Obituaries

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

Addie Inarene Griffin

Addie Inarene Griffin

Dec 16, 2014

St. George, Utah - Addie InaRene Griffin passed away December 16, 2014. She was born December 15, 1933 in Huntington, Utah to Drew Charles Richards and Julia Adelaide Wakefield. She married Scott Grange and spent most of their lives in Concord, California. After their marriage ended she moved to Las Vegas and married H. Ray Morgan who passed away in...

Patricia June Albrecht

Patricia June Albrecht

Dec 16, 2014

St. George, Utah - Patricia June Scrivener Albrecht passed away December 16, 2014. She was born June 20, 1930, in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada to Albert George and Ada Harriott Scrivener. Her schooling was in Canada. She joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on August 8, 1943 with her family after missionaries taught them the Gospel of Jesus...

Jackie Gatenby Thomas

Jackie Gatenby Thomas

Dec 11, 2014

St. George, Utah - Jackie Gatenby Thomas, age 80, passed away December 11, 2014. She was born January 30, 1934 in Provo, Utah to Jack and Ingar Gatenby. As a native of Provo, Jackie grew up hiking, skiing and camping in the Wasatch Mountains until she graduated from BYU in elementary education (1956). Her life was filled with service to...

Marlene Wright Larkin

Marlene Wright Larkin

Dec 9, 2014

St. George, Utah - Marlene Wright Larkin passed away peacefully at home on December 9, 2014 after battling liver failure for the past few months. She was always pleasant and happy regardless of her condition. She was born April 28, 1937 in Newhall, California, to Owen B. and Blanch Crandall Wright. Marlene met her future husband, Grey Larkin, at church...

Stephen Gregory Hackmann

Stephen Gregory Hackmann

Dec 6, 2014

Washington, Utah - Stephen Gregory Hackmann, 33, passed away December 6, 2014. He was born February 14, 1981. Graveside services will be held Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Washington City Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Metcalf Mortuary, 435-673-4221.

Joyce V. Davis

Joyce V. Davis

Dec 5, 2014

St. George, Utah - Joyce V. Davis passed away on December 5, 2014 surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born January 23, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Clarence Nuckols and Bessie Mayne Nuckols. She was a lifelong resident of St. George, Utah. She enjoyed raising her four children amongst the beauty of...

Russell Harold Ridgway

Russell Harold Ridgway

Dec 5, 2014

St. George/West Haven, Utah - Russell Harold Ridgway, age 86, passed away on December 5, 2014 in West Haven, Utah. He was born on December 31, 1927 in Memphis, Tennessee to Harold and Lurah Russell Ridgway. He married Pamela Ridgway. Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the St. George City Cemetery. A...

Susan Allen Orchard Garner

Susan Allen Orchard Garner

Dec 3, 2014

St. George, Utah - Susan Garner passed away on December 3, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born November 5, 1943, in Brigham City, Utah to David V and Hazel Farnsworth Allen. On May 31, 1961, she married Brent T Orchard in Logan, Utah. They were the parents of three sons: Allen Brent (Wyone); Paul D (Melissa);...

Cassius Furman Whitehill, Jr.

Cassius Furman Whitehill, Jr.

Dec 3, 2014

St. George, Utah - Cassius Furman Whitehill, Jr., best known as "Cash", passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 3, 2014, in St. George, Utah, at the age of 91. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Elizabeth "Betty" Reichard Whitehill; daughter, Edana W. Hough; step-sons: John (Lorie) Hiltabiddle and Tom (Jeni) Hiltabiddle; as well as seven...

Shirley Deon Houston

Shirley Deon Houston

Dec 2, 2014

Ivins, Utah - Shirley Deon Houston passed away December 2, 2014 in Ivins, Utah. She was born to Elsworth Hanson and Vera Harkness on June 12, 1929. She married Samuel Dean Houston on June 3, 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is preceded in death by her mother and father; mom, Florence Hansen; her husband, Samuel Dean Houston, Sr.:...

Genevieve Frances Harvey Goodman

Genevieve Frances Harvey Goodman

Dec 1, 2014

Hurricane, Utah - Genevieve (Jenny) passed away December 1, 2014 at the age of 96. She was born on August 4, 1918 in Kaysville, Utah to Daniel Orval Harvey and Edna Virginia Qualls Harvey. Jenny was proceeded in death by her husband, Clarence Kidney Goodman, a son, Dee Goodman, a daughter, Patricia Ann Goodman Wall, (Wayne, deceased) three sisters and...

Colette Couton Monahan

Colette Couton Monahan

Dec 1, 2014

St. George, Utah - Colette Couton Monahan, age 47, passed away November 28, 2014 of ovarian cancer at Dixie Regional Medical Center. She was born November 9, 1966 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Steven Edward Couton and Kaye Hansen Couton. Colette was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and attended West Jordan High School. She received an Associate's Degree...

Charlene Davis

Charlene Davis

Dec 1, 2014

St. George, Utah - An extraordinary life of strength, joy, love and service ended on December 1, 2014 when Charlene Bryner Leidich Davis slipped quietly home to her Heavenly Father. From the moment of her birth on November 8, 1932 in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, Charlene lived life to the fullest. She was the third of six children born to Hardison...

Gerald Ray Hall

Gerald Ray Hall

Nov 28, 2014

Santa Clara, UT - Gerald Ray Hall, 83, passed away peacefully in his home on November 28, 2014. He was born on January 4, 1931 in Tooele, Utah to William Ray and Delpha Jones Hall. He married Kaye Hayward Cunninghame in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on June 7, 1961. Kaye preceded him in death on July 8, 2013. Gerald...

Kathleen Louise Bennett Boone

Kathleen Louise Bennett Boone

Nov 28, 2014

ST. GEORGE, UTAH - Kathleen Louise Bennett Boone, age 78, died November 28, 2014 at a St. George Care Center, following a valiant struggle with cancer. She was born November 30, 1935 in Evanston, Wyoming to Ernest Theodore and Emma Matilda Scott Bennett. She attended schools in Evanston, graduating from Evanston High School in 1954. She served in the Great...

Clea Rose Walker Putnam

Clea Rose Walker Putnam

Nov 25, 2014

St. George, Utah - Clea Rose Walker Putnam, age 76, passed away November 25, 2014 of natural causes. She was born on March 18, 1938 in Mesa, Arizona to Merl LaMar Walker and Sybil Hartense Lee Walker. She married David Aldon Putnam on October 18, 1957 in the Logan LDS Temple. As a child her family moved around quite a...

Richard George Houston

Richard George Houston

Nov 25, 2014

St. George, Utah - On November 25, 2014, one day after his 84th birthday, Richard Houston passed away quietly in his St. George, Utah home. His loving wife, Nubia, was with him as he journeyed from this world to the next. Richard "Dick" was born on November 24, 1930, to George and Elsie Houston in San Francisco, California. As a...

Grant H. Cooper

Grant H. Cooper

Nov 21, 2014

Grant H. Cooper, age 91, passed away peacefully at his home November 21, 2014. Grant was born November 6, 1923, to Nathaniel and Isabelle (Grandma Bell) Cooper in Panguitch, Utah. Grant was one of eight siblings, who were some of his best friends and partners in crime. Grant married Ruth Lydia Walton on July 20, 1946. Grant was a man...

Robert Charles Woods

Robert Charles Woods

Nov 20, 2014

St. George, Utah - Robert Charles Woods, age 83, passed away November 20, 2014. He was born April 25, 1931 in Pengilly, Minnesota to Joseph and Ida Woods. He married Helen Woods in Ogden, Utah on December 18, 1954, sealed in the Los Angeles temple a year later. He was an accomplished real estate broker, both privately and also for...