Obituaries
Jimmy J Forakis
Sep 20, 2018
Jimmy J Forakis, Sr, age 85, of Duchesne, passed away September 20, 2018, at the Uintah Basin Sr. Villa. He was born October 6, 1932, in Bluebell, to John Petro and Afton Mecham Forakis. He attended school in Roosevelt and worked part-time at Safeways. He married MaryAnn Winn on July 22, 1950, in LaPoint, and later sealed in the...
Christina Bedolla
Sep 18, 2018
Christina Shavanaux Bedolla, age 86, of Rupert, Idaho, passed away September 18, 2018, in her daughter Tina’s home. She was born December 14, 1931, in Ft. Duchesne, UT, to Coney and Lucy Reed Shavanaux. She married Alfonso Bedolla, on October 17, 1984, and he preceded her in death on June 7, 2015. Christina was a loving and devoted wife...
Mary Miller
Sep 17, 2018
Mary Smith Miller, age 88, of Duchesne, passed away September 17, 2018, at the Sante Assisted Living Center in Heber City. She was born January 18, 1930, in Wallingford, England, to William and MaryAnn Lamb Smith. Her mother died when Mary was sixteen and she became the mom to the majority of her ten siblings. She married Earl Lee...
Cathy Lee Wallberg
Sep 14, 2018
Cathy Lee Wallberg, age 59, of Ballard, passed away September 14, 2018, at the Uintah Basin Medical Center after a battle with cancer. She was born June 21, 1959, in Roosevelt, to Albert James and Catherine Bowden Atwood. Cathy was a hard worker all of her life and was a flagger and heavy equipment operator for road construction. She...
Benjamin Dale Mitchell
Sep 11, 2018
Benjamin Dale Mitchell, age 87, of Valley, Washington, formerly of Duchesne, passed away September 11, 2018, in Chewelah, Washington. He was born March 28, 1931, in Upalco, to Hugo Kenneth and Martha Marett Mitchell. He attended Altamont High School where he was the Student Body President his senior year. He married Eldora Potts on July 3, 1950, in the...
Shirley Josephine Ellsworth
Sep 8, 2018
Shirley Josephine Ellsworth, age 80, of Leota, passed away September 8, 2018, at her home. She was born November 22, 1937, in Kemmerer, Wyoming, to Joseph William and Lavena Lillian Sanford Black. She married Merlin Robert Ellsworth on June 2, 1956, in Kemmerer. He died November 11, 2003. Shirley was a homemaker who loved her family and taking care...
Lester Henry Bartlett
Sep 5, 2018
Lester Henry Bartlett, age 96, of Tridell, passed away September 5, 2018, at the Uintah Basin Medical Center. He was born February 12, 1922, in Tridell, to George Henry and Clara Louisa Bingham Bartlett. In his younger days he loved spending the summers up at Paradise Park helping in the family sawmill business. He spent many days working and...
Dee Roberts
Aug 31, 2018
Everett Dee Roberts, age 85, of Altamont, passed away on August 31, 2018, surrounded in love with his family by his side. Dee was born on July 24, 1933, in Roosevelt, Utah, to Ray & Thelma Harrison Roberts. He married the love of his life Minnie Lue Jessen Stevenson on August 22, 1958, in Las Vegas, Nevada. At that...
Autumn RunninFawn Tapoof
Aug 23, 2018
Autumn RunninFawn Tapoof, age 32, of Roosevelt, passed away August 23, 2018, at the Uintah Basin Senior Villa. She was born September 11, 1985, in Roosevelt, to Jerry Chase Tapoof and Vickie Marie Sowsonicut. Autumn was outgoing, liked to tease, and had a great sense of humor! When she was younger she liked to play basketball, camp, fish, and...
Coralie Jane Henrie
Aug 21, 2018
Coralie Jane Maxfield Henrie, age 79, of Neola, passed away August 21, 2018, at her home. She was born January 9, 1939, in Altonah, to Linford Arthur and Mable Powell Maxfield, the fifth of six children. She attended Altamont Elementary and graduated from Altamont High School. She married Gerald Farris Henrie on April 12, 1957, in the Salt Lake...
Chad Reed
Aug 18, 2018
Carwin Chad Reed, Sr., age 45, of Cedar Hills, formerly of Ft. Duchesne, passed away August 18, 2018, at an assisted living center. He was born December 22, 1972, in Salt Lake City to Melvin and Barbara Ann Thompson Reed. Chad worked for a few years as a cook at the Ute Petroleum Convenience Store. He achieved his GED...
Lea Marie Valdez
Aug 14, 2018
On August 14, 2018, Lea Marie LaRose Valdez, 76, walked on peacefully into her afterlife on a warm summer night accompanied by her family at her bedside. A hallmark of her life was her nurturing and affection for all of God’s creations. She cherished the nurturing of her children, Gina Theresa Stevens, Maria Elena Stevens and Bartholomew “Bart” Stevens, and...
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