Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Allan Lister
Mar 11, 2014
Washington, Utah - Allan Lister passed away peacefully on March 11, 2014. He was born November 2, 1947 to John R. and Annabelle Parkinson Lister in Cedar City, Utah. He married the love of his life, Dixie Cannon Lister on March 31, 1967 in the St. George LDS Temple. He graduated from Parowan High School in 1966....
William Ririe Manning
Mar 10, 2014
St. George, Utah - William Ririe Manning, 95, passed away peacefully on March 10, 2014 in St George, Utah. He was born December 2, 1918 in Ogden, Utah to William Hart and Elda Lillian Ririe Manning. He married Marilyn Thurston in the Salt Lake Temple on September 4, 1946.
He was raised in Cedar City...
Helen Sherbondy
Mar 10, 2014
St. George, Utah - Helen Sherbondy passed away March 10, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 80 years old.
Helen was born in Sharpsville, PA in 1934. She graduated from Sharpsville High School in 1952. She married Jim Sherbondy in 1953. They had two children. In 1959, Helen and Jim packed up...
Dustin Dix Southam
Mar 5, 2014
Salt Lake City / St. George, UT - Dustin D. Southam, 43, passed away on March 5, 2014. He was born on June 4, 1970 in Salt Lake City to Glade and Marilyn Southam.
Dustin was raised in Draper, Utah where he attended Alta High School. He graduated from the Weber State College of Engineering where he...
Gwendolyn Betty Turner Nisson
Mar 2, 2014
Washington, UT - Gwendolyn Betty Turner Nisson, age 93, passed away peacefully at home on March 2, 2014. She was born October 25, 1920 in Washington, Utah to James E. Jackson Turner and Pearl V. Stucki Tobler. She married Quentin Alexander Nisson on December 26, 1945 at the old rock church in Washington. They were sealed in the St. George...
Janet "Jan" Mckenzie Ames
Feb 24, 2014
Janet "Jan" Arlene McKenzie Ames, returned to her heavenly home on February 24, 2014 at the age of 80 while wintering in St. George, Utah, from her home in Victor, Montana. She was born May 9, 1933 in Burbank, California to Marjorie Evelyn Bond McKenzie and Leslie Henry Franklin McKenzie. She married Jim Bill Ames on November 17, 1951 in...
Estella Leavitt Bracken
Feb 23, 2014
St. George, UT -Estella Leavitt Bracken returned home to her Heavenly Father on February 23, 2014. Stella was born November 20, 1927 in St. George, Utah to Samuel Vernon and Dartha Luella Barney Leavitt. She was raised in Gunlock, Utah. She married Linford M. Bracken on December 26, 1946 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The marriage was later solemnized in the...
Laraine Peterson Orchard
Feb 18, 2014
St. George, Utah - LaRaine Orchard, age 83, passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2014. She was born February 3, 1931 in Neola, UT to Albin Rue Peterson and Annie Malnar-Peterson. She married and was sealed for all eternity to the love of her life William Gary Orchard in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on May 6, 1949. They were...
Kenneth Robertson Metcalf
Feb 15, 2014
St. George, Utah - Kenneth Robertson Metcalf, 86, passed away peacefully on February 15, 2014, surrounded by his family. He was born on October 1, 1927 in Springville, Utah to Maurice and Zina Robertson Metcalf; he was the third of eight children. He married Beverly Robbins Metcalf on June 11, 1947 in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple.
Ken...
John Bevalere Cox
Feb 14, 2014
St. George, UT - John B. Cox, beloved husband and father, passed away on February 14, 2014 at his home in St. George, Utah after a long illness. He was born on December 7, 1926 in St. George, Utah to Wilford Charles Cox and Elizabeth Leany Cox. He was the youngest of five children. On August 26,...
Donald Duane Dean
Feb 13, 2014
Donald Duane Dean, 83, died February 13, 2014, in St. George, Utah after a long illness. Don was born June 24, 1930, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, the son of Cecil and Irene Fleshe Jutras. Don spent his early childhood in Minnesota, and enjoyed many happy years exploring the woods and fishing with his uncles. He spent several summers working at...
Earl Joseph Davis
Feb 12, 2014
Layton / St. George, Utah - Earl Joseph Davis was born November 17, 1921 in Carey, Idaho to Jennie Madeline Timmins and Joseph Godsall Davis. Earl spent many wonderful years at his fish creek ranch home in Idaho. He saved money to go on a mission but Pearl Harbor changed his plans and he enlisted as a Marine in...
Lola Platts Flowers
Feb 12, 2014
St. George, Utah - Lola Platts Flowers passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 surrounded by her family. She was born on December 6, 1920 in Lyman, Wyoming to John and Irene Rollins Platts. She was one of 17 children. She migrated to California during World War II and worked in the Consolidated Aircraft plant in...
Harold Harrison Brandt
Feb 9, 2014
St. George, Utah - Harold Harrison Brandt, 90, passed away February 9, 2014 in his sleep. He was born December 17, 1923 in Stockton, Kansas to Christian Louis and Olah Velma Brandt. Harold served his country in WWII with the U.S. Army. He worked his way up to the Union Pacific Railroad from telegraph operator through dispatcher,...
Hugh A. Binning
Feb 7, 2014
St. George, Utah - Hugh A. Binning, age 95, passed away February 7, 2014. He was born August 17, 1918 in Coshocton, Ohio to Roy and Nan Shrimplin Binning. He had two brothers and one sister. He attended elementary schools in Coshocton and West Lafayette, Ohio. He played trombone in the high school band, in the orchestra for the...
Jonathan Weston Twiggs
Feb 6, 2014
Santa Clara, Utah - Jonathan Weston Twiggs, beloved son of Ted and MaryAnn Maughan Twiggs, passed away February 6, 2014 at his home in Santa Clara, Utah. He was born May 28, 1988 at Desert Samaritan Hospital in Tempe, Arizona. He weighed 8 lbs 3 ½ oz and was 21 inches long. He was a big baby and proceeded to...
Helen Louise Parry Thomas
Feb 3, 2014
"We are not human beings having occasional spiritual experiences. We are spiritual beings having occasional human experiences." Teilhard de Chardin 1881 - 1955 Hurricane, Utah - Our Heavenly Father called Helen Louise Parry Thomas home from this earthly experience on February 3, 2014. She was born on April 27, 1937, in Cedar City, Utah to Chauncey Gardner Parry and Helen...
Ethel Matilda Crosby
Feb 2, 2014
Hurricane, Utah - Ethel Matilda Crosby 88, passed away on February 2, 2014. She was born February 23, 1925 in St. Phillips, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada to Richard A. Squires and Alice Maud Tucker.
Graveside services will be held Friday, February 7, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Mountain View Memorial Park Mortuary,7900 East Main Street,...
Noma Leavitt Clark
Feb 2, 2014
St. George, UT - Noma Leavitt Clark, 80, passed away on February 2, 2014 in St. George, Utah following a short bout with cancer. She was born December 14, 1933 in Mesquite, Nevada to Heber Chase Leavitt and Mildred Hughes. She married her sweetheart Robert Earl Clark on October 21, 1950 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their marriage was later solemnized...
Edna R. Jones
Feb 2, 2014
St. George, UT - Edna R. Jones, age 89, passed away on February 2, 2014 in St. George, Utah. She was born on September 27, 1924, in Salt Lake City, Utah to James and Edna Sullivan. She attended local schools graduating from East High School. She met and soon married her only love, Loren "Bud" Jones. Edna...


