Obituaries

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

Miriam Christensen Schmutz

Miriam Christensen Schmutz

Sep 9, 2015

St. George, Utah - Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Miriam Christensen Schmutz passed away of cause's incident to age on September 9, 2015. Miriam was born in Delta, Utah, on December 20, 1925 to Lorenzo Henry and Leah Bennett Christensen, the 9th of 11 children. She graduated from Delta High School in 1944 and went to St George...

Ennia Lee Kraft

Ennia Lee Kraft

Sep 8, 2015

Hurricane, Utah - Ennia Lee Kraft passed away September 8, 2015. She was born March 26, 1916. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., with a visitation at 1:00 p.m., at the Metcalf Hurricane Valley Mortuary Chapel, 140 North Main street, Hurricane, Utah. Graveside services will be held Monday, September 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m....

Keith Leland Hammer

Keith Leland Hammer

Sep 7, 2015

Keith Leland Hammer, 86, passed away September 7, 2015, at his home in Hurricane. He was born the 9th of 10 children on February 22, 1929. His parents were William Jasper and Dora Mae (Denning) Hammer. Growing up, his whole family worked hard on an 80 acre farm in Osgood, just west of Idaho Falls. They enjoyed swimming in the...

Gary Hyrum Hazelgren

Gary Hyrum Hazelgren

Sep 7, 2015

Gary Hyrum Hazelgren passed away peacefully on September 7, 2015 in St. George, Utah at the age of 82, after a valiant two-and-a-half decade battle with leukemia. Gary was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 27, 1933 to Hyrum and Helen Johnson Hazelgren. He grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah; Los Angeles, California; and Haines, Oregon. He...

Etta Cheeney

Etta Cheeney

Sep 2, 2015

St. George, UT - Etta Cheeney passed away September 2, 2015. She was born July 24, 1929 in Mesquite, NV to Mildred Hughes and Heber Chase Leavitt. She married Bertram Cheeney, Jr. on September 25, 1947 in Las Vegas, NV. They were later solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple. Etta was an active member of The Church Of Jesus...

Doris Miller Snow

Doris Miller Snow

Sep 1, 2015

Doris Miller Snow, 91, was born in St. Anthony, ID on April 24, 1924, to John F. and Mabelle Grover Miller, the last of five children. She entered eternal rest, with her three children by her bedside, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC on September 1, 2015. Doris was reared in Idaho and Basin, Wyoming during the depression years while...

Charles Carter

Charles Carter

Aug 28, 2015

Ivins, Utah - Charles Carter passed away peacefully at home on August 28, 2015. He was born in 1933 in Lexington, Kentucky to Beaulah and Daniel Carter. Chuck spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force where he traveled the world and loved to fly. He later worked for the Post Office for 18 years. He retired in 1990. Chuck...

Norman Carl Ahern Jr.

Norman Carl Ahern Jr.

Aug 26, 2015

Norman Carl Ahern Jr., passed away quietly in his sleep on August 26, 2015. He was born in Salt Lake City, UT on March 3, 1925. He was raised as the second of 4 children born to Norman Carl Ahern Sr. and Alice Lyle Thompson. Norman (Jr) left home at age 18 to join the Marine Corps and serve in...

Verle Lavern Barrow

Verle Lavern Barrow

Aug 24, 2015

Washington, Utah- Verle LaVern Barrow, 79, passed away at Dixie Regional Medical Center on August 24, 2015. He was born in Ogden, Utah on April 13, 1936, the son of LaVern W. and Ruth B. Barrow. He married Margaret A. Empey on August 14, 1965. They were sealed in the Ogden LDS Temple on October 1, 1974. Verle was raised...

Brook Douglas Johnson

Brook Douglas Johnson

Aug 24, 2015

Hurricane, Utah - Brook Douglas Johnson passed in the loving arms of his wife and mother at 1:51 a.m. on August 24, 2015. He was born in the old Lehi Hospital on April 22, 1963 to Stephen M. "Pete" Johnson and Karen DeSpain Timothy. Brook was raised in Lehi, American Fork and Pleasant Grove, Utah. He was a man of...

Janeen Harris

Janeen Harris

Aug 24, 2015

- Ruth Janeen Wasden Harris, 86, peacefully passed away from complications of kidney disease on August 24, 2015. She was born October 27, 1928 in Logan, Utah to Leonard Orville Wasden and Annie Pearl Berrett, where she spent a happy childhood filled with love, laughter and music. Her family moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho when she was a teenager and...

Mickey Jeanette Isenhour

Mickey Jeanette Isenhour

Aug 23, 2015

Mickey Jeanette Isenhour, age 81, passed away from this earth on August 23, 2015. She was born on July 14, 1934 in Statesville, NC to Charles E. Isenhour, and Ida Rogenia Stowe. She was the first born of seven children. She had whooping cough and scarlet fever at age 3 that left her as a "special needs" child. Even though...

Helen Elizabeth Cardno Boberg

Helen Elizabeth Cardno Boberg

Aug 18, 2015

St. George, Utah - Helen Elizabeth Cardno Boberg, 89, passed away at Beehive Homes on August 18, 2015. She was born at home in Alonsa, Manitoba, Canada on November 25, 1925 to Cathelene Seale and Alexander Cardno. She was the oldest of four daughters. Helen attended grade school in Alonsa, and then received her nursing degree from the University of...

Velma Hodgson Criddle

Velma Hodgson Criddle

Aug 17, 2015

St. George, Utah - Velma Hodgson Criddle, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed away August 17, 2015. She was born in Syracuse, Utah on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1934. She was the youngest of five children born to Lawrence and Vera Briggs Hodgson. Velma married her high school sweetheart, Howard Criddle, on September 20, 1951 in the Salt Lake...

William Gene Burns

William Gene Burns

Aug 17, 2015

Hurricane, Utah - William Gene "Bill" Burns, 83, passed away Monday, August 17, 2015 at his home in Hurricane, Utah with his children at his side. He was born Billie Gene Burns, son of G. Harley and Mary R. Black Burns on December 27, 1931 in Beltona, Alabama. As a young child he moved with his mother to Carbondale, Illinois...

Karla Staheli

Karla Staheli

Aug 14, 2015

St. George, Utah - Judge Karla Staheli, 61, passed away August 14, 2015 from causes associated with early-onset and accelerated dementia. Born April 11, 1954 to Karl and Carita Staheli, Karla was the fourth of five children and the only daughter. She was adored by her family and countless friends. While growing up, Karla lived in Enterprise, Hurricane, Richfield and...

Nora L. Baca

Nora L. Baca

Aug 14, 2015

St. George, Utah - Nora L. Baca, 95, passed away August 14, 2015. She was born November 19, 1919. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Cecelia Fields; and two grandchildren. She is survived by her son, Edward D. (Karen) Baca of St. George, Utah; and five grandchildren. Family services will be held.

Shirley Empey Cole

Shirley Empey Cole

Aug 9, 2015

St. George, Utah - Shirley Empey Cole, 84, passed away August 9, 2015. She was born August 25, 1930. Graveside services will be held Monday, August 24, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Tonaquint Cemetery, St. George, Utah

Verna Moss

Verna Moss

Aug 8, 2015

Heaven gained another angel as our sweet mother, Verna Moss, passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 86, on Saturday morning, August 8, 2015. Mother began her life on November 26, 1928. The second daughter of four, born to Iona Belle Barnum Reber and Clarence Reber of Mesquite, NV. Mother enjoyed her life growing up in the...

Nani Lii Staheli Furse

Nani Lii Staheli Furse

Aug 7, 2015

Hurricane, Utah - Nani Lii Staheli Furse, 51, passed away on the afternoon of Friday, August 7, 2015 in a car accident in Hurricane, Utah. She was born March 20, 1964 in St. George, Utah to Stanford and Charlene Staheli. Nani grew up in Enterprise, Utah in a family where she learned strong values and hard work by cooking for...