stubbs passed away on May 21, 2021 at the age of 19. Max was born on February 19, 2002 to Shylow and Robert Barlow in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was later adopted by Chet and Dottie Stubbs and was raised in Jensen, Utah. Max loved spending time with family, especially his nieces and nephews. He was...
Jay Lynn Barnes
Jun 1, 2021
Jay Lynn Barnes, age 64, passed away on June 1, 2021. Jay was born March 9, 1957 in American Fork, Utah, to Ernest and Shannon Barnes. Jay loved fishing, hunting, spending time in the garden and talking to family and friends, some of his passions were music and working at the Simplot mine where he made most of his...
Harold Eugene Cundall
May 29, 2021
Harold Eugene Cundall passed away on May 29, 2021 at the age of 81. Harold was born on October 26, 1939 to John and Nila Cundall in Long Island, Kansas. Harold married Joan Orth on May 28, 1961 in Glendive, Montana. Harold and Joan moved to Roosevelt, Utah from Baker, Montana in 1976. They later moved to Vernal where...
Edward John Burghardt
May 26, 2021
Edward John Burghardt, age 62, died May 26, 2021, at his home following a long illness. He worked as a design artist, and was the art director at Galaxy Outdoor Advertising in Salt Lake City. He also worked in advertising in Las Vegas, Nevada. He received recognition at the Gold Awards Competition of the American Advertising Federation District 12....
Barbara Ellen (Campbell) Graham
May 24, 2021
Barbara Ellen (Campbell) Graham, passed away peacefully on May 24, 2021, at the age of 84. Our beloved Barbara was born on August 28, 1936, to Mary Isabelle (Wiedeman) Campbell and husband in Goldendale, WA. She had two brothers: Marion and Cecil.
She graduated from high school in 1955. Barbara was married twice and had three children....
Julie Ann Hamaker
May 23, 2021
Julie Ann Jeppson Hamaker passed away on May 23, 2021 at the age of 66. Julie was born on March 18, 1955 to Loetta Jane Riggs Jeppson and Keith Jeppson in Provo, Utah. Julie married Mark S. Hamaker on July 9, 1980 in Salt Lake City. Julie was an avid knitter, quilter, and artist. Everything she did she excelled at....
Sima Catherine Prion
May 22, 2021
Sima Catherine Prion (59) of Vernal, Utah passed away May 22nd, 2021 after a long courageous battle with M.S. in Tucson, Arizona. Sima was born on August 28th,1961 in Butte, Montana to her father Robert Sullivan and mother Frances Sullivan. She married and divorced having her son Michael. She then married John W. Prion on May 15th, 1987 in...
Charles Melvin Barker
May 21, 2021
Charles Melvin Barker passed away peacefully of Cardiac Arrest on May 21, 2021 with his wife and family at his side. He was born April 15, 1942 in Upalco, Utah to Calvin and Thelma Mathews Barker. Charles never met a stranger and had a personality bigger than life. He loved to tease and had the very best bear hugs....
Casey Tyler Desilva
May 20, 2021
Casey Tyler DeSilva passed away on May 20, 2021 at the age of 36 after years of struggling with addiction. Casey arrived in the world part of a set with his twin sister Ashley on March 14, 1985 to Roger and Michelle DeSilva in Vernal, Utah. Casey married Kamille Dawn Scott on October 3, 2008 they later divorced. Casey...
Shirley Ann (Wood) Bullock
May 20, 2021
Shirley died at the age of 94 on May 20, 2021 at her granddaughters home being loved by family and her nurses. She was happy to be reunited with the love of her life and most of her children and her grandson. What a sweet reunion they are having. Shirley Ann Wood Bullock, born August 19, 1926 at the...
Alan Rex Batty
May 18, 2021
Alan Rex Batty returned to his Heavenly Father on May 18, 2021 at the age of 69. Alan was born on August 20, 1951 to Rex and Lilly Mae Batty in Vernal, Utah. Alan married his high school sweetheart Connie Kae Spruell on August 14 1970 and were sealed for time and eternity in the Salt Lake Temple. Alan...
Gerald Christensen
May 11, 2021
Gerald Christensen passed away on May 11, 2021 at the age of 79. Gerald (Gug) was born on October 5, 1941 to Selma Merle Hackford and Jens Christensen in Ft. Duchesne, Utah. Gerald married Alice LaDee Mecham on August 17, 1962 in Vernal, Utah. Gug enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding his beloved horses, playing softball, family game nights full of...
Timmey Doyle Slaugh
May 9, 2021
Timmy Doyle Slaugh passed away on May 9, 2021 at the age of 80, surrounded by his family at home. Tim was born January 21, 1941 in Vernal Utah to Lyle and Ruby Gardiner Slaugh. During his younger years, Tim enjoyed riding horses, sleeping outside and relentlessly teasing his younger sister Yoma. He was very athletic and lettered in...
Jay Dee Young
May 4, 2021
The tender heart of a gentle, loving man has stopped beating. Jay Dee Young passed from this side of the veil into the loving arms of his Savior and his eternal companion, Linda Ann Freestone, on May 4th, 2021. Jay was born in California on June 20th, 1944. His family soon returned to his beloved Uintah Basin where Jay...
Douglas Jordan Rolfe
May 4, 2021
Douglas Jordan Rolfe passed away May 4, 2021 at the age of 85. Douglas was born to Beatrice Filisetti and Ralph E. Rolfe on September 4, 1935 in Phoenix, Arizona. Douglas's mother passed away when he was five months old. After her passing Douglas and his siblings lived with their maternal grandmother in Phoenix. Sometime later, his father Ralph...
James Corbin Castleman
May 3, 2021
James Corbin Castleman passed away on May 3rd, 2021 at the age of 71. James was born on September 1, 1949 to Corbin Castleman and Jessie Huff in Tacoma WA. James most often went by Jim. Jim, began his adult life by swearing into the Navy and serving two tours in the Vietnam war. Following his service he traveled...
Billy Mac Atwood
Apr 28, 2021
Billy Mac Atwood passed away on April 28, 2021 at the age of 72. Mac was born on January 5, 1949 to Fred and Mary Atwood in Vernal, Utah. Mac married Kay Barker on December 14, 1968 in Vernal, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Mac enjoyed hunting, teasing, working on and restoring his...
