Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Benjamin Del Simpkins
Dec 12, 2024
Benjamin Del Simpkins; 43, passed away on December 12, 2024, in St. George, Utah. He was born May 27, 1981 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Franklin Delano Simpkins and Sherlyn Jarvis Simpkins. He was a beloved brother, son, and friend to many in our community, and touched the lives of all who knew him with his infectious...
Mary Elizabeth Labrum Nielson
Dec 11, 2024
St. George, Utah - Mary Elizabeth Labrum Nielson passed away peacefully at her home accompanied by loved ones on December 11, 2024. She was born on February 14, 1932 in Meadow, Utah to Blanche and Cyril Labrum. Her teachers and classmates made her feel very special on her Birthday/Valentines Day. A big party was always on to...
John Winslow Evans
Dec 10, 2024
Ivins, Utah – John Winslow Evans passed away on December 10, 2024, after a long and productive life. He was 93 years old at the time of his passing. John was living in Ivins, Utah with his wife, Virgie.
Son of Leland Evans and Hortense Farr, John was the 5th of 7 children....
Lillian East Nelson
Dec 6, 2024
St. George, Utah – Lillian East Nelson, 75 times around the sun, came into the world in Bountiful, Utah on March 7, 1949. She was born to Lucille and Roy East. She lived and loved life and passed on December 6, 2024. Lillian worked every day, creating the world she wanted. She wanted beauty and magic. She...
Jay Richard West
Nov 28, 2024
Hurricane, Utah – Jay Richard West, 80, passed away November 28, 2024. He was born on September 14, 1944, in Richmond, California to Clarence and Hazel West. He married Darla Power on May 6, 1966.
Jay was an avid outdoorsman. He loved golfing, fishing, hunting, camping and hiking. On Jay and Darla's first...
Vernal Hayden Ruesch
Nov 28, 2024
Ivins, UT – Our community lost a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather on Thursday, November 28, 2024, when Vernal Hayden Ruesch, age 84, passed away from non-small cell lung cancer. He was born on May 21, 1940. He married Rosalee Ann Stevens on April 21, 1961, in St. George, Utah, and was later sealed in the...
Gerald Arthur Pare
Nov 26, 2024
Gerald Arthur Pare, age 79, died November 26, 2024, in his home in St. George, UT. He was born in Manchester, NH on March 27, 1945, to Arthur Pare and Loretta (Gervais) Pare. He married Denise Elaine Brown Pare in Manchester, NH on May 12, 1972. He left his wife of 52 years, Denise; his son, Karl...
Anthony Joseph Sarrica
Nov 26, 2024
Anthony Joseph Sarrica, 83, of St. George, Utah passed away on November 26, 2024. Tony was born August 12, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York and was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Louis Sarrica and Jean Profera Sarrica, and by his wife, Ruth Schafer Sarrica.
Tony is survived by his brothers: Joseph...
Richard D. Evans
Nov 26, 2024
St. George, Utah – Richard D. Evans, 78, passed away November 26, 2024, with his beloved wife, Emielie and family by his side. He is survived by his three children, twelve grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Richard was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He spent...
Marcus Brigham "Brig" Darger
Nov 26, 2024
Marcus Brigham Darger "Brig", beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away peacefully on November 26, 2024, at St. George Regional Hospital due to congestive heart failure. Born on August 14, 1944, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Beth McDaniel Darger and David Brigham Darger, Brig experienced...
Jaren Paul Vowles
Nov 23, 2024
Washington, Utah – Jaren Paul Vowles passed away peacefully in St. George, Utah, on November 23, 2024, at the age of 83, surrounded by his family. He was born on November 10, 1941, in a small house on Tooele's Main Street to Everal "Jim" Evans and Pearl Vowles. Jaren's childhood on Vine Street was filled with love...
Peggy Joyce Graham
Nov 20, 2024
Peggy Joyce Graham, age 83, of Washington, Utah, passed away peacefully on November 20, 2024, at 10:30 PM at Ridgeview Gardens residence. She was born on January 28, 1941, in Los Angeles, California, to loving parents, Anna B. Molen and John W. Fowler. Peggy's journey through life was marked by an unwavering love for her family, a...
Catherine Kay Kruger
Nov 20, 2024
St. George, Utah – Catherine Kay Kruger, 79, died peacefully on November 20, 2024, at her home in Saint George, UT. She lost her husband, Fred Arthur Kruger, earlier this year. They were married in Santa Barbara, California on April 21, 1979. They enjoyed their blended family of 2 children, 7 grandchildren and 14 great...
Gayla Vee Brann
Nov 19, 2024
St. George, Utah – Gayla Vee Brann, a cherished sister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, in St. George, Utah, surrounded by her family.
Gayla was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and matriarch of a family who adored her unwavering...
Elma Kaye Workman Jones
Nov 14, 2024
Hurricane, Utah – Elma Kaye Workman Jones, 93, passed away on November 14, 2024, surrounded by family. She was born October 20, 1931, in Hinckley, Utah to Karl Monroe and Ethel Arvilla Workman. She was the oldest of four daughters and was a great help to her parents. She loved growing up where she could ride her...
Arlene Spencer Coulson
Nov 12, 2024
St. George, Utah – Arlene Spencer Coulson, 85, left her family on this side of the veil on November 12, 2024. She was born on May 13, 1939, in Logan, Utah to Phil Muir Spencer and Ruth Wennergren Spencer. She was raised in Evanston, Wyoming where she graduated from Evanston High School. She was employed at the...
Palle Gerlach
Nov 11, 2024
Palle Gerlach, most loved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, died at age 78 on November 11, 2024, Veterans Day, at the Southern Utah Veterans Home in Ivins, UT. He was born in Aalborg, Denmark October 19, 1946, to Aage "William" Gerlach and Inger Hansen Gerlach. He had two older brothers, Willy and Vagn Gerlach and this...
Theron W Randall
Nov 9, 2024
Enterprise, Utah – Theron W Randall passed away unexpectedly on November 9, 2024. Theron was born on August 25, 1939, to Willard Randall and Alta Staheli in Raymond and Thelma Staheli's home across the street from the Enterprise Stake Center on the corner.
He was the first of seven children: Theron, Lavon, Weston,...
Sandra Jane Criddle
Nov 6, 2024
St. George, Utah – Sandra Jane Criddle, 77 years old, returned to her Heavenly Father on November 6, 2024, in St George, UT.
Both Sandra "Sandy" and her twin sister Susan were born on February 8, 1947, in Long Beach, CA to parents, Donald Sullivan and Evelyn Williams and older brother, Tom.
...Lynn Walter Warner
Nov 3, 2024
Hurricane, Utah - Lynn Walter Warner, 75, was born on March 7, 1949. Lynn passed away peacefully on November 3, 2024, in Hurricane, Utah, surrounded by close friends. Lynn's surviving family members are his first wife, Eileen Warner; daughter, Karalynn Warner; second wife, Regina Warner; and nephew, JD Myers. Lynn and Regina Warner had a son, Christopher...


