Obituaries

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

Edwin Banks Smith (W7Wtv)

Edwin Banks Smith (W7Wtv)

Jun 11, 2017

St. George, Utah - Ed passed away at 80 years old at home in St. George, Ut., on June 11, 2017, surrounded by his very loving wife Jean; sons: Mike,(Lynette) Ron, Rick, (Liz), Scot; and grandsons: Kendal, Tanner, and Step-grandson Tyler. Ed was born August 9, 1936...

Elden Wallace Gillins

Elden Wallace Gillins

Jun 10, 2017

Washington, Utah – Elden Wallace Gillins passed away from this life on June 10, 2017. He was born in Beaver, Utah on June 2, 1936 to Elden Thomas Gillins and Lucy Muir Gillins.

Elden grew...

Darla Staheli Mitchell

Darla Staheli Mitchell

Jun 9, 2017

St. George, Utah - Darla Mitchell, 62, passed away June 9, 2017 surrounded by loved ones at her home. She was born in Cedar City, Utah on December 18, 1954 to loving parents Heber Reed Staheli and Ardath Esplin. She married the love of her life,...

Harold Chipman Fox

Harold Chipman Fox

May 30, 2017

St. George, Utah – Harold Chipman Fox passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at his residence at Spring Gardens Assisted Living in St. George, Utah. He was born December 19, 1932 in Lehi Utah, the second of three children, to Edith Chipman and Harold M. Fox. His childhood years...

Gai Graff Hunt

Gai Graff Hunt

May 30, 2017

St. George, Utah – Gai Graff Hunt passed peacefully away on May 30, 2017 in St. George, Utah at the age of 90 surrounded by family. She was born to Clyde and Catherine Andrus Graff in St. George on December 19, 1926. She was the oldest child and had four brothers whom she dearly loved. Gai attended the...

Marianne "Muffy" Lynette Evans Cook

Marianne "Muffy" Lynette Evans Cook

May 29, 2017

St. George, Utah - Marianne "Muffy" Lynette Evans Cook, age 43, returned to her Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ on Monday, May 29, 2017 in the ICU unit of Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George Utah. Born on May 28, 1974, she is the daughter of Gale G. Evans and the late John R. Evans, the...

Rosalie Thomasene Rees Frandsen

Rosalie Thomasene Rees Frandsen

May 28, 2017

St. George, Utah – Rosalie Thomasene Rees Frandsen went to Heaven on May 28, 2017. She passed away peacefully with the husband and family by her side. Rosalie was born on May 8, 1941 to Ina Eva Monroe and Thomas Edison Rees. She was the youngest of five children. From the beginning she was devoted to helping people....

Dennis Bradley Nichols

Dennis Bradley Nichols

May 28, 2017

St. George, Utah - Dennis Nichols, 77, passed peacefully in his sleep after succumbing to Alzheimer's disease on May 28, 2017. He was at his home in St. George, UT surrounded by his family at the time of his passing. Born July 17, 1939 in Baltimore,...

Billy Joe Dyer

Billy Joe Dyer

May 27, 2017

St. George, Utah – Billy Joe Dyer, 88, passed away May 27, 2017. He was born December 9, 1928 in Wetumka, Oklahoma to James Daniel and Maudie Farris Dyer.

He married Velma Smith on July 23, 1949. She was...

Robert C. Waid

Robert C. Waid

May 25, 2017

St. George, Utah – Robert C. Waid, 83, died May 25, 2017 in St. George, Utah. He was born July 6, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio to Jesse and Winifred Bailee Waid. He married Lucille Roth on June 1, 1957. Robert was raised in Euclid, Ohio. He loved track in high school. After high school he entered...

Kirk Ralph Jacobson

Kirk Ralph Jacobson

May 24, 2017

Las Vegas, Nevada – Kirk Ralph Jacobson, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away May 24, 2017, at the age of 59. He was born October 5, 1957 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was raised by loving parents, Lindsay and Martha Jacobson. Kirk graduated from Valley High School in 1975. After graduation he attended Dixie State...

Connie N. Jones

Connie N. Jones

May 23, 2017

Surrounded by family and friends, our sweet momma, grandmother, aunt, and friend, Connie N. Jones, passed away Tuesday May 23, 2017, reuniting with her eternal sweetheart and many loved ones who had gone before. She was born in Spanish Fork, Utah, on May 6, 1937 to Eric Arthur Nelson and Blanche Haynes Nelson. The youngest and last living of ten...

Joycelyn Bradshaw Chugg

Joycelyn Bradshaw Chugg

May 23, 2017

St. George, Utah - Joycelyn Bradshaw Chugg passed away May 23, 2017. Joycelyn was born to Hampson Walters and Afton Perry Bradshaw on April 13, 1933, in Tremonton, Utah. She grew up in Tremonton and graduated from Bear River High School. While in high school, Joycelyn displayed several talents....

Oswaldo "Ozzy" / "Valo" Orozco

Oswaldo "Ozzy" / "Valo" Orozco

May 22, 2017

St. George, Utah - Oswaldo "Ozzy" / "Valo" Orozco was born May 27, 1973 to the late Octavio and Tarsila Orozco. He lost his battle with cancer on May 22, 2017.

He is survived by his wife, MaryKay; children:...

James Julian Gunderson

James Julian Gunderson

May 22, 2017

James Julian Gunderson , loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend and the best Santa Claus, passed away on Monday, May 22, 2017, at his home in St. George, Utah, with his loving wife of 26 years at his side. He was born April 2, 1937 in Ogden, Utah to Julian...

Donald L. Woodcock

Donald L. Woodcock

May 20, 2017

Washington, Utah – Donald L. Woodcock , 79, passed away Saturday May 20, 2017.He was born in Midland, Michigan in 1937.

Don joined the Air Force after high school. He met and then married Kay in 1958....

John D. Howe

John D. Howe

May 13, 2017

Dr. John D. Howe, D.V.M. passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2017. John was born to hard working parents on a farm in Daniels Creek, Wasatch Co. Utah. He learned to work hard while very young and had been at it ever since.

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Gail B. Porritt

Gail B. Porritt

May 13, 2017

On May 13, 2017, Gail Brunker Porritt left this life for the next. Born premature on 18 July 1928 in Boise, Idaho to Thomas Orval Porritt and Florence Brunker, his story nearly ended there. Shortly after birth he stopped breathing and was pronounced dead. After receiving a blessing from his father, he began breathing again.

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Charles "Chas" Peterson

Charles "Chas" Peterson

May 10, 2017

St. George, Utah – Charles S. Peterson "Chas", 90, passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. He was born in Snowflake, Arizona on January 30, 1927 to Lydia Jane Savage and Joseph Peterson.  He married Elizabeth ("Betty") Colette Hayes of Wilmington, Delaware on August 17, 19 53 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Chas was an active member...

Norma Ann Haymore Hoge

Norma Ann Haymore Hoge

May 8, 2017

St. George, Utah - Norma Anne Haymore Hoge passed away May 8, 2017 in St. George, UT. She was born on October 7, 1917 in Mesa, AZ to John Lester Haymore and Lucille McClellan.  She married Scott Wahlen Hoge on November 22, 1941 in Evanston, WY.  He passed away...