Obituaries

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

Leslie Ensign Bess

Leslie Ensign Bess

Jun 7, 2014

Riverton, Utah - Leslie Ensign Bess, our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister passed away on June 7, 2014 in Riverton, Utah. Leslie was born February 5, 1918 and was the daughter of Leslie English Ensign and Clara Morris Ensign. She was the second of five daughters. She married Vernal Edward Bess on August 8, 1936 in Coalville, Utah. Together...

Bert C. Staheli

Bert C. Staheli

Jun 5, 2014

St. George, UT - Bert C. Staheli, 85, passed away June 5, 2014 in St. George, Utah at Dixie Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. He was born March 25, 1929 to Clarence and Beulah Price Staheli in the home of his grandparents, Bert and Bell Price in Enterprise, Utah, Bert was the fifth of eleven children. He met...

Kenneth L. Huffman

Kenneth L. Huffman

Jun 4, 2014

Santa Clara, Utah " Kenneth L. Huffman passed away at the age of 86 in St. George, Utah on June 4, 2014. He was born March 14, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Lovell Huffman and Nellie Mae Donegan. He married Sally Anderton on January 25, 1947 in Evanston, Wyoming. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake LDS...

Dorothy Adelle Whitaker

Dorothy Adelle Whitaker

Jun 3, 2014

Mapleton, Utah " Dorothy Adelle Whitaker, 89, passed away June 3, 2014 in Mapleton, Utah at her home surrounded by family. She was born August 19, 1924 to Robert Watson and Mary Williams Bowman at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the second of three children. Her family moved from Salt Lake City to Southern California...

Anella Rae Lytle Hardwick

Anella Rae Lytle Hardwick

Jun 2, 2014

Enterprise, Utah - Anella Rae Lytle Hardwick, age 94, passed away on June 2, 2014, in Bountiful, Utah. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, and friend. Anella was born December 8, 1919, in Enterprise, Utah, the youngest child of Arthur Eugene Lytle and Julia Ellen Peterson Lytle. She was raised in Enterprise, and later attended Ventura City...

Loa Ann Cook Hare

Loa Ann Cook Hare

May 27, 2014

Loa Ann Cook Hare joined her eternal sweetheart May 27, 2014, Leroy Hare Sr., who preceded her in death December 24, 2001. They were married September 21, 1950 in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple, enjoying 51 years together. They have 7 children, 25 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She served in 3 LDS Temples and 2 full-time missions for The Church...

Barbara Barton Brooks Lucas

Barbara Barton Brooks Lucas

May 22, 2014

Springville, Utah - Barbara Barton Brooks Lucas, age 92, passed away May 22, 2014. Barbara was an amazing woman, wife, mother and grandmother. She did all the things many of us dream about. She was born August 28, 1921 to Joe and Leona Ray of Santa Clara, Utah. She graduated from Dixie Junior College, received a normal degree from BYU...

J. Grant Olsen

J. Grant Olsen

May 22, 2014

St. George, Utah " J. Grant Olsen passed away May 22, 2014 in St. George, Utah. He was born October 20, 1928 in Brigham City, Utah to John P. Olsen and Lois Wilde Olsen. He was the 2nd of 4 children. He graduated from Box Elder High School in 1947. He married Beverly Barker on July 8, 1949 in the...

Ruth Rutherford Cooper

Ruth Rutherford Cooper

May 21, 2014

St. George, Utah - Ruth Rutherford Cooper, 96, passed away May 21, 2014. She was born June 25, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the Hurricane City Cemetery. A visitation will be held Wednesday, prior to services, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. at the Metcalf Hurricane...

Ruth Aileen Landon

Ruth Aileen Landon

May 21, 2014

St. George, Utah " Ruth Aileen Landon passed from mortality on May 21, 2014 at her Bloomington home. She was born to William and Jean Aiken on August 14, 1926 in Hemet, California, Ruth was the youngest of six siblings. Her father was a reformed Presbyterian Minister, and during her childhood the family lived in Hemet, Pasadena and Fresno for...

Brooks Raymond Johnson

Brooks Raymond Johnson

May 18, 2014

Santa Clara, Utah " Brooks Raymond Johnson, 18, passed away May 18, 2014 in a tragic accident. He was born October 9, 1995 in St. George, Utah to Mitchell Raymond and Lori Jean Johnson. Brooks grew up in Santa Clara and was just days away from receiving his high school diploma from Snow Canyon High School. Brooks lit up the...

Delbert Eugene Kresser

Delbert Eugene Kresser

May 16, 2014

St. George, UT " Delbert E. Kresser was born on December 12, 1928 to Edward J. Kresser and Louie Mae Berrett Kresser in San Diego, California. He passed away May 16, 2014, at home in St. George Utah. Del served a three year LDS mission in Uruguay. Del married Donna Rae Anthony in the Salt Lake Temple, September 28, 1951....

Wayne B. Nuttall

Wayne B. Nuttall

May 13, 2014

Provo, Utah - Wayne B Nuttall passed away peacefully the morning of May 13, 2014, after a short illness. He was 92 and in the presence of his beloved family. Wayne was born in Springville, Utah on September 10, 1921 to James A and Leona Bunnell Nuttall. He was the third of eight children. He lived a wonderful boyhood in...

Orson Wallace Ball

Orson Wallace Ball

May 9, 2014

Hurricane, UT " On May 9, 2014, Orson Wallace Ball, husband, father, and grandfather passed on to his reward. He died of complications brought on by battling with health issues over a long period of time which he bore graciously. He was born on June 22, 1938 to Wallace and Della Ball at Lewisville, ID. He was their second child...

Perry Harvey Keller

Perry Harvey Keller

May 8, 2014

St. George, Utah " Perry Harvey Keller, age 90, passed away May 8, 2014. He was born August 21, 1923 in Hinckley, Utah to William Alan and Lillian Loveland Keller. He married Carma Stapley on January 25, 1942 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carma preceded him in death. He married Sharron N. Miller on July 21, 2012. Perry was a Montana...

Loraine Foster Avery

Loraine Foster Avery

May 7, 2014

St. .George, Utah - Loraine Foster Avery, our amazing father, grandfather, brother and friend was finally able to return to his loved ones on May 7, 2014 in American Fork UT. Loraine was born in Kanosh, Utah on April 19, 1922 to John Andy Avery and Ethella Foster Avery. He was the third of six children with 4 sisters Helen,...

Marva June Murdock Condie

Marva June Murdock Condie

May 5, 2014

St. George, Utah - Marva June Murdock Condie, 74, passed away quietly at her home on May 5, 2014 surrounded by her family. She was born on August 8, 1939 to Sterling and Lorena Ellsworth Murdock. She was the youngest of ten children and always said she was loved, spoiled, and pampered in every way. She was raised in the...

Carol Lynne Howell

Carol Lynne Howell

May 5, 2014

St. George, UT / Fish Haven. ID - Carol Lynne Howell, 63, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2014 in St. George, UT surrounded by her family. She was born in Whittier, CA on August 3, 1950 to Gerald C Craig and Marcene (Martin) Craig. After her family moved to the Sacramento, CA area, Carol...

Elizabeth "Beth" Houston Luke

Elizabeth "Beth" Houston Luke

May 5, 2014

St. George, Utah - Elizabeth Beth Houston Luke, 86, passed away May 5, 2014 after an extended illness. She was born July 30, 1927 in Panguitch, Utah to John Steiner and Della Prince Houston. She married Boyd Kay Luke on December 20, 1946 in the St. George LDS Temple.

Beth attended Steven Henagar Business College,...

Lois Effie Turnbow Hunt

Lois Effie Turnbow Hunt

May 4, 2014

St. George, UT " Lois Effie Turnbow Hunt passed away at age 89 on May 4, 2014 is St. George, Utah. She was born December 12, 1924, the youngest of twelve children to Benjamin O. and Effie Eliza Jones Turnbow in Tabonia, Utah. Lois was proud to be the only graduate from Tabonia High School in 1942 and soon after...