Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities

Sherrel May Stewart

Sherrel May Stewart

Jun 24, 2025

St. George, Utah – It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sherrel May Stewart, age 78, on June 24, 2025.  Sherrel was loved by her family and friends.

Sherrel was predeceased by her parents, Judson and Ruby; her husband, Charlie; and her brother, Milan.  Sherrel is survived by her...

Cleo Sullivan Wardle

Cleo Sullivan Wardle

Jun 24, 2025

St. George, Utah – Cleo Sullivan Wardle has "gone fishing."  She passed away peacefully on June 24, 2025, at the age of 95. She passed away at her St. George home which was built on her grandfather's property named after him, St. James Place. Cleo was born in St. George, Utah on October 8, 1929. She was...

Heloise "Mimi" Martin

Heloise "Mimi" Martin

Jun 20, 2025

St. George, Utah - Heloise Martin, 86, passed peacefully away on Friday, June 20, 2025, after suffering for the last several years with Alzheimer's disease. Mimi (as she was lovingly known by most of her friends and family) was born in Oakley, Utah on March 15, 1939, to Theon L. Hansen and Wilma Woolstenhulme. She grew up...

John William Vinzant

John William Vinzant

Jun 18, 2025

John William Vinzant, age 76, passed away peacefully at the Southern Utah Veterans Home in Ivins, Utah. Born on January 22, 1949, in Hawthorne, California, John was the beloved son of Paul and Shirley Vinzant. At the age of twelve, John moved with his family from California to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he spent most of his...

Afton Stratton Staheli

Afton Stratton Staheli

Jun 17, 2025

St. George, Utah – Afton Stratton Staheli, age, passed away June 17, 2025. She was born August 9, 1932, in Hurricane, Utah to George and Lillian Stratton.

She married Donald Lafayette Staheli on September 24, 1952, in the St. George LDS Temple.

Graveside services will be held on Monday,...

Renae Putnam

Renae Putnam

Jun 15, 2025

St. George, Utah – Renae Putnam returned home to her Heavenly Father and to the loved ones who were waiting for her with open arms on Sunday, June 15, 2025.

Renae was born in Sterling, Idaho, on September 19, 1932, to Thomas Henry Jones and Delila Porter. She was the youngest of nine...

Marie Aydell Peterson

Marie Aydell Peterson

Jun 15, 2025

St. George, Utah – Aydell passed peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday June 15, 2025, at Abbington Assisted Living home at age 77. She was born in Burley, Idaho on October 20, 1947, to parents Wayne Devere and Fern "Tony" Hess. Aydell married Thomas H Peterson in Layton, Utah on June 9, 1967. Aydell and Tom attended...

Norma June Fenton

Norma June Fenton

Jun 13, 2025

Norma June Fenton, age 90, passed away on June 13, 2025, in St. George, Utah. She was born on June 3, 1935 in Danville, Illinois, the only daughter, to Harold and Beulah Harvey.

Norma was married to Forest "Forey" Fenton Jr. (deceased) on January 30, 1955, in Danville, Illinois.

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Ross Burdell Elliott

Ross Burdell Elliott

Jun 12, 2025

Ross Burdell Elliott, age 84, of St. George, Utah, passed away peacefully at home on June 12, 2025, with his family surrounding him. He was born on May 11, 1941, in his family home in Farmington, Utah to Walter and Earlene Bray Elliott. He married Kathleen Call on February 28, 1964, in the Salt Lake City Temple....

Edward Byan

Edward Byan

Jun 11, 2025

Edward Byan joined his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ the afternoon of June 11, 2025.

Edward was born September 23, 1938, in Georgetown, British Guyana where he married his wife, Juliette who gave birth to daughters Angela and Amanda and a son Adrian who pass in infancy.  The family moved to New York...

Leon Floyd Sanders

Leon Floyd Sanders

Jun 11, 2025

Leon Floyd Sanders was born March 5, 1937, in Terre Haute, Indiana and died June 11, 2025, in Denver, Colorado.   Elder Sanders spent 46 years and 7 months working faithfully for the Seventh-day Adventist Church.  During those years he worked in the Arkansas-Louisiana Conference, at the White Memorial Hospital, the Wyoming Conference, for Adventist Health System/West, and...

Gay Shirley Goaslind

Gay Shirley Goaslind

Jun 9, 2025

Gay Shirley Goaslind, 96, passed away June 9, 2025, in Stockton, California. She was born on January 14, 2029, in Hermosa Beach, California to Herman and Hannah Missall.

Gay married James Clyde Cooley on November 22, 1949. They had four children: Kathryn, Michael, Susan, and Christine. Gay later married Bob Lee Goaslind on...

Robert William Sandberg

Robert William Sandberg

Jun 8, 2025

Washington, Utah – Robert William "Bob" Sandberg 74, passed away, Sunday, June 8, 2025, at his home in Washington, Utah from a terrible disease called Supranuclear Palsy with Progressive Aphasia which he suffered the last 2 years of his life. He was born September 5, 1950, in the old McGregor Hospital in St. George, Utah to William...

Ron Wood

Ron Wood

Jun 8, 2025

Washington, Utah – James Ronald Wood, or Ron as he was known, 71, passed away unexpectedly June 8, 2025. He was born April 22, 1954, in Cedar City, Utah, the second of four children to James Grant Wood and Ruth Green Wood. His family moved often in his younger years, but he spoke fondly of living in...

Shasta Brooks

Shasta Brooks

Jun 6, 2025

St. George, Utah – Shasta Dawn Shupe Brooks, 46, of St. George, Utah, passed away peacefully at her home on June 6, 2025. She was born December 15, 1978, in Moab, Utah, to Robert and Janice Shupe. The fourth of five children, Shasta grew up surrounded by the beauty of red rock country and the love of...

Roy A Fleming

Roy A Fleming

Jun 4, 2025

St. George, Utah – Roy Fleming, 98, passed away June 4, 2025. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 27, 1926, to Frank and Lottie Fleming.

Roy graduated from Northern Vocational High School in Toronto in 1946. In 1952 he immigrated to the United States. He became a citizen in 1959....

Emily Brown Cox

Emily Brown Cox

Jun 4, 2025

Emily Brown Cox of St. George Utah; at 102 years old, passed away peacefully on June 4, 2025. She lived a very full and amazing life, and her family finds comfort in knowing that she has been reunited with her husband, Parke.

Emily was born in Scipio, Utah on October 20, 1922.  She...

Norman Hall Fawson

Norman Hall Fawson

Jun 2, 2025

St. George, Utah – Norman Hall Fawson returned to the waiting arms of his parents and many loved ones on June 2, 2025, under the compassionate care of the Intermountain Health Care and Hospice at the age of 86. He was born on January 1, 1939, in Salt Lake City, UT to Merrill Pehrson Fawson and Hazel...

Paul B Maag

Paul B Maag

Jun 1, 2025

Hurricane, Utah – Paul B. Maag, age 85, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Paul was born on May 21, 1940, in Provo, Utah to Harold Henry and Velma Bigelow Maag. He grew up in Orem with his brother and two sisters. After graduating from Orem High School he moved to...

Harold "Buzz" Bowman

Harold "Buzz" Bowman

May 30, 2025

Harold F "Buzz" Bowman Jr. age 91, passed away May 30, 2025, at his home in Washington City, Utah. He was born in Saginaw, Michigan on November 11, 1933, and was the only child of Harold F Bowman Sr. and Florence Arnold Bingham.

Buzz attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana for middle and...