Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Vernal, UT
Glade Merkley
Dec 4, 2017
Glade Ohman Merkley, age 73, passed away Dec. 4, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born June 19, 1944, in Tridell, Utah, to Clyde Emil Merkley and Esther Alberta Ohman. He grew up in Tridell and attended elementary school in Tridell and Whiterocks and then junior high in Alterra. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ...
Gene C. Kirk
Nov 30, 2017
Gene Conrad KirkOctober 17, 1932 ~ November 30, 2017Gene Conrad Kirk was born October 17, 1932 in Lee's Summit, Missouri to Roy Connor Kirk and Edith Eugene Hopper. He was the eldest son and one of ten children. He was raised in Ukiah, California. He graduated Valedictorian of his high school class in 1950. He moved back to Missouri in...
Joseph Brett Brennan
Nov 23, 2017
JJoseph (Joe) Bret Brennan returned home to his Father in Heaven on November 23, 2017 at the age of 37. Joe was born on November 7, 1980 in Murray, Utah to Peggy Thomas and Bret Brennan. Joe married Stormie Brennan on November 14, 1999 in Vernal, Utah. Joe loved spending time barbecuing with his family and cooking up things they...
Merlin R Walker
Nov 22, 2017
Merlin R. WalkerJune 18, 1936 - November 22, 2017Merlin R. Walker passed away November 22, 2017 peacefully after a long battle withParkinson's disease and Lewy Body dementia. He was born June 18,1936 at home inAmerican Fork Canyon, on Timpanogos Cave National Monument, which makes him anactual Caveman. He was the 4th child of 6 children born to Thomas A. Walker...
Gladys Myrtle Morgan
Nov 18, 2017
Gladys Myrtle Morgan, age 88, of Rangely, passed away on November 18, 2017 in Rangely, Colorado. Her wishes were to be cremated. Interment will take place at a later date in the Rangely Cemetery. Services and cremation are under the care of the Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home.
Lewis G. Vincent
Nov 17, 2017
Lewis G Vincent was born to George and Vera Vincent, of Jensen Utah. He was the oldest of two children. He spent most of his time growing up with his grandmother and Uncle Lewis in the Jensen area. In his younger years he was known by Louie and then later in life as big Lew. He graduated from Uintah High...
Joseph Michael Schoenberger
Nov 16, 2017
Joseph Michael Schoenberger passed away on November 16, 2017 in Williston, North Dakota at the age of 37. Joe was born on August 6, 1980 in Vernal, Utah to Sara Meeker and Carl Schoenberger. Joe loved to go fishing and being with his family. Joe was a hard worker and had a passion for cooking the best food. He was...
Linda Canet
Nov 15, 2017
Linda Lee Canet, age 70 passed away in her daughter's home surrounded by all of her children and some of her grandchildren peacefully on November 15, 2017.Born Linda Lee Hulsey on April 23, 1947 in Santa Paula, California. She was the eldest of five children. She enjoyed yardwork and gardening and always had a beautiful yard full of flowers. She...
Loren Lowell Glines
Nov 13, 2017
Loren Lowell Glines, age 81, of Vernal, passed away on November 13, 2017. Interment will be in the Rock Point Cemetery on Monday, November 20, 2017 at 9AM
Thelma Smuin Pierce
Nov 12, 2017
Our beloved mother, Thelma Augusta Beynon Smuin Pierce, age 94, of Vernal, Utah, passed away at home on November 12, 2017, in the company of her family. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on September 26, 1923, to Charles Henry Beynon and Effie May Peck. She was the seventh child in a family of 16 children, and part...
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...
