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.

Darthella Butler Hanna Cook

Our loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Darthella Butler Hanna Cook, age 91 of Goshen, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016, surrounded by her family.

She was born April 14, 1925 in Santaquin, Utah to William and Fanny Viola Huish Butler. 

She married William Grant Hanna. He preceded her in death. She married Kenneth Pershing Cook, August 25, 1956 in Ely, Nevada. He preceded her in death March 26, 1996. They were later sealed in the Provo LDS Temple.

She attended schools in Spring Lake and Payson and graduated from Payson High School. She was a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Spring Lake Camp. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in numerous callings and was an avid Genealogist and served as Ward Historian. 

Survivors include: her children, Roger (Loy) Hanna, Cypress, California; Sharon (Ron) Hurst, Spring Lake; Sarah Mckowen, Goshen; Donna Lance (Larry), Goshen. A step-daughter, Kayleen (Buck) Peak, Boise, Idaho. She has 13 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren and one on the way. Brother, Jay (Carol) Butler, Henderson, Nevada. She was preceded in death by: a step-son, Paul Cook; her brothers, Noal, Elvon, Arvill “Bill”, Thirl “Sid” and Lavell “Bud” Butler; sisters, LaRae and Verna Butler and Viola Cowan.

Funeral services will be Saturday, September 10, 2016, 11:00 a.m., in the Goshen LDS Ward Chapel, 90 South Main Street, where friends may call Friday, 6-8:00 p.m. or Saturday, 9:45-10:45 a.m. Burial will be in the Goshen, Utah Cemetery. 

The family would like to express special appreciation to Christine and Brittney at the Utah Valley Specialty Hospital in Provo for their loving and compassionate care.

Condolences may be sent to the family at: www.walkerobits.com.