Obituaries
Dorrant Freston
Jan 25, 2016
J. Dorrant Freston, age 91, of Roosevelt, passed away January 25, 2016, at his home. He was born May 2, 1924, in Roosevelt, to Jesse Vernal and Dora Jenkins Freston. He graduated with honors from Union High School and then went into the Military. He served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed in...
Jonnie Tabbee
Jan 25, 2016
Johnnie A. Tabbee, age 51, of Myton, passed away January 25, 2016, at the University of Utah hospital after a nine year battle with kidney and heart disease. He was born July 28, 1964, in Roosevelt, to John and Kathleen Martinez Tabbee and was raised by Verl & LaRae Murphy. He graduated from Union High School and then served a...
Betty Gilbert
Jan 24, 2016
Betty Lou Hicken Gilbert, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, of Roosevelt, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family at age 86. She was born in Tabiona on August 11, 1929 to Orson Nello and Lorene Ellis Hicken and shared the same birthday as her mother. She married Howard LeAndrew Gilbert...
Katherine Eggers
Jan 22, 2016
Katherine Eggers, age 67, of Duchesne, passed away January 22, 2016, at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. She was born April 11, 1948, in Salt Lake City, to Warner Tobler and Marian Edel Linde Riegler. She married Maynard H. "Jim" Eggers in Platteville, WI. He died March 14, 1990. Katherine was a good person with a...
Bobby Bancroft, Jr
Jan 15, 2016
Bobby Bancroft Jr., 61, of Orem, passed away January 15, 2016. He was born to Bobby and Karine Bancroft on October 28, 1954 in Roosevelt, UT. Bobby was a wonderful, loving father, son, brother, uncle, and grandfather. Everyone loved Bobby's sense of humor. He was always telling jokes and playing tricks. He could make anyone laugh, and brought joy to...
Calvin Hamilton
Jan 13, 2016
Calvin Joe Hamilton of Tabiona, age 43, was born December 30, 1972 to Thomas and Diane Hamilton, in Roosevelt. He passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully, at his home in his sleep on January 13, 2016. Calvin grew up in Altamont where he loved riding his motorcycle, playing baseball, and being mischievous with his friends. At the ripe-old age of 12,...
Edna Evans
Jan 10, 2016
Edna M. Evans, age 98, of Altamont, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother returned home to her Heavenly Father on January 10, 2016 at the Uintah Basin Rehabilitation and Sr., Villa. She was born to John Henry and Matilda Moosman, on November 6, 1917 in Whiterocks and was the last living child in their family of 11 children. She...
Glen Henrie
Jan 6, 2016
Glen Vern "Little Glen" Henrie, age 27, of Bridgeland passed away on January 6, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Vernal, on November 21, 1988, to Glen Vern Turner-Henrie and Cathlene Lee Henrie. Little Glen was fun loving, a hard worker, and a devoted friend to all who got to know him. He worked with his dad as...
Vione Parrish
Jan 5, 2016
The words sister, mother, grandma, and friend never meant so much to so many as when they apply to Vione Smith Parrish, age 89, of Ballard. She peacefully returned to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and Heavenly Father on January 5, 2016, sure in the knowledge that the love she shared made life beautiful. She came into this world...
Renae Postma
Jan 1, 2016
Renae B. Woodland Postma, age 59, of Roosevelt, passed away unexpectedly on January 1, 2016, from long-term illnesses. She was born October 2, 1956, in Nyssa, Oregon, to Garald Joseph and Elsa Lorraine Sanders Woodland. She graduated in 1974 from Orem High School. She married Guy Wade Weakland and later divorced. She married the love of her life, James Joseph...
Ruby Gale
Dec 27, 2015
Ruby Edith Austin Gale, age 86, of Roosevelt, passed away December 27, 2015, at the Uintah Care Center in Vernal. She was born February 24, 1929, in Durango, CO, to Grant Vernon and Edith Mattie Skelton Austin. She eloped with John B Gale on December 3, 1949 in Elko, Nevada and their marriage was later solemnized in Salt Lake LDS...
Carl Zehna
Dec 25, 2015
My father, Carl Louis Zehna, passed from this world December 25, 2015. He was 80 years old. He was born on January 21, 1935 to Romuldo "Roy" Zehna and Francis Katherine Griebe in Denver, Colorado. He fondly recalled fishing for catfish and bluegill in the small lakes throughout Denver and ice skating in the winter months. After high school Carl...
Sandy Campbell
Dec 23, 2015
Lena Inez "Sandy" Campbell, age 87, of Ft. Duchesne, passed away on December 23, 2015 at the Uintah Basin Rehabilitation and Sr. Villa. Sandy was born May 7, 1928 in Clarksville, Texas to Herman and Elsie Amos Duncan. She married Donald Ellsworth Campbell on September 22, 1961 in Gunnison, Colorado. Sandy loved being with her family, she cherished the opportunity...
John Eldredge
Dec 21, 2015
John Raymond Eldredge, 75 of Ballard, passed away, Monday December 21, 2015 at the Uintah Basin Medical Center from complications of pneumonia. He was born December 29th, 1939 in Roosevelt to George Raymond and Melba Hanson Eldredge. He grew up on the family's farm with seven brothers and sisters. He attended school at the old Ballard School, Alterra and Union...
Franklin Peterson
Dec 21, 2015
Franklin Dean Peterson, age 83, passed away December 21, 2015 after a long battle with MRSA staff infection at the Sr. Villa. Frank was born September 26, 1932 and grew up in Myton, Utah. He was the youngest of eight children born to Hazel Miranda and Joseph Ole Peterson. Frank was an athlete. He loved baseball. As a young man...
Edsel Heslip
Dec 20, 2015
Edsel Benton Heslip, age 91, of Roosevelt, passed away on December 20, 2015, at his home in the Crossroad Apartments. He was born September 7, 1924 at the Herman Keifer Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, to Dennis and Maude Heslip. He was the youngest of 4 children. He attended school in Detroit before enlisting in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He...
Lois Bleazard
Dec 17, 2015
Lois Reed Lyons Bleazard, age 91, of Mountain Home, slipped peacefully from our arms into the arms of her eternal companion on December 17, 2015 in Heber City, Utah. She was born May 22, 1924 in Mutual, Utah, to Floyd Reed and Vay "Doll" West Lyons. She grew up in Mtn. Home, Utah, spending her summers on her parents' ranch...
Tammy Gardner
Dec 15, 2015
Tammy Jolene Gardner, age 57, of Roosevelt, passed away December 15, 2015, at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. She was born May 22, 1958, in Roosevelt, to Victor Gardner Sr., and Emily Serawop. She was married to Alfred Checora, Sr., and they later divorced. Tammy worked in her earlier days as a teacher for the Ute...
Gordon Johnson
Dec 15, 2015
Gordon Snellen Johnson, age 88, of Roosevelt, passed away December 15, 2015 at the Uintah Basin Sr. Villa. He was born February 18, 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Clifford Eugene and Gladys Viola Hale Johnson. He was married to Dorthea "Dot" Johnson and together they had Jeff, Jan & Scott. They later divorced. He married LaDonna Rose Kolb...
Fred Tew
Dec 14, 2015
William Frederick "Fred" Tew (85) of Talmage, passed away on December 14, 2015 of age related complications. He was surrounded by many of his loved ones in St. George. Fred was born February 17, 1930 to Burton Edwin and Leah Carolina Lundell Tew in Mapleton. He had three brothers and three sisters. He went to Mapleton Elementary and graduated from...
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