Obituaries

Richard Earl Neff

November 22, 1940 ~ December 7, 2021 Richard Earl Neff, age 81, passed away December 7, 2021 due to a severe stroke. Richard was born on November 22, 1940 in Yates Center, KS to Everett Neff and Isabel Saunier Neff. He moved to Mexican Hat in 1957 and graduated from Blanding High School in 1958...

Rex Willard Peterson

May 10, 1943 ~ November 28, 2021 Rex Willard Peterson went home to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on November 28, 2021, after his courageous battle with Lymphoma. Rex was born on May 10, 1943 in Bingham Canyon, UT to Ray Leander Peterson and Sarah June Peterson, both of whom precede Rex...

Dan Christian Barfuss

May 27, 1936 ~ November 30, 2021 Our father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and humble hero, Dan Christian Barfuss, peacefully passed from this life on November 30, 2021 in Richfield, UT. He was born to Roy Barfuss and May Forsberg on May 27, 1936, in a wood-framed home in River Heights near...

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...