OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Families in Midway and Heber, UT

Betty M Cummings

Betty M Cummings

Nov 1, 2016

Beloved Mother, Grandmother, Sister and Friend, Betty (Muir) Cummings received her wings and graduated from this world on November 1, 2016. Betty was born March 8, 1929 to William and Edna Muir in Heber City, Utah. She was a Twin and had 7 other siblings. Betty married the love of her life December 24, 1946. They were married 67 years...

Ilene Lela Watts

Ilene Lela Watts

Oct 28, 2016

Born January 5, I921 in the small farming community of Rainier, Washington, Ilene was the forth and youngest daughter of Chancellor Henry Schroeder and Lela Avis Pollan. She married John J. Lund of Olympia, Washington on February 1, 1938. Their only child John Lewis Lund was born on Ilene's twentieth birthday January 5,1941. Mother and son were able to share...

Jean Larsen Hylton

Jean Larsen Hylton

Oct 25, 2016

Jean Larsen Hylton, 85, died October 25, 2016, in Heber City, Utah. Jean was born October 21, 1931, in Spanish Fork, the daughter of Joseph Burgis Larsen and Gladys Davis Larsen. She graduated from Spanish Fork High School where she was interested in and participated in many business classes and competed successfully in state DECA competitions in secretarial skills. She...

Joseph Ray Forbush

Joseph Ray Forbush

Oct 24, 2016

Joseph Ray Forbush, 20, of Charleston, Utah returned to his Heavenly Father on Monday, October 24, 2016, as the result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He was born on September 29, 1996 in Orem, Utah to Nick R. and Marolynn (Murdock) Forbush. He attended and Graduated from Wasatch High School where he was a part of the...

Karen Acklin

Karen Acklin

Oct 16, 2016

Although she was small in stature at "5'1 ¾" there was nothing small about her loving heart, goofy personality, courage and limitless ability to love everyone and everything. She was blessed with three children; two daughters, Janine and Crusan, and a son, Andy, who we know welcomed her home with a giant hug. She loved her children and her grand-babies...

William F Ummond

William F Ummond

Oct 13, 2016

William F Drummond (Bill) of Kamas UT passed away on Thursday, October 13 after a motorcycle accident at the age of 71. Bill is predeceased by his parents George Drummond and Margaret Waddell Drummond. He is survived by his wife Susan Hogeland Drummond and his sons Joel Drummond of Austin TX and Craig Drummond of Seattle WA, his step-children Kelly...

Jessica Marie Sweat

Jessica Marie Sweat

Oct 2, 2016

Heaven gained a beautiful Angel on Sunday, October 2nd 2016. Jessica Marie Sweat of Heber City, Utah passed away peacefully at her home after a 2 year battle with cancer. Jessica grew up in Heber and graduated from Wasatch High School in 2002. She married Eric, her high school sweetheart, on August, 8 2002. They have two beautiful daughters Chloe...

Flora Simmons Mecham Dunbar Wilkins

Flora Simmons Mecham Dunbar Wilkins

Oct 1, 2016

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend Flora Simmons, Mecham, Dunbar, Wilkins passed peacefully on Saturday, October 1, 2016. She was born in Charleston, Utah on July 21, 1926 to Violet Daybell and Heber J. Simmons and was the 7th of 8 children. She married Tom Udel Mecham and made their home on the farm in Wallsburg, Utah. They...

Ruth Farrell

Ruth Farrell

Sep 30, 2016

For six years’ true love has been separated by time and space. On Friday September 30th Ray and Ruth Farrell will never be apart again. Beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Ruth Farrell returned to her husband and Heavenly Father on September 30, 2016 after issues following a surgical procedure. Ruth was born to Allen and Lola Curry on June...

Mont Sweat

Mont Sweat

Sep 27, 2016

Mont was born on Sept. 19, 1977, in Heber City, to Von Sweat and Rona Walton. He had three siblings Bill Crook, Ryan Sweat and Becky Mecham. Mont was diagnosed with a rare terminal cancer in August of this year and passed on Sept. 27, 2016. He attended Wasatch High class of 1996. Mont lived with his soulmate, Sarah Isbell,...

Clayton Taylor Gardner

Clayton Taylor Gardner

Sep 25, 2016

Clayton Taylor Gardner also known as "FUZZ" left us early Sunday morning September 25th 2016 at the home he built in Scenic, Arizona. Born November 25th 1934 in Wallsburg, Utah to Orval and Georgia Gardner. ‪ He married Lois Gappmayer June 8th 1955 in the Salt Lake Temple. They have 5 children, Genavee, Catherine (David) Shepherd, Kenneth, Russell (Margaret), Martha...

Ronald Arlen Cox

Ronald Arlen Cox

Sep 21, 2016

Ronald Arlen Cox, age 70 passed away September 21, 2016. Born September 2, 1946 in Heber City, Utah to Loren and Eliza LaVaun Mair Cox. Ron served in the US Army from December 1965 to December 1971. Ron was a mechanic and worked at Moulton’s Kabota for 12 years then at Valley Kabota for another 19 years. He is survived...

Al Hazelrigg

Al Hazelrigg

Sep 12, 2016

Al passed away peacefully in his home in Oakley, that he loved, on September 12, 2016 due to an eight month struggle with a glioblastoma brain tumor. As he said “I’ve had a great life, I have no regrets”. Al was born Alan Charles Hazelrigg III to Alan Charles Hazelrigg Jr. and Grace Marie Coleman in Los Angeles on October...

Philip Murdock Lawson

Philip Murdock Lawson

Sep 10, 2016

Philip Murdock Lawson, 78, passed away peacefully September 10, 2016 at his home in Heber City, after a valiant struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. Phil was born on January 14, 1938 in Heber City, Utah. He was the son of Bob and Mary Lawson. He graduated from Wasatch High School in 1956 and served in the United States Navy from 1955-1958....

Elva Swain Baum

Elva Swain Baum

Sep 2, 2016

Elva Theola Swain Baum, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend passed away peacefully at her home on September 2, 2016. Elva was born on January 10, 1943 in Heber City to Jay Watson and Theola Remund Swain. Elva spent her childhood living with her family at the church farm at the Hailstone Junction and graduated from Wasatch High School in...

Mabel Elaine Mair Martinez

Mabel Elaine Mair Martinez

Sep 2, 2016

Mabel Elaine Mair Martinez was born April 11, 1917 to Andrew and Myrtle Young Mair in Heber City, Utah. She peacefully passed away September 2, 2016 at the age of 99 in Centerville, Utah. Mabel grew up in a log house in Heber City. She had four brothers, Marlowe, Ernest, Loren, and Darrell (Buck) and a beloved sister, Daphne. Mabel...

Shirley B. Sunday

Shirley B. Sunday

Aug 27, 2016

Shirley B. Sunday passed away unexpectedly in her sleep on Saturday morning Aug 27, 2016 in Heber City, Utah. She was born on January 30,1948 in Quincy, Florida to Owen Glenmore and Reba Mavis Brandon. She was 68 at the time of her death. Shirley loved all animals but she loved horses the most, she enjoyed the mountains. She never...

Jan Burgener Kohler

Jan Burgener Kohler

Aug 24, 2016

Our beloved mother and grandmother passed away Aug. 24, 2016, after a brief battle with cancer. Jan was born Jan. 10, 1956, to Ted and Darsa Burgener. After graduating high school she married her high school sweetheart Ronnie Jay Kohler. They had two daughters, Jadie and Annie. Jan was a doting mother, who spent most of her life at home...

Donna Buhler Thacker

Donna Buhler Thacker

Aug 22, 2016

Donna Buhler Thacker passed away peacefully at her home in Heber City, Utah on August 22, 2016. She was born on January 26, 1932 at her Grandmother’s home in Pleasant Grove to her thrilled parents Morris Buhler and Ruth Smith. Donna grew up and attended school in Midway, Utah. She attended Wasatch High School where she was a cheerleader. She...

Peter Mcniven Fillerup

Peter Mcniven Fillerup

Aug 18, 2016

Peter McNiven Fillerup was born in Cody, Wyoming September 4, 1953 to Melvin McDonald Fillerup and Ruth May McNiven Fillerup. Peter grew up in Cody, spending summers at the family ranch up the Northfork, riding horses and venturing in the hills with his six adventurous siblings. He attended Ricks College (BYU Idaho) and later Brigham Young University on an art...