Obituaries

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

Rose Lynn Mason

Rose Lynn Mason

Dec 30, 2015

Rose Lynn Taylor Mason, passed away on December 30, 2015, after a heart attack. She was born on June 13, 1943, to Koa and Alden Taylor. Lynn lived in McGill, NV, with her family until she left for college. Lynn studied Special Education at Brigham Young University and received her Master...

Cecily Alison Christensen

Cecily Alison Christensen

Dec 28, 2015

St. George, Utah - Cecily Alison Christensen, 91, passed away December 28, 2015. She was born January 28, 1924 in Milan, Italy to Robert Reginald Guido Mann and Leslie Palmer Strout.

Cecily was raised in Ken Gardens near London, England. In 1940, her...

William L. And Glenda J. Bird

William L. And Glenda J. Bird

Dec 26, 2015

William L. Bird, 89, passed away on December 26, 2015 and Glenda (Eldredge) Bird, 80, passed away on March 28, 2015. Bill and Glenda were married for 60 years. Bill Bird (as he liked to be called) was born on June 25, 1926 to Leroy Bird and Lillian Bristol Bird in...

Gena Gail Russie Swain

Gena Gail Russie Swain

Dec 26, 2015

St. George, Utah - Gena Gail Russie Swain, 65, passed away December 26, 2015. She was born February 23, 1950 in Oildale, California to Eugene Menard Russie and Dessie Avone Hake.

Gena grew-up in Bakersfield and graduated...

Dorothy M. Hall

Dorothy M. Hall

Dec 26, 2015

Dorothy M. Hall, 94, passed away on December 26, 2015 at home with family in St George, Utah. Dorothy was born on April 12, 1921 in Los Angeles, California to Leon and Florence Hill. She married her lifelong partner, James Howard Hall, on June 27, 1941. They had two children, Gary Russell and...

Carol Christensen Straw

Carol Christensen Straw

Dec 25, 2015

Toquerville, Utah- On December 25, 2015, Carol Straw passed from mortality to enter in the presence of her Father in Heaven. She was born on April 1, 1935 in Fairview, Utah to Leta Melissa Taylor and Robert Nyberg Christensen. She spent her early childhood in Hiawatha, Utah and moved...

Zachary Hunter Lusk

Zachary Hunter Lusk

Dec 24, 2015

Washington, Utah - Zachary lit up any room he entered. He made friends easily, and he touched thousands of lives with his bright personality and passion for life. Zachary Hunter Lusk, 20, died suddenly Wednesday, December 24, 2015. He was born May 9, 1995 to Kenneth and Terri Lusk.

Eleda O. Hale

Eleda O. Hale

Dec 23, 2015

Eleda O. Hale, 90, passed away December 23, 2015, at her home in Washington, Utah. She was raised in Logan, Utah and graduated North Cache High in 1943. Eleda married Rex Alma Hale, on May 13, 1944. She worked at Nonpareil Foods in Blackfoot, ID. Where she lived there for 51...

Beulah Earl Semmens

Beulah Earl Semmens

Dec 22, 2015

Hurricane, Utah - Beulah Earl Semmens passed away December 22, 2015. She was born May 26, 1926 in Hurricane, Utah. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the St. George City Cemetery, St. George, Utah. A visitation will be held Tuesday, prior to the services, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at...

Elizabeth "Betty" Whitehill

Elizabeth "Betty" Whitehill

Dec 15, 2015

St. George, Utah - Elizabeth Jane Reichard Hiltabiddle Whitehill, better known as Betty, passed away on December 15, 2015, in St. George, Utah, at the age of 92. She was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Cassius F. Whitehill, Jr. on December 3, 2014; her former husband, John Hiltabiddle; a grandson, Jamie Hiltabiddle; and step-daughter,...

Gloria Goulding Sevy

Gloria Goulding Sevy

Dec 13, 2015

Santa Clara, Utah – Loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, Gloria Goulding Sevy passed away at her home on December 13, 2015 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Gloria was born May 17, 1928 in Panguitch, Utah to Ida Orton and Gloran K. Goulding. She was the oldest of three children. She attended school in...

Kathern Lou` Fox

Kathern Lou` Fox

Dec 13, 2015

St. George, Utah- Kathern L. Fox, 86, passed away on December 14, 2015. She was born on March 28, 1929 in Ravenswood, West Virginia, to Roy and Ollie Hylbert. She married to Gaylord Fox in Arizona on December 22, 1954. Kathern was raised in Parkersburg, West Virginia, where she got her R.N. degree at the Parkersburg Nursing School....

Doris Jane Butler

Doris Jane Butler

Dec 13, 2015

Doris Jane Butler, age 77, passed away on December 13, 2015 in Hurricane, Utah. She was born on January 2, 1938 in Kuna, Idaho to Efton Lawrence and Rosa Jane Book. Doris married E. Louis Butler on February 13, 1957 in Kuna, Idaho. She attended high school in Kuna, Idaho and Roseville, California where she participated in many sports and...

Maurine Iris Ozment

Maurine Iris Ozment

Dec 12, 2015

Maurine Iris Benson Ozment, passed away December 12, 2015 at age 83. She was born in Logan, Utah to Joseph Marvin and Louise Moser Benson on October 9, 1932. She was married to Richard Deen in 1956 and later divorced. She then married Arnold Ozment in 1978. Maurine was an active member of the LDS church, having served...

Kevin Lawrence Kaminski

Kevin Lawrence Kaminski

Dec 10, 2015

St. George, Utah- Kevin Lawrence Kaminski, 46, passed away on December 10, 2015. A memorial mass will be held Thursday, December 17, 2015, at 4:00 p.m., at the St. George Catholic Church located at 259 W. 200 N. A viewing will be held Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., at Metcalf Mortuary. A rosary will follow at...

Richard James Ball

Richard James Ball

Dec 8, 2015

St. George, Utah - Richard James Ball, 84, passed away on December 8th, 2015. He was born on December 28, 1930 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Richard grew up in Ammon, Idaho with his parents Leonard Garfield and Sybil Frongner Ball, he was the youngest of 14 children. Richard went to high school in Idaho Falls where he played...

Ronald Lee Damm

Ronald Lee Damm

Dec 6, 2015

St. George, Utah - Ronald Lee Damm passed away on December 6, 2015. He was born on May 6, 1937 in Cleveland, OH. He moved to California and retired to St. George in 2002. Ron is survived by his wife, Gennie; daughter, Diana Scaturro of Sacramento, CA; sons: Ronald Brooks of Diamond Bar, CA and John Damm of...

David Carlos Mason

David Carlos Mason

Nov 30, 2015

Hurricane, Utah - David Carlos Mason, 84, passed away early on December 2, 2015, in St. George Utah. He was born in Portland, Oregon to David E. Mason and Georgia Mae Valade on April 24, 1931. He was raised in John Day and Dayville, Oregon.  He grew up on a ranch and always had a good story to...

Ilean Clifton

Ilean Clifton

Nov 29, 2015

St. George, Utah- Ilean Clifton passed away at her daughter's home with family around her. She was born on June 22, 1921 in Aurora, Utah to Jesse and Effie Scovil. She was one of five children. Mother would tend a beet field with her brothers and say she would leave on a bus the minute she graduated from...

Lue Ann Barnard

Lue Ann Barnard

Nov 29, 2015

St. George, Utah – Lue Ann F. Barnard, 78, passed away November 29, 2015. She was born September 25, 1937 to Jenne Revere and Sara Inez Matthews Fowles. She married Robert C. Barnard in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on February 20, 1959. Lue Ann was born and raised in Oakley, Idaho. She attended Brigham...