Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Services

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. 

All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~ Helen Keller

Forthcoming funeral services are planned for the following friends from our community. Complete versions of these obituaries may be found in The Payson Chronicle and on our website at paysonchronicle.com.

ROBERT PAUL FINCH

Robert (Bob) Paul Finch a caring, loving husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away October 3, 2015. He was born December 14, 1925 in Payson, Utah to Robert E. and Vera LeBaron Finch, his first years of life were spent in Goshen, Utah.  Services will be Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.. in the West Mountain LDS Ward Chapel, three miles west of Payson on Utah Avenue. Friends may call at Walker Mortuary, 587 South 100 West, Payson on Wednesday evening from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. or at the church on Thursday from 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Burial will be in the Payson City Cemetery.

ROBERT F. ALLEN

Robert Francis Allen left this life October 2, 2015 surrounded by his wife and children. He was born November 11, 1938 in Phoenix, Arizona, the son of Owen Woodruff Allen, Sr. and Adah Pomeroy Allen.  Funeral services will be Tuesday, October 6, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., in the Brookside 2nd Ward, 952 West 1580 South, Payson. Friends and family may call at the Walker Mortuary, 587 South 100 West, Payson, Monday, 6-8:00 p.m., and family at the church Tuesday, 9:45-10:45 a.m. Burial will be in the Payson City Cemetery with Military Rites accorded by the American Legion, Dist. #4.

JOSEPH I. EVANS

Our strong & gentle father, Joseph Ivan Evans, age 92, passed peacefully from this life on September 24, 2015. He was born on April 16, 1923 in Anaconda, MT, to May Barrett & Ivan Alphonzo Evans. He married Ethel May Ekstrand on August 26, 1946 & they were sealed on November 16, 1957 in the Los Angeles LDS Temple.  Funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 29th at 11:00 am at the Santaquin 19th Ward.  Interment was in the Santaquin City Cemetery with military rites by Santaquin American Legion Post 84 under the direction of Brown Family Mortuary.

MAUDE JACKSON

Beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend, Maude T.M.E. Jackson, age 91, passed away on September 29, 2015, in Santaquin, Utah. Maude was born and raised in Lyman (Wayne County) Utah on June 18, 1924, daughter of Eric and Eliza Otilla Forsyth Torgerson. She was the youngest of ten children.  Funeral Services will be held Monday, October 5, 2015 at the Mountain View 6th Ward, 789 Arrowhead Trail in Payson, at 11:00 a.m. Friends may call on Sunday evening at Walker Mortuary, 587 South 100 West in Payson, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. and Monday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the service at the church.