Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Anna J. Keirstead
Feb 7, 2016
St. George, UT – Anna J. Keirstead, 96, passed away February 7, 2016 in St. George, Utah. She was born April 18, 1919 in Framingham, MA to Joseph S. York and Catherine Glancy York. She was the fourth of five children. She married George S. Keirstead on April 19, 1937 in Framingham, MA. They moved to Utah in...
Ardith Stewart
Feb 6, 2016
St. George, Utah – Ardith Alder Stewart, 81, passed away February 6, 2016. She was born July 27, 1934 to David and Elta Dudley Alder in Jensen, Utah. She was married and sealed to Otto J. Stewart in the Manti LDS Temple on June 30, 1953.
Edward Jensen Cooley
Feb 4, 2016
Edward Jensen Cooley journeyed home peacefully on 4 February, 2016 surrounded by loved ones with his puppy Daisy by his side. The eldest son of Abraham Coon Cooley and Lucille Jensen Cooley, he is pre-deceased by his parents, his sisters Rachel Wood, Estelle DeMoisy, and Kathryn Anderson, his brother Clyde Cooley,...
J. Kent Giles
Feb 2, 2016
St. George, Utah – Joseph Kent Giles, age 95, a 10-year resident of St. George, Utah, passed away February 2, 2016 in the arms of his sweetheart, Joyce, while surrounded by loving family members.
Kent was born October 26,...
Louise Averett Bird
Feb 1, 2016
Santa Clara, UT - Louise Bird passed away from complications due to age on February 1, 2016. She was born Helen Louise Averett on February 5, 1927 to Norris and Elva Averett in Springville, Utah.
She graduated from Springville...
Alfred Wallace Bowler
Jan 31, 2016
South Jordan, Utah - Alfred Wallace Bowler, born September 28, 1937, in Cedar City, Utah, passed away peacefully at his home on January 31, 2016.
Alfred is preceded in death by his parents; James A. and Lula Kurt; one...
Clarence Ambrose Bundy
Jan 27, 2016
Washington, Utah - Our loving father, Clarence Ambrose Bundy, age 96, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his children and family, Wednesday morning, January 27, 2016.
Clarence was born September 6,...
Kenneth Randall
Jan 26, 2016
Kenneth Alfred Randall
St. George, UT - Our husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away January 26, 2016, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease, at his home in St. George, Utah in the care of his family.
Brittany Brathay Swinney Smith
Jan 26, 2016
Brittany Brathay Swinney Smith
Washington, Utah - A beautiful ray of sunshine has disappeared from our lives. Brittany Brathay Swinney Smith was born on August 6, 1983, in Ogden, Utah at the McKay-Dee Hospital to...
Jay Bybee Campbell
Jan 23, 2016
St. George, Utah – Jay Bybee Campbell, age 82, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2016. He was born on November 5, 1933 in Tropic, Utah to Charles Delbert and Sarah Delores Bybee Campbell.
Bybee grew up in Tropic and beautiful Zion National Park....
Elwin Iverson Jones
Jan 20, 2016
Washington, Utah – Elwin Iverson Jones, 83, passed away from cancer on January 20, 2016, at his home in Washington, UT. He was born May 17, 1932 in Cedar City, Iron Co., UT, to LaVon LeFevre and Eva Marie (Iverson) Jones. He was the second of four sons. He married Donna...
Robert Frank Palmer
Jan 17, 2016
Hurricane, Utah - Robert Frank Palmer was born August 7, 1930 to Vernon Elwood and Ethel Ure Palmer in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was the oldest of four children. He passed away on January 17, 2016 in Washington, Utah. His childhood was spent amongst friends, cousins and other family near 33rd South in Salt Lake City. He...
Zack Tyrus Russell
Jan 15, 2016
St. George, Utah - Zack Tyrus Russell passed away January 15, 2016. He was born in the second of four boys and one girl born to Clyde and Ethel Draper Russell on March 24, 1924 in Saint John, Washington.
...
Bonnie Lou Ford
Jan 15, 2016
St. George, UT – Bonnie Lou Leavitt Ford, 88, passed away peacefully in her sleep on 15 Jan. 2016 residing at her assisted living apartment. Bonnie was born on August 18, 1927 in Abraham, Utah, Millard County to Donna Rushton and Laman Pulsipher Leavitt. She was preceded in death...
John Alton Ross, M.D.
Jan 13, 2016
J. Alton Ross, 88, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his beautiful wife and 4 children on Wednesday, January 13, in Saint George, Utah. Alton was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada on May 24, 1927, to Verda Elien and Robert Earl Ross. He and his lifelong sweetheart were married in the LDS Idaho Falls Temple on April 15, 1949. Alton was...
Justin Richard Maples
Jan 13, 2016
Justin Richard Maples passed away January 13, 2016 of injuries sustained in an auto-pedestrian accident near Veyo, Utah. He was born in Logan, UT October 24, 1980 to Janice Bergsjo Maples and James Leonard Maples.
Justin's greatest achievement, in...
Anne Day
Jan 11, 2016
Edna Anne Brown Day, passed away on January 11, 2016. She was born April 15, 1926 to Dora Ballard and Edwin Parley Brown in Murray, Utah. She was married to Melvin Thomas Day on June 16, 1947, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints. They...
Ruth W. Swanson
Jan 9, 2016
Ruth Wilhelmina Weindorf Swanson, age 98, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on January 9, 2016. She was born June 1, 1917 in Salt Lake City to parents, Ferdinand Peter Weindorf, and Karolina W. Erickson. She married Douglas A. Swanson on December 18, 1939 in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple.
Robert James Hildebrand
Jan 9, 2016
St. George, Utah – Dr. Robert James "Dr. Bob" Hildebrand, D.D.S. passed away peacefully in his sleep Saturday, January 9, 2016 at his residence at the Southern Utah Veteran's Home in Ivins, Utah. He was 97 years old.
Bob...
Robert Camp
Jan 6, 2016
Robert Camp, was born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Mary Esther and Robert Leonard Camp on November 24, 1935. Bob passed away very peacefully at his home with a smile on his face, January 6, 2016, surrounded by his devoted and loving wife, Wanda Dawkins Camp.
Bob loved baseball and...


