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.
Berdell J Memmott
(December 8, 1929 - June 26, 2016)
Berdell J Memmott, age 86, passed away peacefully Sunday, June 26, 2016 Delta, Utah. He was born December 8, 1929 in Oasis, Utah to Eugene and Lillie Ingaborg Jensen Memmott. He grew up in Oasis and graduated from Hinckley High School. He participated in many activities, including football, track, boxing, and musicals; and was elected Senior Class President. He married…
Steven Alma Broderick
(August 31, 1946 - June 24, 2016)
Steven Alma Broderick, age 69, passed away Friday, June 24, 2016 at his home in Delta, Utah. He was born on August 31, 1946 in Delta, the first child of Alma LaVell and Sephronia Mae Lake Broderick. Throughout his childhood, Steven acted as example and protector his two younger siblings. When he was five, his family moved to California. He…
Vernell Stewart Dutson
(January 7, 1935 - June 19, 2016)
Vernell Stewart Dutson, age 81, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at the Millard Care and Rehabilitation Center in Delta, Utah on Sunday, June 19, 2016. She was born January 7, 1935 in Meadow, Utah to Edgar J. And Beatrice Vernell Bushnell Stewart. Mom grew up in Meadow, where she attended Millard High School. She graduated in 1953. Shortly after…
Ida Johnson Overson
(May 11, 1920 - June 8, 2016)
Ida Johnson Overson, our mom, grandmother, great-grandmother and Aunt passed away on June 8, 2016 at her home in Leamington, Utah, at age 96. Ida was born May 11, 1920 in Fountain Green, Utah to Ruth Thomas and William Henry Johnson the oldest of 5 children. She spent the first 29 years of her life living in Fountain Green, Utah…
Rozella Keller Rusby Morris
(February 1, 1929 - June 1, 2016)
Rozella Keller Rusby Morris, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at the age of 87, at her home in Hinckley, Utah due to cancer. She was born February 1, 1929 in Hinckley, to Ernest Lucian and Zina Jane Ames Keller. During her early years, she helped in the home and on the farm, and always loved and helped care for…
Betty Jane Roper Morris
(January 6, 1926 - May 27, 2016)
Betty Jane Roper Morris, age 90, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2016, in Riverton, Utah. She was born January 6, 1926 in Oak City, Utah to Parley L and Margaret Walker Roper. Betty grew up in Oak City. After graduating from Delta High School, she earned a Bachelors degree in Secondary Education from BYU. During the same period, with…
Ralph Melvin Ross
(April 5, 1930 - April 27, 2016)
Ralph Melvin Ross, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, in Delta, Utah. He was born April 5, 1930 in Delta, Utah to Melvin Delcroy “Dell” and Ellen Lorraine Ivie Ross. Throughout his life, he helped his parents on their farm/dairy. He graduated from Delta High, and often talked about the great ‘bummin’ trip through the southwest states…
Brett William Nielson
(April 21, 1966 - April 22, 2016)
Sgt. Brett William Nielson, age 50, tragically passed away on Friday, April 22, 2016, near Kanarraville, Utah. He was born April 21, 1966 in Blytheville, Arkansas to Eric Wayne and Linda Jo Lowther Nielson. He grew up in Wendover. His family moved to Delta, Utah in 1978, where he graduated from Delta High School. He married his sweetheart, Angela Kaye…
John F. Nye, Jr. "Jeff"
(February 25, 1931 - April 12, 2016)
John F. Nye, Jr. “Jeff”, age 85, passed away April 12, 2016, in Delta, Utah. He was born February 25, 1931 to John Fremont and Myrtle Mortimer Nye in Pittsfield, MA. He grew up in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and was an active member of 4-H and worked on local farms. At the age of 19, he founded the Rhode…
Amos Ward Hardy
(September 26, 1928 - April 9, 2016)
Amos Ward Hardy, age 87, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 in Delta, Utah. He was born on September 26, 1928 to Martin Church Hardy and Annie Mae Watson Hardy in Red Oak, Virginia. He moved to Farmington, Utah with his family as a young child. He married Maida Talbot on October 18, 1947 in Elko, Nevada. They were later…