Local Obituaries for Families in Emery and Carbon County, UT

Oct 8, 2020

Joseph (Joe) Royal Sherman 12/3/1927-10/8/2020 Joseph (Joe) Sherman of Cleveland, Utah passed away peacefully with his family at his side on October 8, 2020 at the age of 92. He was born in Huntington, Utah to Joel Glain and Mary Pringle Sherman on December 3, 1927. He was the 2nd child of 11 children. He married his sweetheart Thelma Rae...

Oct 7, 2020

Ronald Bruce Behunin, 76 years of age, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at his home in Price, UT. Ron was born on June 14, 1944 in Los Angeles, CA to Wilmur and Donalda (Falkenburg) Behunin. He was married to Robyn Nielsen in Murray, UT on February 2, 2001. Ron was raised all over the country because his father...

Oct 3, 2020

Phillip Clarke Jolley, age 70, passed away at home October 3rd, 2020 Phillip (Phil) was born December 2, 1949 to George Homer and Esta Lee Jolley. He met and married Debbie Merchant in 1981. They started their life in the town of Emery and were later solemnized in the Manti LDS temple in 1995. Phil was an active member of...

Oct 1, 2020

Eugene P. Campbell, age 89, passed away peacefully at home on October 1, 2020. Gene was born on July 18, 1931 to Harrison and Edith Campbell. He met and married Lorraine Leroy Sitterud in 1974 while working as a traveling journeyman plumber/pipe fitter at the Huntington Power Plant. For the first time in his life, he laid down roots, in...

Sep 21, 2020

Barbara Norton Austin Barbara was born on September 21, 1934 and returned to her Heavenly Father on September 21, 2020. Barbara lived both in Price, UT and in Snowflake, AZ. She was married to Silas J. Austin in Elko, NV on Jan 24, 1951, later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. She is survived by her daughters LaRie, Barbie, Jessie...

Sep 19, 2020

Ma-Stella Alvarado, age 82, passed away September 19, 2020 in Provo, UT. Stella was born April 10, 1938 in Bogota, Colombia to Jose Joaquin and Ma-Elvira Olarte Guaqueta. She was married for over 60 years to German Alvarado in 1957 in Bogota, Colombia. He passed away in December 2018. Together they had five children. Ma-Stella worked for a number of...

Sep 19, 2020

Joy Lynn Miles, age 51, passed away on September 19, 2020 in Castle Dale, Utah. She was born November 27, 1968 in Simi Valley, California to Ken Wallace and Diane Roads Wallace Ferguson. Joy married Lynn Miles on February 14, 1998 in Cedar City, Utah. Later sealed in the Provo City Center Temple on March 7, 2020. She enjoyed being...

Sep 17, 2020

Mable Arlene Wilstead passed away at the age of 93, September 17, 2020 at the home of her daughter. Arlene is the daughter of William Melvin and Ruby Theora Seeley Taylor. Her three sisters; Rayona (John) Anderson, Rita Mae, deceased (Merlin) Farish and Dixie (Jim) Richens joined their family in years to come. She is preceded in death by her...

Sep 14, 2020

Henry Elroy Jensen (Roy) 1927 ~ 2020 CLEVELAND - Henry Elroy (Roy) Jensen left his earthly home on September 14, 2020 to reunite with his beloved wife Zona Jane Franklin Jensen for all eternity. He was the 2nd to the youngest of 11 children and was 92 at the time of his death. Roy was born December 10, 1927 in...

Sep 13, 2020

CASTLE DALE, UTAH - Clayton Rue Bell passed away September 13, 2020 at his home. He was born April 15, 1982 to Rue and Charlene Bell in Price, Utah and grew up in Orangeville, Utah. Clayton knew everyone. He enjoyed lending a hand and sharing his experience with others especially with the people he cared about. He was a natural...

Sep 6, 2020

Well, he's gone. After a valiant two-month battle to prove yet another doctor wrong, this one was right. You can fight back injuries, bleeding ulcers, crippling arthritis and a multitude of other illnesses with only the help of Tylenol and a strong determination, but cancer proved to be the stronger foe. On Sept. 6, 2020 we lost our sweetheart, dad,...

Sep 5, 2020

David Lynn Wilstead Born Nov 21 1942 to Fred Alma Wilstead and Isabel Irene Phelps in Standardville, UT. Lived in Lawrence UT, joined the US Air Force in 1962, Married Laura Lee Adams of Cleveland, UT, November 1962, later was Sealed in the Manti. UT Temple. Served during the Vietnam conflict being stationed in Korat, Thailand. He graduated from the...

Sep 4, 2020

Phebe Amelia Peterson passed away on September 4, 2020. She was born on August 5, 1925 in Layton, Utah to George Fredrick Ellis and Phebe Ellen Porter Ellis and was the oldest of nine children. She grew up in Layton and attended schools in Layton until 8 th grade. 7 th grade was at North Davis Jr High School in...

Aug 22, 2020

Aug 20, 2020

On August 20, 2020, Robert Lessing Cook, aka Bob or Cookie, died peacefully in Vancouver, Washington after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was 89. Bob was born December 27, 1930 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from East High School in 1946 and went on to attend the University of Utah where he graduated in 1953 with a...

Aug 8, 2020

In his novel The Twelve, author Justin Cronin wrote, "As long as we remember a person, they're not really gone. Their thoughts, their feelings, their memories, they become a part of us." Kean Elden Luke of Orangeville, Utah, age 89, slipped away quietly in his sleep at home on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Kean would like to let you know...

Jul 30, 2020

EMERY - David Wayne Erickson passed away July 30, 2020 at his home, after a short battle with cancer, surrounded by loving family. He was born in Price, Utah to Arthur & Rene' Anderson Erickson. He was a long-time operation/engineer. His career legacy included historical projects such as the Red-line Subway in Hollywood, California. He also worked for several years...

Jul 30, 2020

Clifford Wayne Frisbie Born 1 September 1937 in Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri. Died 30 August 2020 in Huntington, Emery County, Utah Wayne was preceded in death by his mother, Helen Marie Beal Frisbie, his father William Glenn Frisbie, and his younger brother Ralph Leroy Frisbie. He is survived by two younger brothers Franklin Eugene Frisbie of Huntington, Utah and...

Jul 25, 2020

Roger Park Rowley Roger Park Rowley, age 82, passed away suddenly July 25, 2020 in Spring Glen, Utah. Roger was born July 1, 1938 in Price, Utah to George Albert Rowley and Eva Pearl Snow. He married his life-long and eternal love Janice Lance on Aug. 7, 1964 in the Manti, Utah Temple. Roger and Janice both were the perfect...

Jul 22, 2020

Charles (Charlie) J. Johnston Charlie J. Johnston, 86, of Helper and Alaska, died at home 22 July 2020. It's likely you met him as he touched the lives of many, many friends and momentary strangers. He was sincerely interested in people, especially those whom others would pass by, making everyone smile or laugh, comparing beards or heads of hair, and...