Obituaries

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

Floyd Duane Blake

Floyd Duane Blake

Apr 4, 2014

St. George, Utah - Floyd Duane Blake, 82, passed away at home on April 4, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 25, 1931 to Milo and Mary Alena Fowler Blake in St. George, Utah. He married his sweetheart, Darlene Turner on November 26, 1949 in the St. George LDS Temple.

Duane...

Wanda Davis Kollenkark

Wanda Davis Kollenkark

Apr 2, 2014

St. George, Utah - Wanda Davis Kollenkark, 88, of St. George died April 2, 2014. She was born August 16, 1925 in Warden, Ohio. She is survived by one daughter, Wendy (Danny) Holt of St. George, UT; two sons: Richard Kollenkark of Dove Creek, CO. and K. C. Kollenkark of Hamilton, MT. Private family service will be...

George Edwin Andrew

George Edwin Andrew

Apr 1, 2014

St. George, Utah " George Edwin Andrew, 84, went to be with The Lord on April 1, 2014 in St. George, Utah. He was born July 5, 1929 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Joel and Ruth Andrew. George was married to Carol, Alice and Charlotte and out lived them.

George grew up in St. Joseph,...

Philip D. Blackburn

Philip D. Blackburn

Mar 31, 2014

Santa Clara, Utah - Philip Dale Blackburn, 94, passed away on March 31, 2014. He was born June 26, 1919 to Hershall Gordon and Bessie May Allen Blackburn. He married Bernice Beth Thorup in Heber City, Utah on July 22, 1938. Their marriage was solemnized in the Mesa, Arizona LDS Temple on May 9, 1952. Philip was a veteran of...

Marjorie Eileen Gracie

Marjorie Eileen Gracie

Mar 29, 2014

St. George, Utah - Marjorie Eileen Gracie (Marge) passed away of natural causes at her home at the Retreat at Sun River on the evening of March 29, 2014. She was 85.

Marjorie was born February 9, 1929 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada to Alice and Clarence Down (both deceased). She attended a one-room country...

Judy Davis Ensign

Judy Davis Ensign

Mar 29, 2014

St. George, UT - Judy Davis Ensign, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, March 29, 2014. Judy was born in Brigham City, Utah on March 12, 1938 to Louise Oyler and Vinson F. Davis, Jr.

Judy grew up in the family farmhouse in Perry, Utah and learned to work, play and...

Marlene Baker` Savage

Marlene Baker` Savage

Mar 27, 2014

St. George, UT - Marlene Baker Savage, 66, passed away on Thursday, March 27, 2014 in her home surrounded by her family. She was born on March 6, 1948 in Richfield, UT to Gordon and Mary Holt Baker, the youngest of five children. From her childhood, Mom found joy in the beauty of nature and her dedication...

James Edward Forshee

James Edward Forshee

Mar 23, 2014

St. George, Utah - James Edward Forshee passed away on March 23, 2014 from causes incident to old age. He was born on June 28, 1919 in Thawville, Illinois to Winfield Kennett and Rosa Ella Warden Forshee. He was the second of three sons. His parents moved to Provo, Utah when he was a small boy and...

Lillian Fae Reigle

Lillian Fae Reigle

Mar 21, 2014

St. George, Utah - Lillian "Fae" Reigle, 89, went to the Lord on March 21, 2014. She was born on November 13, 1924 to Jesse and Helen Endicott. She married Wesley James Reigle July 15, 1946 at the First Congregational Church in Salt Lake City, Utah.

She spent 20 years in the Girl Scout program...

Bonnie Rae Ball

Bonnie Rae Ball

Mar 20, 2014

St. George, Utah - Bonnie Rae Matthews Ball, 83, passed away on March 20, 2014 surrounded by her family. She was born on November 18, 1930 in Los Angeles, California. Bonnie Rae grew up in Rigby, Idaho with her parents Harold and Clista Hammer Matthews. When her father passed away, she moved with her mother to Idaho...

Maria Welman Ransdell

Maria Welman Ransdell

Mar 17, 2014

Hurricane, Utah - Maria Johanna Cornelia Welman Ransdell, age 77, passed away Monday, March 17, 2014 at the Dixie Regional Medical Center. She was born November 20, 1936 in Amsterdam, Holland to Marinus Cornelius and Maria Gimburgh Welman. She married Eli Pacheco in 1956 at Santa Monica, California. They were later divorced. In 1973, she married Raymond...

Dorothy Elizabeth Snow Long

Dorothy Elizabeth Snow Long

Mar 15, 2014

St. George, UT - Dorothy Elizabeth Snow Long, 75, passed away March 15, 2014. Dot was the 4 th oldest child born to William and Rockysann (Hale) Snow, March 28, 1938, in Jasper County, IN. She was proceeded in death by her parents William and Rockysann Snow, her siblings: Joyce, Roger, James, Ronald, Keith, Nora, Linda, and Sally. She...

Eva Emma South

Eva Emma South

Mar 15, 2014

St. George, Utah - My mother, Eva E South, returned to her Heavenly Father after a short illness on March 15, 2014. She was born in Berlin, Germany, on March 24, 1924 and was christened Eva Emma Schulz. Her father, Siegfried Schulz, was a well known composer/conductor and her mother, Salome Lindeke, was a well known stage...

Phyllis Martha Goodrich

Phyllis Martha Goodrich

Mar 11, 2014

Ivins, Utah - Phyllis Martha Goodrich passed away March 11, 2014. She was born January 26, 1922 in Delta, Utah.

A visitation will be held Friday, March 14, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Metcalf Mortuary, 288 West St. George Blvd., St. George, Utah. Graveside services will be held Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 11:00 a.m....

Allan Lister

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

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

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

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

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

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...