Obituaries

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

Lillian Louise Smith

Lillian Louise Smith

Dec 8, 2011

Hurricane, Utah - Lillian Louise Smith passed away December 8, 2011. She was born November 22, 1939 in Phoenix, Arizona to Louis and Flora Neal Francis. She married Daniel Spencer Smith.

Lillian is survived by her husband, Daniel; her children: Kim Marie Anderson, Kenneth Louis Smith, and Kerry Daniel Smith; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren....

Roena Mitchell Benson

Roena Mitchell Benson

Dec 7, 2011

Parowan /St. George, UT - Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, Roena Mitchell Benson passed away on December 7, 2011 from causes incident to age. Roena was 92 years old. She was the third of eight children born to Frank and Pheobe Jane Mitchell. She was born on February 3, 1919 and grew up in Parowan and...

Jim P. Hicklin

Jim P. Hicklin

Dec 3, 2011

Hurricane, Utah - Jim Pantel Hicklin passed away December 3, 2011 in his home in Hurricane, Utah. He was preceded in death by his parents, Otis and Bertha Hicklin and one brother, Richard Hicklin.

Jim is survived by his wife, Judi Hicklin of Pleasanton, CA; step-son, Lee Burnham of Concord, CA; son, Dave Hicklin of...

Victor Gabriel Coppola

Victor Gabriel Coppola

Dec 3, 2011

St. George, Utah - Victor Gabriel Coppola passed away December 3, 2011. He was born October 29, 1928 in Jersey City, New Jersey to Anthony and Mildred Coppola. He married Dorothy Peters March 8, 1953 in Jersey City.

He graduated from Stevens Technical College in Hoboken, New Jersey. He served in the U.S. Air Force...

Betty Jean Barber Chantrill

Betty Jean Barber Chantrill

Dec 3, 2011

St. George, Utah - Betty Jean Barber Chantrill, 86, passed away peacefully at her home in St. George, UT on December 3, 2011. She was born on August 15, 1925 in Rexburg, Idaho to Joseph Hilding and Mabel Worlton Barber. She graduated from Rexburg High School and within a few months married her sweetheart, Robert Allen Chantrill on...

James "Jim" Lawrence Taylor

James "Jim" Lawrence Taylor

Dec 3, 2011

St. George, UT - Our loving husband and father, age 85, peacefully returned to his Heavenly Father Saturday morning, December 3, 2011. He was born on November 13, 1926 in Rexburg, Idaho to Asael and Margaret Hunter Taylor. He married his eternal companion, Marjorie Rae Preece on September 28, 1956 in the Salt Lake Temple.

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Judith David Chantrill

Judith David Chantrill

Nov 29, 2011

St. George, Utah - Judith (Judi) David Chantrill passed away November 29, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 66. She was born October 29, 1945 in Whittier, California to Wallace Dayton David and Betty Jo Marks. She was married to Wayne P. Little in 1966, Richard F. Salter in 1979 and William J. Chantrill...

Clarice Allen Hurd

Clarice Allen Hurd

Nov 27, 2011

St. George, Utah - Our beloved wife, mother and sister, Clarice Allen Hurd was called home to rest with loved ones and friends at her home in St. George on November 27, 2011. She was born June 17, 1937 the daughter of and preceded in death by Orin Cheney and Annie Ruth Christensen Allen. Her surviving brothers include, Dean of...

Hillary Erin Gerber

Hillary Erin Gerber

Nov 27, 2011

Toquerville, Utah - Our beloved daughter, sister, and aunt Hillary Erin Gerber passed away at her home in Toquerville, Utah November 27, 2011. She was born September 12, 1985 in St. George, Utah to Steven and Rolena Gerber. Hillary was a bright, vivacious, beautiful, free spirit with a kind, generous and sensitive heart. She had an artistic soul and loved...

Darlean Hunt Jones

Darlean Hunt Jones

Nov 26, 2011

Enterprise, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, Darlean Hunt Jones, 94, passed away November 26, 2011, in Henderson, Nevada, where she has lived for the past 9 years. She was born April 5, 1917, in Enterprise, Utah to Nephi and Lydia Amelia Barlocker Hunt. She married her sweetheart, Chester Wood Jones, on November 6, 1937,...

Herbert H. (Herb) Pitchforth

Herbert H. (Herb) Pitchforth

Nov 26, 2011

St. George, UT - Herbert H. (Herb) Pitchforth passed away on November 26, 2011. He was born December 31, 1922, in St. George to John H. Pitchforth and Lucile E. Schmutz and was the only sibling to older brother, Shirl. Herb attended local schools, graduating from Dixie High in 1941. He was a star basketball player in high school and...

Robert "Bob" Ward

Robert "Bob" Ward

Nov 22, 2011

ST. GEORGE - Robert "Bob" Ward was born December 28, 1920 in Salt Lake City and was the seventh of nine children born to Frank Joseph Ward and Elizabeth Luella Peterson. He completed a full and wonderful life on November 22, 2011 at the age of 90, while living in St. George, Utah.

Robert always assumed leadership...

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....