Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Tyler Reed Houchen
Jun 8, 2013
St. George, Utah - Tyler Reed Houchen left this earth and returned to his Heavenly Father on June 8, 2013. He was born in Salt Lake City, UT on August 22, 1992 to Jeffrey C. and Tamara Dee Houchen. He graduated from Snow Canyon High School. Anyone who knew Tyler (Hoochie) was forever changed. He was so full of life,...
Dr. Royal Clifford Hurd
Jun 4, 2013
Our beloved father, grandfather, brother and loving husband of Clarice was called home to rest. Royal Clifford Hurd, with his loved ones by his side at his home in St. George, passed peacefully on June 4, 2013. He was born December 6, 1931, at Liberty, Woodbury County, Iowa, the son of Walker Henry and Leola Cutler Hurd. He was preceded...
Steven Gary Orchard
Jun 3, 2013
St. George, Utah - Steven Gary Orchard lost his nine month courageous fight with cancer on June 3, 2013. He was born May 16, 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Laraine P. and William Gary Orchard. He retired after 24 years of military service, then retired after 10 years of service in the Veterans Administration. He is survived...
Debeth Steed Dickman
Jun 2, 2013
Springdale, Utah - DeBeth Steed Dickman, 92, returned to her Heavenly Father peacefully in her home, surrounded by family, on June 2, 2013. She was born January 19, 1921 in Nephi, Utah to Della Elizabeth and Glenn W. Steed. On June 10, 1942, DeBeth married Vernon F. Dickman in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Beloved mother, grandmother,...
Lew V. Carlaon
Jun 2, 2013
Washington, Utah - Lew V. Carlson passed away June 2, 2013. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Mae and Vern Carlson on August 13, 1928. He was orphaned at age three and was raised by aunts and uncles.
Lew received his pilots license at age 16. He loved to fly. After high school he enlisted in...
William "Bill" Nulan Reeves
May 31, 2013
St. George, Utah - William "Bill" Nulan Reeves left this life on Friday, May 31, 2013. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends and most assuredly by his sweetheart and wife, Pamela. Bill was born on February 19, 1933 to Troy Lee and Annabelle Reeves. He was the third child of four in his family. His...
Wilma Steed Angius
May 31, 2013
Rockville, Utah - Wilma Angius passed away peacefully on May 31, 2013 at the age of 94. Wilma was a leader in the organic gardening movement in Southern Utah, and was one of the founders of the Farmers' Market in Springdale, Utah. From her extensive garden in Rockville, Utah, she supplied a wide array of organic fruits and vegetables...
Craig Carson Dehart
May 27, 2013
Craig Carson DeHart of Montezuma Canyon, Monticello, Utah, passed away May 27, 2013, at age 70, due to health complications.
Craig was born April 30, 1943, in Provo, Utah to Louis Kershaw and Virginia McNamara DeHart. He married Jeanie Ilene Lamb, August 22, 1966, in the Salt Lake Temple. They have been married over 47 years and...
Greta May Harding
May 27, 2013
St. George, Utah - Greta May Harding passed away May 27, 2013. She was born December 21, 1917 in London, Ontario, Canada to Percy Roy and Thressa May Wadsworth Saunders. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Metcalf Mortuary, (435) 673-4221.
Bettie F. Brunt Coles
May 25, 2013
Lehi, Utah - Early in the morning of May 25, 2013, Bettie F. Brunt Coles passed away after a battle with heart disease and cancer. She was a special lady, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Bettie was born March 31, 1923 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Joseph A. and Fanny Gudmundsen Brunt. She was the sixth child of...
Dorothy Louise Coe Stratton
May 24, 2013
Hurricane, Utah - Dorothy passed away peacefully on Friday May 24, 2013 at the age of 84. She was born on December 21, 1928 to Nathan Harold & Blanche Olivia (Nielson) Coe in Snowville, Utah. Dorothy's family moved to Boulder City, Nevada when she was 4 years old. There she grew up and graduated from the Boulder City High...
Joan Ackley
May 23, 2013
St. George, Utah - Joan Ackley died on Thursday 23 May, 2013 in St. George, Utah. She is survived by her husband, Richard; two children: Steve and Karen; and her pet Charlie--possibly the world's fattest cat.
Joan grew up in a lively Irish Catholic family that lived and thrived through the Depression. She and her family ended...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...


