Obituaries

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

Barbara Joan Houtchens

Barbara Joan Houtchens

Jun 6, 2012

St. George, Utah - Barbara Joan Houtchens passed away June 6, 2012. She was born on May 9, 1937 in Los Angeles, California. She was the middle child of two sisters, Helen Baker Howard and Betty Baker Bergren. Barbara grew up and graduated High School in Fallon, Nevada. After graduation, Barbara married Harley O'Neal Matthews who was serving...

Colleen Harper Greathouse Petty Levy Mickelson

Colleen Harper Greathouse Petty Levy Mickelson

Jun 6, 2012

Washington, Utah - Colleen Harper Greathouse Petty Levy Mickelson passed away peacefully at Dixie Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. She was 86 years old at her passing. Colleen was born October 8, 1925 in Lynndyl, Utah to Jack Harper and Margie Elizabeth Farnsworth. She was raised by Fred Russell Greathouse, her mothers second husband. She...

Ivin E Barlow

Ivin E Barlow

Jun 6, 2012

Enterprise, Utah - Our beloved father and grandfather, Ivin E Barlow, 92, passed away June 6, 2012 in St. George, Utah surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 1, 1919 in Enterprise, Utah to Ephraim and Roxie Truman Barlow. Most of his life was spent in Enterprise as a farmer and John Deere equipment...

Lane Birch

Lane Birch

Jun 4, 2012

St. George, UT- Lane Birch was born August 28, 1954 and left this life on June 4, 2012. He was the son of Helen Harrison Birch and Eldon Birch from St. Anthony, ID, where he was raised. He faithfully served an LDS mission in Germany, followed by earning an undergraduate degree at Boise State University. He later received an MBA...

Johnny Dwayne Curry

Johnny Dwayne Curry

Jun 2, 2012

Hurricane, Utah - Our dear son, father, uncle, brother and friend passed away unexpectedly in his home June 2, 2012. Johnny was born September 15, 1974 in Elko, Nevada. He is the son of Cindy Dalaba and Brad Dalaba. He lived in Elko, Nevada most of his life, then he moved to Hurricane, Utah. Johnny was a very...

Galen Roger Carter

Galen Roger Carter

Jun 2, 2012

St. George, Utah - Galen Roger Carter, 72, passed away of natural causes on June 2, 2012 at Dixie Regional Medical Hospital in St. George, Utah. He was born on February 25, 1940, in Oxford, Nebraska, to Walter and Mathilda (ten Bensel) Carter.

Galen graduated from Arapahoe High School, class of 1958. Following graduation, he...

Steven C. Sorensen

Steven C. Sorensen

Jun 1, 2012

Washington, Utah - Steven C. Sorensen passed away June 1, 2012. He was born May 1, 1946, the only child to William Charles and May Hansen Sorensen. He married Carole Park November 27, 1987 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Steven graduated from Westminister College with a BS Degree and a degree in mathematics. He was very...

Delmar D. Gott

Delmar D. Gott

May 31, 2012

Delmar D. Gott, age 92, passed away Thursday, May 31, 2012 in St. George, Utah. He was born June 25, 1919 in Barnes City, Iowa to John T. and Ethylin Ruth Sanders Gott. In 1941, Delmar married Ann Gott and they were later divorced. Delmar married Effa Virginia Nielson on July 1, 1949 in Reseda, CA. Their marriage was later...

Rickey Lynn Alexander

Rickey Lynn Alexander

May 30, 2012

St. George, Utah - Rickey Lynn Alexander, 57, beloved son, father, brother and husband, passed away in his home Wednesday, May 30, 2012 of natural causes. He was born July 30, 1954 in San Luis Obispo, California to Harmon Clint and Lelia June Ketchie Alexander. He graduated from Santa Maria High School in 1972.

Marlene Clark Eames

Marlene Clark Eames

May 30, 2012

Ivins, Utah - Marlene Clark Eames, our beloved wife, mother , grandmother, sister and friend passed away into the arms of her Heavenly Father on May 30, 2012 after a brave 19 month battle with cancer. She was born May 9, 1937 in Hyde Park, Utah to Jonathan Shirley Clark and Florence Rasmussen Clark. She grew up in...

Johnny Michiel Miller

Johnny Michiel Miller

May 30, 2012

Ivins, Utah - Johnny Michiel Miller passed away May 30, 2012. He was born October 31, 1950 in Greenville, South Carolina to Harrison Robert and Daisy Smith Miller. He married Sheila Diane Hansen.

Johnny is survived by his wife, Sheila; son, Michael Wayne Miller; son, Samuel Jamie Rogers; daughter, Samantha Rogers; daughter, Marla Tullis; son,...

Lucjan Josef Bialbrzeski

Lucjan Josef Bialbrzeski

May 30, 2012

Toquerville, Utah - Lucjan Josef Bialobrzeski passed away May 30, 2012. He was born January 22, 1924 in Warsaw, Poland to Josef and Bronislawa Nowosielska Bialobrzeski.

A funeral mass will be held Monday, June 4, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the St. George Catholic

Church, 259 West 200 North, St. George, Utah. A...

Janice Elliott Fenton

Janice Elliott Fenton

May 29, 2012

St. George, Utah - Janice Elliott Fenton passed away May 29, 2012. Jan was born January 16, 1940 in Provo, Utah to Stanley Elliott and Deon Anderson Elliott. She married Lawrence "Larry" Taylor, he passed shortly after their marriage. Jan met and married her soul mate Nelson Thomas Fenton on July 23, 1965 in Salt Lake LDS Temple....

Thomas M. Damiano

Thomas M. Damiano

May 29, 2012

St. George, Utah - Thomas Maurice Damiano was a veteran of World War II. He served in the USAAF during the latter part of the war and was stationed in Nottingham in the United Kingdom. He flew in C-47's and was a flight engineer. While serving, he survived a mid-air collision and later participated in the Normandy invasion on...

Virginia Rentfro

Virginia Rentfro

May 28, 2012

St. George / Salt Lake City, Utah - Virginia Rentfro passed away May 28, 2012. She was born March 29, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Adolf and Ada Barnes Lindorff.

Virginia served in the Marine Corps during World War II. She played softball on the Shamrocks team from a teen until she married....

Alexander James Metzger

Alexander James Metzger

May 26, 2012

St. George, Utah - On May 26, 2012 our beloved son Alexander James Metzger, age 22, returned home to our heavenly father. Alex came into this world September 9, 1989 in Los Angeles, California in the most adventurous way, and that is the way he chose to live his life.

Alex resided in...

Christopher Jordan Chapman

Christopher Jordan Chapman

May 26, 2012

Santa Clara, Utah - Christopher Jordan Chapman, age 20, died from a tragic plane crash Saturday, May 26, 2012 in St. George, Utah. He was born June 17, 1991 in St. George, Utah, a son of Chris K. Chapman and Terry Lee Denney Chapman.

Jordan grew up in St. George, Utah. He graduated from Snow...

Tanner James Holt

Tanner James Holt

May 26, 2012

St. George, UT - Tanner James Holt, 23, returned to the arms of his Heavenly Father May 26, 2012 in St. George, Utah. He was born June 26, 1988 in St. George, Utah to Brad and Diane Holt.

Tanner was raised in St. George, Utah where he graduated from Pine View High School. He was...

Thomas E. Watkins

Thomas E. Watkins

May 22, 2012

St. George, Utah - Thomas E. Watkins, 78, passed away May 22, 2012 from a long illness. Tom was born June 21, 1933 to Earl and Lena May Watkins in Carbon County. He graduated from Carbon High School where he met the love of his life, LeIsle Stevenson and married her May 10, 1953 just prior...

Dr. Clayton Antone Prince

Dr. Clayton Antone Prince

May 19, 2012

St. George, Utah - Dr. Clayton Antone Prince, 92, passed away peacefully, following a lengthy illness, in his home on Saturday, May 19, 2012, surrounded by extended family. Clayton, born in St. George on February 17, 1920, was the second of four children born to Antone Benjamin and Vilate Cottam Prince. After spending the first eight...