Obituaries

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

Helen "Jean" Cruickshank

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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Arthur Stanley Vick

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

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,...

Marie Canova Thornton

Marie Canova Thornton

Feb 23, 2012

LaVerkin, Utah - Our beloved mother, Marie Canova Thornton, 94, passed away peacefully at her home on February 23, 2012 after a short but valiant struggle with cancer. She was born January 31, 1918 in Cedar City, Utah to Thomas Raymond Canova and Mary Emily Gould. Marie married Bernard Allerton Thornton in Clark County, Nevada on September 9,...

Lola Helen Francisco Gibson

Lola Helen Francisco Gibson

Feb 22, 2012

Hurricane, Utah - Lola Helen Francisco Gibson passed away February 22, 2012. She was born May 21, 1930 in Tropic, Utah to Charles Edward and Elizabeth Viola Smith Francisco. She married Ward Navar Gibson September 7, 1946 in Leeds, Utah. After his passing, she spent many years with her companion, Marvin Tippetts.

Lola is survived...

Ray S. Davies, Jr.

Ray S. Davies, Jr.

Feb 18, 2012

Veyo, UT - Ray S. Davies, Jr., age 86, passed away on February 18, 2012 in Veyo, Utah. He was born on April 15, 1925 in Oxnard, California to Lena Herbison Davies and Ray S. Davies, Sr.

He served in the US Navy and was a WWII Veteran. Before moving to Veyo, Utah he had lived in...

Joseph Paul Evans

Joseph Paul Evans

Feb 17, 2012

St. George, Utah - Joseph Paul Evans, loving son, father, brother, and friend, passed away February 17, 2012, doing what he loved most, recreating with his family and friends. He was born March 20, 1976. He is survived by his father, Paul Evans; his mother, Lorna Coupe; his children: Alexa, Shayla, Kaden, Jordan, Jayli, and Preslee.

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Lucile Hunt Proctor

Lucile Hunt Proctor

Feb 17, 2012

Panguitch, Utah - Lucile Hunt Proctor, 72, collapsed and died suddenly February 17, 2012 at her daughter's home in St. George. She was born December 24, 1939 in Enterprise, Utah to Ray Von and Augusta Wilcox Hunt - the tenth of 13 children. She grew up on a farm on the Beryl Desert and attended schools...

Helen Herman Brown

Helen Herman Brown

Feb 13, 2012

Ivins, Utah - Our dear sweet mother, Helen Herman Brown, age 79, passed away at her home in Ivins, Utah on February 13, 2012, after an arduous, but courageously fought seven year battle with lymphoma. Helen was born on October 9, 1932, the eldest of six children, to Eugene Oliver Herman and Edith Isom Herman in St. George,...

Alice (Ali) Walters-Trent

Alice (Ali) Walters-Trent

Feb 12, 2012

St. George, Utah - Alice (Ali) Walters-Trent, 62, passed away February 12, 2012. She was born in Marsailles, IL to Lester and Fern Knudsen. She married Tom Trent in Walnut Creek, CA on July 18, 1998.

Ali, after moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, was employed in the health care industry in a variety...

Hazel Whittaker

Hazel Whittaker

Feb 12, 2012

Henderson, NV - Formerly of St. George, Utah, Hazel Whittaker passed away peacefully in the home she shared with her granddaughter Sue Carrell and her family on February 12, 2012 in Henderson, Nevada. She was 90 years old.

Hazel was born on September 13, 1921 in Sterling Colorado. She married Kenneth James Whittaker in 1937 and was...