Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Edward Byan
Jun 11, 2025
Edward Byan joined his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ the afternoon of June 11, 2025.
Edward was born September 23, 1938, in Georgetown, British Guyana where he married his wife, Juliette who gave birth to daughters Angela and Amanda and a son Adrian who pass in infancy. The family moved to New York...
Leon Floyd Sanders
Jun 11, 2025
Leon Floyd Sanders was born March 5, 1937, in Terre Haute, Indiana and died June 11, 2025, in Denver, Colorado. Elder Sanders spent 46 years and 7 months working faithfully for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. During those years he worked in the Arkansas-Louisiana Conference, at the White Memorial Hospital, the Wyoming Conference, for Adventist Health System/West, and...
Gay Shirley Goaslind
Jun 9, 2025
Gay Shirley Goaslind, 96, passed away June 9, 2025, in Stockton, California. She was born on January 14, 2029, in Hermosa Beach, California to Herman and Hannah Missall.
Gay married James Clyde Cooley on November 22, 1949. They had four children: Kathryn, Michael, Susan, and Christine. Gay later married Bob Lee Goaslind on...
Robert William Sandberg
Jun 8, 2025
Washington, Utah – Robert William "Bob" Sandberg 74, passed away, Sunday, June 8, 2025, at his home in Washington, Utah from a terrible disease called Supranuclear Palsy with Progressive Aphasia which he suffered the last 2 years of his life. He was born September 5, 1950, in the old McGregor Hospital in St. George, Utah to William...
Ron Wood
Jun 8, 2025
Washington, Utah – James Ronald Wood, or Ron as he was known, 71, passed away unexpectedly June 8, 2025. He was born April 22, 1954, in Cedar City, Utah, the second of four children to James Grant Wood and Ruth Green Wood. His family moved often in his younger years, but he spoke fondly of living in...
Shasta Brooks
Jun 6, 2025
St. George, Utah – Shasta Dawn Shupe Brooks, 46, of St. George, Utah, passed away peacefully at her home on June 6, 2025. She was born December 15, 1978, in Moab, Utah, to Robert and Janice Shupe. The fourth of five children, Shasta grew up surrounded by the beauty of red rock country and the love of...
Roy A Fleming
Jun 4, 2025
St. George, Utah – Roy Fleming, 98, passed away June 4, 2025. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 27, 1926, to Frank and Lottie Fleming.
Roy graduated from Northern Vocational High School in Toronto in 1946. In 1952 he immigrated to the United States. He became a citizen in 1959....
Emily Brown Cox
Jun 4, 2025
Emily Brown Cox of St. George Utah; at 102 years old, passed away peacefully on June 4, 2025. She lived a very full and amazing life, and her family finds comfort in knowing that she has been reunited with her husband, Parke.
Emily was born in Scipio, Utah on October 20, 1922. She...
Norman Hall Fawson
Jun 2, 2025
St. George, Utah – Norman Hall Fawson returned to the waiting arms of his parents and many loved ones on June 2, 2025, under the compassionate care of the Intermountain Health Care and Hospice at the age of 86. He was born on January 1, 1939, in Salt Lake City, UT to Merrill Pehrson Fawson and Hazel...
Paul B Maag
Jun 1, 2025
Hurricane, Utah – Paul B. Maag, age 85, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 1, 2025.
Paul was born on May 21, 1940, in Provo, Utah to Harold Henry and Velma Bigelow Maag. He grew up in Orem with his brother and two sisters. After graduating from Orem High School he moved to...
Harold "Buzz" Bowman
May 30, 2025
Harold F "Buzz" Bowman Jr. age 91, passed away May 30, 2025, at his home in Washington City, Utah. He was born in Saginaw, Michigan on November 11, 1933, and was the only child of Harold F Bowman Sr. and Florence Arnold Bingham.
Buzz attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana for middle and...
Hugo Franklin Cubias
May 28, 2025
Hugo Franklin Cubias, 64, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2025, with his family lovingly by his side. He was born on December 29, 1960.
Franklin is preceded in joining the Lord by his father, Santos Prospero Romero Cubias and brother, Nelson Fabricio Cubias.
Franklin is survived by his...
John Vernon Bremseth
May 25, 2025
St. George, Utah – John Vernon Bremseth was born July 31, 1940, to Vernon and Catherine Bremseth in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was proud to call himself a "Cradle Catholic", having been raised in the Catholic faith, attended all Catholic schools (grade school, Cretin HS, St. Thomas University) and was an altar boy for many years.
...Orpha Clarice Stringham
May 24, 2025
St. George, Utah – A California girl at heart, Orpha Clarice Stringham, was born in Long Beach, CA in 1929, the second youngest of four children born to her father, Fred Jolly, and mother, Arles Irene Conley. Orpha did not talk much about her childhood, but we know it was not without its challenges. Having been born...
Joan Duncan
May 20, 2025
Washington, Utah – Joan Duncan, 89, passed away May 20, 2025. She was born on June 12, 1935, in Queens, New York to Ernest Winn and Else Mueller Winn. She moved with her family to Salt Lake City at the age of 16 in hopes of meeting Latter-day Saint men.
After settling in...
Connie Jean Ottesen Christensen
May 18, 2025
Connie Jean Ottesen Christensen, age 77, returned to the arms of her Savior. With hearts full of love and faith, we celebrate the beautiful life of our dear mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, Connie Jean Ottesen Christensen, who returned to the loving arms of her Savior on May 18, 2025, at the age of 77. She was...
Cheryl Jones Runolfson
May 17, 2025
St. George, Utah – Cheryl Jones Runolfson, age 73, returned peacefully to her Heavenly Father on May 17, 2025, in Orderville, Utah, while on a family vacation, surrounded by love.
Cheryl was born on September 7, 1951, in St. George, Utah, to Beverly Bunker Jones and Trenton Hulet Jones, and raised with deep...
Mary Ann Zabriskie
May 17, 2025
St. George, Utah – Mary Ann Zabriskie (affectionately known as "Ann"), passed peacefully at home with family on May 17, 2025. She was 85. Her husband, Ronald Zabriskie "Ronnie" preceded her in death. She is survived by their son, Sean and his wife; her granddaughter, Lindsey; beloved niece, Michele; sister and brother: Patti and Pete; and several...
Russ Roberts, Usn, Ret.
May 17, 2025
St. George, UT - On May 17, 2025, at age 97, Liona Russell Roberts, Jr. ("LR" or "Russ") passed away peacefully, surrounded by his children. Throughout his long life, Russ Roberts was driven by an unstoppable thirst for knowledge, perpetual curiosity to seek new horizons, and the brilliance to reach the pinnacle of each pursuit. He was...
Raymond Andrew Sylvester, Jr.
May 15, 2025
LaVerkin, Utah - Raymond Andrew Sylvester, Jr., beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend peacefully passed away on May 15, 2025, surrounded by family. Born on September 14, 1941, Raymond lived a life of service, adventure, and deep love for his family and faith.
Raymond proudly served in the United States Navy...


