Obituaries

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

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...

Ashley Dawn Rubio

Ashley Dawn Rubio

Feb 23, 2013

St. George, UT - Ashley Dawn Rubio was born in Cedar City, UT, on April 19, 2000 to Alfonso and Amber Rubio. She left this earth on February 23, 2013, St. George, UT. Ashley was in 7th grade at Lava Ridge Intermediate School. She aspired to be a sports physical therapist, because she loved sports almost as much as helping...

Deaun Black Anderson

Deaun Black Anderson

Feb 23, 2013

St. George ,Utah - We lost a Utah Jazz fan February 23, 2013, if there is a Jazz Fan Club in Heaven she will be there. DeAun Black Anderson passed away on the day but will be cheering for her favorite basketball team, the Utah Jazz.

DeAun was born September 11, 1926 to Geneva Bennett...

Gearldean "Geri" Woollard

Gearldean "Geri" Woollard

Feb 22, 2013

St. George, Utah - Gearldean "Geri" Woollard passed away peacefully in her sleep Friday, February 22, 2013 at her home in St. George, Utah. Geri was born October 1, 1923 in rural Iowa to Roy and Ethel Page Smith. She was married to George Woollard for 49 years before he passed away in 1991.

Geri and George...

Wendell Murray Hunt

Wendell Murray Hunt

Feb 21, 2013

Enterprise, Utah - Wendell Murray Hunt, known to his friends as "Duke", passed away peacefully at his home on February 21, 2013 from causes incident to age. He was 82.

Wendell was born on April 9, 1930, in Enterprise, Utah to Amos Hunt and Naomi Barnum Hunt, the fifth of seven children, and lived most of his...

Clarence Edward Grody

Clarence Edward Grody

Feb 20, 2013

Washington, Utah - Clarence Edward "Hank" Grody, 90, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home on February 20, 2013. He was born June 30, 1922 in Osborn, Ohio to Charles Edward and Goldie Edmondson Grody. He married Grace Ellen Schmidt on April 6, 1946. Their marriage was later solemnized in 1989 in the Los Angeles LDS Temple....

Raphael "Ray" Merlin Dutson

Raphael "Ray" Merlin Dutson

Feb 17, 2013

Raphael Ray Merlin Dutson, resident of Pleasanton, California, (born July 2, 1934) passed away peacefully on February 17, 2013. He is survived by his children: Teri (Florio), Rick, Kristi (Call) and Leanne (Johanson) and their spouses. He was blessed with 18 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Janice (Stover) Dutson and their infant...

Hal Jacobsen Hatch

Hal Jacobsen Hatch

Feb 17, 2013

St. George, Utah - Hal J. Hatch passed away Sunday, February 17, 2013. He was born May 11, 1932 in Bountiful, Utah to Ray and Christine Hatch. He married Dorene Anderson July 22, 1952 in the Idaho Falls LDS temple.

He served for two years in the U.S. Army in Germany. He graduated from the...

Mark Alexander Requa

Mark Alexander Requa

Feb 17, 2013

Hurricane, Utah - Mark Alexander Requa passed away February 17, 2013. He was born July 6, 1938 in San Jose, California to Alexander and Barbara Jutras Requa. He married Linda Lee Owen. Graveside services will be held Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hurricane City Cemetery, Hurricane, Utah. To honor Mark, the family suggests that in lieu...