Obituaries
Gary J. Rowley
Mar 20, 2014
Gary J. Rowley, 74 died March 20, 2014 at the Uintah care center in Vernal. He was born June 8, 1939 in Vernal, Utah to Acel DeForest and Laura Smuin Rowley, He married Jessie Richins August 21, 1959 their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Gary was a U.S. Government trapper and hunter since 1960. He...
Estella Jenkins Richens
Mar 13, 2014
Estella J. Richens, Age 81, Born April 26, 1932 to Parents Dee and Clara Jenkins. She passed peacefully at home on March 13th 2014. She married Lorn S. Richens on October 12th 1951 in Vernal Utah. She is the Mother of her and Lorn's two children, Ronald (Omar) Richens and Annette Richens Parslow McKee. Preceded in death were her parents,...
Arthur Stone
Mar 11, 2014
Arthur Pringle Stone, age 96, passed away 11 March 2014 in Roosevelt, Utah. He had lived most of his life in Vernal. He was born 6 March 1918 in Winterquarters, Utah to Fredrick James and Jennie Pringle Stone. He married Eunice Caldwell in Duchesne, Utah and was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple; she preceded him in death...
Ida Marie Biorn Twitchell
Mar 11, 2014
Ida Marie Biorn Twitchell slipped peacefully through Heavens door Tuesday morning, March 11, 2014. Ida was born August 22, 1937 in Ashton, Idaho to Lawrence Paul and Thelma Edginton Biorn. She grew up and spent the majority of her life in Manila, Utah. She married her high school sweetheart Burl D. Twitchell, October 7, 1952 in Vernal, Utah. Their marriage...
Bart Leon Vernon
Mar 7, 2014
Bart Leon Vernon age, 47, died March 7, 2014 in Layton, Utah. He was born December 27, 1966 to Charles and Jane Miles Vernon in Ogden, Bart graduated in 1985 from Layton High school and married Shelly Roylance August of 1988 they later divorced, he married Amy Dickson June 1993. He worked as a welder and fabricator for Peterson Inc.,...
Billy Jean Dossey White
Feb 28, 2014
Billy Jean White (Gustafson), age 79 of Vernal, Utah, formally of Farmington, New Mexico, passed away at home on Friday, February 28, 2014, in Vernal, with her loved ones by her side. She was born February 5, 1935, in Gatesville, Texas on Corel Creek underneath a mulberry bush, to William and Sybil Dossey. At the age of 9 years old...
Golda Isabell Massey Carroll
Feb 25, 2014
Golda Isabell Massey Carroll was born in Dry Fork on December 3, 1910, to George Ova and Elizabeth Maud Orgill Massey. She passed away peacefully, February 25th at the age of 103. She lived her entire life in Vernal and was awarded the oldest continuous resident of the Ashley Valley by Vernal City. The home in which she grew up,...
Kathleen Boren Finlinson
Feb 25, 2014
Kathleen Boren Stubbs Finlinson, 64, passed away February 25, 2014 at her home in vernal with loving family by her side. She was born November 13, 1949 in Vernal a daughter of Boyd L Boren and Ellen Wilkins Boren. She married David Stubbs and was later divorced. She married her sweetheart, Rex Finlinson on November 6, 1997. Kathy was a...
Dallas Ben Green
Feb 22, 2014
Dallas Ben Green, age 78, passed away Saturday February 22, 2014 in Vernal. Ben was born in Maeser Utah to Norma Cook and Dallas Green. Ben spent his early days working on farms in the Vernal area. He learned by necessity the value of hard work, It served him well throughout his life. On February 6, 1974 he married Wallene...
Mary Ellen Gardiner
Feb 21, 2014
Mary Ellen Barker Gardiner was born December 19, 1924 in Bennett, Utah to Edgar and Lillian Hewitt Barker. She went back to the arms of her loving Heavenly Father at her home, surrounded by her husband and children on February 21, 2014 at the age of 89. Mary Ellen married her eternal companion and sweetheart, Gail Gardiner on January 4,...
Gary Fullbright
Feb 12, 2014
Gary Fullbright 53, Formally of Rangely and Vernal area. He died February 12, 2014 in Kalispell, Montana. He was born September 12, 1960 in Vernal Utah. Gary enjoyed Fly fishing and photography. He was a long time employee of Chevron. He is survived by his mother Vicki ( Jerry ) Gall of Kanab, Ut; brother, Randy (Lana) Fullbright of Vernal...
Davie Dave Robertson
Feb 11, 2014
Davie Dean (Dave) Robertson passed away pm February 11, 2014 at the Rangely District Hospital after a year of severe illness. Dave was born September 27, 1931 to Herschel and (Pauline Sterling) Robertson. It was depression times and Dave spent his childhood years living and working on ranches in the area. The summer he was fifteen he worked for a...
Dale W Snyder
Feb 8, 2014
Dale Wakley Snyder also known as Grand Dad, age 85 of Vernal, passed away at the Uintah Care Center on February 8, 2014. He was born June 13, 1928 in Duchesne County, Utah to Robert and Lucille Hale Snyder. He was a hard worker, working long hard days in the trucking Company, This was so he could buy Jo Ann...
Orval I Ashpaugh
Feb 8, 2014
Orval I Ashpaugh Jr., 78, of Vernal, died Sunday, February 8th 2014, at his home. He was born to Orval I and Louise Ashpaugh, Sept 21 1935, in Arnett Oklahoma. He married Mary Helen Redding in 1960, and they lived together in Vernal, UT Orval was District Mechanic for Halliburton for 35 years. He went to work for Halliburton when...
Geraldine Joann Romane
Feb 4, 2014
Graveside Services for Geraldine Joann Romane, age 73 of Vernal, wife of Gerald (Jerry) Romane will be conducted on Monday, February 10, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the Vernal Memorial Park. Services entrusted to the care of Blackburn Vernal Mortuary
LaNae Workman Merkley
Feb 4, 2014
LaNae Workman Merkley, age 80, passed away at the home of her daughter and son-in-law of natural causes on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 exactly two years and four months after losing her loving husband. LaNae was born March 28, 1933 in Vernal, Utah to Leland and Sarah Oaks Workman. She was the third of seven children and the oldest daughter....
Monte Scott Mitchell
Feb 3, 2014
Scott Mitchell was born on January 5, 1978. He lived in Vernal, UT He attended Provo College and ITT Tech where he learned how to work on computers. Scott worked as a master computer tech and had his own store in Vernal for 15 years. He loved country music, and spending time in the mountains. He liked sci-fi movies and...
Sheila Williamson Smuin
Feb 2, 2014
Sheila Mae (Smuin) Williamson, age 72, of Dinosaur, Co. She returned home to her Heavenly Father on February 2, 2014. She was born on November 6, 1941 in Vernal, Utah to Shirley and Wilma Smuin Williamson. Shelia loved to cat fish, camp, paint and crafts. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother. Sheila was a member of the Church of...
Weston Dave Chivers
Jan 30, 2014
Weston Dave Chivers, infant son of Mark and Amanda Calder Chivers, passed away January 30, 2014 at the Primary Childrens Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah with his loving family holding him and surrounding him. He was born just two days earlier on January 28, 2014 but will forever be in the hearts of those who love him. Weston is...



