Obituaries

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

Dorothy Whitney Voracek

Dorothy Whitney Voracek

Oct 27, 2014

St. George, Utah - Dorothy Whitney Voracek, age 80, was reunited with the love of her life, Joseph, on Monday, October 27, 2014 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dorothy (or Dottie) was born April 11, 1934 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Henry Grant and Olive Gertrude Whitney. Dorothy was a wonderful mother and stalwart in the gospel of Jesus Christ....

Celia Chambers

Celia Chambers

Oct 27, 2014

Enterprise, Utah - Celia Chambers, 71, passed away October 27, 2014 of a long battle with lung cancer. She was born September 8, 1943 in Ogden, Utah to Helen and Donald Chambers. Celia was loved by all and made friends, quickly, especially through her job of dispatching loads for her sister Janey's 18-wheeler trucking business, Rack's Express. She had a...

Virginia Joy Prince

Virginia Joy Prince

Oct 26, 2014

St. George, Utah - Virginia Joy Prince, 92, passed away at home on October 26, 2014, surrounded by her four children and their spouses. Joy was born on June 3, 1922, in Salt Lake City to Rubye Thelma Hertzog and David Floyd Hertzog. David passed away 25 days prior to Joy's birth. Joy was raised in Los Angeles, California. After...

Bettye Jane Jennings

Bettye Jane Jennings

Oct 25, 2014

St. George, Utah - Bettye Jane Jennings, age 70, passed away October 25, 2014. She and her twin sister, Barbara, were was born on September 12, 1944 to George Julian and Marion Viola Stewart Jennings in Little Rock, Arkansas. They were born almost two months early and spent their first five weeks of their lives in an incubator. When they...

Colin D. Wiest

Colin D. Wiest

Oct 25, 2014

St. George, UT- Colin D Wiest, 32, passed away on October 25, 2014 in St George, UT. He was born on September 16, 1982 in St Louis CO. MO to Walter R Wiest and Phyllis Jean Wiest. When he was two years old, his family moved to Pittsburgh, PA. He was home schooled by his mother. His interests included learning...

Leon C. Barnes

Leon C. Barnes

Oct 24, 2014

Ivins, Utah - Leon Barnes, age 83, passed away October 24, 2014. He was born October 19, 1931, at his grandmother Criddle's home in Downey, Idaho, a son of Eli and Vinnie Arvilla Criddle Barnes. He was the 3rd of four children. Leon grew up on a farm on the Downey flats. He participated in 4H and won several awards...

Lily B. Tebbs

Lily B. Tebbs

Oct 24, 2014

St. George, Utah - Lily B. Tebbs, age 91, passed away of natural causes on October 17, 2014, in South Jordan, Utah. She was born April 1, 1923, in Niter, Idaho. She was the ninth of twelve children born to Paul R. and Mary E. Schreier Biorn. Lily, usually known by her nickname "Billie," attended school in Ashton, Idaho. In...

Douglas Jerome Zinni, M.D.

Douglas Jerome Zinni, M.D.

Oct 22, 2014

Mesquite, NV - Dr. Douglas J Zinni passed away suddenly October 22, 2014 at the age of 69. He was born April 7, 1945 to Dr. Jerry and Marcella Zinni in Cleveland, OH. He is survived by his three younger brothers; Nicholas, Gerald, and Richard Zinni; his loving wife, Carole; four children; Dan (Laurie) Hale, Kerri (Kevin) Snook, Brenan (Briana)...

Deloyd H Bithell

Deloyd H Bithell

Oct 20, 2014

WASHINGTON, UTAH - DeLoyd H Bithell, 72, of Washington, Utah, passed away on Monday, October 20, 2014 at 4:24 p.m. He was born February 23, 1942 in Auburn, Wyoming. My eternal sweetheart wanted to take one last deer hunt. He died of natural causes doing what he loved to do after saying, "I just want to get a deer." DeLoyd...

Mary June Harkness Jones

Mary June Harkness Jones

Oct 20, 2014

Enterprise, UT - Mary June Harkness Jones, 84, passed away October 20, 2014 in Eagle Mountain, UT. She was born June 16, 1930 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Festus Russell and Sarah Mavera Shore Harkness. She married Donald Theone Jones (deceased) May 20, 1948 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. They were blessed with eight children: Judith Ann (Paul Tinker), Salt Lake City,...

Raymond Brown

Raymond Brown

Oct 19, 2014

Raymond Brown, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed from this earthly existence into the loving arms of many family members on the morning of Sunday, October 19, 2014. He was born on August 20, 1925 in Standardville, Utah to Raymond and Leontine Gourdin Brown. Early in his life, his family moved to Salt Lake City. He graduated from South...

Jon Andrew Belnap

Jon Andrew Belnap

Oct 19, 2014

St. George, Utah - Jon Andrew Belnap passed away October 19, 2014. He was born along with a twin brother, Don, on October 13, 1937 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Lawrence Oliver and Adelia Matilda Belnap. His twin brother passed away three weeks later on November 1, 1937. Complications incident to his birth left Jon challenged physically and mentally, but his...

Bruce Edson Porter

Bruce Edson Porter

Oct 17, 2014

Hurricane, Utah - Bruce Edson Porter, 62, of Hurricane, UT, slipped peacefully from this life on October 17, 2014. He was born at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, TX to Edson and Veda Jensen Porter on October 30, 1951. Bruce grew up in Tooele, UT and spent his senior year of high school in Minnesota, where he graduated...

Mary Nielsen

Mary Nielsen

Oct 15, 2014

St. George, Utah - Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend, Mary Pauline Draper Lamb Nielsen was called back home to her Heavenly Father on October 15, 2014. She was born March 1, 1931 in Fountain Green, Utah to Aury H. Draper and Iona Seely. She attended schools in Fountain Green and graduated from Moroni High in...

Charles Walter Odd

Charles Walter Odd

Oct 15, 2014

St. George, Utah - Charles Walter Odd, age 83, passed away October 15, 2014 in St. George, Utah. He was born in Provo, Utah on December 30, 1930 to Walter Thomas Odd and Della Burch Odd. He was married to Joan Jespersen in the Salt Lake Temple on June 8, 1956. Charles grew up in Ogden, Utah where he graduated...

Lova Adams

Lova Adams

Oct 11, 2014

Washington, UT - Lova Bowler Adams passed away October 11, 2014 in Tremonton, Utah. She was born May 13, 1918 to Henry and Lula Wilson Bowler, in the small town of Gunlock, Utah. She was the oldest of five girls (Lova, Berle, Nell, Blythe and Ardyth) and two boys (Page and Guy). Her father owned the Bigelow Ranch, and her...

Jerome Schlife

Jerome Schlife

Oct 11, 2014

St. George, Utah - Jerome M. Schlife, age 68, passed away October 11, 2014. He was born March 26, 1946 in Colby, Kansas. He is survived by two brothers: Earl Schlife, MI and Randall Schlife, AZ. Jerome was predeceased by his father: Louis Schlife, mother: Juanita Schlife, and brother: Nicholas Schlife. He is survived by his wife, Judy A. Schlife...

Pamela Larsen Ridgway

Pamela Larsen Ridgway

Oct 7, 2014

Pamela Larsen Ridgway, daughter of the late Gerald James Larsen and Leola Petersen Larsen, and beloved wife of Russell Harold Ridgway, peacefully left this world on October 7, 2014, surrounded by her loved ones. She was preceded in death by her parents and her two sisters: Joyce Chatterton and DiAnn Hodges. Surviving is her beloved husband, Russell; step-daughter, Colleen Lurah...

Chloa Terrell Devoge

Chloa Terrell Devoge

Oct 5, 2014

St. George, Utah - If you are reading this, I must have closed my eyes for the last time to begin a new journey of joy and love. Chloa Terrell DeVoge, loving wife and mother passed away on Sunday, October 5th, 2014. She was born on July 11, 1932 in Torrington, Wyoming, the last of 13 children to George and...

Barbara M. Markus

Barbara M. Markus

Oct 5, 2014

Barbara Markus passed away October 5, 2014 in Hurricane, Utah. She was born June 16, 1936 in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She married Robert Markus in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 14, 1953. She is survived by her husband, Robert Markus; three children: Sharla, Kari and Steven; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and a brother, Dr. Milan Uremovich. She loved to...