OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries for Families in Midway and Heber, UT
Margaret Garcia-Nau
Jan 5, 2025
Margaret Garcia-Nau died on January 5, 2025 in Cottonwood, Utah. She was born in Compton, California on July 21, 1957 to Valvina Gonzales and Jesus Garcia. Margaret loved church and attended every Sunday. She loved her kids, especially her grandkids. She loved shopping, and most of all her dogs. Surviving Margaret are her children, Diamond (Kenny) Been and Steven Veloz;...
Virginia "Ginny" Sanatar
Jan 2, 2025
Virginia “Ginny” Sanatar gently passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2025, at the age of 84. Known to some as “Gigi,” she was surrounded by her loving children and grandchildren at her home in Midway, Utah. Ginny was born June 23, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York and was the first child of Eleanor D. (Olsen) and George K. Lang. She...
Kathryn Chastie Coleman Hiatt
Dec 27, 2024
Kathryn Hiatt, treasured mother, sister, wife, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend passed away peacefully at Valencia Memory Care on December 27th, 2024, in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. Born September 26th, 1942, to Delbert T. and Sylvia Neilson Coleman. Kathryn was the fifth of seven children and had a childhood full of many adventures with her family and friends. Kathryn graduated from Wasatch...
Jalaine Hicken
Dec 24, 2024
JaLaine Childs Hicken passed away peacefully on December 24, 2024, in Monroe, Utah. Born on December 30, 1941, in American Fork, Utah, she was the daughter of C. Raymond and Gladys Shelley Childs. She was united in marriage to Don Lynn Hicken on June 18, 1964, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. JaLaine found immense joy in creating a warm...
Clayton R Hassell
Dec 21, 2024
Clayton R. Hassell died on December 21, 2024 in Heber City, Utah. He was born in Bluewater, New Mexico on May 31st, 1931. He was preceded by his parents Annie Lamb Hassell and Maynor Mae Hassell and brothers Lee, Collins and Ray and sisters Ida and Anna. He was also preceded by four of his children: Clayton Ray Hassell Jr.,...
Doris Ann La Fay
Dec 18, 2024
Doris Ann Webster La Fay age 82, died on December 18, 2024 in her home in Francis, Utah. She was born in Heber City, Utah on August 23, 1942 to Floyd and Alice Webster. She married Don Lewis La Fay on April 19, 1963. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, doing crafts and was a master glass etcher. Surviving Doris are her...
Randy Gordon Tree
Dec 16, 2024
After a valiant fight with cancer, Randy Gordon Tree, age 60, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 16th, 2024 in Heber City, Utah. He was born on May 10th, 1964 in Heber City to James Marion and Nedra Tree. He married the love of his life Julie LeAnn on March 25th, 1987 in the Salt Lake City Temple...
Martha Jean Ward
Dec 13, 2024
Martha Jean Ward, age 88, passed away peacefully at home on December 13, 2024, in Midway, Utah. She was born on February 23, 1936, in St. Louis, Missouri to John Frederick Rutledge and Hazel Huff Rutledge. After raising a family and working as a nurse, nurse practitioner, and educator, her intellect and sense of adventure led her to engage in...
Geniel Bartholomew
Dec 8, 2024
Geniel Bartholomew, 90, of Midway, Utah, passed away on December 8, 2024. Geniel lived a long life as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. Geniel was born in Midway, Utah, on June 6, 1934, to Eliza Elizabeth Beck and Nephi Probst. She attended Wasatch High School and later married and had four children: Rosemary, Wayne, Timothy, and...
Lisa K Montgomery
Dec 7, 2024
Lisa K. Montgomery, born on August 6, 1963, in Heber City, Utah, to Gloria Montgomery and Tracy Flygare. She passed away on December 7, 2024, at the age of 61 at her home in Heber. Lisa grew up here, where she developed a lifelong love for animals and the outdoors. As a young girl she was an active member of...
W. Rex Reeder
Dec 7, 2024
When we think of our dad, all we have are fun memories and lasting teaching moments. Although our dad wasn’t big on the “I love you’s” we never doubted his absolute love for us. His example and actions spoke volumes. He was a truly remarkable man—devoted as a grandfather, father, husband, friend, brother, uncle, and veteran. He loved his family...
Marjorie Joyce Brachman
Dec 1, 2024
Marjorie (Margie) Brachman was born in Springfield, MA, January 30, 1926 to Sarah and Nathaniel Blacher. When she was 3 years old, the family drove to the Southern California, where she lived in West Los Angeles until moving to Midway, Utah in 2007 with her husband, Bennett Brachman, to be closer to her granddaughter and her family. She lived at...
Verlan Von Fullmer
Nov 27, 2024
Verlan Von Fullmer, 87, passed away on November 27, 2024, and is now reunited with his sweetheart, Janet. Verlan was born in Salem, Idaho in 1937, the youngest of six, to Augusta Ellen Teeples and John Charles Fullmer. Verlan was a talented artist, educator, and gardener with a curiosity for the world and a passion for creative expression. Verlan attended...
Trish Pulsipher
Nov 17, 2024
It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our sweet daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, Trish Pulsipher, who passed away in her sleep on November 17, 2024 at the age of 52. Trish was born on July 2, 1972 in San Diego, California to Kent and Joan Pulsipher. She grew up in Sandy, Utah as the...
Ronald Jay Meik
Nov 15, 2024
Ronald Jay Meik was born Feb 8, 1936 to Harold Armstrong and Emily Jones Meik in Salt Lake City, UT. He passed away peacefully Friday, November 15, 2024, at the age of 88, in his home in Midway with his family by his side. Ron met the love of his life and soulmate, Delores Robinson, in the seventh grade at...
Joe Charles Chopot
Nov 12, 2024
Joseph “Joe” Charles Chopot died on November 12, 2024, in Heber City, Utah. He was born on March 3, 1931, in Colville, Washington, to John J. Chopot and Lucille M Falkenberg Chopot. He married Maria Castro Flores on December 20, 1952. After their divorce he married Reyna Maria Sanchez on July 5, 1968. They divorced in 1989. On February 14,...
Robert David Raby
Nov 12, 2024
Robert David Raby, 90, passed away on November 12, 2024, in his home in Wallsburg, Utah. Born on December 18, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Robert led a full and vibrant life marked by dedication to his family, church, and work. On August 25, 1955, Robert married his beloved wife, Janet Lorraine Park, in Memory Grove, Utah. Their marriage...
Roselene Kovick Kinsey
Nov 11, 2024
Roselene Kovick Kinsey was born in Heber City Utah on November 1,1943 to May Young Kovick and Martin Kovick. She passed away in Orem Utah on November 11, 2024. Rose grew up in Heber City, graduating from Wasatch High School in 1962. As a young lady Rose enjoyed playing softball, and boy was she good! She could hit and throw...
Ashley Michelle Barker
Nov 9, 2024
Our dear Ashley who did so much with her too brief life - mother, wife, sister and daughter to family. Also a very talented and dedicated employee as well as great friend of so many. Always the life of the party. We all knew her as joyous, playful, whip smart, driven, responsible, so loving and so lovable. Raised mostly by...
Ronald Todd Johnson
Nov 7, 2024
Ronald Todd Johnson died on November 7, 2024. He was born on April 14, 1964, in Fontana, California to Charles Norvelle Johnson and June Louise Sergeant Johnson. He grew up in California. Ron loved being in the outdoors, fishing, skiing, playing golf, and rock crawling. He loved collecting football and baseball cards and other memorabilia. He worked at O’Reilly’s in...