Obituaries
Dennis Duane Christensen was born to Ray and Olive Melissa Jarvis Christensen on June 12, 1939. He passed away in Snowflake, AZ on January 10, 2025.
His father died when he was six, leaving his mother with 9 children at home and a small government pension. He would say, “I was born in Monticello in...
Peggy Ann Jackson Koon, passed away peacefully on January 25, 2025 surrounded by her loved ones, leaving behind a legacy of love, service, and faith. Peggy was preceded in death by her eternal companion Roger Koon.
Peggy was born on March 14, 1954 in Nephi, Utah to Eugene and Adele Jackson. She was...
Margaret Oa Jacobs Shumway, age 88 of Blanding, passed away peacefully on January 14, 2025. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, she was the eldest of four siblings.
Margaret graduated from Brigham Young University in 1958 with a nursing degree, where she met and married Bruce Lyman Shumway....
Steve Jay Wilcox was born August 8, 1941 and passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on December 21, 2024.
A farmer at heart, he was raised on a farm in Heyburn, ID. His parents were LaVaur Hanks Wilcox and Laura Mae Baird.
He has six siblings: Melvin, Virginia, Keith, Katherine, Ron, and...
Stephen Morelos Eagar passed away peacefully at home with family in Mesa, AZ on December 20, 2024 at the age of 92.
He was born on December 1, 1932 in Salt Lake City, UT to Morelos Eagar and Bernice Bailey Eagar.
Stephen’s dad passed away prior to his birth and he was raised by his mom and stepdad...
Gerald Orvil Miller (“Jerry”), true to his nature, quietly exited this life on December 20, 2024 in Gilbert, AZ.
Although his passing was modest, he was worthy of a glorious welcome on the other side: “Well done, thou good and faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.”
Jerry was born...
Patricia Ann Heim Wood was born on January 16, 1953 in Fort Knox, KY. She passed away at the age of 71 on December 20, 2024 in Monticello, UT.
She was a beloved daughter, sister, aunt, wife and friend. She chose kindness and compassion and touched the lives of everyone she met.
Pat is preceded in...
Family, friends and neighbors whose obituaries ran in the pages of the San Juan Record in 2024.
Erin Shelton Oliver
Jeffry R. Fowles
Allen James Hunt
Angeline Gonzalez King
Michael Bernard desRosiers
Charles (Chuck) Ross Burand
Jennielean Burnett Nielson
Mavins Claire Cosby
Lawrence Page Bailey...
Joella (Jody) Shumway Whitaker, age 72, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on November 30, 2024, in Blanding, UT.
She was born to Glen and Patricia Shumway on August 24, 1952. Jody grew up in Blanding, where she met and married Jeff Bailey, the father of her five children.
After...
Brandy Louise Hodges Codner passed away in Murray, Utah, on November 27, 2024, at the age of 37. She was born on July 26, 1987, in Claxton, Georgia, to Regina Harrelson and Donald Edwin Hodges.
Brandy met and married a young military man from Utah, Cory Codner, on February 18, 2012, in Statesboro,...
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