Obituaries

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

John Dennis Dove

John Dennis Dove

Oct 21, 2012

St. George, UT - John Dennis Dove ,88, October 21, 2012 in St. George. He was born August 26, 1924 in Warren, PA to Clarence James Dove and Elizabeth Gregor. He married Sadie Josephine Zabaldo on May 21, 1949.

He was raised in western Pennsylvania and was the brother to six sisters. He graduated from Youngsville High...

Michael Walton

Michael Walton

Oct 20, 2012

Michael Walton Pine Valley, UT - Michael Walton, 63, passed away October 20, 2012 in Pine Valley, Utah. He was born on July 24, 1949 in Denver, Colorado to Jack and Maureen Walton. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Debie, two sons and one stepson. Private services will be held at a later date.

Jed Elmo Steffensen

Jed Elmo Steffensen

Oct 20, 2012

St. George, Utah - Jed Elmo Steffensen passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Dixie Regional Medical Center following injuries suffered from a fall. He was born November 6, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Elmo Marion Steffensen and Lovell Hyer Steffensen.

At a young age Jed and the family moved to Helena, Montana where his...

Whitney Anne Webb

Whitney Anne Webb

Oct 20, 2012

Santa Clara, Utah - Whitney Anne Webb, 15, passed away October 20, 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah due to an accident in Snow Canyon State Park. She was born February 20, 1997 in Provo, Utah to Adam and Karin Webb.

Whitney radiated life and love her entire life. As the oldest child, she was the perfect...

Robert "Bob" Horlacher

Robert "Bob" Horlacher

Oct 19, 2012

St. George, Utah - Robert James "Bob" Horlacher passed away Friday, October 19, 2012. He was born March 30, 1931 in Ely, Nevada to Harry and Susan Christiansen Horlacher. Bob lived a good life despite the debilitating disease of Alzheimers in the last years of his life. He was the perfect example of a great husband, father, son,...

George Washington Spencer

George Washington Spencer

Oct 15, 2012

Ivins, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, George Washington Spencer passed away October 15, 2012 at his daughters home with his loving family by his side. He was born July 17, 1933 in Lees Ferry, Arizona to Isaac Carling Spencer and Sylvia Allred. He was the last person born in Lees Ferry. George spent his...

Willard Nicholas Lunt

Willard Nicholas Lunt

Oct 15, 2012

St. George, Utah - Nick Lunt, 79, passed away on October 15, 2012 after his courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was born on June 9, 1933 in Cedar City, UT to Willard H. (Bill) and Inez Knell Lunt. He attended Cedar City High School where he was an All State Basketball and Football player. He then attended BAC...

Anna Adams Seaman

Anna Adams Seaman

Oct 14, 2012

Centerville, Utah - Anna Adams Seaman was born July 7 , 1927 in St. George, Utah, to LeRoy and Emiline Zenetta Winsor Adams, one of twelve children. She was raised in Enterprise, Utah. She married Robert Edwin "Ted" Seaman on August 5, 1947 in the Logan Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She worked for...

Virginia "Gini" Fairchild

Virginia "Gini" Fairchild

Oct 14, 2012

St. George, Utah - Virginia (Gini) Lou Fairchild, 83, died October 14, 2012 at Beehive Homes in St. George, Utah.

Gini was born on April 20, 1929 in Saginaw, Michigan, to Adam and Finis Hausman. She had one brother, Donald, deceased, and one sister, Marian. In 1949, Gini married Norman Tafel, who died just four years after...

Dorothy "Dotty" Nolan

Dorothy "Dotty" Nolan

Oct 12, 2012

St. George, Utah - Dorothy "Dotty" Eleanor Beckett Nolan, R.N., PhD passed away October 12, 2012. She was born March 26, 1923 in New York City to Charles Henry and Lucy Belle Mott Beckett. She married Col. Martin E. Nolan April 24, 1965 in Fort Devens, Mass.

Dotty received her accreditation as an R.N. from Saint Catherines...

Annette Cecile Scholl

Annette Cecile Scholl

Oct 12, 2012

St. George, Utah - Annette Briano Scholl , 64, of St. George, Utah passed away at home on Friday, October 12, 2012. She experienced an acute medical event subsequent to a lengthy, but successful, battle with cancer for the past twenty years. She was more recently preceded in death by her husband, Albert Brundage Scholl and her sister Joan...

Mary Jane Clove Rondo

Mary Jane Clove Rondo

Oct 9, 2012

Mary Jane Clove Rondo slipped away to the other side surrounded by family at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at the Beehive Center in St. George, Utah. She was born June 4, 1924 in St. George, Utah to parents Ivor Clove and Dora Holt Clove. She married Joseph William Rondo on June 7, 1958. Mary served three full time...

Peter Foster

Peter Foster

Oct 8, 2012

Peter Foster passed away October 8, 2012. He was born June 1, 1938 in East Prussia, Germany to Benno and Selma Finklestein. . He married Linda Jean Briscoe. Peter is survived by his wife, Linda; and stepchildren: Earl Raymond Hickman and LiJean Pearl Steele. Graveside services will be held Friday, October 12, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the St. George...

Richard Alan Dredge

Richard Alan Dredge

Oct 8, 2012

St. George, Utah - Richard Alan Dredge, 71, beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, passed away Monday, October 8, 2012 at his home in St. George, Utah following a battle with cancer.

Alan was born on November 25, 1940, in Malad, Idaho, the son of Wilford John Dredge and Vera May Allen Dredge. He was the second...

Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Mccarroll

Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Mccarroll

Oct 8, 2012

St. George, UT - Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCarroll, age 96, was born April 6, 1916 in Butte, Montana to John Tippett and Mary Elizabeth Walters. She passed away peacefully in her home October 8, 2012.

Betty had a happy childhood in Butte, always being looked after by her older brothers. She started school in a one room...

Shannon Drake Paxman

Shannon Drake Paxman

Oct 3, 2012

St. George, UT - Our beloved Shannon left this earthly life on October 3, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer. Shannon was born May 27, 1969, in St. George, Utah. She was the oldest child of Douglas Howard and Helen Holt Drake, who has tirelessly cared for Shannon since her diagnosis.

Shannon grew up...

Arthur Leonard Sandberg

Arthur Leonard Sandberg

Oct 3, 2012

St. George, UT - Arthur Leonard Sandberg, 84, peacefully passed away on October 3, 2012. He was born Easter Sunday, 1928, to Kimball and Lucy Estelle Sandberg. He married Yvonne Parker in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on June 19, 1950. The wedding took place after fishing and before deer seasons, and Yvonne had no idea the passion he...

Verla "Dottie" Cardon Yager

Verla "Dottie" Cardon Yager

Oct 3, 2012

St. George, UT - Verla Dottie Cardon Yager was born June 20, 1915 to Jesse and Francis Farnsworth Cardon in Logan, Utah. She was the third of ten children. Verla is survived by her brother Emanuel Bob Cardon and her sister Nellie Foote. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Frank Yager, her parents, three brothers and four...

Martha Jean Absher

Martha Jean Absher

Oct 1, 2012

St. George, Utah - Martha Absher aka "Martie - The Jam Lady" passed away October 1, 2012. She was born June 8, 1935 to Daniel H. and Marguerite Bayer Lowmiller in Columbus, Ohio. Marties family moved to Unionville, CT where she spent her teenage years in a small community on the Farmington River fishing and skating.

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Jeanne Margaret Starley

Jeanne Margaret Starley

Sep 29, 2012

Jeanne Margaret Starley St. George, Utah - Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully at home with her family around her on September 29, 2012 at the age of 89. She was born in Farmer, SD on June 6, 1923 to Margaret Ann Heck and Bernard J. Luken. She resided in Fordyce, NE. Jeanne joined the U.S....