Obituaries
Irvin (JR) Henry Lewis
Aug 8, 2022
Irvin Henry Lewis, Jr. always known as “Junior”
Junior was born in a little country house in Stanton County Kansas on January 26, 1932. He was the youngest of 3 children born to Irvin H. Lewis and Effie (Mae) Hardin. The eldest a sister Ethel Lorraine Lewis Tucker Floyd, and brother John Clinton Lewis. All have preceded him in death....
Wendell Navanick Jr
Aug 5, 2022
Wendell Navanick Jr. passed away on August 5, 2022 in Vernal. He was born November 27, 1971 in Salt Lake City to Wendell Navanick Sr. and Barbara L. Land- Cuch.
Wendell got his High School Diploma from Duchesne School District in 2003, and later got his Culinary Arts, from Southern Utah University in 2006.
He loved watching and playing football...
Scott Bozarth
Jul 26, 2022
Nathan Scott Bozarth
February 8, 1959- July 26, 2022
Nathan Scott Bozarth was born in Marysville Hospital in Ohio on February 8, 1959 to Nathan and Maxine Bozarth, he was the second of four children.
He joined the Army in October 20, 1976 - October 19, 1979 and three years later he became a diesel mechanic.He married Lori Yates in...
Rell T Merkley
Jul 24, 2022
Our beloved Husband, Father, and friend departed this earthly life on July 24th 2022. Rell grew up on his parent’s farm in Dry Fork. He spent many years with his parents and brother Glen at Oaks Park working with his dad Joseph who was a water master there. Rell attended Uintah High School and enjoyed doing things with his friends...
Kent Woehrmann
Jul 21, 2022
Kent Woehrmann, 72 of Hurricane formerly of Vernal, left us much too soon. He was born November 8, 1949, to Albert and Leola Woehrmann and raised in Vernal where he excelled in wrestling at Uintah.
He worked in various parts of the oil field most of his career including Dowell and Brown Oil where he gained the knowledge to start...
Emma Jean Workman Johnston
Jul 21, 2022
Emma Jean Workman Johnston passed away on July 21, 2022 in her home in Vernal. She was born to Henry and Jennie Oaks Workman on December 23, 1932. Jean married Asa Robert Johnston on July 17, 1951. They had 5 children. Jean graduated from Uintah High School in 1951 and never missed a class reunion. Jean was a hairdresser and...
Marlene (Gurr) Kendall
Jul 17, 2022
Marlene Kendall passed away on July 17, 2022 after a battle with leukemia.
On November 30, 1937 a ray of sunshine entered into the lives of Earl and Bula Gillman Gurr as they welcomed their first child into this world and named her Marlene. She was the first of their 6 children and she was given many responsibilities even as...
Grace S Gardiner
Jul 12, 2022
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Grace Southam Gardiner was born October 1, 1936 in Vernal, Utah the oldest of 5 children. Grace returned to her heavenly father and her beloved Ferris on July 12, 2022. She married Ferris M Gardiner on October 1, 1953 in the Salt Lake City Temple.
Grace is survived by their three children; Katherine Gardiner of Vernal, Geraldine Miller of...
Vincent Scott Ream
Jul 7, 2022
Vincent Scott Ream, age 47 passed away on July 7, 2022 after a short battle with cancer at his home in Magna, Utah surrounded by his family. He was born December 26, 1974 in Vernal, Utah to Richard Vincent Ream and Colleen Rasmussen Ream. Vincent attended Hunter High School and graduated in 1993. Ten years later in 2003 he met...
Sharon Zufelt Johnson
Jul 2, 2022
Sharon Delores Zufelt Johnson
Our beloved wife and mother slipped the bonds of mortality and into the arms of her Savior and many family members and friends on July 2, 2022. She came into this mortal world on May 31, 1947 to Margret Arlene Boughan and Clifford Harold Zufelt in Durango, Colorado. Her first home was at Red Mesa, Colorado....
Aaron Wayne Pope
Jul 1, 2022
Aaron Wayne Pope
November 30, 1977-July 1, 2022
Aaron W. Pope of Vernal Utah returned home July 1, 2022 at age 44 surrounded by his loved ones. He is survived by his wife Stacey, his 3 children Cohen (Boy), Breanna (Hoowa), and Beckett (Wedgie or Joe). His Mom and Dad, 5 siblings, and 15 nieces and nephews.
Aaron served...
Buddy Allen Russell
Jun 25, 2022
****Blackburn Mortuary is not handling the services for Buddy. The family has asked we share his information here.****
It was a beautiful morning in Heaven when our Hero passed.
The morning of June 25, 2022 Buddy Allen Russell, 76, peacefully passed away from a 2-month battle with throat cancer. He passed at his home in Farmington, New Mexico, with the...
Marsha Bell Richardson
Jun 25, 2022
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Marsha Bell Rankin (Richardson)
Marsha Bell Rankin(Richardson) returned to her heavenly father on June 25,2022. She was born October 19,1952 to Jim Rankin and Edith (McCoy) Rankin. She is and always will be known as a wife, mother, grandmother.
She was the most stubbornly independent woman who always put her family first, and loved them fiercely. She was always...
Ardith Minnie Morrill Atwood
Jun 23, 2022
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Ardith Minnie Morrill McClellan Abegglen Atwood
Ardith Minnie Morrill Atwood, age 95, slipped through the veil on June 23, 2022 in Ogden, Utah to join her loving family who were waiting for her return to her heavenly home. Her death was the result of old age and the ravages of dementia. Ardith, Mom, Grandma, or Cha...
Joe Paul Rowell
Jun 23, 2022
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Our beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather, Joe Paul Rowell passed peacefully from this life on June 23, 2022 in Vernal, Utah. Joe was a resident of the Vernal Beehive Home where he was loved and well taken care of. Many thanks to Misti, Chad and the caretakers there.
Joe was born to James Almer and Gertrude White Rowell...
Phyllis A Andrews
Jun 18, 2022
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Phyllis A. Andrews was born in Price, Utah on November 22, 1938 to Rell Anderson and Lois Alger. She passed away surrounded by family on June 18, 2022. She spent most of her childhood in Sunnyside, Utah. She graduated from Carbon High School at Price in 1957. She attended Daryl’s College of Beauty in Salt Lake City, Utah and...
Cathlynn Gardiner
Jun 17, 2022
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Cathlynn was taken back to her loving Heavenly Father and reunited with family on the other side on Friday, June 17, 2022.
Cathlynn Derricott Gardiner was born on Sept 3, 1977. At the time of her birth her family lived in Corrine, UT Cathlynn’ s father was a construction worker who did many jobs around the western United States....
Doris Kathyrn Huber Walker
Jun 14, 2022
Doris Kathryn Huber Walker
Kathryn was born on June 12, 1927 to Ardith Nielson and Frank Ervin Huber. She came from very humble circumstances. Kathryn was born in a log cabin, delivered by a midwife and grew up in the horse and wagon days. Her dad was a sheep herder and spent most of his summers in the mountains. A...
Juliana Lara Villalba
Jun 3, 2022
Funeral Services Sunday June 5, 2022 at 1 PM at Blackburn Vernal Mortuary
Byron H Colton
May 31, 2022
Byron H. Colton passed away May 31, 2022 peacefully and surrounded by family. He was born December 2nd, 1943, to Merrill B. and Edith Colton in Roosevelt, Utah and learned quickly he had a mechanical knack and could fix anything that was placed in front of him. This talent would carry on throughout his life and benefit many people. As...
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