Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Mary Jean Sorensen
Feb 19, 2018
St. George, Utah - Mary Jean Sorensen died February 19, 2018 in St. George, Utah. She was born August 20, 1931 in Bakersfield, California to Arthur Pratt and Norma Larsen.
Mary spent her life as a loving mother, school teacher and a translator for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She was preceded...
Alvin "Bud" Byron Smith
Feb 18, 2018
St. George, UT – Alvin "Bud" Byron Smith, 84, passed away peacefully on February 18, 2018. He was born March 30, 1933 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Erma E. Jones and Joseph Byron Smith. He met Marilyn Luvena Wise in Hermosa Beach, California and they were married...
Willard Lester Thompson
Feb 18, 2018
St George, Utah – Willard "Bill" L. Thompson, 82, was called home by his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Sunday February 18, 2018. He was born on July 6, 1935 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Bill grew up in Manitou Springs, Colorado with his...
Truman Alray Cannon
Feb 15, 2018
Washington, UT – Truman Alray Cannon, 75, passed away peacefully in his home on Thursday, February 15, 2018, during a family prayer with his family present. He will be greatly missed. Alray was born May 24, 1942 to Truman and Virginia Cannon. He married his sweetheart, Carol Jean Lynn, in the St. George LDS Temple on June 10,...
Fred Joseph Cody
Feb 12, 2018
LaVerkin, Utah – Fred Joseph Cody, 63, passed away February 12, 2018. He was born July 15, 1954 in Monterey, California to Lynn and Arlene Hirt Cody.
Graveside services will be held Friday, February 16, 2018 at 1:00 p.m....
Peggy Munson Soria
Feb 10, 2018
Ivins, Utah – Peggy Munson Soria, 79, passed away February 10, 2018. She was born December 15, 1938 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Moreland and Eleanor Munson. She married Phil Soria in 1963, later divorced. She had a long and varied career as a bookkeeper and office manager....
Wendy Staar Mettinger
Feb 9, 2018
Hurricane, Utah – Wendy Staar Mettinger passed away February 9, 2018. She was born October 21, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois to Rudolph Frank and Greta Victoria Pearson Staar. She married Ferrel Harold Kelsey. Wendy is survived by her husband, Ferrel; daughter Lyndsey Mettinger; granddaughter, Halo Staar; and sister and brother-in-law, Sherry and Nile Jackson. She was preceded in...
Marie Davis Tippets
Feb 9, 2018
St. George, UT – Marie Davis Tippets graduated to the next life on February 9, 2018. She battled down winders cancer for more than two years. She was born March 1, 1940 in Circleville, Utah to Marlo and Chloris Dalton Davis, as their second child. She enjoyed the small town childhood of southern Utah with friends and three...
Elaine Alice Petersen Champion
Feb 3, 2018
St. George, Utah – Elaine Alice Petersen Champion, age 93, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family Saturday, February 3, 2018, at her home in St. George, Utah. She was born July 8, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Oscar Peter Petersen and Alice Elizabeth Schwartz. ...
Blaine Frank O'Brien
Feb 2, 2018
St. George, UT – Blaine Frank O'Brien, our loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away Friday, February 2, 2018 in St. George, Utah, due to complications of pneumonia. He was born on September 22, 1944 in Salt Lake City to William Charles Holding and Aerita Bauchamp; adopted by Cairns O'Brien. He married Karen Hickok, later divorced. He...
James Alanson Gaylord, Jr.
Jan 29, 2018
IVINS, UTAH – James Alanson Gaylord, Jr., age 74, passed away, Monday, January 29, 2018, comfortably in his home in Ivins, Utah surrounded by his wife, Laela, friends and family who loved him very much. James was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 9, 1943 to James Alanson...
Judy Leavitt Johnson
Jan 28, 2018
St. George, UT – Judy Leavitt Johnson, 75, of St. George, Utah, died peacefully Sunday, January 28, 2018. She was born in Hurricane, Utah to Donald Henry and Karma Hirschi Leavitt on March 31, 1942.
Judy was...
Linda Lamb Schemensky
Jan 26, 2018
St. George, Utah – Linda Lamb Schemensky, 73, completed her journey on earth and is now reunited with her eternal soulmate, Karl Schemensky. She passed away on January 26, 2018 at her home in St. George, Utah. She will be deeply missed and loved by many.
Laraine Schetselaar Black
Jan 26, 2018
St. George, Utah - LaRaine Schetselaar Black returned to her Heavenly Father on January 26, 2018. She was born on September 9, 1935, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Anthony J. D. Schetselaar and Caroline Loraine Jones.
LaRaine was...
Christine Cooley Lopez
Jan 25, 2018
St. George, UT – Christine Cooley Lopez journeyed home peacefully on January 25, 2018, surrounded by love and family. The eldest child of Edward Jensen Cooley and Fae Donna Thornley Cooley, she is preceded in death by her parents, paternal grandparents Abraham Coon and Lucille Jensen Cooley; maternal...
Robert L Stephenson
Jan 23, 2018
Robert L Stephenson, 96, passed away at home on January 23, 2018. He was born in Nephi, Utah on June 8, 1921. He was the son of William Warner and Lua Linton Stephenson. He grew up in Nephi, Utah, attending schools there and later attended Snow College, Michigan State University while...
Shirley Stevenson
Jan 21, 2018
Shirley Ellen Neagle Stevenson passed away January 21, 2018. She was born October 8, 1926 in Yankton, South Dakota to James Marion Neagle and Klista Kennedy. She married Clyde Stevenson on December 21, 1951 in Provo, Utah. Their marriage was solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple on February 27, 1987....
Frank Peter Hoeffgen
Jan 21, 2018
North Las Vegas, Nevada - Francisus Petrus "Frank Peter" Hoeffgen, 74, passed away January 21, 2018. He was born February 18, 1943 in the Netherlands. Graveside services will be held Friday, February 2, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the Santa Clara City Cemetery, Santa Clara, Utah. A visitation will...
Patricia Irene Lynsky
Jan 20, 2018
Patricia Irene Ashdown Lynsky peacefully passed away in her home Saturday evening, January 20, 2018. She was surrounded by family when she stepped into eternity. She was born November 11, 1935, the seventh child to Perry Sessions Ashdown and Abigail Lillian Stephenson, in Los Angeles, California. Her siblings are Betty, Perry Jr., Rex, Paul, Edward William "Bill", Abigail "Gail" and...
Marie Warren Nelson
Jan 20, 2018
Washington, UT – Marie Warren Nelson, 87, passed away January 20, 2018. She was born on November 3, 1930 to Granville and Magdalyn Warren. Marie lived in Parowan, Utah until age 8 . Upon the passing of her father in 1938, her mother remarried and the family moved to Panguitch, Utah, where she attended school until...


