Obituaries

Apr 12, 2021

Nancy Ellen Green,  of Rangley, Colorado passed away peacefully Monday Morning  shortly after turning 83.

Graveside services will be conducted Friday, April16, 2021 at 1 pm at the Rangely Cemetery

 

Apr 8, 2021

Click below to watch Leon Moon's Funeral Services live.

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Leon Thomas Moon, loving husband and father, died April 8, 2021 a few days short of his 82nd birthday. 

Leon Moon was born April 11th 1939 in Jensen UT. 

Life was simple in Jensen Utah. Leon developed a love of nature and hunting and fishing were among his favorites. Leon’s parents, Deon...

Apr 5, 2021

Glendon W. Jackson passed away at his home on April 5th, 2021 after a long fight with heart disease. He was born in Vernal, Utah on April 24th, 1955 to Sherron G. and Donneita Jackson. He was the oldest of 6 children: two brothers and three sisters. 

Glendon loved to go hunting, fishing, camping, and spending time with his family....

Apr 2, 2021

 

Services will be live-streamed by calling the number below.

Due to COVID-19 restriction, a virtual memorial service will be Saturday, April 17, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. Please call or Text 435-790-8104 for more information.

Mar 27, 2021

Lacey Heiner died March 27, 2021 in Port Angeles, Washington from complications of her numerous health problems.  She was 39 years old.  She was born  on November 20, 1981 in Murray, Utah to Daniel G. and Cathy Heiner.  She was the baby of five children.   She graduated from Uintah High School.  She was pursuing training in the culinary arts....

Mar 26, 2021

 

Carma Jean Slaugh Gates Brewer passed March 26th 2021 at the age of 62 due to a series of severe complications following a bad fall. Carma was born March 20th 1959 in Vernal Utah to Farrell Slaugh and Goldie Victoria (Vicky) Kimball. She was the youngest of three children.

Carma married William (Bill) Gates of West Jordan July 2nd 1977. Bill adopted...

Mar 22, 2021

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Surrounded by his wife and children, Mac Wilford Holmes, a beloved life-long resident of Vernal, Utah died on Monday, March 22, 2021 due to complications related to age. 

Mac was born on January 28, 1933 to William“Billy,”Jr. and Emma (Olsen) Holmes. He graduated from Uintah High School in 1951, served in the...

Mar 21, 2021

Warren William Banner age 83, passed from this life to sleep until the triumphant return or Christ, to then be reunited with his wife Myrna and all his loved ones.

Born July 6, 1937 to Earl J & Margaret (Pearl) Francis Banner, Warren was the oldest of seven children he had four brothers Dave Earl, John Francis, Eugene, James Lynn and...

Mar 18, 2021

Mar 17, 2021

Funeral Services will be Friday, March 19, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at the Blackburn Vernal Mortuary.  A viewing will be from 1:00-2:00 prior to the services. Burial will be in the Vernal Memorial Park with Military Honors provided by American Legion.

Mar 16, 2021

Alice Ann Carter “Annie”, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend to all, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, March 16 at the age of 73.  “Annie” was born July 21, 1947 in Nephi, Utah to Yvonne & Ferrell Carter. She enjoyed her childhood in Nephi with her two sisters Caroline and Bonnie.  She graduated from Juab High School, where she met her high...

Mar 13, 2021

Hazel Sizemore Edwards 

Sept. 17, 1927 - March 13, 2021

 

      Hazel Edwards, 93, a lifelong resident of Rio Blanco County passed away Saturday March 13, 2021. 

      Hazel was born in Meeker, Colorado to parents Oscar and Lulu Sizemore. She was raised with two older brothers Roscoe Sizemore, Roy Sizemore, and younger sister Thelma (Sizemore) Moore 39 miles up the...

Mar 6, 2021

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https://my.gather.app/remember/jolene-staley

 

On May 8, 1985 Jolene Rayanne Staley entered this world to touch the lives of everyone she met. She was a wife, mother, daughter, sister and aunt and a friend to many. She over-came many struggles and was a true inspiration and symbol of Strength. On December 12, 2012.  She...

Mar 1, 2021

Click on the blue highlight to watch the Funeral Services livestream on Friday, March 5, 2021 at 10:30

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Elizabeth (Elizaida) Maestas Harrison passed peacefully at her daughter’s home in Bluffdale, UT surrounded by family on March 1, 2021 of kidney failure. 

Born on June 1, 1934 to Pedro and Maria Ruben Gonzales Maestas in Espanola, NM. She was the...

Feb 26, 2021

 

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A Private Family Mass will be conduced on Monday, March 1, 2021@ 11:00 a.m. at the St James Catholic Church. A Public viewing will be held on Monday, March 1, 2021 from 9:30 -10:30a.m. at the Blackburn and Sons Vernal Mortuary. Burial will be in the Vernal Memorial Park.

Patricia...

Feb 23, 2021

Mary Lynn Ross, 81, passed away on February 23, 2021 at her home in Vernal, Utah. 

Mary was born July 15, 1939 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Charles and Lillian Gardner. 

She married George Tex Ross, on February 1, 1972.

Mary loved sewing and spending time with her family. She worked as a Pink Lady at the Vernal Hospital. 

Mary...

Feb 18, 2021

 

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Mavis Louise Powell

February 20, 1921 ~ February 18, 2021

Our loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed from this life February 18, 2021 just 2 days before her 100th Birthday.  She was born February 20th 1921 in Ashley Valley, Vernal, Utah to Thomas Edward and Mary Louise Bowes...

Feb 17, 2021

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Lawrence “Craig” Caldwell, 98, of Vernal, Utah passed away peacefully with his family by his side on February 17th, 2021. 

Craig was born October 14, 1922 in Lapoint, Utah in a tiny log cabin with a dirt floor. He was the oldest child of Lawrence Emery Caldwell and Zina Thompson Caldwell. 

Craig married...

Feb 17, 2021

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Tharon Warburton Merkley, age 96.

Our Beloved Tharon Warburton Merkley returned home on February 17, 2021. Tharon was born on April 11, 1924 to Leroy Warburton and Maybell Hansen Warburton in Vernal, Utah. She married the love of her life Tad Borden Merkley on December 13, 1941 they had 5 children.

 Mom loved to make...

Feb 15, 2021

 

Click below to livestream Funeral Services for Norma Wardle on Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 12:30 p.m.

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Norma Jean (Anderson) Wardle, 94 of Vernal Utah passed away February 15, 2021 at her home.

 

Norma was born August 27, 1926 in Roosevelt, Utah to Ada Rhea Hanson and Albin Emanual Anderson.  She was the oldest of 5...