Obituaries

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

Scott Edward Schwerdt

Scott Edward Schwerdt

Sep 29, 2018

St. George, Utah – Scott Edward Schwerdt, 61, passed away in his home in St. George, Utah on Saturday, September 29, 2018 surrounded by family after enduring a long battle with cancer. Scott was born June 10, 1957 in San Francisco, CA, the second child to Rene Marie Daley...

Cleo Selk Gardner

Cleo Selk Gardner

Sep 27, 2018

St. George, Utah – Our beloved wife, mother, sister and aunt, Cleo Brandley Gardner, 83, passed away on Thursday September 27, 2018 in St. George, Utah. She was born on March 14, 1935 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to Joseph Smith Brandley and Anna Madeline Selk. Cleo was raised on a wheat farm and a cattle ranch...

Betty Mercer Arnold

Betty Mercer Arnold

Sep 26, 2018

St. George, Utah – Betty Mercer Arnold, loving wife, devoted mother, caring grandmother, great-grandmother, and special friend, returned to her heavenly home on Wednesday, September 26, 2018.

She was born in a log house in Jones County, North Carolina...

Ruthee Jonas

Ruthee Jonas

Sep 25, 2018

St. George, Utah – Ruthee Bingham Jonas, 74, passed away on September 25, 2018.  She was born in Ogden, Utah to Elden and Alicia Bingham on April 20, 1944. She married Lynn Lawrence Jonas on June 3, 1967 in Stevensville, Montana and sealed in the Logan LDS Temple on June 3, 1968. Ruthee was raised in Stevensville, Montana....

Melva Charlene Cox Spencer

Melva Charlene Cox Spencer

Sep 21, 2018

St. George, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend passed away Sept. 21, 2018. Melva was born on Sept. 9, 1932 to Charles and Retta Stock Cox. She married George Washington Spencer Feb. 14, 1958 in the St. George LDS Temple. Melva and George raised eight children and...

Max Joseph Berryessa

Max Joseph Berryessa

Sep 20, 2018

St. George, Utah - Max Joseph Berryessa passed away at the age of 95 on September 20, 2018, in St. George, Utah where he had been living.  He was born on May 22,. 1923 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. He was the son of Walter S. and Lillian Duce Berryessa. ...

Gary A. Terry

Gary A. Terry

Sep 18, 2018

St. George, Utah – Gary Aceal Terry, 83, died September 18, 2018 in the Southern Utah Veterans Home, Ivins, Utah. He was born April 2, 1935 in Ogden, Utah to Hyrum Aceal and Viola Sorenson Terry. He married Carole Ann Eitel of Ellerson, Virginia, on June 23, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. Gary spent his childhood in Cedar...

Alice Alta Britton

Alice Alta Britton

Sep 15, 2018

Hurricane, UT – Alice Alta Britton , passed away Saturday, September 15, 2018 in St. George, Utah. She was born May 16, 1925 in Ontario, California to Raymond Bateman and Cordia Douglas.  She married James M. Britton in 1944. Alice was raised in San Bernardino, California and later in Newhall, California.  She graduated from San Fernando High School,...

Gary Prisbrey

Gary Prisbrey

Sep 14, 2018

St. George, UT – Gary Prisbrey , passed away Friday, September 14, 2018 at the Brookdale Southgate Senior Living Center, in St. George, Utah. He was born July 25, 1931 in St. George, Utah to George W. Prisbrey (deceased at Gary's birth) and Effie Walker Prisbrey. He married...

Carita Jones Staheli

Carita Jones Staheli

Sep 12, 2018

Washington, UT – Carita Jones Staheli was called to the Candy Kitchen in Heaven on September 12, 2018. Now she can resume making her cherry chocolates and nut clusters. She is now chiding those who told her that she was too young when she married and that it would never last. She was born and raised...

Jack R. Kincaid

Jack R. Kincaid

Sep 4, 2018

?Ivins, UT - Jack Robert Kincaid , passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2018 in Ivins, Utah, surrounded by his family. He was born July 1, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois. After graduation, Jack joined the Navy, proudly serving on the USS Leyte.  After the Navy, Jack served as a police officer for 20 years in Chicago and Burlington, Wisconsin,...

Marlu Harris Nelson

Marlu Harris Nelson

Sep 3, 2018

St. George, Utah / Mason, Ohio – Marlu Harris Nelson, 92, passed away September 3, 2018 in Mason, Ohio. She was born March 31, 1926 in Ogden, Utah to Lawrence and Martha Wallace Harris. She was the youngest of five children: Emmett Harris, Betty Aagard, Nathan...

Riley Lee Stottern

Riley Lee Stottern

Aug 30, 2018

St. George, Utah - Beloved, husband, father, son, grandfather, brother, Riley Lee Stottern , 75, passed away peacefully in his sleep the morning of Thursday, August 30, 2018 at his home in St. George, Utah. He was born May 5, 1943 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to John Lee Stottern and Josephine Marie Thorne. He married the...

Barbara Ann Bertagnole

Barbara Ann Bertagnole

Aug 30, 2018

The eldest of three siblings, Barbara Ann Bertagnole, 86, was born January 13, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, ascended to heaven on August 30, 2018, to once again be with her Heavenly Father and those friends and relatives that had passed before her.

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Noble William Thomas, Jr.

Noble William Thomas, Jr.

Aug 30, 2018

Noble William Thomas, Jr. , passed away Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Dixie Region Medical Center in St. George, Utah.  He was born November 13, 1944 in Caliente, Nevada to Noble Thomas, Sr. and Mildred Ann Thomas.

Noble grew up in...

Beth Atkin Cox

Beth Atkin Cox

Aug 29, 2018

Our beloved Mom, Beth Atkin Cox, passed away the morning of August 29, 2018, age 90, of natural causes, in Prescott Valley, Arizona, where she lived with her daughter, Janet Cox Legler.      Beth was born May 26, 1928 in St. George, Utah, the fourth daughter and youngest child of goodly parents,...

Carolyn Quinney Valentine

Carolyn Quinney Valentine

Aug 28, 2018

St. George, Utah – Carolyn Quinney Valentine, passed away peacefully, on August 28, 2018 at 1:00 pm, a few weeks after her 84th birthday. She was surrounded by her husband, children and grandchildren as she passed.

Carolyn will be missed by her extended family and the many friends she...

Douglas Leonard Cline

Douglas Leonard Cline

Aug 28, 2018

St. George, Utah – Captain Douglas Leonard Cline passed away quietly in his sleep the afternoon of 28 August 2018. He achieved the seasoned age of 91. Doug was born on 9 October 1926 to Lena Delphine and Lloyd Alan Cline in Dodge City, Kansas. In 1943 he married...

Janice Marie Dawson

Janice Marie Dawson

Aug 26, 2018

Ivins, Utah - Janice Marie Dawson , 81, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018 in St. George, UT. She was born August 29, 1936 in Springfield, Colorado to Estil and Irene Hazel Owens Caldwell.

She married J....

Eleanor Ann Hales

Eleanor Ann Hales

Aug 25, 2018

St. George, UT – Eleanor Ann Shelby Hales, 80, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 in St. George, Utah. She was born April 19, 1938 in Spring Canyon, Utah to Lenard H. and Consuelo Jacobsen Shelby.  She married Dennis Grey Hales in Brigham City, Utah, July 4, 1968. Eleanor worked in Bountiful, Utah and retired to...