Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Rosemary Gehrke Mckillop
Jul 12, 2016
St. George, Utah – Rosemary Gehrke McKillop, age 82, passed away July 12, 2016. Rosemary was born on December 4, 1933 in Monroe Wisconsin to Paul and Nellie Menehan Gehrke. Her family later moved to Milwaukee where she grew up to develop a great passion for music and learned to play many instruments including piano, organ, violin, and...
Eldon Edward Wright
Jul 11, 2016
Eldon Edward Wright, age 85, passed away at his home in St. George, Utah, surrounded by his loved ones, on July 11, 2016 after a long, lingering illness. Eldon was born August 12, 1930 to Joseph Edward and Maxine Belle Wright. Eldon grew up in the small farming community of Henefer, Utah, where he worked side-by-side with his father and...
Bonita Pendleton Ashby
Jul 11, 2016
St. George, Utah – Our beautiful mother, grandmother and friend, Bonita Pendleton Ashby passed away Monday, July 11, 2016 after a five year struggle following a massive stroke. She was born June 30, 1927 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Gus Chatterley and Marvel Estella Abbott Pendleton. She spent her first nine years living in Bunkerville, Nevada. At that...
Rory Lynn Darrington
Jul 11, 2016
Rory Lynn Darrington, age 59, finally got sick and tired of being sick and tired. The day he decided to go was July 11, 2016. He was born in Brigham City, Utah on January 8th 1957 to Rulon and Avanell Darrington. He married Cheryl Tew in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 6th, 1976. They were sealed for time and...
Ephraim Vance Allred
Jul 10, 2016
Ephraim Vance Allred, 81, passed away July 10, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born June 17, 1935 in Moab, Utah to Ephraim Vance Allred and Molly Sandoval. He married Alta Terry on November 26, 1960 in St. George, Utah. Vance's greatest joy was his family. He also enjoyed spending...
Vernal Brigham Williams
Jul 8, 2016
St. George, Utah - Vernal "Jerry" Williams, 90, passed away July 8, 2016 with his loving wife and daughter at his side. He was born August 26, 1925 in Lewiston, Utah to Floyd and Ethel Williams in their home. Growing up in Lewiston, he and his brothers were very...
Muriel Jensen Cox
Jul 7, 2016
St. George, Utah - Muriel Jensen Cox passed away July 7, 2016 at the impressive age of 99. She was born June 10, 1917 to Joseph and Harriet Whiting Jensen. She was the second youngest of nine children. She went to Springville High School and was elected Vice President of the ninth grade. She was a beautiful dancer,...
Devin James Hillin
Jul 7, 2016
Devin James Hillin, beloved son, husband, father, brother and uncle passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Devin was born June 24, 1974 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to James and Darlene Hillin. He was second oldest to two brothers and one sister and grew up in Monroe, Utah. He married his sweetheart, Emily Hillin. They have four children whom he...
Dorothy Adella Bywater
Jul 6, 2016
Dorothy A. Bywater, age 100, passed away July 6, 2016. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah , on September 23, 1915 to Roy F. and Cassie Miller. She married Edward R. "Ted" Bywater on October 2, 1936 in Salt Lake City. He passed away at the age of...
Pierce Jeffery Adamson
Jul 3, 2016
Hurricane, Utah – Pierce Jeffery Adamson was born on July 18, 2000 to Jeffery and Derena Adamson in St. George, Utah. Just short of his 16th birthday, Pierce completed his mission here on earth on July 3, 2016 near his home in Hurricane, Utah.
Violet Sawyer
Jul 1, 2016
St. George, Utah – Rayola Violet DeWaal Miller White Hawks Sawyer, 92, passed away July 1, 2016. She was born March 18, 1924 in Salt Lake City, Utah to William and Lena Zbinden DeWaal. She married her eternal sweetheart, Norman "Loane" Miller on April 2, 1942 in the Salt...
Jay W. Rasband
Jun 29, 2016
St. George, Utah – Jay W. Rasband, 94, passed away June 29, 2016. He was born September 16, 1921.
Memorial services with Military Honors will be held Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the Metcalf Mortuary Chapel,...
James Iverson Ott
Jun 29, 2016
Washington, Utah – James Iverson Ott, 76, passed away from a pool accident on June 29, 2016 while vacationing in Las Vegas, Nevada to celebrate his 76th birthday and 38th anniversary to Sharon L. Ott. He was born June 25, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah to James L....
Stephen Heath
Jun 26, 2016
Stephen Ralph Heath Sr., passed away June 26, 2016 at home with his loving family surrounding him in St. George, Utah. He was born December 27, 1952 in St. George, Washington, Utah to Vird J and Jean Nelson Heath.
Stephen met...
Gaylord Julius Monson
Jun 25, 2016
St. George, Utah – Gaylord Julius Monson completed his life of service and love when he passed away June 25, 2016, at the Veterans Home in Ivins, Utah. Born June 8, 1919, in Glen Ullin, North Dakota, to George and Nettie Mae Monson, he practiced the virtues of hard work, love, and service working the mines and family...
Elvetta Cole
Jun 25, 2016
St. George, Utah – Elvetta Cole, 83, passed away on June 25, 2016 in St. George, Utah. She was born December 3, 1932 in Barron, Wisconsin to Claude Cole and Maude Thomas. She was the last surviving of twelve children. Elvetta enjoyed shopping, going out to dinner and baking cookies for fund raisers. She was a...
James Bernard Swensen
Jun 25, 2016
St. George, Utah - James Bernard Swensen, age 90, beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather and Great Grandfather, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2016. Born December 4, 1925 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, to Ezra James and Elsie Walker Swensen. He was the third to the youngest...
Shirley Bailey Kitchen
Jun 25, 2016
St. George, Utah - Shirley Bailey Kitchen, 91 yrs. old, peacefully passed away on June 25, 2016, surrounded by family in St. George, UT. Shirley was born on April 19, 1925, in a small LDS community near New Chicago, just three miles south of Drummond, Montana. Her dear father, Floyd Spence Bailey, mother, Pearl Vylene Bailey, older brother,...
Joan Cox Hafen
Jun 22, 2016
Joan Cox Hafen was born November 6, 1936 in Rockville, Utah to Julius and Genevieve Cox. She was the fifth of ten children.
Joan grew up in Rockville, spending much time in Zion's National Park. As a teenager, she worked at...
Max Henry Rose
Jun 17, 2016
Max Henry Rose, age 71, passed away at his home in St. George, Utah, on June 17, 2016. Max was born on December 30, 1944, in Panguitch, Utah, as the third of 14 children, to David Quilter and Delpha Almira Johnson Rose. He lived most of his childhood and youth...


