All Obituaries

Shirley Marie Miller, of Caliente, Nevada, passed away in her sleep on October 17, 2020 at Brookdale Living Facility in Cedar City, Utah. She was 85 years old and spent the last several years in a memory care unit dealing with dementia. Shirley lost her husband, Milo, 5 years ago from cancer, and she is survived by her son, Ricky, and grandchildren, Jessica and Kyle. Shirley was a giving mother to her family, friends, and community.   Shirley supported Milo in his...

Mary Katherine Ferguson, 69, passed away Friday September 11, 2020 in Caliente, NV.  Mary Kay resided in Dubois, WY prior to moving to Caliente. Mary Kay was active with the VFW Auxiliary, having served in both Dubois and Caliente. Most of her adult life she was a home health caregiver. Many who were recipients of her compassion were also served with a heavy dose of her humor and wit. She enjoyed old time radio shows, crosswords, traveling, family history and most of all she...

Wesley Amos Holt passed away on September 9, 2020. He was born May 14th, 1927 in St George, UT to James Amos Holt and Mary Jane Morris Holt. He was raised in Enterprise Utah. His senior year of high school, he with permission of his parents joined the Navy during World War 2. His mother gave his valedictorian speech at his high school graduation since he was in boot camp. After he was released from active duty, he attended Dixie Junior College. He had many jobs during this time. He worked...

Paul Vernon Long, 72, from Caliente, Nevada, passed away on August 27, 2020, due to heart complications. Born June 19, 1948, on Father’s Day in Creston, Iowa, Paul was the firstborn son of Ralph Ansel Long and Anna Harriet Johnson Long.  He lived on the family farm until high school graduation in 1967, attending the Mount Ayr Community School in Ringgold County.  He was a talented athlete in football, baseball, and wrestling and enjoyed playing tuba in band and string bass...

Paul Kenneth Steed unexpectedly passed on August 22, 2020 and was guided home by his Heavenly Father to a joyful reunion into the arms of his Father, his 7 loving Mothers and many Brothers and Sisters. Paul was born on April 19, 1957 in St. George, Utah to Newell Steed and Alice Young.  He was the 9th child of 15 born to Alice and was blessed with 55 brothers and sisters from Newell. Paul spent his growing up years at the family ranch near Bryce Canyon, Utah, where hard work and long...

Robert Allen Romans, Jr. (Bob) age 87, passed away at his home on August 9, 2020 in Panaca NV.  He was born August 14, 1932 to Robert Allen Romans, Sr. and Kathleen (Phillips) Romans, both deceased. He grew up and went to elementary and high school in Elko, NV.  He later graduated from the Joseph C. Laney Technical Institute in Oakland, CA.  He was employed by Nevada Bell/AT&T for 38 years.   He married Gwenith Brinkerhoff on August 16, 1955 in Winnemucca...

Bob was born January 25, 1932 to William McCrosky and Lena Lytle McCrosky in Rose Valley, Nevada. It snowed 3 feet that day and the doctor couldn’t come until the next morning. Bob was the second son, his big brother William (Bill) came first, then came Howard and Max. They were all born in Rose Valley, but lived in Beatty Nevada while his Dad worked in the mine. The family would spend their summers in Rose Valley. One of Bob’s memories was the very large garden that had to be...

Jessie Sprague was born January 4, 1935 to Percilla (Stevens) and Oliver Dee Sprague, in Overton Nevada.  She always said she was born “under the Christmas tree”.   Jessie graduated from Moapa Valley High School in 1953.  In 1955 she married Conrad Simmons and they had two children, Michael and Teresa.  They later divorced.  In 1962, Jessie married the love of her life, Wilbur (Pal) Field, who brought with him, his daughter...

Glenda Ann Clarke, age 65, passed away on May 30, 2020, in Caliente, Nevada.  Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on August 19, 1954, the first of three children born to William Glenn White and Shirley Ann White (Paylor).  She graduated from Farwell High in Farwell, Texas in 1972 and later attended Utah Technical College where she was active in student government and was honored in the 1980 Edition of Who’s Who Among Students in America’s Junior Colleges. Her first...

Linda JoAnn Burton Hood was born on September 29, 1941 in Rawlings, Wyoming.  She was the only child of William and Glenys Burton. Linda grew up in Sinclair, Wyoming, where her father worked at the Sinclair Oil Refinery.  After graduating from Rawlins High, she attended Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah where she met and married Tom Hood. After her husband graduated college they moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to raise their family. Following their divorce Linda worked full...