Obituaries

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

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,...

Lyman Ray Short

Lyman Ray Short

Apr 19, 2013

St. George, Utah - Lyman Ray Short, born May 3, 1936 in Rupert, ID to Albert Ray Short and Rhoda F. Bywater, returned peacefully to his Heavenly Father on April 19, 2013 at the age of 76 after a courageous battle with cancer.

His early years were spent farming with his father. He had many good times...

Samuel Robert Gunter

Samuel Robert Gunter

Apr 19, 2013

Washington, Utah - Samuel Robert Gunter, 84, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2013. He was born April 20, 1928 in Mt. Emmons, Utah to Samuel Gunter and Elsie Wright Gunter. He married his sweetheart, Karma Gayle Morrison on October 16, 1952 in Duchesne, Utah.

Sam served his country proudly in the U.S. Army and was a...

Patricia Anne Johnson Knudsen

Patricia Anne Johnson Knudsen

Apr 15, 2013

St. George, Utah - Patricia Anne Johnson Knudsen passed away April 15, 2013. She was born on December 9, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois. Tricia grew-up in the Matanuska Valley, Territory of Alaska until she graduated from the eighth grade. Her parents were Clinton and Doris Cease Johnson and she had one younger sibling, Norma. All of family of...

Robert Harry Bracken

Robert Harry Bracken

Apr 15, 2013

St. George, Utah - Robert Harry Bracken passed away April 15, 2013. He was born September 8, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Harry L. and Dorothy Froiseth Bracken.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. , with a viewing prior to services at 9:00 a.m, at the Grace Episcopal Church,...

Carma C. Roberts

Carma C. Roberts

Apr 13, 2013

St. George, Utah - Carma C. Roberts, age 87, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 13, 2013. She was born in Manti, Utah, the last of five children, to Wilford Silas "Dick" and Martha Jenette Mortensen Carlson. Mom's childhood memories are of spending winters during her grade school years being raised in Zion Park at the Court of the...

Carma Carlson Roberts

Carma Carlson Roberts

Apr 13, 2013

"In Loving Memory" Carma C Roberts, age 87, passed away peacefully on Sat. April 13, 2013. She was born in Manti, UT the last of five children to Wilford Silas (Dick) and Martha Jenette Mortensen Carlson. Mom's childhood memories are of spending winters during her grade school years raised in Zion Park at the Court of the Patriarchs. She was...

Irene Woodbury Pollock

Irene Woodbury Pollock

Apr 12, 2013

Irene Woodbury Pollock, 91, of St. George, Utah passed away on Friday, April 12, 2013. She was born in Kanarraville, Utah on November 23, 1921. She attended school in Cedar City, Utah and continued in learning opportunities throughout her life. She married Henry Denor "Deke" Pollock on June 11, 1940 in Parowan, Utah. They were married 68 years.

...

Gale Rodgers

Gale Rodgers

Apr 11, 2013

St. George, Utah - Gale Rodgers passed away April 11, 2013. He was born March 13, 1916 in Avert, Missouri to William and Lulamae Rodgers. He moved to Arkansas at an early age. He graduated from Arkansas State College Jonesboro, Arkansas. he began teaching after graduation in 1937 at Bay, Arkansas , and taught there for five years.

...