Obituaries

Feb 23, 2016

TREMONTON- Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, Ralph Henry Kotter, 92, passed away February 23, 2016 at the Bear River Valley Hospital, surrounded by his loving family.

Ralph was born Nov. 8, 1923, in Elsinore, Utah to Henry John and Clara Ramsey Kotter. He graduated from South Sevier High School and attended Utah State Agricultural...

Feb 21, 2016

Barbara Luella Harding Petersen, 89, passed away on February 21, 2016 in Logan, Utah. She was born on July 5, 1926 in Orem, Utah to Florence Vilate Backus & Owen Meeks Harding.  She was raised in Orem and then moved to Tremonton where she met Nick R Petersen. They were married on September 1, 1950 in Logan, Utah.

Feb 15, 2016

Juan "John" Barrera, born on May 25, 1957 to Maria Isabel & Guadalupe G Barrera, passed away on February 15, 2016 at 3:50 a.m.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by his siblings: Cecilia (Victor) Mendoza. Maria Nave, Linda (Roy) Sullivan, Michael (Tracy) Barrera, Julian Barrera, Corina Barrera, Adam Barrera...

Feb 15, 2016

Marvin James Griffith, 63, passed away on February 15, 2016 in Tremonton, Utah. He was born on February 14, 1953 in Tacoma, WA. to Marlene Janette Black & Harold Griffith.

He earned his high school diploma. Marvin worked at the Pippery Tavern Bowling Alley in Moses Lake, WA for 10 years.

He served in the...

Feb 6, 2016

Teresa Garcia Martinez, 91 passed away at her home surrounded by her loving children on Saturday, February 6, 2016.  She was born March 22, 1924 in Saltillo Coahuila, Mexico, daughter of Isidoro and Petra Garcia.  She was a devoted wife to the love of her life Mariano Alvarado Martinez.  Teresa was a farm laborer and a homemaker. She lived...

Feb 6, 2016

Marilyn Barnes Broersma

Marilyn Barbara (Jensen Barnes) Broersma, 84, passed away on February 6, 2016 at Maple Springs in Brigham City, Utah. She was born on July 27, 1931 in Los Angeles, California to Alice Ann Peterson & Oge Bernhardt Jensen. When Marilyn was 7 they moved to Thatcher, Utah. On August 5, 1949 she married Ralph...

Feb 1, 2016

Fielding- Lori Bingham Gillen, 33, passed away on February 1, 2016 in Fielding, Utah. She was born on April 22, 1982 in Elwood, Utah to David L. Bingham & Shonna P. Bingham.

Lori lived in Ogden, Brigham City, Tremonton, Williston North Dakota, Elwood and Fielding.

She was home educated and attended Bear River High School...

Feb 1, 2016

Judith Owen Deakin, 75, passed away on February 1, 2016 in Ogden, Utah of pulmonary fibrosis.  She was born on June 28, 1940 in Logan Utah to John and Nina Owen.

Judy grew up in Fielding. She met and married Vern Deakin in 1957.  Together they raised 3 sons in Fielding and Tremonton.  She had the opportunity...

Jan 31, 2016

Mantua- Charles Lawrence Skeen, 89, passed away on January 31, 2016 at his home in Mantua. He was born on December 26, 1926 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Hazel Bitton & Elmer Skeen. He was raised in Twin Falls, Idaho and later moved to Ogden, Utah where he met his sweetheart Carla L. Gardner. They were married in Weber...

Jan 25, 2016

Anna Mae Hansen Hunsaker, 93, passed away on January 25, 2016 in Tremonton, Utah. She was born on December 16, 1922 in Elwood, Utah to Ephraim Peter and Carrie Jeanette Hansen.

Anna grew up in Elwood, she worked hard in the fields working beside her father. She attended schools in the Box Elder School District, graduating from Bear...

Jan 24, 2016

Joseph Burke Jones, loving husband, father, and grandfather passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones on January 24, 2016.  Burke was born on March 6, 1926, to Joseph Pearl and Almeda Gunnell in Dividend, Utah.  He was the third oldest of six children.

Burke moved to Howell Valley in 1935, at the age of 9.  He joined...

Jan 23, 2016

Rex Orval Iverson passed into the loving arms of his parents Carter O. and Glenada (Butch) D. Iverson on Jan. 23, 2016.

Rex was brought into this world on April 8, 1970. He lived most of his life in Bear River City. He attended Bear River Elementary, Bear River Junior High, and Bear River High School where...

Jan 14, 2016

Gerald Emerson Earl II

Our most beloved husband, son, father and friend left his earthly home on January 14, 2016. He was born to Gerald Emerson Earl I & Bernadine Davie Earl on November 2, 1946. He was born and raised in Fielding, UT. He graduated from Bear River High School. He loved sports and...

Jan 10, 2016

Forrest Munson passed away on January 10, 2016 at the age of 75.

He was born April 22, 1940, the only child of Elmo D. and Florence L. Godfrey Munson.

Forrest was born with a heart condition known as “Tetralogy of Fallot” or commonly known as “Blue Baby Syndrome.” He was home schooled and received...

Jan 10, 2016

TREMONTON – Deloris Leo Stokes, 96, of Bothwell, Utah, died peacefully, Jan. 10, 2016.

He was born April 29, 1919, in Bothwell, the son of James Leo and Mable Nina Anderson Stokes. He married Eleda Vee Smith Sept. 10, 1943, in the Logan LDS Temple. He was the oldest of 4 sons, Owen, Thayne and Jack.

Jan 10, 2016

TREMONTON- Rebecca Marie King, 66, passed away on January 10, 2016 in Ogden, UT. She was born on November 14, 1949 to Ada Marie Williams and J. Emerson Mabey in Soda Springs, ID. Rebecca graduated from Bancroft High School and attended Idaho State.

She married Larry H. King on Sep. 11, 1969 in the Logan LDS Temple....

Jan 9, 2016

Louis Perkins Douglas 86, of Tremonton, passed away on January 9th 2016, at his home.  Louis was born in Wellsville, Utah at the home of his grandparents, on April 30, 1929,  to Fred Walters Douglas & Lapreal Mary Perkins. He was the oldest of three children. Louis married his eternal sweetheart Carol Lee Sandall on December 20, 1947 and...

Jan 8, 2016

Seymour Blaine Hill

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Seymour “Blaine” Hill, 83, passed away at his home in Klamath Falls, Oregon, of Congenital Heart Disease.  He was born June 22, 1932, in Tremonton, Utah, the third child of Seymour William Hill and Lydia Andrea Romer Hill.  He graduated from Bear River High School and attended Utah State...

Jan 7, 2016

Douglas “Doug” Richardson, 70, passed away on January 7, 2016 in Penrose, Utah. He was born to Roy Oscar Richardson and Marguerite Butler on October 14, 1945 in Brigham City, Utah. He graduated from Bear River high school in 1963. Doug worked at Thiokol, Otto’s Body Shop, and at Parson’s. On May 31, 1997 he married his sweetheart Sharla...

Jan 6, 2016

Farrel Jay Williams, 86, returned to his Heavenly home on January 6, 2016, where he was once again reunited with his forever sweetheart, Loretta. Together, they started their eternal journey hand in hand to greet long awaited loved ones.

He was born on March 27, 1929 in Malad, Idaho to John and Eleanor Williams. He was always...