Obituaries

Sandra Hunt Slade December 25, 1941 ~ March 10, 2023

Sandra Hunt Slade was called back to her heavenly home on Friday, March 10, 2023, at the age of 81. Sandra Hunt was born on December 25, 1941, in the small town of Snowflake, AZ, in her maternal grandmother’s home. She is one of 14 children born to Lehi Orval and Barbara Frost Hunt. There were ten...

Arthur Begay January 30 1959 ~ March 3, 2023

Arthur Begay, 64, passed away in Westwater, a small community just outside of Blanding on Friday, March 3, 2023. He was born on January 30, 1959 in Ganado, AZ to Kee Wilson Begay and Nellie Marie Benally. Arthur had six siblings: Julia, Arthur, Walter, Earl, Benjamin, and Timothy Begay. He always...

Mari Burningham Winter December 8 1976 ~ January 16, 2023

She came into this world naked, dribbling a ball with a mouthful of box elder bugs and chicken poo (thinking they were hershey kisses). In later years she would become a force for good, reaching countless lives through her athleticism, service and charisma. Mari was born to Lee and Zan Burningham...

Clea Shumway Johnson November 13, 1927 ~ February 15, 2023

Clea was born to Seth and Vivian Stevens Shumway on November 13, 1927 in their “old brick home” in Blanding, UT. She was the fifth of 12 children. After graduating from San Juan High School in 1946, Clea planned to accept a scholarship to Dixie College, but found her soulmate and stayed in Blanding...

Frank Anthony Montella January 24, 1942 ~ February 3, 2023

Frank Anthony Montella Jr. passed peacefully at home in Blanding, UT on February 3rd, 2023, at the age of 81. Frank was born to Frank “Bo” Montella and Afton Burtenshaw on January 24th, 1942, in Blanding, UT. He had five sisters: Connie, Teresa, Clara, Millie, and Brenda, and two brothers: Jack and...

William Boyd Dover January 2, 1940 ~ January 28, 2023

Our beloved father, grandfather, brother and friend, William Boyd Dover, passed away peacefully on January 28, 2023. He was born on January 21, 1940 in Cedar City, UT, the youngest of four children of William Bryant Dover and Zola Smith Dover. Boyd attended the University of Utah and obtained a...

Lawrence Thomas “Larry” Turk April 6, 1964 ~ February 6, 2023

Larry Turk was a standout San Juan Bronco football player. His father remembers the most thrilling play he ever saw Larry make in Kirtland, NM. Larry was playing both offense and defense. While on defense a Kirtland player broke through the line and was streaking to a touchdown. Larry ran him down...

Seth Andrew Wright February 28, 1956 ~ February 5, 2023

Seth Andrew Wright passed from this life on February 5, 2023. Seth was born in Monticello, UT on February 28, 1956, the first child of Seth Rigby and Della Fern Wright. Called Andy during his years in Monticello, he switched to using Seth when he moved away from Monticello as a means of honoring...

Bart Flannery Palmer February 10, 1976 ~ February 3, 2023

Bart Flannery Palmer passed away unexpectedly on February 3, 2023. He was born in Monticello UT on February 10, 1976. He is the second child of Don and Patti Palmer. As a child, Bart grew up bubbly and with a permanent smile on his face. Barty Boy, a nickname that his father gave him, as he did to...

Verdonne Guymon Blake February 7, 1937 ~ January 22, 2023

VerDonne Guymon Blake passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on January 22, 2023, at the Legacy House in Spanish Fork, UT, where she spent the last five years of her life. VerDonne was born on Sunday, February 7, 1937, at her home in Blanding, UT, to David Lavar and Freeda Perkins...