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.
Karl Hale Jeffery
(April 10, 1934 - November 22, 2017)
Karl Hale Jeffery, age 83, passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 in Delta, Utah surrounded by his loving wife and children. He was born in Delta, Utah on April 10, 1934, the fifth of eight children to Edgar Wallace Jeffery and Nancy Ethel Hale Jeffery. In 1946, when he was 12 years old, his parents were in a car…
Tygh John Backer
(February 20, 1986 - November 17, 2017)
Tygh John Backer, age 31, passed away Friday, November 17, 2017 in Delta, Utah in a tragic hunting accident. Ty was born on February 20, 1986 in Sacramento, California. His parents, Martin Spencer and Renee Rowlette Backer welcomed him to their family. Ty grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah and attended Skyline High School. He also completed a Mechanic’s…
Bud Robert Best
(February 9, 1941 - November 1, 2017)
Bud Robert Best, age 76, passed away on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in the Delta Community Hospital surrounded by his wife of 49 years and their three children. He was born in on February 9, 1941 in Nephi, Utah to Thomas Ell and Annie Irene Lovell Best. He grew up on the family farm in Leamington, Utah and graduated from…
Helen Webb Watson
(September 14, 1926 - October 10, 2017)
Helen Webb Watson, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 in Delta, Utah. She was born on September 14, 1926 in Delta, Utah the 9th of the 10 children of Walter Franklin and Rose Ellen Herman Webb. She grew up in Hinckley helping on the family farm. When she was very young she suffered from Scarlet Fever so…
Lisa Lyman Nielson
(November 4, 1958 - October 6, 2017)
Lisa Lyman Nielson passed away at her home on Friday, October 6, 2017 from an aggressive form of cancer. She was born November 4, 1958 in Rexburg, Idaho to Asael and LaDee Fikstad Lyman. She enjoyed very much being raised with five brothers. She wrote a poem about brothers that partly reads, “Life will bring unending joys but if I…
Sherman Dale Little
(April 17, 1929 - October 5, 2017)
Sherman Dale Little, age 88, passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2017 in Greeley, Colorado. He was born in Delta, Utah on April 17, 1929 to Sherman and Irene Lewis Little. Dale graduated from Delta High School and worked as a beekeeper before joining the US Army serving during the Korean War. During his time in the service, he married…
Roger Gary Bunker
(October 13, 1972 - October 2, 2017)
Roger Gary Bunker, age 44, passed away at his home in Murray, Utah on Monday, October 2, 2017 due to severe pneumonia. He was born in Delta, Utah on October 13, 1972, the eldest child of Gary Lyle and Marian Jacobson Bunker. He grew up in Delta learning to work hard by helping his father on the family farm. He…
Grant Allen Crane
(January 17, 1928 - September 28, 2017)
Grant Allen Crane, age 89, passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2017 in Delta, Utah. He was born January 17, 1928 in Levan, Utah, the third child of Harry Abner and Maggie Amelia Mortensen Crane. As a boy he had farm chores, but enjoyed spending time with his best friend Cecil Sampson; swimming, riding horses and ice skating. At age…
Eva Irene Holt Stanworth
(September 29, 1923 - September 25, 2017)
Heaven gained an angel by the name of Eva Irene Holt Stanworth. She died at the ripe old age of 93 on September 25, 2017 at the Delta Community Medical Center from natural causes. She was born on September 29, 1923 in Emery, Utah to Owen Riley and Eva Johanna Nielsen Holt. Her family moved to Milford and later to…
Betty Lou Dailey Crafts
(October 13, 1936 - September 19, 2017)
Betty Lou Dailey Crafts, age 80, passed away on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 in Delta, Utah. She was born October 13, 1936 in Pangburn, Arkansas, the second child and eldest daughter of Anderson Young Dailey and Ruby Spain Crews Dailey. She grew up in Pangburn helping out on the family cotton farm. They later moved to California where she attended…