Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries

Darwin Kay Sumsion

Apr 16, 2022

Darwin K Sumsion, 91, of St George, Utah, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2022.  He was born April 20, 1930, in Preston, Idaho, to John Bert Sumsion and Mary Caroline Hansen Sumsion. He married Deon Rodgers Sumsion on October 26, 1953 and later sealed together in the Oquirrh Mountain Utah LDS Temple in 2010.  She preceded him in death on...

Valerie Ventura Sims

Apr 8, 2022

Valerie Ventura Sims, infant daughter of Jared Spencer Sims and Marisol Mendoza Sims, passed away shortly after her birth on Friday, April 8, 2022.  She is survived by her parents and Brooke Andersen; Caitlin Croft; and Vivian Vega. There will be a visitation and service held a Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South in Springville on Friday, April 15th...

Afton (Bennion) Alleman

Apr 7, 2022

Afton Bennion Alleman passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at her home in Springville, Utah, after receiving visits from her family and loved ones. Afton was born on December 25, 1929 at home in Duchesne, Utah, while her older brothers sat outside in the family car waiting for updates about her arrival. Leo and Elva (Billings) Bennion were so...

Ralph Joseph McClain

Apr 4, 2022

Ralph Joseph McClain, aged 79, of Springville, passed away on Monday, April 4, 2022, surrounded by his family.  He was born July 22, 1942, in Springville, Utah to George Albert McClain and Mollie Dalton McClain.  He was married and sealed to his beloved Carol Lee Chadwick on April 20, 1967 in the Manti Utah Temple. Ralph was a dutiful husband,...

Mary (Chilibeck) Talaska

Mar 31, 2022

Mary Chilibeck Talaska, age 98 of Springville, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2022.  She was born February 10, 1924 in Mundare, Alberta, Canada to Peter and Alexandra (Forest) Chilibeck.  She is survived by her four children and her grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, 2022 in the Springville...

Robert (Bo) Eugene White

Mar 30, 2022

Robert (Bo) Eugene White, 68, of Mapleton, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 30th, 2022. He was born July 13, 1953, in Kansas City, Missouri to William Denzil White and Helen Louise Corey. Bo married Jacqueline Kirkman on July 3, 1987, in the Los Angeles, California temple.At age 14, Bo had a friend that introduced him to the gospel.  From Bo’s...

Terry Dayle (Hopper) Evans

Mar 29, 2022

Terry Dayle Evans, 64, of Provo, left this earth Tuesday, March 29, 2022. She was born May 11, 1957, in North Bend, Oregon to Raymond Charles Hopper and Wilma Eileen (Eldredge) Hopper. She married Jamie Don Evans on December 15, 1984 in Orem Utah. Terry grew up in North Bend, Oregon, the oldest of five children. She moved to Utah...

Lori June (Tolman) Powell

Mar 26, 2022

Lori June (Tolman) Powell will be remembered by her love, selflessness, passion, and beautiful blue eyes. She passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2022 surrounded by many loved ones. She was born April 9, 1965 in Redlands, California as the fourth and youngest child to Donald Newell Tolman and Lucille Jane Johnson-Tolman. She married Derek Todd Powell...

David James Graves

Mar 25, 2022

David James Graves was welcomed home into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father on March 25, 2022 after a 12 year battle with cancer. Most of his battle was unknown to many as he lived his life to the fullest, not skipping a beat with sports, family vacations, and work, until his body no longer allowed him the ability...

Patricia Ann (Bancroft) Roberts

Mar 25, 2022

Patricia Ann Bancroft Roberts, age 86 of Lindon, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022.  Services are under the direction of Wheeler Mortuary.  Condolences for the family may be expressed on this page.

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McKay Christopher Sorensen

Mar 22, 2022

After a courageous 663 day battle with cancer, our beloved warrior, son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, and friend, Mckay Christopher Sorensen (31), passed peacefully through the veil on March 22nd, 2022, surrounded by his family. Mckay was born on December 18th, 1990 in Provo Utah to Chris and Cathy Sorensen. He brought so much joy to his family during his...

Kenneth Robert Brown

Mar 20, 2022

Kenneth Robert Brown, 80, of Provo, Utah passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022. He was born on November 7, 1941 to William Robert Brown & Ellen Miriam Beveridge Brown in American Fork, Utah. He married Lynne Lorraine Lauritzen on June 4, 1965 & were sealed in the Provo, Utah temple on November 28, 1975.

Ken moved with...

Doris June (Miner) Harker

Mar 18, 2022

Doris June Miner Harker, 93, of Springville, passed peacefully from this earth on Friday, March 18, 2022 with her family by her side and her sweetheart waiting patiently in the wings. Doris June was born October 22, 1928 in Long Beach, California to Melvin and Pearl Miner.  She was the youngest of their four children, joining Doug, Barbara, and Mary...

Jess Ernest Barton

Mar 18, 2022

Jess Ernest Barton died on Friday, March 18, 2022. He was born in Springville, Utah on January 16, 1935 to Daniel Martin Barton and Nellie Bird Barton. He grew up in Springville and graduated from Springville High School in 1953. He was on the high school football and track teams, lettering in track. He began working for Geneva Steel (U.S....

Lori (Crandall) Gammell

Mar 17, 2022

Lori Crandall Gammell, our beloved Wife, Mother, Sister, Aunt, Friend and Nana, passed away peacefully surrounded by family in Mapleton Thursday evening March 17, 2022. She was 63 years young after battling ovarian cancer for four and a half years.

Lori was born March 6, 1959, in Provo, UT to Leland and Geniel Crandall. She enjoyed...

Roderick Galen Betts

Mar 17, 2022

Roderick Galen Betts passed away peacefully on March 17, 2022, in Springville, Utah. Rod was born on September 15, 1939, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He spent his childhood and youth in Rosemary, Alberta, Canada where he gained an appreciation for hard work on the family farm. After serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in...

Mary Pauline (Bonham) Priest

Mar 16, 2022

In the summer of 1993, Mary Pauline Priest, who was in her late sixties then, was flipping head-over-heels in a rickety metal cage, that, in hindsight, was a bad idea. Her glasses went flying, but she held on through each sickening topsy-turvy. She was on a carnival ride at Hickam Air Force Base, Oahu, because I asked her to be...

Karen Faye (Oldroyd) Measom

Mar 16, 2022

Our loving wife, mom, and grandma passed away on March 16, 2022, after a brief encounter with cancer. Karen Faye Oldroyd Measom was born in Salt Lake City to Roland and Faye Herbert Oldroyd on March 25, 1942. At age eight she moved to Springville where her father owned SOS Drug Store. Karen enjoyed working as a soda jerk with...

Val Gene (Washburn) Ogles

Mar 11, 2022

Our beloved Val Gene Ogles passed from this life on March 11, 2022. During her final weeks, many of her children and family were able to be by her side in Provo, Utah and express their love for her and her exemplary life. Val Gene was born on June 5, 1931 in Blanding, Utah to Alvin LaVell Washburn and Wasel...

Riley Kevin Howell

Mar 8, 2022

Riley Kevin Howell, age 33, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday March 8, 2022. He is survived by his mother Kerrie Taylor, step-father Troy Taylor, brother Austin Howell, sister Jentry Howell, brother-in-law Timothy Kindle, grandparents Richard and Marie Howell, Cecelia Wilkinson, Gary and Karen Hoover, many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father Kevin Howell,...