Obituaries

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...

Philip “Phil” Otis Hawkins

December 5, 1926 ~ October 1, 2021 Philip “Phil” Otis Hawkins, 94 of Bloomfield, was called home to our Heavenly Father on Friday, October 1, 2021 at his home in Bloomfield. Phil was born on December 5, 1926 in Blanding, UT. He married Veloy Helquist January 11, 1945 in Salt Lake City, UT. They...

James Andrew Butterfield

October 15, 1979 ~ October 2, 2021 James Andrew Butterfield was born on October 15, 1979 in Monticello, UT to David and Emma Butterfield. James was the youngest of David and Emma’s four children. James spent his childhood growing up with many lifelong friends and working in David and Emma’s...

Phillip Charles Crowley

September 26, 1947 ~ September 21, 2021 Phillip Charles Crowley passed away September 21, 2021, in Sedona, AZ. Phillip was born in Cortez, CO, and lived his young life in Eastland and graduated from Monticello High School. Phillip was an avid skier and looked forward to his many hunting trips...

Keith Cauley

August 23, 1942 ~ August 22, 2021 Keith Cauley was born on August 23, 1942 in Ingleside, TX to Marjorie and Edward Cauley. He passed away on August 22, 2021 in Blanding, UT. Keith grew up in Kingsville, TX with the King Ranch boys. He went to college and earned a bachelor’s degree in Exercise...

Jeffery Royce Hanson

September 3, 1964 ~ September 9, 2021 Jeffrey Royce Hanson (57) of Monticello passed away September 9, 2021 at St Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, CO after complications in the ICU. He leaves his daughter Emily Clarke and her husband Byron; son Jerod Hanson; granddaughters Kenzleigh Hanson and...

Michael “Mike” Frank Kiro, Jr.

October 14, 1950 ~ September 6, 2021 Michael Frank Kiro, 70, died peacefully on Monday, September 6 at Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Albuquerque, NM, surrounded by his children and loved ones. Michael had been fighting an already hard battle with cancer and soon had to battle COVID-19....

Jason Paul Watkins

June 6, 1969 ~ September 5, 2021 On September 5, Jason Paul Watkins, the loving son of Patricia Ruth Pickworth Reid and Henry Clyde Watkins, passed away peacefully in his sleep while doing what he loved in the great outdoors, leaving his only daughter, Jaycee Watkins, to take over his legacy. ...