Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Evelyn C. Herrmann Fink
Mar 16, 2012
St. George, Utah - On March 16, 2012, Evelyn Christina Herrmann Fink passed, from causes incident to age, from this life to the next. There was a most joyous reunion with her beloved husband Ed and numerous family and dear friends. Evelyn started this life on December 30,1925 in Alameda, California. She was born to Johanna Liedtke and...
Mildred "Mili" Ferdinando
Mar 16, 2012
St. George, Utah - Mildred Glenn Ferdinando passed away peacefully on Friday, March 16th surrounded by family. She is now happy in the arms of her faithful and loving husband, Herman, who preceded her in death last year. Mildred, or Mili as she was known, was born on June 1, 1921 to Frank and Edna Glenn and, shortly...
Geraldine (Jeanne) Rose Mahaffy
Mar 14, 2012
On March 14, 2012, with family and a friend at her side, the angels came to transport Jeanne to heaven where she will have comfort and peace for all eternity. She is now free of the pain and suffering she has endured with strength, grace and a positive attitude for many years. She was grateful to all her family and...
Carma Lee Lang
Mar 13, 2012
After a short 4 month separation, on March 13, 2012, Carma Lee Lang left this mortal existence to join her beloved George to start their new adventure on the other side. Carma was born October 6, 1930, in Panguitch, Utah, the older of two daughters born to Ben and Hazel Lee. She was raised in Hurricane, Utah, and proud to...
Beverly Harris Zabriskie
Mar 12, 2012
Beverly Harris Zabriskie, 85, passed gracefully on March 12, 2012. She was born December 11, 1926 in Pleasant Grove, Utah to Alta Jane and Willard Lawrence Harris. She married Robert Morley Zabriskie. After an active career in the clerical field, she went to work for the Sorensen family and loved her position as governess, where she worked for 17 years...
Muriel Ruth Kaiser
Mar 11, 2012
Muriel Ruth Kaiser, age 85, returned to her Heavenly Father on March 11, 2012 surrounded by her sweetheart and other loved ones. Muriel was born in Creekmore, Kentucky, on July 1st, 1926. She was the oldest child of Mattie and Dewey Baird. Nine days after her 17th birthday, Muriel married her sweetheart, Walter Kaiser. Together, they had three children, Donna,...
Charles Henry Blackburn
Mar 10, 2012
Cedar City, Utah - Our beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather Charles H. Blackburn, age 82 passed away on March 10, 2012 in Cedar City, Utah. He was born December 12, 1929 in Kanab, Utah to Lester and Dola DeMille Blackburn. He graduated from Cedar High School in 1948. He married his sweetheart, Marjorie Bauer, on July...
David Karl Mecham, Sr.
Mar 9, 2012
Monroe / St. George, Utah - David Karl Mecham, Sr., 61, passed away at his home March 9, 2012. He was born June 18, 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Karl G. and Lavada B. Mecham. He married the love of his life, Phyllis Mae January 31, 1969.
David was raised in Annabella, Utah,...
Helen "Jean" Cruickshank
Mar 8, 2012
St. George, Utah - Born July 5, 1928 in Westerly, Rhode Island to Stuart Cruickshank Jr., and Ella Wolstencroft Cruickshank, our Jean departed March 8, 2012 in her adopted home of St. George, Utah.
Jean put herself through the University of Rhode Island working at the Westerly Sun newspaper, and graduated in 1945. She was...
Edwin B. Kerins
Mar 7, 2012
St. George, Utah - Edwin B. Kerins passed away March 7, 2012. He was born May 17, 1928 in Waterbury, Connecticut to Edward Francis Kerins and Catherine Cecelia Bagley Kerins. He married Margaret Remick.
Ed studied piano at Julliard School in New York City. He served in the U.S. Army for two years and was...
Kathleen Larson Farnes
Mar 5, 2012
St. George, Utah - Kathleen Farnes, 84, passed away March 5, 2012 peacefully in her home in St. George, Utah of causes incident to age. She was born March 22, 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Leah Thornton and Louis Larson. Kathleen married Harrison Farnes in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple on August 27, 1948. She...
Carma June Allred Gentry Chase
Mar 4, 2012
Carma June Allred Gentry Chase passed away peacefully on March 4, 2012 surrounded by her family. Carma was born August 17, 1938 in Ogden, Utah to Orson and Florence Allred. Carma loved being a Voce Coed Singer at Weber College, where she met many lifelong friends. While attending BYU Carma met and married Raymond Gentry. After he completed his Bachelors...
Barbara Jean Fink
Mar 1, 2012
Bullhead City, AZ - Barbara Jean Fink, 75, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012 in Bullhead City AZ. She was born in Greeley Colorado to Nathan and Virginia Beauchamp.
She was a graduate of Stanford University and worked as a Registered Nurse until she graduated from University of Virginia as a Nurse Practitioner....
Philip Lewis Brown
Feb 28, 2012
Mesa, AZ / Hurricane, UT - Philip Lewis Brown, Sr., 68, was called back home on February 28, 2012 in Weleetka OK, while living his lifelong dream of living on a ranch. He came to this earth on September 5, 1943 in Mesa, AZ to Joseph Lee and Marjorie Lewis Brown. Phil married the love of...
Herschel Spurlock Crosby
Feb 28, 2012
St. George, Utah - Herschel Spurlock Crosby, 89, passed away from complications due to his struggle with Alzheimers on February 28, 2012. He was born April 25, 1922 in Houston, Texas to James Floyd McDowell and Phebe Jacqueline Landes McDowell. Herschel married Sylvia Irene Williams in 1946. Sylvia passed of a heart condition in 1983. Herschel married...
Robert Orval Vowles
Feb 27, 2012
St. George, UT - Robert Orval Vowles, 85, long time resident of St. George, passed away on February 27, 2012, due to natural causes. He was born on June 13, 1926 in Tooele, Utah to Albert Orval Vowles and Amy Orme Vowles. He married Patricia Verneice Hansen in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple on June 1, 1951....
Renae Orton Swenson
Feb 26, 2012
Birdseye - St. George, Utah - Our mom was born October 3, 1935 in Pleasant Grove, UT to Eva Howard and Reed Orton. She died on February 26, 2012 surrounded by family after a courageous two year battle with ovarian cancer. The cancer was a blessing in disguise in that it made us treasure every moment with mom...
Donald R. Fromknect
Feb 26, 2012
St. George, UT - Donald R. Fromknecht, Jr. passed away February 26, 2012 at the age of 83 after a long, courageous battle with ALS. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa September 5, 1928. Don and his wife moved to St. George, UT in 1991. Prior to that he had been a resident of California since 1947.
...Arthur Stanley Vick
Feb 26, 2012
Hurricane, Utah - Arthur Stanley Vick passed away Feb.26,2012 at the age of 96 surrounded by loving family. He was born Dec.16, 1915 in Poole, Dorset, England to Valentine David Vick and Louisa Eliza Glen. He lived in Poole until the age of 18 when he moved to London to work as a carpenter and then volunteered...
Donald Burningham Garrick
Feb 23, 2012
St. George, Utah - Donald B. Garrick returned to our Loving Heavenly Father, at the age of 92. Don passed away at his home in St. George, Utah February 23, 2012. He was born May 5 1919 in Bountiful, Utah to William Pinney and Maude Elosia Burningham Garrick. He married Marie Lund on the 4th of July 1947 in Elko,...


