Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Janette Parker Olsen
May 4, 2014
St. George, Utah " Janette Parker Olsen, 98, passed away in St. George, Utah on May 4, 2014.
Janette was born, August 21, 1915, in Bennington, Idaho to David J. and Ellen (Ella) Perkins Parker. She was raised in Montpelier, Idaho and graduated from Montpelier High School in 1932.
On August 2, 1935,...
Linford M. Bracken
May 3, 2014
Gunlock, UT "Linford M. Bracken, 87, passed away May 3, 2014 in St. George, Utah. He was born August 4, 1926 in St. George, Utah to Marcellus and Ellen Matilda Nellie Bowler Bracken. He married Estella Leavitt December 26, 1943 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dad was raised in Gunlock and on the Bigelow Ranch and never wanted...
Joseph E. Kunsch, Sr.
Apr 30, 2014
St. George, Utah - Joseph E. Kunsch Sr., 74, passed away peacefully on April 30, 2014. He was born on July 24, 1939 in Omaha, NE to Charles Henry Kunsch and Hazel M. Ellis Kunsch. He is survived by his wife, Karolyn Kunsch (sealed in the Los Angeles LDS Temple); and children: Kathy Kunsch Ashley, Joseph E....
Guy Pierre Camille Bayle
Apr 30, 2014
St. George UT - Guy Pierre Camille Bayle passed away on April 30, 2014. He was born in Blanc Mesnil, France on April 16, 1932 to Pierre Achille Bayle and his wife, Germaine Antonio Briche. He was raised by his Aunt Yvonne Briche along with her two children, Yves and Paule from ages 6 to 15 at which time his...
Val Eugene Bettridge
Apr 29, 2014
Hurricane, Utah - Cancer took the mortal life of our husband, father, grandfather and brother, Val Eugene Bettridge, age 80, who passed away April 29, 2014, at a Provo hospital.
Val was born February 14, 1934 in Parowan, Utah, a son of Alma and Roma Whitney Bettridge. He married Norma Griffiths on October 16, 1952...
Barbara E. Keller Bowen
Apr 29, 2014
St. George, Utah - Barbara E. Bowen, 86, passed away April 29, 2014. She was born in 1928 in Monroe, Idaho to Clifford and Ethel Whitmill Keller. She was married to Gerald Bowen for 63 wonderful years. They loved traveling, spending time with family fishing and boating on the lake at their cabin in Wyoming. She is survived by her...


