Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Vernal, UT
Donald Chris Dyer
Nov 8, 2017
On November 9th, just after 9:00 AM, following a heart attack and related complications, Donald Chris Dyer of Vernal, Utah passed away peacefully at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah surrounded by his family and holding the hand of the love of his life, Carrie. The two enjoyed more than 49 years of marriage. Don often...
Leora Mccarrell Hazelbush
Nov 2, 2017
Leora McCarrell Hazelbush, 86, passed away November 2, 2017 surrounded by family. She was born November 8, 1930 in Vernal, Utah to Theadore and Pearl Bell Evans McCarrel. She married Charles Richard "Chuck" Hazelbush on December 2, 1949.Leora worked as a telephone operator at Mountain Bell, at the Western Adjustment Bureau and Hasty Pawn Shop, and as the secretary for...
Karren Bergquist Glines
Nov 1, 2017
Karren Bergquist Glines was born May 17, 1950 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Keith and Phyllis Bergquist. She married her high school sweetheart, Dennis Voy Glines on November 21, 1970 in Roosevelt, Utah. They were sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake City, Utah Temple on December 13, 1971. She passed away on November 1, 2017 in...
Gwendolyn June Striegel
Oct 31, 2017
At 8:20 a.m. on Monday, April 13, 1942 a cute little Texas Tornado blessed the home of J.V. and Donita Tynes in Littlefield, TX. Their little household would never be the same as Gwendolyn June, known mostly as Junie, would turn out to be quite a remarkable ladyHer parents moved west to Wyoming when she was just a toddler and...
Gillette Keith Ferguson
Oct 24, 2017
Gillette Keith Ferguson lived a life of service to his Lord, family, friends and community through his vocational abilities as a master mechanic and fabricator and his attitudes of love, stewardship and service. In the short 61 years of life on this earth his joy was clearly seen around family and friends while being outdoors, snowmobiling, camping and 4-wheeling. He...
Luanne Hall Searle
Oct 23, 2017
LuAnne was born June 29, 1937, to Norman and Alice Hall, loving parents who taught their three daughters the value of hard work and charity. She paid her way through college by selling her home grown cucumbers. She attended Ricks College for two years in Rexburg, Idaho and then moved to Logan, Utah where she met her lucky future husband...
John Truitt Wood Jr
Oct 23, 2017
John Truitt Wood Jr. passed away on October 24, 2017 at the age of 52 in Nevada. John was born December 16, 1964 in Odessa, Texas to Jean Peters and John T. Wood Sr. John loved hunting, fishing, family barbeques, horses, country music, trucking, and mountain man rendezvous. John was a co-owner of MQJ Farms and Logistics.John is survived by...
Nellie Loraine Harrison
Oct 18, 2017
Our dear mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt, Nellie Loraine Harrison returned to her heavenly home, surrounded by her family, at the age of 85 on October 18, 2017 in Vernal, Utah.Nellie was born March 29, 1932 to Melvin Henry Roberts and Elmira Aurelia Allred in Cedar View, Utah. She was one of 10 children. She married the love of...
Minnie Phyllis Hunting Schulthes
Oct 16, 2017
Minnie Phyllis Hunting Schulthes, age 90, passed away peacefully October 16, 2017 at the Senior Villa in Roosevelt, Utah. She was born December 18, 1926 in Vernal, Utah to Earl Everett and Phyllis Pearl Williams Hunting. She was the third child and only girl in a family of eight. She married Mark Jay Schulthes on June 1, 1953. They had...
Dennis Dee Lamoreaux
Oct 15, 2017
Dennis Lamoreaux, 67, husband, father, grandfather, and dear friend to all, passed away peacefully on October 15, 2017 at home. He was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer 40 days earlier on Sept 6th.Dennis grew up in Dugway, Utah where he met and married the love of his life, Debbie. In 1978 during the oil boom, Dennis and his family moved to...
Timothy Gene Frost
Oct 14, 2017
Graveside services for Timothy Gene Frost, age 61, will be held Thursday, October 19th at 11:00 A.M. at the Lapoint Cemetery. A viewing will be held Thursday morning 9:00-10:30 A.M. at the Ashley Valley Funeral Home (410 North 800 West). Services are under the care and direction of the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home.
Naomi Ruth Lay Anderson
Oct 11, 2017
Ruth was born on January 16, 1927, in Pleasant View, Arkansas to William Herbert and Etta J. Brown. Ruth passed away at her home in Vernal on Wednesday, October 11, 2017, after a short illness.Ruth Lived her childhood in Arkansas with her family until she met and later married Jack Lay on May 12, 1944. Ruth and Jack moved to...
Chuck Pope
Oct 8, 2017
Chuck Pope passed away on October 8, 2017 in Vernal, Utah at the age of 68. Chuck was born December 15, 1948 to Herald and O'Rita Oaks Pope in Vernal, Utah. He married Connie Jene Singleton on November 1, 1971 in Salt Lake City, Utah.Chuck's hobbies included fishing, hunting and wildlife photography. He loved laughing and spending time with his...
Tedi Allen
Sep 27, 2017
Graveside services for Tedi Allen, age 46, of Vernal, wife of Jeff Allen, will be held Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 12Noon at the Meeker Cemetery in Meeker, CO. Services are under the direction of the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home.
Clark Boy Abegglen
Sep 25, 2017
Clark Boy Abegglen age 91, returned home to his Heavenly Father on Sept. 25, 2017 at his home in Vernal, Utah. Clark was born on Jan. 16, 1926 to Lawrence and Edlean Abegglen in Vernal, Utah. Clark was a World War 2 Veteran, he served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. Clark married Arva Mary Atwood on...
Doug Yourdon
Sep 19, 2017
Marvin Douglas (Doug) Yourdon, 63, went to his heavenly home on September 19, 2017 in Vernal, Utah. Doug was born in Vernal, Utah on July 25, 1954 to Marvin H. and Ethel Yourdon. Doug grew up in Fruita, Colorado. He worked in the oil industry for many years as a Service Specialist before retiring a couple of years ago. Doug...
James "Jim" Gordon Montgomery
Sep 16, 2017
James "Jim" Gordon MontgomeryFebruary 24, 1930 ~ September 16, 2017James "Jim" Gordon Montgomery passed away peacefully Saturday, September 16, 2017 in Vernal, Utah. He was 87 years old.Jim was born to John Russell Montgomery and Edith LaVerne Anderson February 24, 1930 in Floriston, California.When Jim was young the family moved to Vernal, where Jim had lived off and on most...
Annette Smuin Smith
Sep 10, 2017
Ms. Annette Smuin / Smith passed to the other side peacefully on September 10th, 2017. Annette was born to Robert Lyle Smuin and Nora Jane MacKnight in Vernal Utah on December 14th 1957. She was preceded in death by her first born son Roy Clifford Morgan, Brother Gilbert (Gib) Smuin, Sister Janet Faye Stills (Smuin), Mother Nora Jane Redfield, Father...
Verna Gale Scott
Sep 5, 2017
Verna Gale Scott passed away September 5, 2017 after a valiant battle with cancer. She taught us that hope, faith and determination can work miracles. She was told her first treatment would more than likely kill her and the doctors did not expect her to make it to her next appointment three weeks later, but she did.Verna was born April...
