Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Estol James "Ike" Simkins
Jul 18, 2012
Ivins, UT - Estol James "Ike" Simkins, age 84, passed away on July 18, 2012 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah. He was born on May 8, 1928 in Provo, Utah, to James and Mary Buell Simkins. Ike had one brother and one sister. The family was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Arlena Heidenreich Duke
Jul 18, 2012
St. George, Utah - Arlena Heidenreich Duke passed away July 18, 2012. She was born November 10, 1921 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Russell Duke on December 4, 1954 in Provo, Utah who preceded her in death. She worked 17 years for Metropolitan Life in the Provo District, 7 of which she was Office Manager. She...
Dzidra Erglis Yallouris
Jul 14, 2012
St. George, Utah - Dzidra Erglis Yallouris passed away July 14, 2012. She was born July 27, 1926 in Riga, Latavia to Roberts and Kate Kocers Erglis. She lived in Latvia , Germany, Australia and U.S.A. She married Nicholas Yallouris, a Greek from Alexandria, Egypt in Sydney, Australia. They were happily married for 22 years. Dzidra loved music, ballet, dancing,...
Harold Blaine Johnson
Jul 13, 2012
St. George, Utah - Harold Blaine Johnson, 89, passed away peacefully Friday, July 13, 2012, at his home in St. George, Utah. He was born October 26, 1922, in Salem, Idaho, to Willard and Lillian Nielsen Johnson. He was raised and attended schools in Sugar City, Idaho. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Blaine married Shirley Herrick in...
Luezon Peterson Truman
Jul 12, 2012
Enterprise, UT - Luezon Peterson Truman, 86, passed away July 12, 2012 in St. George, Utah. She was born May 11, 1926 in Lyman, Utah to Thorvald and Sarah Ellen Jackson Peterson. She married Burney M. Cook. They were later divorced. She married Alvin Leavitt ("Tique") Truman on February 17, 1956 in Panaca, Nevada. Their marriage was later solemnized on...
Daniel Arthur Clinger
Jul 11, 2012
"Family and church first, service before self and excellence in all he did" St. George, UT - Daniel Arthur Clinger died at the age of 92 in St. George, Utah on Wednesday morning, July 11, 2012. He passed away at home, surrounded by loving family members.
Daniel was born February 18, 1920 in Brigham...
Virginia Lee Forsyth Edwards
Jul 9, 2012
Central, UT - Virginia Forsyth Edwards, age 79, of Central, Utah, left her loved ones on this earth to continue her journey on the morning of July 9, 2012 unexpectedly with her loving husband, "Bud", by her side. She was born on September 24, 1932 in Caliente, Nevada to Stanley and Annie Swensen Forsyth. She had three brothers and...
Emily Lee Trenholm
Jul 7, 2012
St. George, UT - Our beloved mother and grandmother, Emily Lee Quillin Trenholm, passed away peacefully on Saturday July 7, 2012 in St. George, Utah. She was born on March 11, 1925, in Norton, Virginia, to George Dewey Quillin and Irma Lucille Tarry Quillin. She was the younger of two children.
When mom was 16 years old,...
Annabelle Lang
Jul 5, 2012
St. George, Utah - Annabelle Lang passed away July 5, 2012. She was born August 25, 1920 in Lebanon, Indiana to Alfred and Alta Mae Cranford Dunn. When she was under a year old, the family moved from Indiana to California. She married Ray Lang.
Annabelle is survived by her children: Geraldine Fodran, Marilyn Lang,...
Robert Ogden Ward
Jun 29, 2012
St. George, Utah - Robert Ogden Ward, 82, passed away June 29, 2012 at his home in St. George, Utah. He was born January 24, 1930 in Richfield, Utah the eighth of ten children to Alfred Jackson and Janet Ogden Ward. He married Louise Ainsworth on September 20, 1954 in the Manti LDS Temple.
Robert...
Noel John Schroeder
Jun 29, 2012
WASHINGTON, UTAH - After a short battle with cancer, Noel John Schroeder went to meet his Savior on Friday, June 29, 2012. He was born in Niagara Falls, New York on January 26, 1932, and soon went home from the hospital with his parents, Henry and Elsa Schroeder. Noel was baptized and attended Holy Cross Lutheran School in Bergholtz, New...
Reva Helene Atkin Truman
Jun 29, 2012
ENTERPRISE, UTAH - Reva Helene Atkin Truman, beloved wife, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, completed her sojourn on earth and returned to her Heavenly Home on Friday, June 29, 2012 from her home in Enterprise, Utah. She left behind, and is dearly missed by, her husband, William James "Billy Jim" Truman of Enterprise, Utah; son, David (Jacque)...
Mary Thomas Hunt
Jun 29, 2012
Enterprise, Utah - Mary Thomas Hunt, age 80, passed away peacefully June 29, 2012 at the home of her daughter in Enterprise, Utah. She was born July 22, 1931 in Enterprise to Nelson and Gwen Alger Thomas. She married her sweetheart, John Reed Hunt February 7, 1948 in Enterprise and the marriage was later solemnized in the St....
Ladell Clarence Prisbrey
Jun 29, 2012
ST. GEORGE, UTAH - LaDell Clarence Prisbrey, 81, passed away June 29, 2012, surrounded by his wife and children at DRMC. LaDell was born on July 31, 1930, in Cedar City, Utah to Clarence LeDell Prisbrey and Mary Empey Prisbrey. LaDell married his high school sweetheart, Fern Asay, on July 15, 1949, in the St. George Temple. They were...
Earl Leonard "Pete" Petersen
Jun 26, 2012
Gunlock, Utah - Earl Leonard Petersen left this mortal life on June 26, 2012. He was born in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming on Dec. 6, 1926, the son of Carl Ferdinand and Emma Hennig Petersen.
Earl spent his early life in Cheyenne, graduating from Cheyenne High School. He spent his teenage years getting into mischief.
...Barbara Jeanne (Duffin) Pugsley
Jun 26, 2012
St. George, Utah - Barbara Jeanne Duffin was born on July 10, 1922 to Earl Lyman Duffin and Elizabeth Waime Irvine. Barbara was raised in Salt Lake City, the 2nd oldest of six children. As a young girl she enjoyed visiting her grandparents up Mill Creek Canyon and on Jeremy Ranch. She came from pioneer stock on...
Elwin "Lee" Reynolds
Jun 24, 2012
St. George, Utah - Elwin "Lee" Reynolds passed away June 24, 2012. Lee was born on December 5, 1935 in Rigby, Idaho to Elwin and Milla Lee Reynolds.
Lee was raised on a farm in Moore, Idaho where he attended school, at 18 he went to Ricks College, and at age 21 he served a...
Elnore "Ellie" Perelli
Jun 24, 2012
St. George, Utah - Elnore (Ellie) Perelli passed from this life at home on Sunday, June 24, 2012 with the same ferocity in which she lived her life, on her terms. When we talked with Mom about what she wanted in her obituary, she said all she wanted was "Ellie lived, Ellie died, good-bye Ellie." For those that...
Edmund "Ted" Wellington
Jun 24, 2012
St. George, Utah - Edmund M. "Ted" Wellington, 92, passed away June 24, 2012. He was born February 9, 1920 in Sandy, Utah to John Edmund and Elsie Booth Wellington.
Ted graduated from Delta High School in 1938. After high school, he started working for the Union Pacific Railroad. From January 1942 to October 1945...
Milan "Miley" Antone Stimatz
Jun 23, 2012
St. George, Utah - Beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away with his loving wife by his side on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at their home in St. George, UT. He was born in Midvale UT on June 15, 1931 to Mike and Mary Stimatz and married the love of his life, JoAnn C. Hoffman, on August...


