Obituaries

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

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...

Metta Roween Whipple Nielsen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...