Obituaries

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

Lloyd Grant Jones

Lloyd Grant Jones

Mar 22, 2013

Hurricane, Utah - Lloyd Grant Jones, 85, loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother, passed away peacefully in his sleep Friday, March 22, 2013 in Hurricane, Utah. Grant was born in St. George on August 21, 1927; the second child of Clarence and Madaline Jones. After his tour of duty with the Army Air Force in Okinawa during World War...

Ruby M. Burton

Ruby M. Burton

Mar 20, 2013

St. George, Utah - Ruby M. Burton passed away March 20, 2013, two days before her 94 th birthday. She was born in Hastings, Nebraska to Herman Ferdinand and Ruth Ellen Hammond Knosp.

Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur L. Burton; son, Romaine Arthur Burton; and granddaughter, Sherri Lyn Kesler. She is survived by...

Ida Marianne Wootton "Grandma Moses"

Ida Marianne Wootton "Grandma Moses"

Mar 17, 2013

Our wonderful Mother, friend, and inspiration passed away on March 17, 2013. With her walking stick always at her side "Grandma Moses" as she was known to many in the St. George area, was an inspiration and a joy to those who knew her. Born in Papeete, Tahiti on April 7, 1921, Mom's family moved to the US in the...

Amelia Marie Hansen

Amelia Marie Hansen

Mar 17, 2013

Washington, UT - Amelia Marie Hansen, age 2, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Amelia was born in St George to Kurt and Ashley Hansen. She is a happy girl that loved everyone she came into contact with, as well as caused those people to fall in love with her. Amelia was always her own boss and enjoyed...

Allan Harry Lowe

Allan Harry Lowe

Mar 16, 2013

Hurricane, Utah - Allan Harry Lowe passed away March 16, 2013. He was born March 28, 1925 in Pasadena, California to Eric Plumbly and Minnie Cecelia Smith Lowe.

Funeral services will be held Monday, March 25, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the LaVerkin LDS Stake Center, 481 North Main Street, LaVerkin, Utah. A visitation will be...

Ida May Candland

Ida May Candland

Mar 15, 2013

Washington, Utah - Ida May Iverson Cox Niemoth Myers Candland, age 97, returned to her Heavenly Father Friday, March 15, 2013 at The Meadows, her home for the last 5 ½ years. She was able to stay active and was blessed to have less than two weeks down in bed. She was born October 24, 1915 in Washington, Utah...

Myrtle Ollie Barlocker Singleton

Myrtle Ollie Barlocker Singleton

Mar 15, 2013

Enterprise, Utah - Myrtle Ollie Barlocker Singleton, age 77, passed away March 15, 2013 in St. George, Utah after a two year battle with cancer. She was born November 21, 1935 in Enterprise, Utah to Ernest Emil and Iola Terry Barlocker. She married Harold L. Singleton in 1952. Their marriage was later solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple...

Nancy Kathleen Harrison

Nancy Kathleen Harrison

Mar 11, 2013

Nancy Kathleen Harrison, age 57, returned home to her Heavenly Father on March 11, 2013. She was born in Van Nuys, California on July 30, 1955 to Richard Knox and Frances Wheeler Knox and raised in the San Fernando Valley. She was blessed with two beautiful daughters, Sheree and Elyse. She graduated from Brigham Young University and chose to become...

Anna Olga Plepis Shaw

Anna Olga Plepis Shaw

Mar 10, 2013

Anna Olga Plepis Shaw, 86, passed away peacefully on March 10, 2013, surrounded by her family. She lived a long life full of love, service, teaching, learning, travel, adventure and so much more. She was the sweetest, strongest and most smiling woman we know. Anna was born December 6, 1926, in Hanover Township, PA, to Lithuanian immigrants George Plepis and...

Dennis Reed Van Fleet

Dennis Reed Van Fleet

Mar 10, 2013

Dennis Reed Van Fleet, 70, died March 10, 2013 in St. George, Utah. He was born October 8, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Ruth and Reed Van Fleet of Farmington, Utah. He married Debra J. Brown in the Logan Temple on April 18, 1963. Dennis was raised in Farmington. He went to Davis High School and attended Weber...

Keith W Welch

Keith W Welch

Mar 6, 2013

St. George, Utah -Keith W Welch, a beloved husband and father, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2013, at the age of 81. He was born in Tremonton, UT on March 5, 1932 to William Charles Welch and Verda Farnes Welch. He married Veda Ranae Reid on March 16, 1956 in the Salt Lake City temple. They were married for...

Joan Mary "Hyam" Hopkinson

Joan Mary "Hyam" Hopkinson

Mar 6, 2013

LaVerkin, UT - Joan Mary "Hyam" Hopkinson, age 59, passed away in LaVerkin on March 6, 2013 after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Plainfield, New Jersey on December 31, 1953 to Donald Cuthbert and Dolores Kazmierkiewicz Cuthbert. She married Timothy Lee Hopkinson on August 3, 1991 in Dana Point, California. She loved accounting and received...

Grace Meyers Wilton

Grace Meyers Wilton

Mar 4, 2013

St. George, Utah - Grace Meyers Wilton passes away March 4, 2013. She was born April 10, 1926 in Pocatello, Idaho to Jacob and Frieda Pieper Meyers. She married Robert Earl Wilton.

Funeral services will be held Friday, March 15, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at the Maple Valley LDS Chapel, 26800 Southeast 236 th Street, Maple...

Robert Nicholls

Robert Nicholls

Mar 4, 2013

Ivins, Utah - Our dear loving husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather, Robert Nicholls, passed away suddenly and peacefully on March 4, 2013 at his home in Ivins, Utah. He was born November 7, 1935 to Barnard and Berenice Nicholls. He graduated from East High School and married his high school sweetheart, Louise Couch, on March 21, 1958 in...

Phillip Edwin Rowe

Phillip Edwin Rowe

Mar 1, 2013

St. George, Utah - Phillip Edwin Rowe, only child of Lyle Kane and Bess Dean Minor Rowe, born July 12, 1916, passed away March 1, 2013 surrounded by family. He married Margaret May Eldredge, and they had 3 children: Eldred Lawrence, Kathleen Bess and Phillip Terrence. He married Dorothy Lund Martin in1983 and they resided in Salt Lake City,...

Gaylene Rosenberg Sims

Gaylene Rosenberg Sims

Feb 27, 2013

St. George, UT - Our dear sweet mother, grandmother, sister, and friend Gaylene Rosenberg Sims, 74, returned gracefully to Heavenly Father Wednesday, February 27, 2013 in St. George Utah. She did not allow her 14 year battle with cancer to define her life. Instead, she was known for her Christlike service to anyone she saw in need. She enjoyed...

Donnavieve Nicol Smith Avery

Donnavieve Nicol Smith Avery

Feb 27, 2013

St. George, Utah - Donnavieve Nicol Smith Avery, 89, passed away February 27, 2013. She was born July 12, 1923 in Provo, Utah to Hyrum Chase and Isabella "Tressa" Murdoch Nicol. She married Roy B. Smith in Provo, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They were blessed with five children. After Roys passing,...

Jason Ronald Humphries

Jason Ronald Humphries

Feb 26, 2013

Enterprise, Utah - Jason Ronald Humphries, 24, passed away February 26, 2013. He was born April 30, 1988 in St. George, Utah to Ronald and Teresa Hunt Humphries. He married Lacy Ann Gardner on May 14, 2010 in the Manti LDS Temple.

Jason was raised in Enterprise, Utah and graduated from Enterprise High School. He was an...

Maitland Kenneth Hancox

Maitland Kenneth Hancox

Feb 26, 2013

St. George, Utah - Maitland Kenneth Hancox passed away February 26, 2013. He was born April 11, 1936 in Los Angeles, California to Constance Mathers and Gordon Hancox. He was married to Pat Carrigan for 24 years before her passing in 2005.

Mait served in the U.S. Navy in 1953. He worked in the theater in Connecticut...

Norma Ruth Crabtree

Norma Ruth Crabtree

Feb 24, 2013

St. George, Utah - Ruth Crabtree, age 71, returned to her Heavenly Father on February 24, 2013, following her battle with cancer. She was born January 2, 1942, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the daughter of Herman and Marie Poteete.

In her early years she resided in Clovis, California, and settled into the San Jose Bay Area as...