Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Metta Roween Whipple Nielsen
Aug 7, 2015
Metta Roween Whipple Nielsen, surrounded by family, passed away peacefully at home in Omaha, NE on August 7, 2015. Metta and Von retired to St. George in 1994 from the San Francisco Bay Area. Von built Metta her dream house in town, at 630 S. 200 E. The house is now an assisted living facility. Metta was heavily involved in...
Mary Allred Walker
Aug 6, 2015
Mary Walker, loving mother of 4, grandmother of 21, great grandmother of 50, great-great grandmother of 15, and great-great-great grandmother (through marriage) of 3, returned to her Heavenly Father and her eternal companion, Roscoe Stringham Baker, on August 6, 2015 from her home in St George, Utah. Mary was born 102 years ago on March 17, 1913 in Raymond, Alberta,...
Emma Alice Crist
Aug 5, 2015
Emma Alice Crist passed away in her sleep on August 5, 2015. She was born May 24, 1920 to Percy Ralph and Thelma L. (Moore) Woolston in Canton, Ohio. She graduated from Lanphier high School. She served in the U.S. Navy in Springfield, IL. On Feb 19, 1939, she married Arthur Grant Comer. Their union ended in divorce. Emma worked...
Kristi Gayle Zohner
Aug 3, 2015
Kristi Gayle Zohner, 39, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2015. She was born to her loving parents, Wayne and Marci Heaton on July 28, 1976. She met the love of her life, Gary Zohner, and they married on December 4, 1998. They were later sealed in the St. George LDS Temple in June of 2001. Kristi is survived by...
Markne Reeve Wright
Aug 2, 2015
St. George, Utah - Markne' Reeve Wright, 70, of St. George, Utah, passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 2, 2015 from cancer. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Air Force Colonel Robert C. Reeve and his wife Margaret, who lived in many places including Hawaii and London, England. Her family settled in San...
William Cram
Jul 31, 2015
William G. Cram (Bill) passed away peacefully on July 31, 2015. He lived 86 fabulous years! William was known for his tall stature, deep voice, storytelling, and generous nature. Bill served in the United States Navy during the Korean War and received many distinguished medals, including the National Defense Service medal and the Navy Good Conduct medal. He served his...
Mack Wyatt Sanders
Jul 31, 2015
Mack Wyatt Sanders, age 86, passed away July 31, 2015 at his home. He was born September 13, 1928 in Hurricane, Utah to Grant and Ines Wright Sanders. He was married to Barbara Clare Parker for 59 years. After she passed away, he married Suzanne Taylor Leavitt in 2009. Mack served in the Hurricane Lions Club for 62 years, three...
Leila May Huntsman Stratton
Jul 28, 2015
St. George, Utah - Leila May Huntsman Mayhew Stratton, age 93, returned home to her Father in Heaven and waiting family members, on July 28, 2015, of natural causes. She was surrounded by her loving family. Leila was born April 4, 1922 in Moapa, Nevada to Solon Ralph Huntsman and Jetta Mariah Leavitt. She was the second child in a...
Iluminada De Rivera Mojica
Jul 25, 2015
St. George, Utah - Our beloved mother, Iluminada de Rivera Mojica, peacefully passed away in her sleep on July 25, 2015 at the age of 81. She was born December 6, 1933. Mom was a pinnacle of faith and a testament to perseverance. Despite being advised that she had only months to live due to metastatic breast cancer in 2010,...
Margaret Tippetts Johnson
Jul 23, 2015
Hurricane, Utah - Margaret Tippetts Johnson, 96, left this life with dignity, on the 24th of July 2015, with fireworks bursting in the night sky. She so loved this mortal life even though she suffered from the effects of polio at age eight. Margaret made adjustments for this disability and raised her family well with no complaints. Her family is...
Beverly Grimm
Jul 20, 2015
Beverly Beougher Grimm passed away in St. George, Utah on July 20, 2015. She was born in Celina, Ohio on May 4, 1944 to Bob and Dorothy Beougher. Beverly and her husband, Jim, have been married for 53 years and lived many places before retiring to St. George in 1998. Beverly was very active all her life until cancer came...
Judy Starr Lewis
Jul 14, 2015
St. George, Utah - Judy Starr Daniels Lewis peacefully returned to her Heavenly Father on July 14, 2015 after a brief battle with kidney cancer. She was surrounded by her family. She was born on April 3, 1944 to James Sawyer and Virginia Kay Daniels in Niles, California. She grew up in Seaside, California, attending UC-Berkeley and later earning her...
Doug Walter Beutler
Jul 13, 2015
Hurricane, Utah - Doug Walter Beutler passed away July 13, 2015 in Salina, Utah in a trucking accident. He was born July 18, 1968 in Logan, Utah to Sheldon Kemp and Patsy Greene Beutler. Doug grew up in Dayton, Idaho on a family farm. He loved tractors, dirt, semi-trucks and motorcycles. He graduated from Westside High School in 1986. He...
Ora Etta Hoffman Gubler
Jul 12, 2015
St. George, Utah - Ora Etta Hoffman Gubler departed this life on July 12, 2015. She is the daughter of Warren Eustace Hoffman and Pearl McCroskey Hoffman. She was born December 12, 1918 near Willard, Missouri. Ora graduated with Honors from Willard High School. During World War II she moved to Independence, Missouri, headquarters for the Central States Mission of...
Richard Mcallister Bracken
Jul 11, 2015
Santa Clara, Utah - Richard McAllister (Dick) Bracken, age 82, passed away in his home on July 11, 2015. Richard was born in St. George, Utah, August 26, 1932 and grew up there until age 11 when his family moved to Southern Calif. Just before age 18, Richard joined the Navy and served in the Korean War on an aircraft...
Guy Bowler
Jul 11, 2015
Gunlock, Utah - Guy Wilson Bowler passed away July 11, 2015 at his home. He was born December 25, 1922 in St. George, Utah to George Henry and Lula Lenore Wilson Bowler. He married Gertrude Jensen on June 5, 1946 in the St. George LDS Temple. Guy was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Gertrude Jensen; daughter-in-law,...
Bill D. Reynolds
Jul 10, 2015
St. George, UT - Bill D. Reynolds, 86, passed away peacefully on July 10, 2015 in St. George, UT following a short battle with cancer. He was born September 5, 1928 to Clarance and Nell Reynolds near Joplin, MO. Bill proudly served in the United States Marine Corps before beginning a successful career with the Burlington Northern Railroad. On February...
Janice Truman Rowberry
Jul 9, 2015
Milford, UT- Janice Truman Rowberry went to be with her Lord and Savior on July 9, 2015. She was born in Cedar City, UT, to Rema Clove and Lamar Truman on September 24, 1935. She married John Johnen in 1957 in California, with whom she had a beautiful baby girl. In 1962 she married Donald Reese Rowberry in Reno, NV...
James Alan Deru
Jul 9, 2015
St George, UT--James Alan Deru, 68, July 9, 2015 in Honolulu, HI. He was born March 30, 1947 in Ogden, UT to John and Glenna Deru. He grew up in Ogden, UT, and graduated from Ben Lomond High School in 1965. He served in the Navy and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. After the war, Jim lived in...
Patricia Gail Callahan
Jul 5, 2015
Santa Clara, Utah- It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved wife and mother, Patricia Gail Callahan. Patricia returned to our Heavenly Father on July 5, 2015 and her passing is deeply felt by her family. Patricia is survived by her eternal companion Richard and their four children: Scott (Christina), Amber (John), Matthew (Rebekah), and...


