Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries

May 8, 2021

Naomi Meservy Riding, 83, of Mapleton, Utah, passed away Saturday, May 8, 2021 from COVID pneumonia. She was born December 26, 1937 in Provo, Utah, to Edward and Lucille Meservy. She married John Cottam Riding on July 22, 1961 in the St. George LDS Temple.

Naomi grew up in Provo, Utah before heading to Dixie College in...

Apr 29, 2021

He was known as Shilo to many, and to myself and others we called him Jason, or Jay. The name you knew him by was irrelevant. It was just being blessed to have known him that really mattered. As everyone can attest, our world is less since we lost him on April 29th. He passed away, at the age of...

Apr 29, 2021

Verona Jane Rigtrup, age 79, passed away Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Springville, Utah.  She was born on November 11, 1941 in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Floyd Clifford Newby and Rhea Curtis Newby.  Although Verona was born in Idaho, she spent the majority of her life in Springville, Utah. Verona was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...

Apr 23, 2021

Joan Elaine Yearsley Thomas August 29, 1934 - April 23, 2021 (age 86).

Joan Yearsley Thomas, 86, of Springville, passed away Friday April 23, 2021. She was born, August 29, 1934, to Grant Arvil Yearsley and June Elaine Davison in Ogden, Utah. Joan spent her early years in Salt Lake and Ogden. After graduating from Ogden High...

Apr 23, 2021

Anthony Keith McGee (65) of Springville Utah, passed away Friday April 23rd, 2021 due to life-long illnesses. He was born November 26, 1955 in Erwin, Harnett, North Carolina to Joseph Marvin McGee and Eula Edna Parrish. His only marriage was to Lizbeth Susan Johnson in 1978, they later divorced in 2009.

Keith came from a childhood where...

Apr 20, 2021

Colene Lee Giacomo, 88, peacefully passed away at her Springville, Utah home on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, with her husband, daughters, and family members at her side. She was born on November 6, 1932 to Fredrick Lee and Grace Rothwell Lee in Springville, Utah. After graduating from Springville High School in 1950, Colene worked at US Steel’s Geneva Steel Works...

Apr 20, 2021

David John Moyle, 75, of Springville, passed away Tuesday night, April 20, 2021.  He was born May 20, 1945, in American Fork to Myron Rowe and Reva Wagstaff Moyle.  He had a happy childhood in a good neighborhood with lots of friends. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the British South Mission....

Apr 18, 2021

Matthew Carl Erickson, 51, of Springville, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021. He was born August 4, 1969, in Provo, Utah to Ronald Erickson and Mary Chambers. So after a long engagement and being together for 12 years, he married Jamie Lyn Bouck Erickson on November 25, 2006.   He was proceeded in death by his dad-in-law Dennis Bouck (his...

Apr 9, 2021

Douglas W. Dixon passed away on April 9th, 2021.  Doug was born in Provo, Utah on May 5th, 1932 to parents Arnold Dixon and Letitia May Banks Dixon.  He attended schools in Provo, graduated from Provo High School, and then attended BYU where he met the love of his life, Helen Konopelski.  Their courting was interrupted by an LDS...

Apr 7, 2021

Our son, brother, dad and friend, Aaron Scott Boone (45) of Mapleton, Utah passed away on Wednesday, April 7th after suffering a pulmonary embolism. He was born December 15th, 1975 in San Leandro, CA to W. Robert (Bob) & Stephanie (Stevie) P. Boone their 2nd child and only son. Aaron grew up in Pleasanton, California and graduated from Amador High...

Mar 30, 2021

John Martin Huish, 85, died peacefully on March 30, 2021 in La Mesa, California. John was born in Berkley, California on May 28, 1935 to Frederick and Mary Bird Huish. He grew up in Berkley with his twin brother, Jim and older brother, Dick.  He served in the United States Army in France. He attended Brigham Young University and...

Mar 26, 2021

Howard McNeil Mathews, “Mac,” age 85, left this world peacefully on March 26, 2021. He was born to Donald Melvin Mathews and Helen Catherine Braithwaite on April 9, 1935. Mac grew up in Cedar City, where he met the love of his life, Bonnie Valene Adams, “Val.” They were sealed for eternity on August 13, 1955 in the St. George...

Mar 23, 2021

David Lynn Houser, beloved son, brother, uncle, husband, dad, papa, friend, and pharmacist, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2021. Dave was born on June 12, 1945 to John Lynn and Anna Mae Houser. Dave had fond memories of his childhood on A Street. After a rough battle with rheumatic fever, Dave was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the...

Mar 14, 2021

Daniel Stewart Randolph, 52, of Springville, Utah passed away unexpectedly on Sunday March 14, 2021. Daniel was born at Sandia Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Friday, October 25, 1968 to Donald David Randolph and Mary Carolyn Rice Randolph.  Dan was sealed to his family in the Washington D.C. temple on May 20, 1975.  Daniel married Angela Thorn...

Mar 13, 2021

Rose Little Henderson Shepherd "Grammy"

Rose Little Henderson Shepherd passed away peacefully March l3, 2021. She was 92 years old.

Rose was born to Henry Newton Henderson and Ada Elizabeth Hartley Henderson on August l8, 1928, in Columbia, Carbon County, Utah. She was their 8th child. Siblings:...

Mar 10, 2021

Kathrine Marie Bishop Kunkel, Springville Utah. (Age 82) Born March 24, 1938 in Ophir Colorado Died March 10, 2021 in Sandy Utah Married warren Joseph Kunkel June 1, 1958 Kay was a housewife first, taking care of the garden along with their four sons, Warren Lester Kunkel, Samuel Keith Kunkel, Douglas Shane Kunkel and Richard Dean Kunkel. Kay also did...

Mar 9, 2021

Walter Fredrick “Fred” Hurst was born on June 27, 1939 in Mapleton, UT, to Walden Duffin Hurst and Ada Esther Busk.  Being raised with his seven siblings during and after the scarcity of the WWII years, he learned the values of humility, service and hard work at a very young age and never lost those attributes.  These were always a...

Mar 9, 2021

Joe H Fullmer, 64, returned to his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.  He was born April 17, 1956 in Payson, Utah to William Woodrow and Nellie Humphries Fullmer.

He married Tammy LaNay Beane October 1, 1986 in the Salt Lake Temple.  They walked this life journey together for 34 years.  He...

Mar 7, 2021

Geniel, in her 92nd year, passed away Sunday March 7th from the natural decline of age.  She departed peacefully in the evening attended by family after a full and rewarding life.

Born in Lakeside, Navajo county, Arizona, Geniel is survived by her brother, Max Hansen, her children Vivian, John, David and Hans, 18...

Feb 25, 2021

One by one, the lights are going out - the party’s over - time for farewells….my turn: I, Dorothy Ilene Jones was born on January 10, 1933 in Gering, NE to William (Bill) Henry Bliss and Savilla (Sally) Evelyn Long Bliss.  That year my parents, my brother Wilbur Lee (2 ½ years) and I (2 months) moved to Lynden, WA. ...