Obituaries
Helen Rollins
May 12, 2023
Helen N. Rollins was born March 18, 1939 in Beaver, Utah to Seldon and Delia Nowers and passed away peacefully at home on May 12, 2023.
She married her sweetheart Carlyle M. Rollins on July 15, 1958, and together had four children: Shane (Melinda); Curt (Anita); Nicole (Steve); and Chance (Paige) and extended family Linette Rollins. Presently she has 10...
Joyce Thomas
May 12, 2023
Joyce Arlene (Williams) Thomas age 84, passed from this world on May 12, 2023, in Vernal Utah. She was born in Goodland, Kansas on September 11, 1938.
Joyce was primarily raised in Denver, Colorado but after converting to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints she later moved to the Uintah Basin area of Utah and then to...
John "HOOT" Gibson
May 10, 2023
Our hearts are broken with the loss of our beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather and great grandfather John Ravell “Hoot” Gibson. He passed away Wednesday May 10, 2023 in Rangely Colorado.
Hoot was born to Cecil and Geraldine Gibson on February 9, 1943 and grew up on a ranch in Athena Oregon. He graduated from McEwen High School and then...
Eula Ruth Nelson Lorimor
May 9, 2023
Funeral Services Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 11 AM the Blackburn Vernal Mortuary Viewing 10 -11 AM prior to services with Burial in the Roosevelt Memorial Park next to her Husband Boyd Nelson
Betty Lew Hames
Apr 28, 2023
Betty Lew Hames
February 26, 1946- April 28, 2023
Betty Lew Hames was born February 26, 1946, in Berthed, Colorado. Betty passed away peacefully on April 28, 2023. She is the wife of Henry Hames. They were married for 56 years. Sister to Marvin Ivey. Mother to Debra (Charles) Mullen, Jennifer (Colby) Goddard, and Christina (Ed) Miller. Grandma to Justin...
Evelyn Bodily
Apr 26, 2023
Evelyn Diana Bodily passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2023 in her home. She was born February 25, 1948 to Bernice and Earl Schinkel in Lynwood, California. She married Sterling Verdin Bodily November 14, 1986.
Evelyn enjoyed fishing, camping, and planting flowers. She loved cooking Mexican food. She also loved going on road trips, Wendover, Nevada, and Deadwood, South Dakota were...
Jon Snyder
Apr 25, 2023
Jon Snyder, of Vernal, Utah, passed away on April 25th, 2023 at the age of 70. He was born on February 14th, 1953 in La Jolla, California to Sam and Bonnie Snyder.Jon graduated from Uintah High School and went on to attend college in Rangely, Colorado. Later he graduated with a degree in Accounting from Utah State University. Jon became...
Rowland Barton Yardley
Apr 23, 2023
Rowland Barton Yardley, 80, passed away on April 23, 2023 peacefully at home surrounded by his family after a 10 year battle with cancer. He was born on June 19, 1942, in Beaver, Utah to William (Bill) and Hazel Barton Yardley. As a child Rowland spent most of his days milking cows, digging ditches, working hard, and occasionally attending school....
Betty Jo Bales LaFond
Apr 19, 2023
Betty Jo LaFond passed away April 19, 2023 in Duchesne, UT. Betty was born January 7, 1936 to George and Nonie Mae Bales in Mesa Arizona.
Betty married John Sprecher in 1951, they later divorced. She then married Kenneth Maurice LaFond on December 29, 1973 in Lebanon Oregon. Betty was a devout Christian. She loved sewing/quilting with a passion! During...
Merrill Rasmussen
Apr 18, 2023
For 2974 days, Dad had only one wish as he watched the sand slowly run through his hourglass. In the early morning hours on April 18, 2023, the sand in his hourglass ran out. We loved him dearly and find comfort in knowing he has been reunited with the love of his life, our mom, and his wish has come...
Leta Larain Carpenter
Apr 1, 2023
Leta Larain Carpenter,
Entered the world with a bang on the 4th of July, 1934. She enjoyed and loved that there were always fireworks on her birthday!
Left this world for her Heavenly Home on April 1, 2023. Leta was full of life and lived every day with enthusiasm. It is fitting that she left us on April Fool’s...
Gregory Blane Goddard
Mar 31, 2023
May 14, 1962 ~ March 31, 2023
Gregory Blane Goddard, second son of Gordon and Phyllis Goddard, husband of Madonna, father to Zachery and Wesley and Best Grandpa Ever to Baxter, passed away unexpectedly on March 31, 2023.
Greg was born on May 14, 1962, in Rangely and spent his entire life there.
After graduating from Rangely High School in...
Arvid Earl Sullivan
Mar 31, 2023
Arvid Earl Sullivan passed away March 31, 2023 at his home in Vernal, Utah from complications of cancer.Arvid was born in Roosevelt, Utah on September 28, 1944 to Rondo and Beth Sullivan.He was raised in Vernal Utah; he attended Central Elementary and graduated from Uintah High School. Arvid later married his high school sweetheart Leta Shiner Sullivan.While attending high school,...
JR Gerald Allen Harrell
Mar 22, 2023
Gerald “JR” Allen Harrell Jr. passed away at home on March 25, 2023. He was born to Margarett and Gerald “Jerry” Allen Harrell Sr. on August 8, 1976, in Vernal, Utah, where he was the fifth of eight children. JR was a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints member. He loved heading up the mountains with his family to...
Lynette Hock Bingham Limb
Mar 19, 2023
Lynette Hock Bingham Limb
Lynette Hock, was born January 5, 1938 in Ogden Utah, she passed away on March 19th, 2023.
Lynette was born to parents: Jacob Nellen Hock and Verna Kendell Hock. She had one younger sister Yvonne (Bonnie) Hock.
Her younger childhood was spent living and moving from depot to depot following her father’s work with Union Pacific...
Louella " LOU" H Harrison
Mar 15, 2023
Obituary for Louella H. Harrison
Monday, March 12, 1934, Louella was the third and youngest child born to Leo Vernon Hancock and Ethel Morris Hancock. Louella, or "Lou" as most knew her, was raised in, and attended schools in Roosevelt, and the Salt Lake City area.
Louella married Philip Boyde Harrison and blessed him with four daughters, Teri, Cynthia,...
Robert Terry Montgomery
Mar 12, 2023
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Terry Montgomery
1938-2023
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend to many, Robert Terry Montgomery, was called home on March 12, 2023 following a long illness.
He was born on May 16, 1938 in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, a son of John...
Pauline Martinsen Smuin
Mar 9, 2023
Pauline Martinsen Smuin
08/14/1943 – 03/09/2023
Pauline was born on August 14, 1943 in Vernal, Utah to D’Almaine and Helen Mar Martinsen. She was raised in Vernal and graduated from the class of 1961 she then attended business college. She met and married the love of her life, Lynn Charles Smuin, they married on May 3, 1963 in Elko, Nevada,...
Henry "Hank" Lee Swink
Mar 4, 2023
Hank Swink
11/02/1981 – 03/04/2023
Henry Lee Swink of “Hank” as he was known by all, was born on November 2, 1981 in Brighton, Colorado to Don and Denise Swink.
As Hank grew up in Vernal, Utah, he was known for love the outdoors and anything it could offer. From camping, to fly fishing, golfing, snowboarding, mountain climbing, biking, shooting,...
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