Obituaries

Bernice Helquist Perkins

May 27, 1927 ~ November 25, 2021 Bernice Helquist Perkins was born to John and Beatrice Helquist on May 27, 1927. She was the oldest of eight children and was raised in Blanding. Bernice preferred working outside driving the tractor, riding horses, milking cows, and helping her dad. Bernice...

Audrey Mae Clark Thomas

June 5, 1934 ~ November 3, 2021 Audrey Mae Clark Thomas passed away peacefully at home on November 3, 2021 following a brief battle with cancer. She was born June 5, 1934 to John Perry Clark and Virginia Dare Birchell in Vernal, UT. She married Alfred Reese Thomas on April 25, 1956 in the Salt Lake...

Winn Westcott

August 16, 1942 ~ November 11, 2021 A lifetime love for San Juan County that holds his ancestral roots, Winn Westcott was born to pioneer stock on August 16, 1942 to his mother, Angeline Duckett Westcott “Gerd,” and to his father, Wayne Westcott, whom he never met. Growing up with many cousins...

Wendy Hedwig Smith

November 7, 1946 ~ September 19, 2021 Wendy Smith was born in Syracuse, NY, to Howard C. Smith and Hedwig L. Smith. She died in hospital in Salt Lake City, UT where she was transported from her home in Bluff, UT after a sudden decline. Wendy always credited her father with teaching her about the...

Reed Gene Hayes

October 23, 1937 ~ November 6, 2021 Reed Gene Hayes was born in Moab, UT on October 23, 1937, the second of five boys born to Edgar Bruce and Genevieve Johnson Hayes. He passed away on November 6, 2021. Reed went to school for all 12 grades in Moab and graduated from Grand County High School in...

Glenna Webb

October 18, 1936 ~ October 31, 2021 Glenna Webb returned to the loving arms of her Heavenly Parents on October 31, 2021 at her home in Lehi, UT at age 85. She was born to Arthella Mae and John Glen Lant. She grew up in Provo, UT, two blocks away from her childhood sweetheart, Dan Webb. They later...

Michael Shayne Bailey

Michael Shayne Bailey was born on September 7,1969 in Grand Junction, CO to Beverly Daniels Hall Bailey and Michael Bruce Bailey. Mike passed away on October 13, 2021 in Provo UT, surrounded by his wife, 15 of his 18 children, and his three brothers and their spouses. Mike was a graduate of...

Owen Lee Poole

May 4, 1950 ~ October 13, 2021 Owen Lee Poole, age 71, passed away at his home on Ucolo Road in Monticello, UT on October 13, 2021. He was born in Dumas Texas on May 4, 1950 to Herbert (Red) and Leona Poole. Surviving Owen are his daughters, Shelley Poole (Tim Meyer), Phoebe Poole, Marcie (Amos...

Bob A. Dalton

July 4, 1934 ~ October 13, 2021 Bob A. Dalton was born to Floyd Dalton and Lillian Ruby (Winter) Dalton in Moab, UT. He passed away on October 13, 2021 at his home with his family. Bob’s mother passed away when he was only 11 months old, and his grandpa and grandma Winter took him and his brother...

James Linden Black

May 15, 1939 ~ September 30, 2021 James Linden Black, after trucking millions of miles thru 49 states, is now on the road to heaven. James was born May 15, 1939 to Zenos and Ellen Black formerly of Blanding, UT. He passed away peacefully at his Grantsville home in the early morning of September 30...