Obituaries

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

Marie Cox Broderick

Marie Cox Broderick

Feb 6, 2015

St. George, Utah - Marie Cox Broderick, age 94, passed away quietly on Friday, February 6, 2015 at her home, while she was sleeping. She was born September 22, 1920 in Rockville, Utah to Arthur Delano and Cora Haight Cox. She married her sweetheart, Clement H. Broderick, from Emery, Utah, in the St. George LDS Temple on September 16, 1941...

Robert Reed Kelly, Sr.

Robert Reed Kelly, Sr.

Feb 2, 2015

St. George, Utah - Robert Reed Kelly, Sr., passed away in his home on February 2, 2015, at the age of 56 in St. George, Utah. He was born June 1, 1958 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Morris and Francis Kelly. Robert was in the US Navy and served on the USS Hector. Robert enjoyed outdoor activities, music, food...

Ann Huckaby

Ann Huckaby

Feb 2, 2015

Ann Huckaby passed away February 2, 2015 in St. George, Utah. She was born July 26, 1928 in Princeton, New Jersey to Antonio D. and Elitha Mae (Shepard) Adamo. At an early age her family moved to Redlands, California. She attended school in Redlands, California and graduated High School in Oceanside, California. Her interests in community service led her to...

Barbara Horlyck

Barbara Horlyck

Jan 31, 2015

St. George, Utah - Barbara Horlyck, age 87, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 31, 2015 in St. George at Seasons Care Home. She was born in Palm Beach, Florida on January 22, 1928 and resided in Central, Utah for 32 years. Barbara helped start and form the Central Water Board and worked on the Board for 15 years along with...

Gary Eugene Holt

Gary Eugene Holt

Jan 31, 2015

St. George / Enterprise, Utah - Gary Eugene Holt, age 78, passed away unexpectedly January 31, 2015 of heart failure. We will miss our beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, & friend-born March 14, 1937 in Cedar City, Utah to Howard A. and Verna Burnham Holt. Gary was raised in Enterprise, served a full-time mission in the Central States Mission, and...

Rex E. Smith

Rex E. Smith

Jan 28, 2015

Ivins, Utah - Rex Smith, age 78, passed away on January 28, 2015 surrounded by his loved ones. Rex was born May 24, 1936 to Henen and June Smith in Hibbard, Idaho. Rex served as the Company Commander of the 116th Army Engineering Battalion in Vietnam. He was proud to serve in the military for 20 years, retiring as a...

Gordon Lowell Bennett

Gordon Lowell Bennett

Jan 26, 2015

Gordon Lowell Bennett, 78, of St. George, Utah, passed away peacefully on his birthday, January 26, 2015. He was born in Hinkley, Utah, the eldest of five boys, to Lowell Rex Bennett and Hope Fae Hilton Bennett.

Gordon attended Brigham Young University, where he played basketball and led the marching band. It was...

Kay Hunter Nelson

Kay Hunter Nelson

Jan 24, 2015

St. George, Utah - Kay Hunter Nelson passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2015, at his home in St. George, Utah, at the age of 59. He was born August 20, 1955 in Cedar City, Utah to Jerry Nelson and Marie Warren. Kay was born the second son of three boys. After moving to Southern Utah at the age of...

Jean Marion Kinney Rhodes

Jean Marion Kinney Rhodes

Jan 21, 2015

St. George, Utah - Jean Marion Kinney Rhodes, distinguished poetess and artist, passed away peacefully on January 21, 2015, in St. George, Utah, at age 92. She was born on December 18, 1922, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Maurice Norton Kinney and Affa Leora Carlston. Her father worked for the railroad and was frequently transferred allowing her to live...

Raymond E. Hansen

Raymond E. Hansen

Jan 21, 2015

St. George, Utah - Raymond E. Hansen, age 73, passed away January 21, 2015. He was born June 4, 1941. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at the Dixie Elks Lodge, 630 West 1250 North, St. George, Utah. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Metcalf Mortuary, 435-673-4221.

Kenna B. Frehner

Kenna B. Frehner

Jan 20, 2015

St. George, Utah - Kenna B. Frehner, age 88, passed away January 20, 2015. She was born June 19, 1926. She is survived by two daughters, three sons, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. A visitation will be held Wednesday, January 28, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Metcalf Mortuary, 288 W. St. George Blvd., St. George, Utah. A...

Dean Campbell Barber

Dean Campbell Barber

Jan 20, 2015

Henderson, Nevada - Dean Campbell Barber, 84, passed away on January 20, 2015 in Henderson, NV. Born December 3, 1930 to Frank Webb Barber and Doris Campbell Barber in Hurricane, Utah. Dean attended Hurricane High School & served our country in the Korean War. Dean married Charleen Holyoak in 1965. Dean worked in Tonopah for many years before retiring to...

Dorathy Rae Emery

Dorathy Rae Emery

Jan 20, 2015

St. George, Utah - Dorathy Rae Emery, age 78, passed away January 20, 2015 at her home in St. George. She was born August 7, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Earl Thomas and Ada Ruth Duke. She married Lloyd Hatch Emery in December of 1974 in Woodland Hills, California. She is survived by her husband, eight children, twenty-six...

Marie Lund Garrick

Marie Lund Garrick

Jan 19, 2015

St. George, Utah - Marie Lund Garrick, 95, returned to her Heavenly Father, January 19, 2015 at the Southern Utah Home for Veterans in Ivins, Utah, surrounded by her family which adored her. Marie was born September 8, 1919 in Plain City, Utah to Anna Esther Christine Anderson and Willard Richard Lund. She married the love of her life, Donald...

Mary Kathleen Cowley

Mary Kathleen Cowley

Jan 16, 2015

LaVerkin, Utah - Mary Kathleen Lowrance Cowley, wife of the late Ray Garn Cowley of Venice, Utah, passed away on January 16, 2015. She was born August 14, 1922, in Brigham City, Utah, to Mary Elizabeth Tyner and John William Lowrance. Mary is survived by her children: Marsha Cowley Hall, William Garn (Gail) Cowley, Gregory Bruce (Cindy) Cowley and James...

Karl Staheli

Karl Staheli

Jan 14, 2015

Washington, Utah - Karl Staheli, 90, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015. He was born in 1924 in Enterprise, Utah. He was "one of the twins" born to Jesse LeRoy Staheli and Belle Truman Staheli. Keith and Karl enjoyed the bond of twins throughout their lives. Brothers, Rodney (Maxine) and Keith proceeded him in death. Sisters, Genevieve (Erwin) Farnsworth and...

Gordon René Bentley

Gordon René Bentley

Jan 14, 2015

St. George, Utah - Gordon Rene Bentley, 71, January 14, 2015 in St. George, UT. He was born December 28, 1943 in Denver, CO to Richard Sullivan Bentley and Noma Cox. He married Ellen Elizabeth Swanson. They were married in Marietta, Love, OK on November 20th, 1967. He was born in Colorado and lived in Idaho, Montana, Texas, Arizona, Nevada,...

Harold Martin Friedel, Iii

Harold Martin Friedel, Iii

Jan 13, 2015

St. George, Utah -Harold Martin Friedel, III, better known as "Marty", was born August 13, 1946 to Barbara and Hal Friedel Jr. in Salt Lake City, Utah. Marty passed away January 13, 2015 in St. George, Utah, after a valiant five year battle with cancer. Marty moved to Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of eight. He attended Western High...

Herma G. Truman

Herma G. Truman

Jan 13, 2015

St. George, Utah - Herma Gubler Truman passed away January 13, 2015. She was born April 20, 1922 in Santa Clara, Utah to Clement Gottlieh and Andra Hafen Gubler. She married Spencer G. Truman on November 3, 1942 in St. George, Utah. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cotton Mill LDS Ward...

Jean Dyreng Rasmussen

Jean Dyreng Rasmussen

Jan 12, 2015

St. George, Utah - Jean Dyreng Rasmussen peacefully passed away on January 12, 2015, at her home in St George, Utah. She was born on February 10, 1928 in Manti, Utah, to Grant Milton Dyreng and Ada Victor Bunderson. She married Charles Ray Rasmussen on May 27, 1949, in the Manti Temple, and they recently celebrated their 65th anniversary. In...