All Obituaries

Myrna Alice Cecelia Evert, nee Larson, 93, peacefully passed away on June 23, 2020.  She was born on June 3, 1927 in Argyle, MN to Louis and Mathilda Larson. The family included five children – Harriet, Eileen, Llewellyn, Dorothy, and Myrna, the youngest.  She attended rural school through the eighth grade and then Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston, MN, where she graduated from Advance Class in 1945.  Myrna married David Evert on February 12, 1947 at Our...

Catherine Aldeen Cazier Palfreyman died June 23, 2020 in Mapleton, Utah. She was born in 1938 in Salina, Utah and lived in Koosharem until she was three years old when she moved to Mapleton. She attended Springville High School where she had many friends and met the love of her life, Clark Dennis Palfreyman. Aldeen jokingly boasted of the A+ she earned in English and she used this knowledge while attempting to correct the grammar of her own children. She attended Brigham Young University for...

John David Wilkerson, 86, of Springville, left this troubled world for a better one on Saturday, June 13, 2020, after suffering a fall in his home. He was born August 18, 1933, to Harley P. and Helen Marie Overbye Wilkerson in Fruita, Colorado. He married Joyce Stone Peterson on December 12, 1961, in Provo, Utah. They lived in Provo until 2006.    Following the tragic death of his father when John David (Dave) was a child, he moved with his mother and step-father Lloyd Kendall,...

Luis Jesus Uribe Leon, age 22 of Springville, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 35 West 500 North in Orem.  There will be a viewing held that evening from 5 to 9 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 82 West 400 North in Mapleton.    

Richard Eugene “Dick” Marchant, 76, passed away blessedly, in his sleep on May 30, 2020 at his Las Animas home from type II diabetes which had become severe the last three years of his life. Dick was born on October 5, 1943, in Coalville, Utah to Albert Harper & Ann Eva Elizabeth (Scheel) Marchant.   Dick had over twenty years of education. He graduated from high school in Smithfield, Utah. Then he received his Bachelor and Master degrees from Utah State University...

Geraldine (Jerri) Sorenson Fry, 85, passed away in Orange, California on Monday, June 1, 2020. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 60 years, James, and her daughter, Bonnie Watson; Jerri is survived by her sons Brad (Yvonne) and Chris (Patti), daughter Shauna (Bruce) Bengochea; her 13 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren; her brother Paul (Virginia) Sorenson of Spanish Fork, Utah; her sister Alene Bjarnson of Mapleton, Utah; and many nieces and nephews.   Born to...

Erma Jean Besendorfer Phillips, 89, of Springville, passed away unexpectedly in Provo, Utah on June 3, 2020.  Erma Jean was born on December 31, 1930, in Charleston, Utah, to Noah & Nancy Ann Casper Besendorfer.  She grew up in Charleston and graduated with honors from Wasatch High School and from Brigham Young University with a major in Elementary Education.  She was one of the first sister missionaries to be called to New Zealand and served for 26 months.  While...

Annalee Walker Strong returned home to the loving arms of her sweetheart John on June 5, 2020. What a beautiful reunion for her as they have been apart for twenty years. Annalee was born July 6, 1926 in Manti, Utah to Paul Knute Walker and LaRue Munk Walker. She moved from Manti when she was a baby but returned as a teenager for several summers to help her Grandma Munk as she was in poor health. She loved her time in Manti and cherished many fond memories of her years there. During her...

Elma Patrick Evans, age 96 of Springville, UT passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020 at Spring Gardens Assisted Living Center in Mapleton, UT where she’d been cared for the past 15 months. Elma was born on January 8, 1924, the 1st of twin girls born to Lura Ann & John Hulet Patrick.  She was the 5th in a family of 9 children. Growing up the family never owned a vehicle, but they walked or rode in the wagon wherever they went.  To earn money as a child, Elma cleaned houses,...

Bernetta Hurst, 83, of Mapleton passed away Sunday, May 17, 2020. She was born September 26, 1936 in Salina, Utah to Clyde Brown Cazier and Delna Hatch Cazier. When she was 5 her family moved from Koosharem to Mapleton where she has resided since.   She married her sweetheart, Robert Dean Hurst (Bob), on March 30, 1954, in the Manti LDS Temple. He preceded her in death on February 20, 1993. Bob was the love and joy of Bernetta's life. They had five daughters, Sherra Lyn, Marlene,...