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.
Beverly Rae Christensen Eliason
(August 5, 1929 - November 2, 2014)
Beverly Rae Christensen Eliason, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away November 2, 2014 at home surrounded by her loving family. Beverly was born August 5, 1929 in Delta, Utah at the Grunning Maternity Home. She was the eldest child of Edna Leone Hales and Earl Lewis Christensen. She grew up in Deseret and attended A.C. Nelson Elementary School…
Susan Beckwith Dutson
(April 18, 1943 - October 31, 2014)
Delta -- Susan Beckwith Dutson, age 71, an incredible person, mother, sister, champion of underdogs, and community activist, passed away from a cerebral hemorrhage on Friday, October 31, 2014. Her extensive family and friends mourn her loss and reel from the weight of all the things she was single-handily able to keep together. She was born on April 18, 1943…
Beverly Jean Crother Millikin Lux
(March 8, 1931 - October 30, 2014)
Beverly Jean Crother Millikin Lux, age 83, passed away Thursday, October 30, 2014 in St. George, Utah. She was born on March 8, 1931 in Santa Barbara, California to William George Crother and Helen Augusta Kirsten Crother. Beverly grew up in Santa Barbara and attended UC Santa Barbara for one semester. She also attended a Business school for a short…
Jerry Fox Daugherty
(December 26, 1938 - October 6, 2014)
Jerry Fox Daugherty, age 75, passed away on Monday, October 6, 2014 in Delta, Utah. He was born in Joplin, Missouri on December 26, 1938 to Lee Wood Daugherty and Jenny Rebecca Fox Daugherty. He is survived by his children: Sean, Brandy, Kelly and Tracy Daugherty and Lisa Penick; brother: Howard Daugherty; sisters: Nancy Austin and Kathy Cisnero; also many…
Darold P Stanworth
(July 8, 1943 - September 25, 2014)
Our beloved father, Grandfather, Brother and Uncle, Darold P Stanworth, passed away peacefully at the age of 71 on Thursday, September 25, 2014, in Provo, Utah surrounded by family. He was the son of the late, Joseph Edward “Ted” Stanworth and the late Margaret Alberta Peterson Stanworth. Darold was born in his home in Oasis, Utah on July 8, 1943.…
Tori Lee Murray
(September 18, 1974 - September 24, 2014)
Tori Lee Murray, age 40, passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at her home in Garrison, Utah. She was born in Cedar City, Utah on September 18, 1974 to Danny Richard and Dawn Murie Murray. She attended Enoch Elementary and Parowan High School. She has lived in Cedar City, Utah; Mesquite, Nevada; Las Vegas, Nevada; Reno, Nevada; and the…
Allen Gardner Smith
(April 24, 1936 - September 20, 2014)
Allen Gardner Smith, age 78, passed away unexpectedly at home due to heart failure on Saturday, September 20, 2014, in Delta. Allen was born on April 24, 1936, to Thomas X. Smith Jr. and Arvilla Allen Smith in Rexburg, Idaho. He met the love of his life, Patricia Kay Brinkerhoff, while performing in a community play in Salt Lake City.…
Pete Shields
(January 29, 1934 - September 18, 2014)
Arnold LeAur “Pete” Shields, age 80, died peacefully at home on Thursday the 18th of September, 2014 in Delta, Utah surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. He was the son of the late Rodney A and Melva Jane Justesen Shields. He was born in his home in Sugarville, Utah on January 29, 1934. He inherited a…
Vaughn Edwin Owens
(August 13, 1951 - September 15, 2014)
On Monday, September 15, 2014, Vaughn Edwin Owens, age 63, also known affectionately as “Fast Eddy,” peacefully slipped away from this earth while sleeping at his home in Sutherland. He was the son of James Henry and Maxene Jackson Owens. Born with a BB gun in his hand, in Salt Lake City on August 13, 1951, meant that he was…
Dell Ashby
(July 30, 1924 - September 6, 2014)
Richard Dell Ashby, age 90, passed away on Saturday, September 6, 2014 in Delta, Utah. He was born on July 30, 1924 in Fillmore, Utah to Richard Eugene and Sarah Verle Kesler Ashby. Dell grew up in Fillmore and graduated from Millard High School. He married Barbra Dean Petersen on May 25, 1943 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Shortly…