Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Vernal, UT

Vera Gass

Vera Gass

Jun 6, 2012

Vera Oaks Gass, age 87 of Vernal, passed away surrounded by family on June 6, 2012. She was born to Merel Murray and Lindsay Oaks on January 21, 1925 in Vernal, Utah.

Vera enjoyed gardening, knitting, crocheting, and toe painting. She will be greatly missed.

Vera is preceded in death by her parents. Vera is survived by her two children:...

Barbara Mahaffey

Barbara Mahaffey

May 21, 2012

Barbara Alice Proud Mahaffey died at home in Vernal, Utah, May 21, 2012 of colon cancer. She was born Barbara Alice Proud, December 16, 1937 to Mary Bunting and Harry S. Proud, in Casper, Wyoming. She married Ben D. Mahaffey, August 13, 1954 in Raton, New Mexico. The couple was later sealed in the Manti, Utah, Temple on March 28,...

Janet Allen

Janet Allen

May 12, 2012

Janet Leone Miller Allen was born December 4, 1964 to Roland Joseph Miller and Marvis Johnson Miller at St. Joseph's Hospital in Dickinson, North Dakota. She was the 7th of 8 children. Janet was raised on the family farm North West of Amidon, ND. She attended Amidon Elementary and graduated from Bowman High School in 1983. She attended Dickinson State...

Jennings Fairey Jr

Jennings Fairey Jr

May 6, 2012

Jennings Bryan Fairey Jr.(Bryan) returned peacefully to his Heavenly Father on May 6th 2012 at his home in Vernal surrounded by his family and loved ones. Bryan was 85 years old and had made Vernal Utah his home since 1989 along with his eternal companion and wife of 46 years Barbara (Bodily) Fairey.

Bryan was born in Panhandle City Texas...

Lois Dimick

Lois Dimick

Apr 20, 2012

Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister returned to her heavenly father on April 20, 2012 in Vernal, Utah. She was born on February 22, 1936 in Bear River, Colorado to Margureite Kishell and Herman Francis McFarlane.

Lois married George (Jerry) Gerald Dimick on February 24, 1956 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Vernal Utah...

Elaine Allen

Elaine Allen

Apr 12, 2012

Elaine Massey Allen returned home to her Heavenly Father from her home in Santa Clara, Utah on April 12, 2012. At her bedside was her beloved husband of 54 years, their three children and a grandson. She was born to Sarah Frances Murray and William Sewell Massey on September 23, 1937. Elaine lived her first two decades in the Vernal...

Donald Collier

Donald Collier

Apr 11, 2012

Donald H. "Don" Collier, 72, passed peacefully on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Don wore many hats over the years--most proudly his family hat. He was a loving son, nephew, uncle, husband, father, brother, grandfather, and great grandfather. He also had his sportsman's hat--hunter, fisherman, Bronco fan and archer. Many of those he taught, coached, and mentored became "family" to him....

Lula Twitchell

Lula Twitchell

Apr 1, 2012

Lula Kidd Twitchell, age 95, was born on October 12, 1916 in Vernal, Utah. Lula passed away April 1, 2012 at the Uintah Care Center with family at her side. Lula married Harold H. Twitchell in the Salt Lake City Temple, March 3, 1933. She had many positions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints including ward...

Tamara Pummell

Tamara Pummell

Mar 12, 2012

Tamara Lyn Calder Pummell was born on March 13, 1963 and returned to her Heavenly Father on March 12, 2012. After a brief and courageous battle with a rare auto-immune disease she left this world to return into the loving arms of her Mother and baby boy, Brian.

Tammy (or Bambi, as lovingly referred to by her father) was born...

Marlene Lake

Marlene Lake

Feb 23, 2012

Marlene Joyce Lake, age 76, of Vernal, Utah passed away due to heart failure on Thursday, February 23, 2012 in Murray, Utah following health complications and subsequent hospitalization.

Marlene was born on February 17, 1936 in Inglewood, California. Her parents were Ronald Sydney Lake and Vonda Dennis Lake.

For a few years, Marlene Lake was the proprietor of Mish-Mash Originals...

Angel Of Hope Brick Order

Angel Of Hope Brick Order

The Angel of Hope Brick Pavers need to be placed by August 15, 2022 to have for this years Annual Ceremony.  Please contact Claudia Carter at https://www.facebook.com/claudia.mercercarter.  The Bricks are 0.00 and will need to be paid for at time of ordering.

Angel Of Hope

Angel Of Hope

Annual Angel of Hope will be held Monday, December 6, 2021 at 6:00p.m. at the Angel in Vernal Memorial Park (1700 South Vernal Avenue).

Special thank you to Claudia Carter and Lavina Young for organizing this special event.

4Th Annual Season Of Remembrance

4Th Annual Season Of Remembrance

4th Annual Season of Remembrance

Sunday, December 5, 2021

5:00 P.M

Uintah Conference Center

313 East 200 South

Vernal, Utah 84078

This is a free community event for individuals and families to help with grief during the holidays

If you would like your loved one’s...

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