Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Vernal, UT
Alta Brown
Oct 16, 2015
Alta Irene Ross Brown was called home on October 16, 2015. She was born to Floyd and Hazel Allen Ross in Lapoint, Utah. She moved to California at the age of 18 and married John W. Roberts and had two children: John Roberts Jr. (Hemet, CA) and Priscilla Roberts Kline (De Beque, CO). She married Harold Brown on July 12,...
Don Scott
Oct 12, 2015
Sunny Scott passed away in Vernal on October 13, 2015 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on January 17, 1956 in Long Beach, California to Leila Rahm and William Cleo Scott.
Sunny married Angela Scott on December 29, 2014 in Vernal, Utah.
Sunny loved baseball. His favorite team was the Los Angela's Angels. He loved to build things with wood....
Marion Oaks
Oct 5, 2015
Marion Jean Stacy Oaks passed away peacefully Monday, October 5, 2015 at the home of her son Cregg Oaks in Heber, Utah. Jean was born March 26, 1925 in Telluride, Colorado to Walter Marion and Ruby Ellen Coulson. Her parents divorced when she was seven years old. She then came to Utah where she was raised by her grandmother, Marie...
Julena McDonald
Oct 4, 2015
Julena J. McDonald passed away at the age of 88 at her home in Vernal, Utah on October 10, 2015. She was born on February 12, 1927 to Bessie Smith and Fred L Sallee in Sterling, Oklahoma. Julena was a member of the First Baptist Church in Vernal, Utah for 52 years.
Julena is survived by her four children: Julena (Bob)...
Joyce Richardson
Sep 30, 2015
Opal Joye McKeachnie Richardson, age 86 of Vernal, was born on March 16, 1929 to John William and Grace Hunting McKeachnie. She passed away September 30, 2015 at the Uintah Care Center in Vernal.Joye was the older of two children born to John and Grace. Growing up, she spent much of her time with her cousins and for a time,...
Wilson Smith Jr
Sep 11, 2015
W. Lyle Smith Jr. passed away on September 11, 2015 at the age of 77 in Vernal, Utah. He was born on November 4, 1937 to Wilson Lyle Smith Sr. and Fern Hamblin Smith in Farmington, New Mexico.
Lyle married Alvarita "Rita" Chavez in Bloomfield, New Mexico.
Lyle loved traveling, fishing, hunting, camping and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren. His happiest...
Clelia Martinsen
Aug 31, 2015
Clelia was born May 13, 1921 to Edgar C. and Arletta Brinkeroff Jones in Cedar City, Utah. They moved when she was a little girl to Colorado on her father's sheep ranch. She attended school in Vernal in the winter and returned to the ranch in the summers.
She married her high school sweetheart, Lynn Martinsen, on April 8, 1940 in...
Christi Harris
Aug 27, 2015
Christi Marie Tesar Harris was born in Vernal, Utah on October 18th 1981 to Tod and Cathy Tesar. Christi passed away on Thursday August 27th 2015. In Salt Lake City, Utah.
Christi graduated from Uintah High School in the year 2000. She lived in Hawaii for a year and a-half where She attended BYU Hawaii and received her Bachelor Degree in...
Shirley Workman
Aug 10, 2015
Carlyle Deforrest Workman passed away peacefully in Lapoint, Utah surrounded by family on Tuesday, July 21, 2015. He was born April 26, 1929 to Sherman Dee Workman and Alice Anice Workman in Dragon, Utah. Carlyle was the last child born in Dragon before the old Dragon mine was shut down. His mother and father ran the Watson Hotel and Post...
Levi Reed Jr
Aug 4, 2015
It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the death of Levi Reed Jr., our father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. Levi passed away with family by his side at the Heber Valley Intermountain Medical Center on August 3, 2015.
Levi was known for his trust, kindness, leadership and his sense of humor. Levi was always kind, caring and...
Bill Allen
Jul 31, 2015
Bill Austin Allen born November 6, 1959 to Alvin Austin Allen and Ora Givens Emms. Beloved husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and friend, passed away unexpectedly in the loving arms of Cindy Losee on July 31, 2015.
Bill loved life and being outdoors. He enjoyed racing, hunting and four-wheeling. He really enjoyed teasing family and friends.
Bill worked for 8 Ball Trucking...
Laverne Buzarde Jr
Jul 20, 2015
L.E "Buz" Buzarde, Jr was born March 23, 1933 to L.E and Etta Ferguson Buzarde in Greenwood Mississippi. His athletic prowess earned him the nickname "Fleet Footed Sonny Buzarde" on the high school football fields of Greenwood and Greenville, Mississippi. An accomplished student, Buz graduated from Millsaps College after 2 1/2 years of study with a bachelor's degree in Physics....
