Obituaries

Floyd "Bud" Reynolds

Floyd "Bud" Reynolds

Mar 1, 2020

Floyd "BUD" Murray Reynolds 90 of Vernal died March 1, 2020 at his home

surrounded by his family.

 He was born February 18,1930 in Amy, Colorado to Floyd Otis and Hilda

Merkley Reynolds.  Bud was raised in Jensen Utah. 

 He enlisted in the US Army on January 15, 1949.  He served as a rifleman

during the Korean War.  He was...

Bruce Wayne McDowell

Bruce Wayne McDowell

Feb 23, 2020

Bruce Wayne McDowell born Feb 23, 1961 in Casper, Wyoming to Elmer Calvin McDowell and Glenda Timothy McDowell, Shortly after Bruce’s birth the family moved to Vernal, Utah where he was raised, but lived for a short period of time on the island of Malta.

 

Bruce graduated from Uintah High School in 1979 and served an LDS mission in...

James Edward Rodman

James Edward Rodman

Feb 17, 2020

Services are pending

Cody Earl Kendall

Cody Earl Kendall

Feb 12, 2020

Cody Earl Kendall, age 46, of Vernal passed away February 12, 2020 at home surrounded by his family. He was born March 28, 1973 in Ogden, Utah. A son of Darris Levi and Sherry Jean Timothy Kendall. Cody was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints. He loved to fish, hunt, camp, hike and look for...

Christopher Kody Sorensen

Christopher Kody Sorensen

Feb 11, 2020

Our loving son, brother, uncle, grandson, nephew, and friend. Christopher Kody Sorensen  who was known too many as Kody. He was born November 7, 1982 to David Kelly Sorensen and Laurie Jo Burghardt. He had a fierce and loyal personality, who was always willing to help anyone in need and spent long hours in the service of many people. He had...

Helen Jolynn Oaks

Helen Jolynn Oaks

Feb 9, 2020

Memorial services for Helen Oaks will be held Monday, February 17, 2020 at 11 AM with a greeting one hour prior. All services at the Blackburn and Sons Vernal Mortuary and Cremation Care.

Ferris Gale Murray

Ferris Gale Murray

Feb 4, 2020

Ferris Murray

October 3, 1931 ~ February 4, 2020

Ferris Gale Murray passed peacefully at home on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. He was born October 3, 1931 in Vernal, Utah, He was the second child born to Arlie and Myrtle (Gurr) Murray. As a young child Ferris grew up on the family farm in Jensen. He served in the armed...

Amy Pope Johnstun

Amy Pope Johnstun

Feb 2, 2020

Amy Gardiner Pope Johnstun

Loved Family, God and Country

Amy was born March 2, 1923 to Lewis Stephen and Lucy Toes Gardiner in Naples, Utah.  She passed peacefully February 2, 2020 at her home in Naples with family at her side.  As a teenager she worked at the Trail Cafe and cleaned homes.  Attended Uintah High School and was a...

June Bowden Fisher

June Bowden Fisher

Feb 1, 2020

 

June Bowden Fisher, 87, of Vernal, left her earthly home February 1, 2020, surrounded by her family.

            She was born on June 27, 1932, in Vernal to Walter Warren and Mary Agnes Schanno Bowden. She married James Clifton (Jimmy) Fisher on July 15, 1952. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Vernal Utah Temple on April 10, 2002.             

            She...

Charles Quinton Beede

Charles Quinton Beede

Jan 28, 2020

Charles Quinton Beede, a loving husband, father, grandfather, and teacher passed away on January 28, 2020 due to complications of lung cancer.

Charles was the first-born to Kenneth Charles Beede and Ada Kathleen Quinn on January 19, 1939 in Washington DC. As the son of a diplomat he spent many of his younger years living in Holland, Mexico, and in...

Deane Carol Newman

Deane Carol Newman

Jan 24, 2020

Deane Carol Newman, age 79, of Vernal passed away at her home on Friday, January 24, 2020. She was born March 18, 1940 Lapatcong, New Jersey  to Douglas & Dorothy Elizabeth Styker Jarvis. Cremation was her wishes. 

Wilma Ellen Wilkins- McArthur

Wilma Ellen Wilkins- McArthur

Jan 23, 2020

Born:  March 12, 1932, in Vernal, Utah, to Ezra Harley Wilkins and Edna Polly Gilroy-Wilkins-Littleton

Died:  January 23, 2020, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Wilma was born and raised in Vernal, Utah on her family ranch, where at the age of 16, she was introduced to the love of her life, Jack McArthur, by her stepfather, Lew Littleton.

Jack and Wilma were married on December 5, 1948, and settled down in Randlett, Utah where Wilma worked hard on the family farm, while Jack worked...

Freddy Gean Sparger

Freddy Gean Sparger

Jan 13, 2020

Freddy Gean Sparger, 88, of Vernal Utah passed away from complications of TMB (To Many Birthdays) Monday, January 13, 2020.  He peacefully traveled from the loving embrace of his grateful family, straight to the embrace of His Loving Savior.

The youngest of three boys, Freddy was born April 9, 1931 in Albany Texas. His parents Oran and May Sparger soon moved...

Frona "Toni" Lorraine Reynolds

Frona "Toni" Lorraine Reynolds

Jan 13, 2020

Our mother Frona (Toni) Lorraine Openshaw Reynolds passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family on January 13, 2020.  Toni was born January 25, 1930 to Linus Vard and Josephine Olsen Openshaw.  She had three sisters and two brothers.  She attended school in Vernal until 1947 when she married her life-long sweetheart, Glen S. Reynolds, in the...

Floyd LaBoone Massey

Floyd LaBoone Massey

Jan 11, 2020

Memorial Services for Legendary Cowboy Floyd LaBoone Massey

 

Floyd passed away at home on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at the age of 97, surrounded by his family. He was born on August 28, 1922 in Mountain Dale (Dry Fork Canyon) Utah to George Ova and Elizabeth Maude Orgill Massey. He married Geneva Helen Murray on May 20, 1949 in...

Billy Reynold Willes

Billy Reynold Willes

Jan 8, 2020

Billy Reynold Willes was born March 4th, 1930, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was almost 90 years old when he passed away on January 8th, 2020 in Vernal, Utah. He is preceded in death by his  wife Helen Joy Willes, brother Dale Willes, son-in-law Aidan Judd, daughter-in-law Jannice Hiler Willes, Granddaughter Kali Jo Willes, and Great- granddaughter Nora Willes.

 

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