Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Valdean Hunt
Aug 10, 2025
Valdean Hunt, age 89, passed away peacefully in his home in Enterprise, Utah. He often said, "I was born in this house, and I want to die in this house." He was favored to do just that, peacefully, and surrounded by family, on August 10, 2025.
Valdean married his lifelong sweetheart, Mavis Dawn,...
Robert Allen Winters
Aug 8, 2025
Robert "Bob" Allen Winters, age 82 of Clanton, Alabama passed away on August 8, 2025, at UAB St. Vincent-Chilton Hospital in Clanton, Alabama. He was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, on May 3, 1943, the son of the late Robert Daniel Heinemann and the late Grace Dorothea Fitzgerald Heinemann.
Bob worked as an...
Colleen Smith
Aug 8, 2025
Hurricane, UT – Colleen Smith, age 85, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on August 8, 2025. She was born on September 18, 1939, to Burt McCoard and Chloe Mills in Stockton, Utah. She was a homemaker and the best wife and mother anyone could ask for.
Colleen is preceded in death...
Peggy Lyn Duncan
Aug 6, 2025
Peggy Lyn Harris Duncan, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away at the age of 70 in St. George, Utah, on August 6, 2025. She was born on February 16, 1955, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to loving parents Donald Kent and Ruth Janeen Harris.
Peggy grew up in a joyful, bustling...
Joseph E Stapley
Aug 3, 2025
Joseph E Stapley, 92, returned home to his Savior Jesus Christ on August 3, 2025 in Washington, Utah. Joe was born in Cedar City, Utah to Joseph Earl and Sylva Jones Stapley on April 18, 1933. Joe married Pat on June 9, 1958 in the Salt Lake Temple where they were sealed for time and all eternity. ...
Leland Ogden Sheets
Aug 1, 2025
Leland Ogden Sheets, age 91, passed away surrounded by his family on August 1, 2025, in Washington, Utah. Lee was born in Sugarhouse, Utah on May 7, 1934, to Leland B. and Ina O. Sheets.
Lee spent summers during his early years in Brighton, Utah helping his parents run the town store and...
Ruth Nelson Reeve
Aug 1, 2025
Ruth Nelson Reeve was born on 13 July 1930 in Sandy, Utah, to Paul Ernest and Martha Eunice Ensign Nelson. She was the ninth of nine children and the fourth daughter. She grew up in Sandy, Woods Cross, and Chester, Utah, on the dairy farms that her family operated. Her formative years were shaped by her parents,...
John Anthony Massaro
Jul 31, 2025
John Anthony Massaro, Aka "Wooly" or "Mustachio", a beloved son, husband, father, and brother, peacefully passed away at his home, surrounded by his children, on July 31, 2025. When he left this life, he was reunited with the love of his life, Beth-Anne Porter Massaro, whose memory he cherished deeply.
Born in Orrville,...
Cheri Lee Gubler
Jul 30, 2025
Cheri Lee Gubler, beloved wife, mother, sister and grandmother, passed away peacefully at home on July 30, 2025, at the age of 69.
Cheri was born on December 26, 1955, to Shirl and Joy Neilson in North Hollywood, California. In her youth, she grew up in the San Fernando Valley area and attended...
Daniel "Dan The Man" Case
Jul 28, 2025
Daniel Byron Case, 53, beloved son, brother, and friend, peacefully passed away surrounded by his loving family and friends on July 28, 2025, in St. George, Utah. He lived happily with his family his whole life in Magna, Utah and then St. George, Utah.
Dan is survived by his mother, Carol Harsh Case;...
Lyman Dayton
Jul 25, 2025
Santa Clara, Utah – Lyman Dayton, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on July 25, 2025, in Draper, Utah, surrounded by his loving family.
Born on August 17, 1941, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Lyman grew up on a ranch in Cokeville, Wyoming, with his loving and large family. From an...
Lulu B Cheney
Jul 24, 2025
Lulu B. Cheney, beloved mother, grandmother, great and great- great grandmother, passed away peacefully on July 24, 2025, at the age of 95.
Lulu was born on February 3, 1930 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She married her sweetheart Tom Cheney, on April 4th, 1950, in the St. George, Utah Temple.
Linda Metcalf Wright
Jul 24, 2025
St. George, Utah - Our beloved Linda Metcalf Wright, 67, passed away on July 24, 2025. She was born June 22, 1958 to Herschel and Tessie Metcalf. She married Jonathan Wright in the Salt Lake City Temple on December 17, 1985.
Linda was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Bountiful, Utah....
Phyllis Watkins Mcghie
Jul 22, 2025
Phyllis Watkins McGhie, 96, died July 22, 2025, in her home in St. George Utah. She was born on December 30, 1928, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Rhoda King and George Reynold Watkins.
She married Marlen Dean McGhie, 9 November 1951 in the Salt Lake City Temple of The Church of Jesus...
Bill Alfred Draney, Jr.
Jul 22, 2025
Washington, UT - Bill Draney (Billy for those who knew him in his early years), beloved son, brother, uncle, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend passed peacefully on July 22nd, 2025, in Summerlin (Las Vegas), NV. After enduring several challenges in his later years, he has finally been blessed to be relieved of his mortal burdens, and...
Everal Limb Bowler
Jul 21, 2025
Cedar City, Utah – Everal Limb Bowler, one month from her 91st birthday, passed away peacefully at home July 21, 2025. She was born in Beaver, Utah, August 20,1934 to her father Melbrum Limb and mother Velda Heaps Limb. Everal was the oldest of three sisters, Zola and Zina, whom she loved dearly. Everal lived with her...
Sarah Line Huillet
Jul 21, 2025
St George UT - Sarah Line Huillet, devoted wife, beloved mother, and nana, passed away peacefully on July 21, 2025, at the age of 65. Sarah was born on April 7, 1960 in Seattle, Washington. She married her sweetheart Brad Huillet, on May 1st, 1982, in the Seattle, Washington Temple.
Sarah leaves behind a strong...
Dorene Rowley
Jul 19, 2025
Hurricane, Utah – Olga Dorene Warr Rowley passed away Saturday, July 19, 2025. Dorene was born March 7, 1926, to Leslie William Warr and Olga Christina Allen Warr. Dorene lived most of her life in Granger, Utah surrounded by her loving parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. She was the oldest sibling and last to survive...
J. Cleve Barnes
Jul 19, 2025
St. George, Utah – Jon Cleve Barnes, aged 85, passed away peacefully on July 17, 2025, at St. George, Utah. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather.
Born in San Francisco, California to Cedric and Jeanette Barnes, Cleve lived a life full of adventure, hardship, and change. He lived in California, Nevada,...
Theresa "Tess" Morgan
Jul 18, 2025
Theresa Frances Hillegas Morgan, a longtime resident of St. George, Utah, passed away peacefully on July 18, 2025. She was 92 years old.
A proud Navy nurse, Theresa served with courage and compassion during the Vietnam War, dedicating her life to the care and healing of others. In March of 1969, she married...


