Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries

Jun 20, 2022

Hannah Jean Mendenhall Fry, 97, of Orem, passed away Monday, June 20th, 2022. Born December 30, 1924, as the last of eight children to Hannah Bird and Richard Lovell Mendenhall, Hannah found a best friend in her older sister Catherine. Together they caused trouble in their Mapleton neighborhood, throwing rocks at dead, bloated sheep and trying to run away with...

Jun 16, 2022

Celeste Vargas Toledo, infant daughter of Sergio Vargas-Torres and Edule Vargas, born and passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2022.  Graveside services will be held Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. in the Provo City Cemetery.

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Jun 15, 2022

Geoffrey Scott Woodward, 41, of Springville, Utah, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. He was born August 8, 1980 in Canoga Park, CA. He moved to North Carolina as a young adult, then came to Utah in 2017 to be close to his son.

Scott was also known as "Red" and "Scotty" to many friends...

Jun 15, 2022

Carmen “Kathleen” Holley McKell

February 22, 1927 - June 15, 2022

Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Kathleen Holley McKell, 95, of Springville, passed away on June 15, 2022.

Kathleen’s children and grandchildren were the love and light of her life. She was...

Jun 10, 2022

On June 10, 2022, Fenton “The Old Man” Billings hung up his shop apron and passed peacefully from this mortal life.

Fenton was born on March 22, 1937 to Anna and Gerald Billings in Delta, Utah. He was the tenth of eleven children.

He graduated from Utah State University in 1960, and shortly thereafter married...

Jun 8, 2022

Kelly D Hardman, age 79, left on a new adventure to join his heavenly family on June 8, 2022.  He was born to Maurice Chandler Hardman and Leota Kelley Hardman on January 8,1943 in Mackay, Idaho. Kelly enjoyed growing up in a small town. He spent time fishing, hunting, and riding horses with his dad. From an early age, Kelly...

Jun 5, 2022

It is with great sadness the O’Reilly family announces the passing of their beloved Son, Brother, Uncle and Husband, Roah Garrett O’Reilly. Born in Fresno, California on May 19, 1975, Roah passed away on June 5, 2022 at the age of 47 in Encinitas, California. Roah will forever be known as a loyal defender of friend and family who exerted...

May 31, 2022

James David Simmons, 78, of Springville, passed away at home in the early morning hours of May 31, 2022, with his wife, Nancy beside him. David, "Dave" to most people who knew him, was born in Nashville, Tennessee to James Alfred and Pearlie Mabel Simmons in 1943. From the stories he's shared, he was a very active child who didn't...

May 28, 2022

Our hero, our rock of Gibraltar, our dad Edward Thomas Murdock passed on to the happy hunting ground on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 11:10 PM to be reunited with his sweetheart who had passed on 11 year’s earlier. Dad was born on October 10, 1925 to Edward Teancum Murdock and Bertha Mayho Jeffs Murdock in Heber City, UT. He...

May 18, 2022

Masao Keawepuahikinao Kaanga passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2022.  He was born April 29, 2003, in Newport Beach, California, to Mandy and Jared Kaanga.

Masao graduated from Springville High School in 2021.  He attended the Tippie School of Business at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.  He was a big cinema fan...

May 16, 2022

Joseph Edward Klobucar, 88 years of age, passed away on May 16, 2022 in San Jose, California.  He was born in San Francisco, California, on October 15, 1933, to Joseph M. and Alice Klobucar (nee Bacigalupi).  He was raised in the Excelsior District, graduated from Balboa High School and City College of San Francisco, and served in the U.S....

May 14, 2022

Our honest, loving, caring, spiritual, passionate father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend passed away in his home in Springville, Utah on Friday, May 14, 2022.

Lee Measom was born on August 28, 1940 in Payson, Utah to George and Joy Fullmer Measom. As a child he lived in Tacoma, Washington and Springville, Utah....

May 11, 2022

Wilford Wadley Harris, 93, of Springville, Utah, shed the limitations of his well worn body and passed away peacefully Wednesday, May 11, 2022.  He was born October 3, 1928, in Lindon, Utah, to Stanley Harris and Rosella Wadley Harris in the back bedroom of his grandmother’s house, weighing in at only 3.5 pounds. He married Mary La Gene Nelson in...

May 6, 2022

Arline Hall Vincent was born January 4, 1936, in Payson, Utah to James Armond Hall and Naomi Finlayson. Arline passed away May 6, 2022 in Madera, CA. Frank and Arline were married in Southern California in 1955 where they started their family and resided until 1971. In 1971 they relocated to Archibald, Ohio working for Georgia Pacific this only lasted...

May 6, 2022

Our precious mother Gloria Bosman Peterson, 74, of Mapleton, passed away Friday, May 6, 2022 from complications of an abdominal aortic dissection. She was born January 29, 1948, in Provo, Utah, to Walter Bosman and Lucile Dalley. Her mother met and married Earl Dalley when she was a small child, and together, Lucile and Earl raised Gloria. Mom was an...

May 6, 2022

Pamela Grace (Allan) Cherrington, age 70 of Mapleton, passed away Friday, May 6, 2022, after a long and valiant battle with ALS.  Pam was born in Springville, Utah, October 3, 1951, to Reese and Phyllis Allan.  She attended schools in Springville and graduated from Springville High School in 1969.  She married the love of her life, Kim Cherrington in...

May 2, 2022

We would like to celebrate the beautiful life of Fern Crowther Van Sickle which started on July 12, 1928.  Fern ended her journey on earth on May 2, 2022, to return to her heavenly Father and was preceded in death by her husband, Don Van Sickle on August 18, 2006.  They were married on November 16, 1947, in Sanford, Colorado,...

May 1, 2022

Willard Stanley Rose, age 77 of Springville, Utah passed peacefully from this life, surrounded by his family on May 1, 2022 in Provo, Utah. Will was born on July 9, 1944, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the 3rd of five children born to Stanley Baker Rose and Ima Palmer Rose. He married Linda Cheryl McGee...

Apr 26, 2022

Donna Wentz Bleggi of Mapleton, passed away peacefully on April 26, 2022. She was born on March 27, 1940 in Provo Bench (Orem), Utah, the seventh of nine children to Charles Mastin and Belva Hills Wentz. She grew up in a loving family on their family farm in Mapleton with her six sisters and two brothers. She met her sweetheart,...

Apr 20, 2022

One day on 25 January 1938 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a cute little baby boy was born. The name on his birth certificate was Thayne Garland Brower, a name he would go by after joining the Navy. In his early years however, he was known as Thayne Wahl. Thayne was the son of Verla R. Wardell, and Duane C. Clark,...