Obituaries
Milton Scott Valora
Apr 7, 2016
Milton Scott Valora, 81, passed away on the evening of April 7, 2016 after a long battle with Alzheimers. Born February 7, 1935 in Fort Collins, Colorado to Preston and Mable Daubenspeck Valora, he was the sixth of eight children. Milton graduated from Rangely High School where he was active in wrestling and track. He and his brothers spent much...
Jolyn Taylor
Apr 6, 2016
Jolyn Smith Taylor, age 66, died peacefully in her home surrounded by family, laughter and love. A daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, and friend to many people who love her dearly and miss her already. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Eugene Rex Smith, and Geraldine Timothy Smith Carroll. She graduated from Uintah High School in 1967. After...
George Smitman Jr
Apr 6, 2016
George E. Smitman Jr., age 92, of Rangely Colorado, was born March 25, 1924 in Oakland, California to George and Viola A. Smitman. The life and experiences of one man who persevered through many disappointments, losses and successes! He was born and raised in Oakland, California. As an only child, he would build model airplanes after his school work and...
Julius Dempsey Day
Apr 4, 2016
Dempsey Day, loving husband, father, grandpa and friend was called home to his Heavenly Father Monday April 4, 2016 at his residency. Dempsey was born in Fletcher Oklahoma April 18, 1938 to Troy and Jewel Day. Dempsey served 4 years in the Navy and was honorably discharged. He met his sweet heart Janice Gilje in North Dakota and married his...
Mark E. Kuhlman
Apr 3, 2016
Mark Kuhlman passed away on 4/3/16 in his home due to natural causes. Mark was born in Rangely, CO and lived there until 1963 when his family moved to Soldotna, Alaska. Mark grew up in Alaska and loved the outdoors; he hunted moose and bear and fished for Salmon at the "Big Eddy" on the Kenai River. He had a...
Mossie Percifield
Apr 1, 2016
Mossie Percifield (mom) of Rangely, CO passed away April 1, 2016 at the age of 101. She was born in Tennessee on August 8,1914 to William David and Hester Melinda Fortner. In 1919 they moved to Gillette, WY where her parents homesteaded south of Gillette. Mossie lived there her younger years attending school in a country school house. She was...
Don Eugene Gardiner
Mar 31, 2016
Don Eugene Gardiner, loving husband, sweetheart, best friend, father, and grandfather. Don Eugene Gardiner was called home to his Heavenly Father on Thursday, March 31st 2016. He was an active dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Father Day Saints, and amazing family man and husband. Don was born March 4th 1927 in Vernal, Utah, the third son...
Sophia S. Sargent
Mar 31, 2016
Sophia Sargent 95, of Vernal passed away March 31, 2016 at her son J.J. Kerlins home. Sophia was born September 8, 1920 Bnadenurenlle, Pennsylvania to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Suhan. She was and accomplished welder being certified in many areas, she welded for American Locomotive building Locomotive and Sherman Tanks during WWII, and also General Electric building large motors and...
David Eaton
Mar 28, 2016
With heavy hearts, we mourn the loss of David Edgar Eaton. He was born on January 19, 1977 in Provo, Utah and was immediately welcomed into the loving arms of his father and mother, Nick and Rosa as their eldest son. He was later joined by two brothers and partners-in-crime, Garrett and Nicholas Jr. . Dave graduated from Uintah High...
Barbara Ann Watkins
Mar 20, 2016
Barbara Ann Johnson Watkins was born on August 31st 1941 in Vernal Utah. She was the 7th of 11 children born to Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Katie Merle Smuin. She grew up in the Davis area where she met and married her eternal sweetheart Gene Edwin Watkins on June 11th 1959. They were solemnized in the Salt Lake temple a...
Ila May Peterson
Mar 20, 2016
Ila May Wilkins Peterson passed away at age 88, the morning of March 20, 2016 at Uintah Care Center surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 30, 1928 to George Andrew and Blanche Haslem Wilkins in Jensen, Utah. She was the oldest child and had 3 brothers. She grew up and lived most of her life in Jensen....
Luana Blackburn
Mar 17, 2016
Luana Oalin Yee Blackburn, age 66, passed away at Ashley Regional Medical Center on March 17, 2016. She was born October 21, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Jack and Beth Larsen Yee. She married the love of her life William Budd Blackburn. She enjoyed fishing, crocheting, crafts and collecting "Ty" babies. Her cherished memories are watching her boy's...
Anneliese "Anne" Eaton
Mar 15, 2016
Anneliese Eaton (Anne) passed away March 15, 2016 in Vernal, Utah. She was born In Heidelberg, Germany on March 21, 1935 to Alfred and Berta Sigmann Becker. She married her sweetheart and love of her life Veldon F. Eaton on October 23, 1956. Anne enjoyed Crocheting, camping, fishing, hunting and spending time with her family. She is survived by her...
Kenneth Jenkins
Mar 15, 2016
Born May 1, 1946 in Vernal to Raymond and Alice Jenkins and passed away March 15, 2016 surrounded by his family. The father of 4, grandfather of 11, and great grandfather of 11, was his world and his joy, as well as, The kid's ball games, the fishing trips, being involved in years of construction work, running the printing press...
Nellie Dobbs
Mar 13, 2016
Our Beautiful mother Nellie Alberta Dobbs, has gone to be with the angles on March 13, 2016 at her daughters home Betty Jean McCurdy in Tooele, Utah, where she had lived with for the last 10 years. She was born to Albert and Nellie Collier Jones on February 7, 1932 the oldest of her siblings. She was single and raised...
Clayton Curtis
Mar 13, 2016
Clayton George Curtis was born at home in Maeser to Martin Weston and Marguerite Wardle Curtis on July 5, 1929. He grew up in Glines with his older sister, Betty, and younger sister, Rita, until the family moved to town in Vernal. For most of his time in high school, he was sick with rheumatic fever, so he was not...
Rodney Blackburn
Mar 12, 2016
Rodney "Rod" Sean Blackburn, age 48, of Vernal, Utah left us on Saturday, March 12, 2016 in Vernal, Utah. Rod was born on October 13, 1967 in West Anaheim, California to Robert "Bob" and Sue Blackburn. He was second of five children. He spent most of his young life in Wellington, Utah and graduated from Carbon High School in Price,...
Norlene Maye Bates
Mar 6, 2016
Funeral services will be Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 11:00 AM at the Blackburn Vernal Mortuary. A viewing for family and friends will be Wednesday from 6-8 PM at Blackburn Vernal Mortuary one one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in the Maeser Fairview Cemetery.
Kenneth Frank Finley
Mar 4, 2016
Kenneth Finley born September 30, 1930 in Amarillo, Texas, returned to the arms of his Lord and Savior March 4, 2016. After graduating from high school, Ken joined the United States Navy serving during the Korean War from 1951 to 1954. Ken met his first wife, Pacita, while stationed in the Phillippines. Following his discharge in 1955, Ken began working...
Clarence C. Cress
Mar 4, 2016
Clarence Clifford Cress, age 94, passed away March 4, 2016 at the Heritage Park Care Center in Carbondale, Colorado. He was born November 17, 1921 to Clarence and IdaMae Cress in Talmage, Kansas. Schooling was in Abilene, Kansas. and Longview, Texas. He married Beatrice Prentice in 1948. She preceded him in death in 1951 after a fatal car crash. He...
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