Obituaries
Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Springville, Mapleton & UT County
H. Stella Kappas
Jun 27, 2016
Hazel Stella Kappas, 84, passed away peacefully and was reunited with her parents and family members on June 27, 2016 from causes incident to age. Stella was born November 15, 1931 in Mapleton to Steve and Hazel Kappas.
She attended schools in Mapleton and Springville and graduated from Springville High School in 1950.
She worked...

Candace Elizabeth Rasmussen
Jun 24, 2016
Candace Elizabeth Rasmussen, 33, of Springville UT., Passed away Friday, June 24, 2016. Funeral Services will be held, Friday, July 1, 2016 at 11 a.m. in the LDS Chapel on 355 E. Center Street, Springville, Utah. A Viewing will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. prior to the services at the church. Burial will be in the Orem...
Richard M Ollerton
Jun 24, 2016
Richard M Ollerton
Age 70 of Springville, Utah passed away June 24, 2016.
He was born May 24, 1946 in Provo, Utah to Marian Everett Ollerton and Lucille Jensen Ollerton.
Richard married Karen Marshall in Springville, Utah in 1972.
Richard enjoyed Fishing, Camping, Photography and looking at the Stars with his...
LaRee DeGraw Gottfredson
Jun 21, 2016
LaRee DeGraw Gottfredson, 91, from Spanish Fork, Utah was reunited with her son in heaven on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. LaRee passed away suddenly which is the only way she would have had it. She lived a long happy fulfilling life and essentially ran marathons right up to the end. She was strong, smart, beautiful, and extremely dedicated to...
Terra Parkinson
Jun 18, 2016
Auburn Terra Parkinson, 31, of Mapleton, passed away June 18, 2016. She was born on February 18, 1985, the precious daughter of Kirk and Gwen (Hood) Parkinson.
She was a kind, loving, beautiful person who cared for every living thing. She was bright and well-educated, earning her Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Utah...
Leslie Hart Andelin
Jun 17, 2016
Leslie Hart Andelin, 81, passed away Friday, June 17, 2016 at his daughter’s home in Pikeville, KY. Hart was born on July 29, 1934 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to L’ Etrenne Andelin and Ella May Brown.
He spent his youth in Idaho Falls. He played his cornet in the high school band, went ice skating, rode his...
Anna Mae Downey
Jun 17, 2016
Anna Mae Stephenson Robinson Downey passed away peacefully at her home at the age of 84 in Springville Utah.
She was born April 5, 1932 in Levan Utah, to Fred Stephenson and Abbie Johanna Christensen Stephenson. She married James Calvin Robinson on July 2, 1948 in Nephi, later she and James had six children. Linda Warner (Ross),...
Theodore "Teddy" Lynn Nemelka
Jun 16, 2016
Teddy—our beloved son, brother, grandson, cousin and friend—unexpectedly passed away in his sleep at his parents’ home in Springville, Utah on the morning of June 16, 2016, due to complications from tonsillitis. He was 19 years old. Teddy was born on February 28, 1997 in Orem, Utah to David Nephi Nemelka and Arianne Bateman. He attended school in Mapleton,...
Robert Burton Sabin
Jun 15, 2016
Robert Burton Sabin passed away passed away Thursday, June 15, 2016 from complications of a stroke. He is survived by his six children and 15 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Patricia; granddaughter, Sarah Mooreland; his parents, Wally Sabin and Donnetta Shumway; and his brother, Joseph Sabin.
Robert was born in...
D. Leonard Pugh
Jun 13, 2016
Dilworth Leonard Pugh, of Mapleton, Utah, passed away, Monday, June 13th, 2016 at the age of seventy-five. Len was born in Kanab and grew up in Provo Utah. He joined the National Guard in 1960, and then served two-years in the Northeast British England Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He graduated from Brigham Young University...
Roy L Tanner
Jun 12, 2016
Roy L. Tanner was the second son and third child of Seth and Inger Marie Larsen Tanner, born on May 9, 1927 in Payson, Utah.
As a young boy, he grew up in Payson, Utah. The family later moved to Eureka, Utah and back to Payson, eventually making Provo, Utah their final home.
At the...
Norman Ray Barker
Jun 12, 2016
Norman Ray Barker of Mapleton, Utah died on June 12, 2016 at the age of 91. Norman was born on November 6,1924 in Springville Utah to Hyrum and Minnie Averett Barker. He was raised in Hobble Creek Canyon, one of seven children. He went to school in Springville. He joined the navy during World War II on April 11,1944. He...
Marie (Bennett) Webb
Jun 10, 2016
Our sweet mother, Magdaline Marie Bennett Webb, daughter of John and Hilda Johanna Bennett, passed away peacefully June 10th at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. She was born March 15, 1927 in McCornick, Utah (near Delta). Most of her children were able to visit and comfort her before her passing. She is survived by her children, Ronald Webb (Lula) Henderson...
Thomas Mose Wakolee
Jun 10, 2016
Thomas Mose Wakolee passed away June 10, 2016 at the age of 68. He was born Oct 21, 1947 in New York to Thomas David Wakolee and Beulah Herne. He was a Native American - direct descendant of the Sac-N-Fox Indian tribe. He grew up in New York and moved to Utah to attend BYU. Tom loved cars. He worked...
Mildred Helen MacMeekin
Jun 8, 2016
Mildred Helen Pettebone MacMeekin, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2016.
Born October 26, 1919, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Willis John Pettebone and Mildred Helen Williams Pettebone, Mildred lived through world events ranging from Prohibition to the Moon Landing and into the Digital Age. She was always excited to learn of advances both technologically and socially....
Marilyn (Clyde) Larsen
Jun 3, 2016
Marilyn Larsen, our beloved aunt, sister and friend passed away peacefully at her home in Payson, Utah on June 3, 2016 at the age of 82. She was born in the family home on July 29, 1933 in Mapleton, Utah, the youngest of nine children to Wilford Larsen and Margaret Melissa Clyde. Although Marilyn never married, or had children of...
R. Dale Hone
Jun 3, 2016
Roland Dale Hone, born July 10, 1939 died on June 3, 2016 at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. Dale was born in Spanish Fork, Utah to Raymond D. Hone and Jennie Mae Thomas Hone, and grew up in Spanish Fork, Utah. He married Roma Singleton in 1958, they were married for 31 years and had five boys and a girl,...
Lewis John Teuscher
Jun 2, 2016
Lewis John Teuscher, beloved husband, father, grandfather, son and brother left his earthy home and entered eternity on Thursday, June 2, 2016. He was born on November 27, 1953 the first child of Lewis and Glenda Teuscher. John grew up in the one stoplight town of Montpelier, Idaho where he attended Bear Lake High School. He threw elbows on the...
Ray Cope
Jun 2, 2016
Ray Cope, age 91, was born in Tropic, Utah on August 7, 1924 and died June 2, 2016. He was preceded in death by his father, James Austin Cope, his mother, Irma Shumway and his brothers Bernard, James, Evan and Lloyd. He married his high school sweetheart, Mary Renee Hughes on December 14, 1942 in the Salt Lake L.D.S. Temple....
Yvonne Burt
May 23, 2016
Jewell Yvonne Hurst Burt passed away on May 23, 2016. She was born in Mapleton, Utah on December 10, 1935, to Walden and Esther Hurst. She attended school in Mapleton and Springville, graduating from Springville High. She went on to attend BYU. She was sealed to Rodney L Burt in the Salt Lake Temple on March 13, 1958. Yvonne...