Obituaries

Geraldine D. Osborn August 23, 1933 ~ February 28, 2022

Gerry was born August 22, 1933, in Cedar City, UT, the first child of William Bryant and Zola Smith Dover. Gerry was joined by sisters Joan Wendel, Ann Marie Hirschi and brother William Boyd Dover. Gerry resided in Cedar City her entire youth. She graduated from Cedar City High School in 1951....

QUINN ELDON BUTLER July 13, 1980 ~ February 16, 2022

Quinn Eldon Butler, 41, returned home to his Heavenly Father on February 16, 2022. He was working in Denver, CO at the time of his death. Quinn was born July 13, 1980 in Monticello to Randy and Laura Butler. Quinn grew up in Monticello where he loved to explore and play on the mountain and...

MATTHEW RICHARD BENSON December 6, 1995 ~ February 17, 2022

Matthew Richard Benson was born on December 6, 1995. He is the youngest of three children and named after his grandfather, Lester Richard Krossin. He grew up in Monticello with his sister Nicole, his brother Colton, and his parents, Scott and Wendy Benson. Matthew grew up on an acreage where he...

Kenneth Kelly Summers August 29, 1941 ~ January 27, 2022

Kenneth Kelly Summers, 80, of Grand Junction, CO passed away surrounded by his family on January 27, 2022, in Denver, CO. Kelly was born on August 29, 1941 and grew up in Monticello, or as he referred to it, “God’s country.” As a boy, he considered himself the luckiest boy in the world because he...

Karl Rex Hoggard May 9, 1958 - February 21, 2022

Karl Rex Hoggard passed away on February 21, 2022 at the age of 63 after suffering a second stroke. Rex was born on May 9, 1958 in Monticello, UT to W.E. Hoggard, Jr and Yvonna Harvey Hoggard. Rex was raised in Blanding, UT with his brother and three sisters. Rex grew up loving the outdoors and he...

Douglas Evan Pehrson December 17, 1944 – February 12, 2022

Loving father, grandfather, brother and friend, Douglas Pehrson, age 77, passed away suddenly on February 12, 2022 at Castleview Hospital in Price, Utah. Doug was born on December 17, 1944, to Evan and Marguerite Pehrson. Doug was a lifelong resident of Monticello. He was an avid outdoorsman; he...

Sheldon Kay Johnson September 8, 1948 ~ January 3, 2022

Sheldon Kay Johnson, age 73, passed away January 3, 2022 at a care center in American Fork, UT. He was born September 8, 1948 to Kay and Ila Johnson, who brought him home to Blanding where he was raised and began his life. Sheldon was their first child and after seven years of waiting and the fact...

Lavern Young November 21, 1932 – February 10, 2022

May Lavern Young died peacefully on February 10, 2022 at the age of 89. She was born on November 21, 1932 in Cortez, CO to Fern and Riley Bright. She had two younger brothers, who died as infants, and was the middle of three daughters. Her parents later divorced. At the age of 12, they moved to...

Teddy Adakai Yazzie June 10, 1940 – January 31, 2022

Teddy Adakai Yazzie was born on June 10, 1940 to Guy Adakiah Yazzie and Bessie Lula Black on the Navajo Reservation on the Utah/AZ border. He spent most of his childhood days herding sheep or looking for cows for the family. When he wasn’t tied down with chores, he was out with cousins chasing wild...

Ronald Perkins Guymon August 25, 1938 ~ February 3, 2022

Ronald Perkins Guymon, 83, was reunited with his sweet wife on February 3, 2022. Ron was born on August 25, 1938 in Blanding to David and Freeda Guymon. He grew up in Blanding, which is where he met his sweetheart, Merrillyn Stevens. They were sealed in the Manti Temple on February 11, 1961 and had...