Obituaries

Jul 20, 2018

Debra Kay McMickell Bowden, March 31, 1958 passed away July 20, 2018 peacefully at home after a long courageous battle with cancer. Debra was born the third child of five to Eleanor and Forrest M. McMickell. Debra went on to marry Bob Bowden. She was proceeded in death by her parents and nephew Jamie Fisher. She is survived by husband Bob...

Jul 19, 2018

Today we said goodbye to my father in law aka Big Poppa/Slo Mo. Grateful for friends that have reached out to see how we are doing. Today I had an extra amount of love, couldn’t imagine this past week without them. #chfpltw. No services at this time.

Jul 17, 2018

Funeral services will be in California at a later date.

Jul 14, 2018

Shane Garrett Meinrod, beloved son, fell asleep in death Saturday, July 14, 2018.

 

Shane was Born September 4th, 1998, to Leslie and Brant Meinrod in Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

Shane spent his childhood in Monroe, Utah, “The Little Green Valley” a place he loved so much and made treasured memories.  He moved to Vernal with his family in...

Jul 14, 2018

Jul 14, 2018

No services at this time.

Jul 13, 2018

George A. Smith Sr. passed away Friday, July 13, 2018 at the Rangely District Hospital. He was born to Augustus and Mary Duritzo Smith on May 1, 1929 in Graceton, Pennsylvania.

 

He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family. George worked 40 + years in the oilfield and 7 years in the Coal Mines in Pennsylvania. He was...

Jul 10, 2018

Elmer Calvin McDowell was born Sept 12, 1924, to Oliver Calvin and Eliza Lucretia Spencer McDowell in Agnes, Missouri.  Elmer grew up in Missouri and Arkansas, graduating High School from Competition High School in Missouri. Shortly after graduation Elmer went into the Navy during WWII and was stationed in the Aleutian Islands.  After the war Elmer rejoined the military but...

Jul 7, 2018

Bud Earl Charles Sackrider, born in New Castle in 1940 and passed on July 7, 2018 at his home.  Bud said, “I have lived a good life and I’m ready when the old man calls me”.  He described his home as having a million dollar view. Anyone who knew Bud, knew of his kindness and passion for his family and...

Jul 7, 2018

DeNell Johnson Hall Hacking, 79, of Vernal passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018 at the Beehive Home in Maeser. She was born September 16, 1938 in Vernal to George Elias Johnson and Sara Emma Smuin.

 

Dee married Weldon Jefferson Hall, they were later divorced. Dee married Cork Hacking, and they lived happily until Cork’s passing.

 

Dee loved to...

Jun 27, 2018

 

 

Marva Bell, 57 died Wednesday June 27,2018 at her home unexpectedly. She was born on April 3,1961 in Vernal Utah, she is the daughter of Aloah Harrison and Clifford David Cloutier. Three months after Marva’s birth, Aloah married Kenneth Lyndon Bird who raised her as his own daughter. Marva married Herbert Graham Bell on August 24,1978.

    Marva...

Jun 18, 2018

Our devoted father, husband, grandpa and friend always putting others first, Duane Stevens, age 67, died June 18, 2018 at Rangely District Hospital. He was born June 1, 1951 in Rangely Colorado to Dolores “Ed: Polhamus & Red “Midge” Stevens.  He married, Judy Mansell Stevens. Duane loved his family, he was a Truck Driver and spent many hours in his...

Jun 12, 2018

Curtis Page Dingman, age 57, passed away at U of U Hospital in Salt Lake City on June 12, 2018. He was born October 20, 1960, in Prove, Utah. He married Susan (Sue) Dingman on September 19, 1987. Curt loved his children and grandchildren dearly as well as his siblings, nieces and nephews. He believed that blood did not define...

Jun 9, 2018

Billy was took home June 9, 2018. He was born February 4, 1939 to Shirley D. Williamson and Wilma Smuin Williamson.

He loved to play the guitar with Giles Chivers and Family. He lived in Wyoming for many years, where he worked as a ranch hand, broom maker, leatherwork. When he moved back to Vernal he worked for C.S.I. Billy...

Jun 9, 2018

Rob passed away in Salt Lake City of a result of a head injury. He will be greatly missed by his family and all who knew him. Rob was a friend to all, he would always lend a hand to help whether he knew you or not.

         

                 

 

Proceeded in...

Jun 8, 2018

 

Sydney passed away peacefully at her home in Huachuca, Arizona with her husband (Alan Colwell) AC and her son, Thomas by her side. She was born in Roosevelt, Utah to Sherry Massey Jensen.

 

 

Sydney graduated in 1988 from Uintah high School in Vernal, Utah. She later married Alan Colwell, June 29, 2003, in Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe....

Jun 5, 2018

Rose Irene Murray, age 78, of Vernal, passed away at the Uintah Care Center on June 5, 2018. Rose was born April 21, 1940 in Altonah, Utah to Charlie Maynard and Wanda Rose Bassett Bowden. She married her sweetheart George Neil Murray on April 11, 1955 in Jensen, Utah. Rose worked for a couple different business such as, Dudley’s egg...

May 31, 2018

On May 31, 2018 Betty Jean Merz Young, age 91, passed peacefully through the veil, at the home of her son, Wayne Young, in Orem, UT, to be with her husband, Robert Milton Young. She was born 21 January, 1927, to the late John Matthew Merz and the late Myrtle O’Dessa Redshaw in Panora, Iowa. She was one of 13...

May 27, 2018

No Services at this time.

May 25, 2018

Norman R. Haslem passed away surrounded by his family on May 25, 2018 (11:34 a.m.), at his home in Vernal, Utah. Norman was born to Jennie Marie Allred and Niles Reno Haslem on Sep. 14, 1935, in Bennett, Utah.

His family later moved to Vernal, Utah, and he graduated from Uintah High School and later attended LDS Business College in...