Obituaries
Clarence Earl Burris
Apr 16, 2017
Clarence Earl "Buddy" Burris passed away at the Ashley Regional Medical Center on April 16, 2017. He was born in Sullivan, Indiana to Clarence and Ruth Elliott Burris. His family moved to Dallas, Texas when he was a teenager. He joined the US Airforce in 1964 and became a proud member of S.A.G. serving on B-52's. After leaving the military,...
Philip Reese Winn
Apr 16, 2017
Philip Winn was born July 14, 1959 to Eldon and Elaine Winn. Philip was an amazing man and will be deeply missed by all of us who were blessed to know him. Philip spent most of his life growing up in Naples with his dad Eldon, mother Elaine, Brother Kenny, Sister Leslie, and sister Tracy. He loved his life and...
Jared Peterson
Apr 14, 2017
Jared k. Peterson (Whitey) age 41, passed away peacefully the evening April 14 2017 surrounded by family and friends at Community Hospital in Grand Junction, CO. Due to health problems. He was born October 19, 1975 in Vernal, Utah to Keith and Verna Richens Peterson. He was the oldest child and had two brothers he grew up and lived most...
Allen H. Gentry
Apr 13, 2017
This is a story about a man that was loved so dearly. H. Allen Gentry, age 93, slipped into eternity on April 13, 2017, surrounded by his family. He is once again in the loving arms of his beloved wife, Velda, his parents, Allen F. and Erma Gentry, his siblings; Madaline Sievers, Wilda Bascom, Ellery Gentry, Charles Gentry, and his...
Bret Slaugh
Apr 13, 2017
Bret Ross Slaugh returned to his heavenly home April 13, 2017. He was born June 19, 1972 to Wade H. and Sylvia Snow Slaugh in Vernal, Utah, the fifth of seven children. He grew up in Jensen, Utah, loving the country life style, participating in livestock shows and especially spending time on Blue Mountain with his grandfather, Ross Snow, and...
Mildred Vickery
Apr 10, 2017
Mildred passed away at the Uintah Care Center on April 10th. She was born in Japton County Arkansas, the only daughter of Tony Britton McChristian and Elizabeth Vanderpool McChristian her only brother Troy was born 2 years later. Mildred was a child and teen of the great depression in Oklahoma. She was raised by loving parents that had very little...
Ryan Patrick Coyle
Apr 9, 2017
Ryan Patrick Coyle, 32, passed peacefully surrounded by his family in Salt Lake City on April 9, 2017. Ryan was born August 13, 1984 in Vernal, UT to John(Sharlene) Coyle and Donna(Craig) Peterson and attended Uintah High School. Ryan spent most of his adult life working in the Salt Lake Valley. Ryan was skilled in many trades including welding, carpentry,...
Delroy SKIP Murray
Apr 7, 2017
Delroy H (Skip) Murray: Born October 12, 1938 in Taft, California. Skip moved to Vernal in 1958. He married the love of his life, Darlene (Dee) Achziger Murray on March 21, 1958. Together they raised six children as well as many "adopted" children. Skip and Dee's children are: Jerry Murray, Calvin and Marilyn Murray, Sandra and Nick Repac, Denise and...
Declan Cooper Wagner
Apr 4, 2017
Declan Cooper Wagner, infant son of Kristopher Wagner & Chellsea Hewitt. Funeral services were Friday, April 7, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the Blackburn Vernal Mortuary. Burial was in the Maeser Fairview Cemetery.
Nelson Gene Weeks
Apr 1, 2017
Nelson Gene Weeks was born in Vernal, Utah on November 20, 1934, the third of four children born to Jessie Holmes and Nelson Owen Weeks. He graduated from Uintah High School where he was active in Drama and Speech and he played basketball. He graduated in May 1953. He married Janett Goodrich on November 2, 1953 in the Manti Temple,...
Waltraud Riffer McCracken
Mar 31, 2017
Waltraud "Trudy" Riffer McCracken, age 82, of Rangely Colorado, passed away in Fruita, Colorado on March 31, 2017. She was born in Germany. She married Paul L McCracken who preceded her in death on February 19, 2016. She lived in Rangely for many years. Graveside services will be Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 12:00 noon at the Rangely Cemetery. A...
Jesse Elmer Rasmussen
Mar 27, 2017
Graveside services will be Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 9:30 AM at the Lapoint Cemetery.
Jim Huber
Mar 24, 2017
Jimmie K. Huber beloved son, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 24, 2017 at his home with those he holds dearest. Jim was born July 27, 1951 in Roosevelt, Utah, the 5th of 9 children born to Frank Darrell Huber and Mary Lou Burgess Huber. Jim's great loves in life were ranching...
Heber Schurz
Mar 20, 2017
Heber Rulon Schurz passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 20th, 2017 in the comfort of his home with his wife by his side. "Red", as his friends and family fondly knew him, was born March 23rd 1938 in Ogden, Utah to Harold Fredrick Schurz and Mamie C. Swain Schurz. His early years were spent in Ogden, Utah before...
Robert Barrett
Mar 20, 2017
Robert Wayne Berrett was born August 9th 1930 in Park City Utah to George Albert Berrett and Etta Alice Walke. He was the youngest in a family of 8 children. Robert grew up on a ranch in the Altonah Utah area. He loved riding his horse into the high mountains to herd the cattle. Robert married his childhood sweetheart Phyllis...
Lula May Kendall
Mar 18, 2017
Lula May Kendall was born 25 February 1941 in Vernal, Utah. She was the third child of Harold Ralph and Mary Mirl Karren Kendall. Their first three children were born in Mirl's parents home in Naples. The family moved to Bonanza, Utah where Harold was employed, before Lula was old enough to start school. She attended grade school in Bonanza...
Preston Toby Winger
Mar 15, 2017
September 9, 1997- March 15, 2017 Preston Toby Winger, age 19, of Vernal passed away suddenly on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Preston was born to Shanna Atwood Taylor and David J. Winger in Salt Lake City, Utah. Preston was born 6wks premature due to his mom having preeclampsia. He stayed in the hospital for a month before getting to come...
Roy Eugene Couey
Mar 11, 2017
On June 29, 1939 A boy was born to Roy Eugene and Mary Sue Casey Couey in Rifle Colorado, Eventually With a large family of siblings (Arlene, Patricia, Carol, Micki and Vanessa) being raised during an era of Turmoil, His Father just out of the US Calvary in 39 went to work in the Ship yards on the West Coast...
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