Springville & Mapleton, UT Obituaries

Leah Rose Dudley Snelson

Mar 30, 2012

Leah Rose Dudley Snelson, 86, passed away on March 30, 2012 surrounded by her daughters. She was born March 28, 1926 in Spanish Fork, Utah to Myrvin Wade and Myrtle Mortensen Dudley. She married Marl Don Snelson on July 20, 1944 in Spanish Fork, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. Leah served faithfully in...

Leah Rose Dudley Snelson

Mar 30, 2012

March 28, 1926 - March 30, 2012

Leah Rose Dudley Snelson, 86, passed away on March 30, 2012 surrounded by her daughters.

She was born March 28, 1926 in Spanish Fork, Utah to Myrvin Wade and Myrtle Mortensen Dudley. She married Marl Don Snelson on July 20, 1944 in Spanish Fork, Utah....

Dan Richard Bird

Mar 29, 2012

Dan Richard Bird, age 80, passed away March 29, 2012 in Provo from an abdominal aneurysm. He was born in his family home in Springville, Utah on January 12, 1932 to Reed Bird and Martha Menett Alleman Bird. Dan attended schools in Springville. He earned a Bachelor and Masters degree from Brigham Young University and a Doctor of Education...

Spencer Kay Mendenhall

Mar 24, 2012

Spencer Kay Mendenhall of Springville, Utah passed away due to complications after surgery on March 24, 2012. He was 76 years old. He had been surrounded by and visiting with loving family members. Kay was born in Payson, Utah on September 12, 1935 to Spencer Malin and Cora Chambers Mendenhall. He grew up in Payson and lived life to...

Joyce Pierce Poulsen

Mar 24, 2012

Joyce Pierce Poulsen, 81, long-time resident of Springville, Utah and recently of Gilbert, Arizona, peacefully passed away in the quiet morning hours of Saturday, March 24, 2012. She was born May 26, 1930 in Victor, Emery County, Utah to Vernon Winifred Pierce and Thelma Davis Pierce. She married Ralph Johnson Poulsen on November 7, 1952 in the Salt Lake...

Norma Jean LeClercq Lavery

Mar 24, 2012

Supported by Hospice and her loving family, Norma Jean Lavery was able to slip quietly away on March 24, 2012 in Provo, Utah. Norma was born on August 20, 1934 in Mulberry, Kansas as the only child of Arnie Joseph LeClercq and Pearl Cole. The family moved to California when Norma was a young child. It was here that...

Dean L. Tew

Mar 23, 2012

Dean L. Tew passed away March 23, 2012, from a brain tumor, at home with his wife and family. He was born June 7, 1930 in Mapleton, UT to William T. and Jennie M. Houtz Tew. He married his sweetheart Myrna Lee Weight on Sep. 12, 1957 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They have 6 children: Grant D....

Larry John Simmons

Mar 16, 2012

Larry John Simmons, 70, of Mapleton, Utah passed away Friday, March 16, 2012 in Provo, Utah from a short illness. He was born October 27, 1941 in Mapleton, Utah to John Hallam and Rhoda Hatfield Simmons. Larry attended schools in Mapleton and Springville, graduating from Springville High School. He served in the Air Force for 4 years and also...

Robert Lamar Metcalf

Mar 13, 2012

Robert Lamar Metcalf, age 88, of Provo, Utah, passed away on March 13, 2012. Born Dec. 21, 1923, to Frank and Ivy Metcalf in Richfield, Idaho. Married to Gail Hughes for 67 years, sealed Nov. 18, 1950, in Mesa Arizona LDS Temple. Bob served as a pilot in the US Army Air Corps during WWII. A builder by trade,...

Chandler Warren Nelson

Mar 10, 2012

The best Christmas present ever given to his parents, Robert and Marlene Nelson: Chandler Warren Nelson, born on December 24, 1968. Chandler was called home to his Father in Heaven on March 10, 2012 due to an accident. Chandler attended Brookside Elementary School, Springville Middle School, graduated from Springville High School and earned an Associate's Degree from UVU in...

Sandra Lee Krebs

Mar 6, 2012

Sandra Lee Krebs, after a dignified and courageous effort in her thirteen-month battle with cancer, passed away on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 at 9:57 pm, at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. Sandy was born on January 15, 1958 in North Miami FL. and has resided with her husband and family in the community of Springville, Utah for...

Keri Warner Allen

Mar 3, 2012

Keri Warner Allen, 44 of Mapleton, UT was reunited with her mother on March, 3, 2012, at her home following a short illness. Keri was born on June 28, 1967, to Ron and JoAnn Pennington Warner of Springville, UT. She attended elementary school in Springville. Later, the family moved to Orem, where she attended and graduated from Mountain View...

Donna Kathryn Lewis Crane

Mar 1, 2012

Donna Crane, surrounded by her family, died of natural causes on March 1, 2012 at Trinity Mission in Provo, UT. She was born on Christmas Day December 25, 1926 to Raymond Clifton (Tubby) Lewis and Alice Sessions Lewis. She attended High School in Provo, UT. She married Fred C. Crane of Provo on June 4, 1949. Dad passed away...

Arthella Johnson

Mar 1, 2012

Arthella Johnson of Springville passed away peacefully on March 1, 2012 at the age of 82. She has joined her eternal sweetheart Kaae Ramon Johnson and her parents Arthur Delos Oakley and Wilda Weight Oakley. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She is survived by her three siblings, Marlene Oakley Scow (Ted) Chandler, AZ; Joan...

Raymond Dee Dunn

Mar 1, 2012

Raymond Dee Dunn, 88, of Springville, Utah, passed away March 1, 2012 in Provo, Utah. Raymond was the seventh of ten children born to William "Ed" and Sarah Jane "Jennie" Packard Dunn. He was born September 20, 1923 and lived most of his life in Springville. During his youth, he enjoyed participating in sports, playing football for Springville High....

Grant L Clement

Feb 28, 2012

Grant L Clement, of Springville, passed away February 28, 2012, his 92nd birthday. Born Feb 28, 1920 in Duchesne, Utah to Darius Alva Clement and Araminta Peterson Clement. He married Val Stewart October 7, 1940 in the Manti Temple. Survived by brother Donald (Sally) Clement, sisters Leah Larsen & Nola Barker, 3 adopted children: James, Carol and Laura; 9...

Ted (Theo Cook) McQuivey

Feb 27, 2012

On Monday, February 27th, Ted passed away in the hospital. He was born on May 2, 1931 in Provo, Utah to Theodore McQuivey and Louise Cook McQuivey. He enlisted into the Navy and served during the Korean War. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis McQuivey and children: Mike McQuivey, Lynn (Peggy) McQuivey, Marjorie Draper and Ryan McQuivey; 19...

Mavis Garrett Watkins

Feb 27, 2012

Mavis Garrett Watkins was born May 26, 1924 in Layton, Utah, to Willard Winner and Lovantha King Garrett. She passed away peacefully February 27, 2012 at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Mavis spent her early years in Bingham Canyon, Utah, where she met and fell in love with Harry Clarence Watkins. They married on May 29,...

Lawrence Scott Eldon

Feb 26, 2012

Scott was born on August 9, 1929 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, to John Alfred Marks and Dorothy Waters Eldon, both of whom are deceased. He passed away on February 26, 2012 from complications of pancreatic cancer and diabetes. He has one sibling, his brother, Bud (Charles). Scott always considered Hawaii his home. He loved the island beaches,...

Susanne Spencer Harris

Feb 21, 2012

Sue Spencer Harris, as she was usually called, died Tuesday morning, Feb. 21, 2012, as a result of a fall on a stairway, complicated by infections and a stroke. She was born in Ely, Nevada, the daughter of Richard Leo Spencer and Fern Olson Spencer. She was named Betty Susanne, but she hated the Betty, and went by Sue...