Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Dorothy Lund Rowe
Jul 10, 2013
St. George, Utah - Dorothy Lund Rowe, daughter of Orville Didrich and Mildred Boden Lund, passed away July 10, 2013 surrounded by family. She married Benton Martin, and they had 3 children: Paul West, Tana Sue, and Shelli Maureen. She married Phillip Edwin Rowe in 1983 and they resided in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Sandy and St. George.
...Mabel Mcknight Mitchell
Jul 10, 2013
Our Mimi is homeward bound. Beloved matriarch Mabel McKnight Mitchell passed away peacefully on July 10, 2013, at her home in St. George. Mabel was born to William Clark McKnight and Martha Minerva Leavitt November 20, 1916, in Beaver Dam, Arizona, a place she was always proud to call home. She began her education in the one-room schoolhouse in...
Geneieve Pearl Hamblin Anderson Connell
Jul 9, 2013
Washington, Utah - Geneieve Pearl Hamblin Anderson Connell passed away July 9, 2013. She was born May 4, 1924 in Clearfield, Davis County, Utah. She was the seventh of twelve children born to Archie and Almeda Child Hamblin. She attended schools in Davis County, Utah.
Pearl had been blessed with love and family unity. Being from a big family,...
Deborah Williams Blake
Jul 9, 2013
IVINS / SANTA CLARA - Deborah Williams Blake, 63, passed away on July 9, 2013 after a five year battle with cancer. She was born on June 14, 1950, to Chester Dunford Williams and Carma Davis Williams in Cedar City, Utah. She was raised in Kanarraville, Utah, where she attended grade school. She graduated from Cedar High School, then...
Kaye C Hall
Jul 8, 2013
St. George, Utah - Kaye C. Hall, 73, passed away July 8, 2013 in St. George, UT. She was born September 21, 1939 in Stockton CA. She married Gerald Ray Hall June 7, 1961.
Affected by the polio epidemic of the 1950s, Kaye spent her life overcoming great challenges. She graduated from BYU, married and spent her...
Joyce Birk Wilson
Jul 4, 2013
Washington, Utah- Joyce Birk Wilson, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother passed away July 4, 2013 in St. George, Utah after a valiant and dignified battle with Alzheimers Disease.
Joyce was born at the family home in American Fork, Utah on March 20, 1934 to John Clyde and Lorna Jones Birk. She loved growing up in American Fork,...
Anneliese Flora Buggert Ence
Jul 3, 2013
Santa Clara, Utah - Anneliese Flora Buggert Ence, 98, slipped peacefully beyond the veil on July 3, 2013 at her home. She was born on January 11, 1915 to Gustav Ferdinand Buggert and Lina Flora Seifert in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany, where she spent in idyllic childhood. After her family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they...
Tressa Clydene Womack
Jul 2, 2013
Apple Valley, Utah - Tressa Clydene Womack, 73, passed away peacefully in her home in Apple Valley on July 2, 2013 surrounded by her family. Clydene was born on Feb. 22,1940 in St. Anthony, Idaho to parents Clyde and Tressa Garrett. She graduated from South Fremont High school in 1958 and married the love of her life...
Boyd Vernell Whipple
Jun 30, 2013
St. George, Utah- Boyd Vernell Whipple passed away June 30, 2013 in St. George, Utah. He was born August 17, 1933 in Farmington, New Mexico to William Wilford Whipple and Beatrice Thayne. He was the youngest of 6 children.
Boyds mother passed away when he was two years old, and his brothers and sisters worked hard to...
Patricia Gay Hatch Walter
Jun 27, 2013
St. George, UT - Patricia Gay Hatch Walter died Thursday, June 27, 2013 at her home in St. George. She was born on April 2, 1932 in Los Angeles, California to Charles Willie and Nell Marie Bateman Hatch. She married Russel J. Walter on June 21, 1952. Their marriage was later solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple. Pat was...
Peggy Jean Sayman
Jun 26, 2013
St. George, Utah - Peggy Jean Dowdle Sayman passed away June 26, 2013. She was born May 31, 1938 in logan, Utah to Glen and Norma Dowdle.
She is survived by her husband, Radford A. Sayman; children: Mikel (Chris) Rice of Salt Lake City, UT, Julee Rose of Okinawa, Japan, Mindy (Terry) Maupin of Trinidad,...
C.M. Paul Versteeg
Jun 25, 2013
St. George, Utah - On November 1, 1930, the third son of Jan Willem and Frederika Reemeijer Versteeg was born in The Hague, Netherlands. He was given the name Cornelis Marius Paul Versteeg in honor of his childless Uncle Cornelis and Aunt Paulina Maria Versteeg. He has always been called Paul. Paul passed away peacefully at home on June...
R. Cline Durfey
Jun 25, 2013
St. George, Utah - Richard Cline Durfey, 87, passed away June 25, 2013. He was born at his parents home on August 24, 1925 in Bicknell, Utah. Cline was the son of George and Theresa Durfey. He was the youngest of eleven children. Growing up during the depression on a ranch called Notom, near Capital Reef, he learned frugality...
Jack Canfield
Jun 23, 2013
Dammeron Valley, Utah - Jack Canfield passed away June 23, 2013. He was born February 10, 1930 in St. George, Utah to Burr and Martha Canfield. He married Elaine Cowley December 3, 1955.
He is survived by his wife, Elaine; eight children: Wendy Oldroyd, Chris (Cindy), Sherie (Tracy) Frehner, Russ, Tim, Brenda Wagner, Ryan (Kylee), and Jason...
Odean Barnum
Jun 22, 2013
St George, UT " Odean Barnum passed away peacefully while visiting a grandson in South Jordan, Utah. He was 86 years old. He was born July 8, 1926, in St George, Utah, to Orange Decatur Barnum and Angie Bell Hughes and raised in Mesquite, Nevada. During World War II, he served with the U. S. Army in the Philippines. There...
Ira Corbett Stone, Jr.
Jun 22, 2013
St. George, Utah - Ira Corbett Stone, Jr., "Pete", age 92, passed away on June 22, 2013, at home. He was born on June 29, 1921, in Rawlins, Wyoming, to Moretta V. Bagley, and Ira Corbett Stone, Sr. His family moved to Salt Lake City when he was four years old, then to southern California when he was eleven....
Blanche Ramona Stephensen Hardy
Jun 22, 2013
St. George, Utah - Blanche Ramona Stephensen Hardy passed way June 22, 2013, her 92nd birthday. She was born June 22, 1921 to James Peter Stephensen and Julia Ellen Blair in Levan, Utah. Growing up in Levan, she was always surrounded by loving family. She was number 11 of 12 children. She took great pride in her large family and...
Leslie "Brie" Harpster Larsen
Jun 18, 2013
St. George, Utah - Leslie J. "Brie" Larsen Harpster, 52, passed away on June 18, 2013 in St. George, UT. She was born on April 11, 1961 in West Reading, PA to Dean & Phyllis Hunter. She met Scott Larsen in 1993 and they built a life together over the past 20 years.
Leslie was raised in...
Mary Alice Hunter
Jun 17, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada / Toquerville, Utah - Mary Alice Hunter passed away on June 17, 2013, in Las Vegas, NV. Born in Toquerville, Utah on October 20th, 1921 to M. William Bringhurst and Lillian Dalton. She was born at home and is a 4th generation descendant of the original Toquerville pioneers. She was named after her two...
Joan Bergman Aiken
Jun 14, 2013
St. George, Utah - Joan Bergman Aiken, 74, passed away peacefully on June 14, 2013 at her home in St. George, Utah. She was born August 7, 1938 in Salt Lake City , Utah to Reuben W. And Margaret LeDuc Bergman.
Joanie loved dancing and studied ballet at Ralph Cannon Studios. She danced in musicals at Granite...


