Obituaries

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

George Howard Whitehead

George Howard Whitehead

Apr 7, 2013

George Howard Whitehead (Tuff) St. George, Utah - Born and raised in St. George, Utah on March 6, 1915 the second son of four boys, better known as Cotton (Grant), Tuff (Howard), Pig (Wayne), and Bish (Rulon), to Gordon and Clara Jane Church Whitehead. By 8 years of age he had attended Woodward Elementary School and earned money by picking...

Alexander Macpherson

Alexander Macpherson

Apr 6, 2013

St. George, Utah - Alexander Macpherson, age 87, passed away at home on April 6, 2013 surrounded by family. Goodbyes were hard as he will be sorely missed after suffering a debilitating stroke in August 2012. There was also joy for him as he is once again able to walk, move and enjoy "life" again.

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Larae "Grandma Pretty" Driffill

Larae "Grandma Pretty" Driffill

Apr 5, 2013

Hurricane, Utah - LaRae Larson Driffill passed away after a courageous battle with cancer at her home, peacefully surrounded by the ones she loved, on April 5, 2013. She was 80 Years old.

LaRae was born May 15, 1932 in Lago, Utah (Tooele County). The family moved shortly after to Garfield, Utah where she grew-up...

Shonya Nelson

Shonya Nelson

Apr 5, 2013

Shonya Nelson, a devoted Wife, Mother, and Grandma passed away peacefully on April 5, 2013, surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer. She lived a life of hard work and dedication to her children and husband, and later to her grandchildren whom she loved immensely. Shonya was born in Panguitch, Utah to Leo and Charlene Norton. Shonya...

Wendell Scott Jenson

Wendell Scott Jenson

Apr 4, 2013

Cane Beds, AZ - We are saddened to announce that W. Scott Jenson passed away April 4, 2013 at his home in Cane Beds, AZ, at the age of 72. He was born May 13, 1940 in Cedar City, UT, the was the youngest of six children for Kimball and Elene Jenson. He was very young when his...

Wendell Scott Jenson

Wendell Scott Jenson

Apr 4, 2013

REST IN PEACE We are saddened to announce that W. Scott Jenson passed away April 4, 2013 at his home in Cane Beds, AZ, at the age of 72. He was born May 13, 1940 in Cedar City, UT, the youngest of six children for Kimball and Elene Jenson. He was very young when his father died and he learned...

Cuella Sherratt Dalton Stout

Cuella Sherratt Dalton Stout

Apr 2, 2013

Layton, Utah - Cuella Sherratt Dalton Stout born May 16, 1922 to John and Mary Sherratt of Cedar City, UT passed away April 2, 2013 at Apple Village Assisted Living, Layton, UT after a long bout with old age.

She was known for "mothering" her 9 brothers and sisters who were also her playmates since they lived...

Olive Rayola Wankier

Olive Rayola Wankier

Apr 1, 2013

St. George, Utah - Olive Rayola Wankier, 88, passed away April 1, 2013. She was born April 3, 1924 in Moroni, Utah to John Victor and Edna Blanche Draper Cooper. She married Keith Shepherd Wankier on July 21, 1943 in Nephi, Utah. They were sealed on June 29, 1982 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She graduated from Juab...

J. Cressel Sherratt

J. Cressel Sherratt

Apr 1, 2013

St. George, Utah - John Cressel Sherratt, 89,left this world peacefully April 1, 2013 at home. Cressel as he was known was born January 25, 1924 in Cedar City, Utah to John Bulloch and Mary Diantha Cox Sherratt. He was the third of ten children. He married Jennie Hafen, Oct. 17, 1958, in Enoch, Utah, later solemnized in the...

Betty Jean Jean Jacobs

Betty Jean Jean Jacobs

Mar 31, 2013

St. George, Utah - Betty Jean Jacobs passed away Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. She was born August 24, 1921 in Fondulac, Wisconsin to Herbert William Smith and Edna Vivian Smith.

Betty was raised in Arizona with her late brother, Rodney and sister Dorothy. She married Paul Anthony Jacobs on September 5, 1942 in Los Angeles, California....

Shirley Ann Rice

Shirley Ann Rice

Mar 29, 2013

Dammeron Valley, Utah - Shirley Rice passed away March 29, 2013. She was born September 18, 1935 in Hawley, Minnesota to Wilford Bartlett and Anne Mary Janke Plummer. She married Leonard Rice.

A celebration to honor Shirleys life will be held Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Rice residence, 1009...

Elisabetta "Elisa" Biasi

Elisabetta "Elisa" Biasi

Mar 23, 2013

St. George, UT - Elisabetta Benetti Biasi died March 23, 2013 of natural causes at her home in Saint George, Utah. She was born on April 25, 1921 in Vobarno, Brescia, Italy to Pio Carmelo Benetti and Angelica Baruzzi.

She was married to Bruno Biasi in 1934 in La Crescenta, California. She moved to Beryl, Utah in 1946 to...

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...