Obituaries

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

Ruth "Bernice" Gilmore Tucker

Ruth "Bernice" Gilmore Tucker

Nov 21, 2011

St. George, Utah - Ruth "Bernice" Wallin Gilmore Tucker passed away November 21, 2011 after a courageous fight from injuries sustained in an auto accident in St. George on October 21, 2011. She was born July 11, 1922 in Tooele, Utah to Alvin and Jennie Wallin.

Bernice married Robert Lee Gilmore in Tooele,...

Elnora East Farnsworth

Elnora East Farnsworth

Nov 20, 2011

November 24, 1918 ~ November 20, 2011St. George, UT - Elnora East Farnsworth passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011, four days short of her 93rd birthday. She was born in a humble home to Wallace and Francis East of Pomerene, Arizona. She was the third child and oldest daughter of nine children. She was taught to work hard and...

Marjorie Bauer Blackburn

Marjorie Bauer Blackburn

Nov 20, 2011

Cedar City, Utah - Marjorie Bauer Blackburn passed away November 20, 2011. She was born September 20, 1930 in Cedar City, Utah to John Carlos and Aurelia Worthen Bauer. She married Charles H. Blackburn July 22, 1948 in Cedar City, Utah.

Marjorie grew-up and spent most of her life in Cedar City. She was a...

Richard Wayne Archer

Richard Wayne Archer

Nov 20, 2011

St. George, Utah - Richard Wayne Archer passed away November 20, 2011. He was born January 15, 1928 in Los Angeles, California to Robert and Ruby Scott Archer. He married Virginia Marie Taylor on June 28, 1947. Richard is survived by his wife, Virginia; son, Timothy (Jill) Archer; daughter, Carrie (Whit) Landvater; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A Celebration of...

Margaret Mã¼Ller Remde Patterson

Margaret Mã¼Ller Remde Patterson

Nov 19, 2011

St. George, Utah - Our beloved mother and grandmother, Margaret Mller Remde Patterson passed away peacefully at the age of 97, on Saturday, November 19, 2011, at Elderberry Care in St. George, Utah. She was born October 7, 1914 in Gilbert Station (now Portland), Oregon to August Mller and Ida Meier, who returned to Jena, Germany in 1928 with Margaret,...

Ralph Henry Clayton

Ralph Henry Clayton

Nov 18, 2011

LaVerkin, Utah - Ralph Henry Clayton beloved son, husband, father, and grandfather went home to our Heavenly Father Friday, November 18, 2011. Ralph was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Marvin and Gwendolyn Clayton on December 20, 1943. Ralph married his high school sweetheart, Judy Barber on December 18, 1963.

Ralph was a true...

David H. Farrell

David H. Farrell

Nov 16, 2011

St. George, Utah - David H. Farrell, 85, passed away peacefully in the arms of his loving wife at their residence on November 16, 2011. He was born May 1, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah to James Joseph and Pearl Bouton Farrell. David enlisted in the US Navy shortly after graduating from Granite High School in Salt Lake City,...

Gordon Ray Shearer

Gordon Ray Shearer

Nov 15, 2011

Hurricane, UT - Our beloved Father and Grandfather, Gordon Ray Shearer, passed peacefully from this life on November 15, 2011. He was born July 11, 1931 in Des Moines, Iowa to Raymond Marion Shearer and Evelyn Sybil Cook Shearer. He was raised in Omaha, Nebraska with his younger sister Virginia and brother Jerry, both of whom he loved very much....

Orrin C. Husby

Orrin C. Husby

Nov 14, 2011

Hurricane, Utah - Orrin C. Husby passed away November 14, 2011. He was born July 31, 1929 to Carl Victor Husby and Katherine Frederick in Antioch, CA. He married Helen Brooks, who passed away. Then he married Mary Lusk, who also preceded him in death. He participated in the Korean Conflict and was a member of the American Legion. He...

Joann Edmunds

Joann Edmunds

Nov 14, 2011

JoAnn Edmunds St. George, UT - JoAnn Edmunds, 72, of St. George, Utah, passed away November 14, 2011. She was born February 12, 1939 in Provo, Utah to the late Helen and Leo Knight. She attended Provo High School and Utah State University and was a stewardess for United Airlines. She married her first husband, Gary Peterson and had two...

Eleanor Roper Harper Gifford

Eleanor Roper Harper Gifford

Nov 14, 2011

St. George, Utah - Our loving mother, grandmother and friend, Eleanor Roper Harper Gifford, passed away on Nov. 14, 2011 at the age of 87.

Eleanor was born July 21,1924 in Columbia, Ut. She was the seventh of eight children born to Argyle and Sylva Roper. The family later moved to St.George where she met...

Gail Piepgrass Nelson

Gail Piepgrass Nelson

Nov 13, 2011

Santa Clara, Utah - Gail (Piepgrass) Nelson passed away November 13, 2011. She was born February 6, 1935 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to Henry Piepgrass and Theora Pack Piepgrass. She was the youngest of five children. She married Keith Lindon Nelson, 58 years ago, on May 26, 1954 in Raymond, Alberta. They were later sealed in the Cardston...

Lisa Nichole Friedel

Lisa Nichole Friedel

Nov 13, 2011

St. George, Utah - Lisa Nichole Friedel, 35, passed away on November 13, 2011, in Ivins, Utah. She was born December 6, 1975, in Provo, Utah to Nancy Benge and Frank Purvis. She was later adopted by G. Carl and Jacquelyn Bagby. Lisa married Ty Friedel on June 1, 1996, in the St. George Utah LDS Temple.

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Ella Jelene Stratton Maag

Ella Jelene Stratton Maag

Nov 11, 2011

Hurricane, Utah - Our most precious wife, mom, grandma, sister and friend returned home into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father, whom she loved without measure, after a long and courageous battle with cancer on November 11, 2011. Ella was born July 4, 1941 to Robert Thelmer and Thelma Lucile Mitchell Stratton in Cedar City, Utah. She grew up...

George Perry Lang

George Perry Lang

Nov 8, 2011

Hurricane, Utah - George Perry Lang, age 83, passed away November 8, 2011. He was born May 22, 1928 in St. George, Utah and spent most of his life living and loving the red hills of Dixie. George was one of nine children born to Perry and Myrtle Lang.

Immediately following graduation form Dixie High...

Alta Mae Hafen Patterson

Alta Mae Hafen Patterson

Nov 5, 2011

Santa Clara, Utah - Our hearts are full as we mourn and celebrate the life of our mother and grandmother who passed away surrounded by her loved ones on November 5, 2011. Alta Mae Hafen - Patterson was born July 29, 1927 in Neola, Utah to John Jesse and Wealthy May Bacon Nielsen. Growing up in St. George as...

Mary Beth Orvin

Mary Beth Orvin

Nov 4, 2011

St. George, Utah - Mary Beth Orvin passed away November 3, 2011. She was born November 4, 1928 in Provo, Utah . Daughter of D. Henry Jones and Anna LaVern Duncan. She married Harry Stephen Orvin, her high school sweetheart, October 13, 1947 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

An active member of The Church...

Agatha Mannering

Agatha Mannering

Nov 4, 2011

Ivins, Utah - Amy Agatha Mannering, 94, passed away November 4, 2011. She was born April 19, 1917 in Moab, Utah. She was one of eight children. Agatha was active in the LDS Church, serving in the St. George Temple for years.

Agatha was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Mannering. She is survived...

Keith Walter Crabb

Keith Walter Crabb

Nov 4, 2011

St. George, UT - After a long and healthy life, Keith Walter Crabb passed away on November 4, 2011, at the age of 91 in St. George, Utah. Born September 18, 1920, in Elsinore, Utah. Keith spent his childhood days fishing, hunting, and riding horses on the family ranch at Center Creek and the Antimony Bench....

Lonnie Dean Lambros

Lonnie Dean Lambros

Nov 3, 2011

LaVerkin, Utah - Lonnie Dean Lambros passed away November 3, 2011. He was born September 22, 1971 in Ogden, Utah to Johnny and Wanda Englodow Lambros.

Lonnie is survived by his parents, Johnny and Wanda Lambros; his siblings: Tina (Keith) Foster, Kristina (Justin) Dutton and Billy John Lambros; fianc, Melissa Logan; step-children: Anthony, Chase and...