Obituaries

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

Florence Gertrude Packard

Florence Gertrude Packard

Sep 1, 2012

St. George, Utah - Our dear mother, aunt and friend, Florence Gertrude Petersen Packard passed away September 1, 2012, just two months shy of her 97 th birthday. She was born in Sandy, Utah on November 1, 1915 to Louis and Gertrude Alvinnie Olsen Petersen following the birth of five brothers into the Petersen family. She was the first...

Kathleen "Kate" Hein

Kathleen "Kate" Hein

Aug 31, 2012

St. George, Utah - Kathleen "Kate" Hein, 71, went home to be with the Lord on August 31, 2012. She was born on August 25, 1941 in Colorado Springs, CO to Billy and Eula McConnell.

Kate will be remembered most for her love of Jesus which was evident by the many ways she unselfishly ministered...

Lois Scott Baker

Lois Scott Baker

Aug 26, 2012

St. George, Utah - Lois Wilma Scott Baker passed peacefully from this life on August 26, 2012, as a result of cancer.

She was born July 14, 1926, in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, to Nettie Ethel Husbandt and Gordon Ray Scott.

At age 16, Lois moved to California where she met and married Lyle Martin...

Alice Margaret Foremaser Forsyth

Alice Margaret Foremaser Forsyth

Aug 24, 2012

St. George, Utah - Alice Margaret Foremaster Forsyth, 81, returned to her Heavenly Father August 24, 2012, peacefully in her home. She was born March 14, 1931 at her ranch home in Pahranagat Valley (Richardville) Alamo, NV to Carl Eli Foremaster and Emma Alice Richard.

She met and married Allen Dale Forsyth on September 13, 1951 and...

Wilford "Chick" Mcphail

Wilford "Chick" Mcphail

Aug 23, 2012

LaVerkin, Utah - Chick was born to Wilford Horace McPhail and Ivy Sessions McPhail on August 2, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He arrived as the fourth child in his family with Elaine McPhail Parkinson, Dorothy McPhail Pierce and Norma McPhail preceding him. Chick's brothers, Kenneth McPhail and David McPhail followed him in birth. His brother...

Phyllis Bowden Averett

Phyllis Bowden Averett

Aug 21, 2012

New Harmony, Utah - Phyllis Bowden Averett returned home August 31, 2012, after complications of surgery. She was born February 28, 1921, the daughter of Clarence and Rebecca Paxman Bowden. She served in the Spanish American Mission and remained actively engaged in church callings. As a 16 year old Sunday School teacher, she taught 10 year old President...

Joyce Elaine Prentice

Joyce Elaine Prentice

Aug 21, 2012

Washington, Utah - Joyce Elaine Prentice, 73, passed away August 21, 2012. She was born in Los Angeles, California on November 21, 1938.

Joyce is survived by her husband, Daniel Prentice; her brother, John Carmack; her five children: Valerie (Efrem) Rosenfeld, Patricia (Kim) Cordillo, Daniel (Sandra) Maloney, Jennifer Maloney and Sandra Maloney; ten grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren....

Joanne Kelly Baker

Joanne Kelly Baker

Aug 19, 2012

St. George, UT - JoAnne Kelly Baker, 84, from St. George Utah passed away Sunday, August 19, 2012. She was born January 6, 1928 in Salt Lake City Utah to Claude John Nelsen and Mary Fern Kelly. She married Kenneth Eugene Baker on January 2, 1946. She spent most of her life in Southern California and moved...

William D. Jones

William D. Jones

Aug 19, 2012

St. George, Utah - William D. Jones (Dee or Bill Jones) passed away August 19, 2012 in the Platinum Care Center, St. George, UT. He was born in St. George on September 21, 1919 to William H. Jones and Edna Canfield. He had nine brothers and sisters.

Dee helped his father in his carpentry work and with...

Gean Frost

Gean Frost

Aug 18, 2012

St. George, Utah - Gean Frost, returned to her Heavenly Father on August 18th, 2012, her vivacious personality no longer suppressed by Alzheimer's Disease. Mary Gean McMillan was born to Arthur Simper McMillan and Marion Mazzle Spenst on March 8, 1937 in Logan, Utah. In 1942 her mother married Ross Riggins, whom Gean lovingly referred to as Daddy....

Harold William Norton

Harold William Norton

Aug 16, 2012

St. George, UT - Harold William Norton passed away August 16, 2012 at his home in St. George, Utah, from complications resulting from a fall. He was 99 years old.

Born July 31, 1913, in Logan, Utah, to Elvin Jensen Norton and Martha Amanda Barron Norton, Hal was the sixth in his family of eight...

Keith Vernon Landon

Keith Vernon Landon

Aug 16, 2012

St. George, Utah - Keith Vernon Landon passed from mortality in the early morning hours of Thursday, August 16, 2012, at his Bloomington home just four months short of his 99th birthday. Born to Berl and Lulu Mae Landon on December 28, 1913 in Glenwood, Iowa, Keith was the oldest of four, including three sisters: Bernadine, Tempa and...

Joyce Barrett Talbot

Joyce Barrett Talbot

Aug 14, 2012

St. George, Utah - Joyce Barrett Talbot passed away peacefully on August 14, 2012 in St. George, Utah at the age of 80. By her side was her devoted husband of 12 years, Elden Verl Talbot, who cared for her as she fought cancer during the past ten months.

Joyce was born on July 13, 1932, in...

Lucile Burbidge Millar

Lucile Burbidge Millar

Aug 13, 2012

St. George, UT - Her birth August 11, 1921 to her parents James W. and Lucile Chase Burbidge of Ogden, Utah was a joyful event as they received a girl to go with their six sons. The Burbidge household was a happy place to grow up and she spent her childhood going to schools in the area. After Madison...

Lorraine Amelia Urbaniak

Lorraine Amelia Urbaniak

Aug 13, 2012

St. George, Utah - Lorraine Amelia Urbaniak, 88, passed away August 13, 2012. She was born May 9, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan to Harry Secord and Ann Walkowski Secord. She married Raymond C. Urbaniak August 31, 1940 at St. Marys Church in Wayne, Michigan.

Lorraine was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother whose love touched hearts...

James William Basick

James William Basick

Aug 10, 2012

St. George, Utah - James William Basick passed away August 10, 2012. He was born November 6, 1958 in Ontario, Canada to William Basick and Mary Stor Basick.

He is survived by his wife, Janice: and children: Christopher, Tommy, Laura and Brenda. He will be greatly missed!

Funeral Services will be held Friday, August 17,...

Eugen (Gene) Otto Bergmann

Eugen (Gene) Otto Bergmann

Aug 9, 2012

Eugen (Gene) Otto Bergman, 78, passed away peacefully at a hospital in Salt Lake City, UT with his wife and family members at his side on August 9, 2012.

Gene was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, neighbor and friend. He was born in Dortmund, Germany on June 23, 1934 to Otto and Grete Domanski Bergmann. In 1956,...

Venus Merrill Wheeler

Venus Merrill Wheeler

Aug 7, 2012

St. George, Utah - Venus Merrill Wheeler passed away August 7, 2012. She was born in Preston, Idaho April 29, 1918 to Leslie Vinton Merrill and Marie Miller Merrill, the second of seven children. Venus married James Herbert Wheeler in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on August 27, 1940.

Singing was always mothers love and...

Donald Lorenzo Horsley, Jr.

Donald Lorenzo Horsley, Jr.

Aug 7, 2012

Beryl, Utah - Donald Lorenzo Horsley, Jr. passed away August 7, 2012. He was born April 3, 1956 in Cedar City, Utah to Donald Horsley, Sr. and Janet Perks Horsley. He is survived by his parents.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the New Castle LDS Ward Chapel, 55 South...

Maurice "Moe" David Cyr

Maurice "Moe" David Cyr

Aug 4, 2012

St. George, Utah - Maurice David Cyr "Moe" passed away at home on August 4, 2012 due to a heart condition. He was born September 4, 1951 in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of Joseph Romeo Cyr "Romeo" and Germaine Therese Brasseur "Therese". Moe grew up just across the Canadian border from Edmundston in the town of Madawaska,...