Obituaries

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

Carol Lynne Chambers Barlocker

Carol Lynne Chambers Barlocker

May 31, 2015

St. George, UT - Carol Lynne Chambers Barlocker, our loving wife, mother, and grandmother, returned to her loving Heavenly Father on May 31, 2015. She was born March 11, 1937, in Ogden, UT, to Frederick Donald Chambers and Helen VanBuren. Lynne grew up in areas of Utah and California, ending up in Enterprise, Utah. She fell in love and married...

Jack Burt

Jack Burt

May 28, 2015

Magna / St George - Our beloved father, husband, grandfather, and great-grandfather Jack W. Burt passed away May 28, 2015 in St. George, UT at the age of 81. Jack was born on March 25, 1934 in Ogden, UT to John and Ethel Burt. After high school, he served in the U.S. Army from 1954-56 stationed in Germany. He then...

Kitty Jones

Kitty Jones

May 23, 2015

Santa Clara, Utah - Katherine "Kitty" Pearl Walters Jones, 75, our loving wife, mom, grandma, sister, aunt and friend, passed away on May 23, 2015 in Salt Lake City due to a lingering illness. She was born on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1940 to Uyless "Walt" Everrett and Marjorie Lois Sneary Walters in San Diego, California. Kitty married Whitney "Whit"...

John Lefkow

John Lefkow

May 22, 2015

St. George, Utah - John Lefkow passed away on May 22, 2015. He was born in New York City on October 28, 1929 and lived in the area for many years. He earned his B.S. degree in Art from New York University and a Masters from Adelphi University. He served as an Army officer during the Korean War and wrote...

Ryan Connell Durham

Ryan Connell Durham

May 20, 2015

Santa Clara, Utah - Ryan Connell Durham passed away May 20, 2015. He was born December 27, 1978 in Jerome, Idaho and was primarily raised in Palmer, Alaska. He is survived by his former wife, Nona, and their children: Jade, Mara, and Lia; his current wife, Lena, and her children, Sasha and Luda; parents, F. Connell and Christina J. Durham;...

Mary Janice Richmond

Mary Janice Richmond

May 19, 2015

LaVerkin, UT - Mary Janice Richmond, 56, peacefully returned to her Heavenly Father, surrounded by her loving family after a valiant struggle with ALS on May 19, 2015 at her home. She was born November 10, 1958 in St. George to Jene Burke Chadburn and H. Lorene Barrett. She married Kenneth Paul Richmond in the St. George LDS Temple on...

Curtis D. Johnson

Curtis D. Johnson

May 18, 2015

Curtis D. Johnson, 60, a resident of Bettendorf, Iowa was called home on Monday, May 18, 2015. He was born Spanish Fork, Utah on January 26, 1955. Curtis lived in South Jordan and St. George, Utah before moving to Bettendorf, Iowa where he was employed as a carpenter and dry wall installer. He made friends everywhere he went. He is...

Beverly Metcalf

Beverly Metcalf

May 17, 2015

St. George, Utah - Beverly Robbins Metcalf, 86, passed away May 17, 2015, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. Beverly was born in Springville, Utah on August 21, 1928 to Lyman LaVan and Helen Amelia Gottfredson Robbins. She was the oldest of three children. Beverly married Kenneth Robertson Metcalf on June 11, 1947 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They...

Leah Virginia Ferris Burris

Leah Virginia Ferris Burris

May 16, 2015

St. George, Utah - Leah Virginia Ferris Burris, 90, passed away peacefully May 16, in St. George, Utah, surrounded by her family. She was born February 3, 1925, in Butte, Montana, to Aileen and Rolland Ferris. The family moved shortly after her birth and homesteaded east of Choteau, MT. She and her brothers, Jim and Don, and sister, Kay, all...

Hollis Thanye Lang

Hollis Thanye Lang

May 13, 2015

American Fork, Utah - Hollis T. Lang, 56, passed away May 13, 2015 in American Fork, Utah. He was born December 11, 1958 in St George, UT to Delmer and Velda Cox Lang. Hollis loved music and loved people. He will be greatly missed by his family. He was preceded in death by his mother, Velda Mae Cox Lang. He...

Boyd M. Hamp, Jr

Boyd M. Hamp, Jr

May 10, 2015

St. George, Utah - Boyd M. Hamp, Jr. passed away May 10, 2015. He was born May 18, 1923 in Philadelphia, PA to Boyd M. and Pauline Baumert Hamp. He spent his childhood in Holly Oak, Delaware. His first years of schooling were in a one building school house with a dividing wall between first and second grades and third...

Catherine Bradshaw Jones

Catherine Bradshaw Jones

May 6, 2015

Enterprise, Utah - Catherine Bradshaw Jones, age 83, passed away May 6, 2015 in St. George, Utah. She was born October 24, 1931 in St. George, Utah to John Clarence and Leila Cottam Bradshaw. She married Fred Doyle Jones in the St. George LDS Temple on February 5, 1953. Catherine was raised in Hurricane, Utah and graduated from Hurricane High...

George W. Ringwood

George W. Ringwood

May 6, 2015

St. George, Utah-George William Ringwood, 88, passed away peacefully on May 6, 2015 surrounded by the love of his family. He was born on August 30, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah to George Stephen Ringwood and Thelma Breeze. George married Colleen Ballinger on July 24, 1948 and they were later sealed in the Los Angeles Temple on April 25,...

George M. Horvath

George M. Horvath

May 3, 2015

St. George, Utah - George M. Horvath, 86, returned to our Heavenly Father after a hard fought battle with cancer on Sunday May 3, 2015. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him. George was born in Tonawanda, New York on April 23, 1929. He married Hilde Lehr in Germany in 1948 and they had eight children. He...

Gwenevere Peterson

Gwenevere Peterson

May 3, 2015

St. George, Utah - Gwenevere R "Gwen" Peterson passed away May 3, 2015 at the age of 83. She was born March 14, 1932 in Richfield, Utah to Isaac Glenn and Mary Savage Riddle. She married Dewey Vincent "Vince" Peterson in Richfield, Utah on September 6, 1956. She was raised in Antimony, Utah and spent her youth on her Father's...

Melba Pauline Plewe

Melba Pauline Plewe

May 1, 2015

St. George, Utah - Melba Pauline Bigler Plewe, our beloved mother and grandmother, passed from this life on Friday, May 1, 2015, at her residence in The Atria at Sandy, Utah. She was ninety-two. Melba is survived by her six children: Julie Phillips, Stan (Barbara) Plewe, Russ (Jo) Plewe, Ken Plewe, Debra (Jim) Ryan, and Kathy Turner. Melba's rich posterity...

Myrlene F. Nelson

Myrlene F. Nelson

Apr 28, 2015

Myrlene F. Nelson, 98, passed away on April 28, 2015 at Prestige Assisted Living in Visalia, California. She was born on November 10, 1916 in St. George, Utah to Jedediah Robert Fawcett and Nina Burgess. Myrlene was raised in St. George. After graduating from high school, she attended beauty school. In 1939, she married Elbert L. Nelson in San Diego,...

Dorthy Jensine Thorup Mineer

Dorthy Jensine Thorup Mineer

Apr 27, 2015

Washington, Utah - Dorthy Jensine Thorup Mineer, 92, passed away from natural causes on April 27, 2015 in Washington, Utah. She was born on December 21, 1922 in Salt Lake City to Lawrence Samuel Thorup and Essie Casey Thorup. She married Kenneth Alma Mineer in Salt Lake City on June 12, 1942. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt...

Millie Lou Wood

Millie Lou Wood

Apr 26, 2015

St. George, UT - Millie Lou Wood (née Slye), 81, passed away from lung cancer on April 26, 2015 in St. George, Utah. Millie was born on April 22, 1934 in Elsinore, Utah (also known as Little Denmark) to Ross Abner Slye and Rebecca Luella Larson (née Petersen). She graduated from St. Mary Euphrasia High School in Denver, Colorado and...

Abel Merrill Roper

Abel Merrill Roper

Apr 25, 2015

St. George Utah-Abel Merrill Roper, 83, passed away on April 25, 2015. He was born March 18, 1932 to Henry Roper and Jessie Mae Sheriff in Lynndyl, Utah. He was the seventh of eight children. Merrill was raised in Caliente, Nevada and attended Lincoln High School. He married Pricilla Kesler on August 10, 1952 and they were sealed in the...