Obituaries

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

Mary Iva Gubler Stratton

Mary Iva Gubler Stratton

May 23, 2013

Salt Lake City, Utah - Mary Iva Gubler Stratton, 87, passed away May 23, 2013.

Mary was born on January 28, 1926 in Ivins, Utah to Samuel Robert and Laura Viola Tobler Gubler. She was the first child born in the small town, and was thus given the middle name of "Iva". She was the third of...

Barbara Ann Briest

Barbara Ann Briest

May 22, 2013

St. George, Utah - Barbara Ann Murray Briest passed away May 22, 2013. She was born December 14, 1934 to Edward and Janet Murray. She was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with her two sisters, Peggy and June.

She graduated from nursing school on February 18, 1957. On November 8, 1958, she married Steve Bruce Briest in...

Mary Rossetto Mchenry

Mary Rossetto Mchenry

May 21, 2013

What a wonderful full life I have lived, even during the last four years while managing my life with pancreatic cancer. I was brought into this life on July 6, 1932 by my Spanish American mother Candelaria E. Rossetto and my Italian father John B. Rossetto. I grew up during the great depression and graduated with many friends from...

Yolanda "Jodie" Thomas

Yolanda "Jodie" Thomas

May 21, 2013

St. George, UT - Jodie Thomas passed away, in St. George, Utah, on May 21, 2013 after a long illness. Jodie was born as the only child of Marjorie Schultz Jones and Arthur W. Jones on June 1, 1931 in Sacramento, CA. Marjorie later remarried and Jodie was adopted by Dr. Harold Edmund Baird. Jodie was raised by her grandparents,...

Kathleen Marye Morgan

Kathleen Marye Morgan

May 19, 2013

Kathleen Marye Kutch Morgan of St. George, Utah, formerly of Irvine, California, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2013. Kathleen was born January 8, 1961 to Norman and Marye Taylor Kutch in Costa Mesa, CA. She attended Immaculate Heart of Mary Parochial School in Santa Ana and graduated from Mater Dei High School in 1979 and attended Orange Coast college....

Lucille F. Hegstrom Miller

Lucille F. Hegstrom Miller

May 17, 2013

St. George, Utah - Lucille F. Hegstrom Miller left her earthly home Friday, May 17, 2013, surrounded by her husband and all her children. She was born in Ogden, UT on February 19, 1937 to parents, Harvey Rasmus Hegstrom, Sr. and Sarah Lucile Stephensen Hegstrom.

Lucille was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. She graduated from Weber...

Clifford Lagrande Hall

Clifford Lagrande Hall

May 17, 2013

Cedar City, Utah - Clifford LaGrande Hall passed away May 17, 2013. He was born April 27, 1936 in Enterprise, Utah to Clifford and Mae Truman Hall. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Metcalf Mortuary, (435) 673-4221.

Reed Sterling Spafford

Reed Sterling Spafford

May 15, 2013

St. George, Utah - Reed Sterling Spafford passed peacefully May 15, 2013 in St. George, Utah, following a decline in health over the past year. Through it all, and typical of his entire life, he persevered with a positive mental attitude. He was born in Pocatello, Idaho on July 19, 1931 to Reed Spafford and Samantha Leona Reynolds. He...

Leland Emery Huntsman

Leland Emery Huntsman

May 12, 2013

Enterprise, Utah - Leland Emery Huntsman, 103, died Sunday May 12, 2013 at his home in Enterprise, Utah of causes incident to age. He was born September 28, 1909 to Emery Edward and Ida Barbara Staheli Huntsman in Santa Clara, Utah, the oldest of twelve children. He spent his life in Enterprise where he ranched and farmed, and was...

Wilma M. Rowell

Wilma M. Rowell

May 9, 2013

Salt Lake City, Utah - Wilma Maland Rowell passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on March 25, 1923, in Lakeshore, Utah, the oldest of four children, to Ernest E. and Iva Huff Maland. She was raised and educated in Spanish Fork, Utah.

From a very...

Harold Donald Bundy

Harold Donald Bundy

May 7, 2013

St. George, Utah - Harold Donald Bundy, 82, passed away May 7, 2013 in Pocatello, Idaho due to complications from a fall. He was born October 31, 1930 in Riverton, Wyoming to Paul Harold and Martha Sproed Bundy.

Harold lived most of his life in southern California. He married Barbara Braswell and together they had 3 daughters....

Howard Torrey Austin

Howard Torrey Austin

May 5, 2013

Ivins, Utah - Howard Torrey Austin, 51, passed away on May 5, 2013. Howard was born on April 3, 1962 to Howard and Patricia Austin, who preceded him in death, along with his brother, Michael.

Howdy loved the outdoors, and loved to share it with others. He was a friend to everyone, and could always be...

Eileen Blake

Eileen Blake

May 5, 2013

Washington, Utah - Eileen Blake, age 73, died on May 5, 2013 at her home in Washington, UT. She was born March 3, 1940 in Murray, UT to Ferron Joseph and Klea Tew Blake. She married Roc Ratner, of Garden Grove, California on August 30, 1975; they were later divorced.

Eileen was raised in the Shelley, Idaho area and...

Lysle Rex English

Lysle Rex English

May 3, 2013

Toquerville, Utah - Lysle Rex English , 84, our beloved father, grandfather, husband, uncle and brother returned to the loving arms of our Father in Heaven on May 3, 2013.

Lysle was born January 29, 1929 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Charles Luaine English and Gertrude Louise Price English. Lysle was the sixth of ten children....

Florinda Macia De Hevia

Florinda Macia De Hevia

Apr 30, 2013

St. George, UT - Florinda Macia de Hevia, age 91, passed away on April 30, 2013 in St. George, Utah. She was born on January 18, 1922 to Antonio Macia Henandez and Florinda Rodriguez Gonzalez in Havana, Cuba. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Bloomington 6th Ward LDS Manzanita Chapel, 3519...

Brian Anthony Varley

Brian Anthony Varley

Apr 25, 2013

St. George, Utah - Brian Anthony Varley, 26, returned to his Father in Heaven on April 25, 2013 in St. George, Utah. He was born July 19, 1986 in Grand Junction, Colorado to David Anthony Varley and Colette Hunt Varley, being the second of three children. Brian was raised in Grand Junction, and had a happy childhood with his brother,...

Marion Bernice Allen Christensen

Marion Bernice Allen Christensen

Apr 23, 2013

St. George, Utah - Marion Bernice Allen Christensen passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in St George, Utah. Born February 21, 1919 in Blackfoot Idaho, she was the first of five children born to Ada Johnson Allen and Charles Marshall Allen.

In the depth of the Great Depression, her parents established their family-owned and operated store -...

Marvin J. Holloway

Marvin J. Holloway

Apr 21, 2013

Hurricane, Utah - Marvin J. Holloway, 57, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2013 due to a long illness. He was born December 24, 1955 in Dregerton, Utah to Marin A. and Barbara Monson Holloway. He married Meliss Hastings in Green River, Utah. They were later divorced. He married Christine Leach in Page, Arizona. He had two brothers, Bob...

Yvonne Christensen Ahern

Yvonne Christensen Ahern

Apr 20, 2013

Yvonne Christensen Ahern passed away, peacefully in her sleep in the early evening of April 20, 2013 while alone with her loving husband of 67 years. In a touching moment, he was able to sing to her as she passed. At the time, they were living at Cliff View Assisted Living Center, after living for the previous 20 years in...

Rose-Marie White Timmons

Rose-Marie White Timmons

Apr 20, 2013

Las Vegas, Nevada - Rose-Marie White Timmons passed away April 20, 2013. She was born August 14, 1930 in Sacramento, California to Chauncey Oscar and Marie McMurdie Bourne.

She was raised in California for most of her life, graduating from UCLA and later married Jack White in the Logan LDS Temple. Rose-Marie and Jack lived in Northridge,...