Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries

Mar 8, 2023

Javotte Webster Turner, age 90, of Springville, Utah, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023. She was born in Roanoke, Virginia, on December 5, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Alma Francis Webster and Luther Albert Turner.

Javotte was an accomplished business woman and used her professional skills in many ways including working for the University...

Mar 7, 2023

Joseph Tanner Prince, Tanner, 26 finished his work here on earth and was called home on March 7, 2023. He was welcomed into the loving arms of his Dad and Grandparents. Though Tanner’s time here was short he learned lifes lessons faster than most. He persevered through many struggles and was always more concerned with protecting others less fortunate.  ...

Feb 22, 2023

Elaine Fry DeFreese, age 85 of Provo, Utah, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2023.  A viewing will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2023 from 2:00 -3:00 pm at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South, Springville. Interment will be in the Tahoma National Cemetery.  Condolences for the family may be expressed on this page.

Feb 20, 2023

Tatiana Marina Popof Tuohy, 66, of Springville, Utah, passed away Monday, February 20, 2023, after a six year long battle with cancer. It was a valiant fight which she faced with unflinching courage. Always positive, she never once complained or felt sorry for herself.  She was born on October 21, 1956, in Norfolk, Virginia to Valentine George...

Feb 20, 2023

Leslee Henson Rasmussen, 67, of Sandy, Utah, passed away Monday, Feb 20, 2023 after a courageous and graceful battle with breast and liver cancer. She was born August 4th, 1955 in Provo, Utah to Don Bird and Colleen Thatcher. She married her high school sweetheart, David Henson on May 16, 1975 in the Manti temple. They had...

Feb 19, 2023

Leann Despain Binks was born April 9th, 1968, in Melbourne, Australia.  She was adopted by Donley and Gloria Despain at just five days old.  Leann’s parents were on a building mission for the LDS Church.  They returned two years later to Orem, Utah, where she attended Scera Park Elementary and graduated from Orem High School.

Leann had...

Feb 18, 2023

Lonnie Ray Oman passed away on February 18, 2023—his 78th birthday. He spent the last five and a half years valiantly fighting prostate and small-cell cancer. He endured years of chemotherapy, radiation, and other treatments at the Huntsman Cancer Institute all to spend more time with the people he loved. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family while...

Feb 15, 2023

Tamra JoEll Swenson Cobbley of Mapleton, Utah, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, surrounded by her family after a two-year battle with breast cancer.

She was born April 22, 1951, to John Carl and JoEll Meyrick Swenson in Provo, Utah. She grew up in Springville and loved to socialize, play the piano, dance, and sew. She married her...

Feb 15, 2023

James Edward Kallbacka of Provo, Ut, Passed away February 15th, 2023. He was born August 1st, 1956, in Provo, Ut to Faye Golden Kallbacka and Arthur Carl Kallbacka.

He married Christina Christen March 11th, 1978, later divorced December 1996.

He graduated from Provo High and was certified in Power Generation while working for Tooele Army...

Feb 14, 2023

Robert Richard Van Dyke, age 88, our beloved father and grandfather, peacefully returned to his Heavenly Father and to a joyous reunion with his eternal sweetheart, Kay, on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, in Springville, Utah. Bob was born on May 2, 1934, in Los Angeles, California, to Jacob Sjirk and Gladys Richardson Van Dyke. He grew up helping his father...

Feb 12, 2023

  Roice Nelson Krueger, 75, passed away peacefully at home on February 12th, 2023, due to complications from Parkinson's Disease. He was born December 1st, 1947 in Cedar City, Utah, to Erma Marie (Nelson) and William Thomas Krueger, as the third of four children. His father was a National Park Ranger and Superintendent, and Roice grew up in different National...

Feb 12, 2023

Stephen Jay Noyes, 79, of Springville, Utah, returned to his Heavenly Family on Sunday, February 12, 2023, in Lehi, Utah. He quietly endured Alzheimer's for over 10 years with grace and dignity. Stephen was born July 18, 1943, in Salina, Utah, to Alice Denison and Joseph Reed Noyes, the fourth of four children. Stephen was a farm boy raised in...

Feb 10, 2023

Richard “Rick” Card passed away on Friday, February 10, 2023 in a tragic house fire at his home in Springville, Utah. Rick was born August 22,1943 in Salem, Utah to Earl and Louise (Holder) Card.  He grew up in Salem and then attended Spanish Fork High School where he participated in band and graduated in 1961. In 1962, He married...

Feb 7, 2023

LaRee Jackson Miner passed away February 7, 2023, after a long struggle with cancer. She was born December 11, 1935, in Vernal, Utah to John Henry Jackson Jr. and Nan Ellsworth Jackson. She was one of seven children. She married Richard Edwin Miner on June 1, 1953, in Springville, Utah. They were later sealed in the Los Angeles Temple on...

Feb 7, 2023

Our precious mother Clara Darlene (Ewell, Jenkins) Marshall, age 93, passed away peacefully in the early afternoon of February 7, 2023 surrounded by loved ones in Springville, Utah. Darlene (as she was known) was born on June 3, 1929 to William Marion Ewell and Clara Burgi Ewell in Mammoth, Utah. Later, she was married to Clinton Chester Jenkins in the...

Jan 30, 2023

Elaine Cherrington Fletcher Fisher passed peacefully on January 30, 2023 in Springville, Utah, not far from where she was born over 97 years ago. Her family members were close at hand as she had struggled with the effects of a recent fall and rib damage that impaired her breathing. Elaine had been active and involved with her children, grandchildren, and...

Jan 27, 2023

Our beloved mother, Cynthia Jean James Lambert passed away on Friday, January 27, 2023 in Cambridge, MA at the age of 76.  She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, teacher, and friend.

Cindy was born on September 26, 1946 in San Rafael, CA to Leonard Edwin James and Mary Beth Stewart James...

Jan 23, 2023

Maridith Wheeler White, 48 of Springville, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2023, after a long hard fight against pancreatic cancer.

Maridith was born on December 24, 1974, to David Blaine and Karla Kay Wheeler.  They brought her home in a Christmas stocking.

Maridith grew up in Spanish Fork,...

Jan 23, 2023

Ireata Swasey Hansen, age 86, of Springville, Utah, passed away January 23, 2023, at her home in Springville, Utah.  She was born in Mona, Utah, on August 4, 1936, to Floyd Elray Swasey and Mercia LaVon Rowe Swasey.  Ireata married the love of her life, Delynn Hansen, August 1, 1954.  Ireata was preceded in death by Delyn Hansen on December...

Jan 20, 2023

Dr. Kenneth Llewellyn Russell, our loving father, grandfather & great grandfather died peacefully, surrounded by his children, on January 20, 2023, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with a strong faith that guided him throughout his life.

He was born...