Obituaries
Learn about recent deaths of friends and family in our community. You can find information about funeral services & viewing times, get directions, leave your condolences, share a photo with the family, or even send flowers.
Dell LaVoy Starley, Jr.
(March 3, 1944 - March 20, 2023)
Dell LaVoy Starley Jr., age 79, passed away on March 20, 2023 at his home in Fillmore, Utah. He was born March 3, 1944 to Dell LaVoy Starley Sr. and Renee Edwards Starley in Fillmore. LaVoy graduated from Millard High School in 1962. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Utah University and a Master of Science degree…
Millard R Crafts
(August 12, 1937 - March 12, 2023)
Millard R Crafts, age 85, passed away on March 12, 2023 in Delta, Utah. He was born on August 12, 1937 in Panquitch, Utah, the sixth of the nine children born to Charles Edward and Ruevo Heywood Crafts. Millard grew up helping out on the family farm in Hinckley, Utah. He graduated from Hinckley High School, excelling on the Hinckley…
Elwin K Davis
(May 7, 1942 - February 18, 2023)
Elwin K Davis, age 80, of St. George, Utah, passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2023 in St. George, Utah after a battle with pneumonia and cancer. Elwin was born on May 7, 1942 to Rulon and Ruby Nelson Davis in Glendale, California. He served in the Southern Far East mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
Dean William John Meyers
(August 18, 1934 - February 16, 2023)
Dean William John Meyers, aged 88, passed away on February 16, 2023 at his home in Delta, Utah. He was born on August 18, 1934 in Baraboo, Wisconsin; the eighth of 12 children born to Roy Edwin and Ida Isabel Zimmerly Meyers. After graduating, he enlisted in the US Air Force in January of 1953. He was trained as a…
Beulah Mae Lake Heath
(December 15, 1927 - February 5, 2023)
Beulah Mae Lake Heath, age 95, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at her home in Delta, Utah surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on December 15, 1927 in Provo, Utah to James Myron and Eva Lenore Woolston Lake. When she was young, her family moved to Waterbury, Connecticut, where she grew up. During her teenage years,…
Curtis Elmer Smith
(June 7, 1930 - January 25, 2023)
On January 25, 2023, Curtis Elmer Smith left this earth to join his late wife, Frances, in his eternal home. Curtis was born on June 7, 1930 in Forbes, North Dakota to Adoph "Abe" and Dorothy Knutta Fulton Smith. His family moved to Southern California when he was a child. He married the love of his life, Frances Dee Chaffin,…
Raymond Lee Tapp
(May 12, 1934 - January 27, 2023)
Raymond Lee Tapp, age 88, passed away on January 27, 2023, in Delta, Utah. He was born on May 12, 1934 in Midvale, Utah, to Raymond Stephen and Nettie Hansen Tapp. He married Phyllis Moffett, and they had three beloved daughters together: Lynn Marie, Vicki, and Lisa. They later divorced. During his younger years, he worked for Kennecott Copper at…
Ilene Reynolds Oliver
(November 25, 1942 - January 18, 2023)
Ilene Reynolds Oliver was born November 25, 1942 in Driggs, Idaho. She attended and graduated from Malad High School where she was known as an exceptional vocalist and was always performing. She loved reminiscing about the many friendships she developed during that time. Ilene learned the value of hard work as a child working in her family’s laundry business. She…
Keith Henry Johnson
(December 2, 1945 - January 17, 2023)
Keith Henry Johnson, age 77, passed away on January 17, 2023 surrounded by loving family at his home in Delta, Utah. He was born on December 2, 1945 in Delta, Utah second of the seven kids of Ward Huntsman and Bonnie Jean Conk Johnson. He grew up on the family farm in Delta where he learn to work hard and…
Connie Kay Cropper Sledge
(July 5, 1943 - January 16, 2023)
Connie Kay Cropper Sledge, age 79, passed away incident to dementia in Cedar City, Utah on January 16, 2023, surrounded by a loving family. She was born in Delta, Utah in Dr. Bird's ‘lambing shed’ on July 5,1943 to Mahonri Bishop Cropper and Erma Irene Ekins Cropper. Much to the delight of her older sister, Glenda, finally a sister after…