Obituaries

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

Ralph Edward Shorten

Ralph Edward Shorten

Oct 22, 2011

Washington, Utah - Ralph Edward Shorten, 90, passed away at his home in Washington, Saturday morning October 22, 2011, after struggling with dementia the last 10 years of his life. He was born May 21, 1921 in Ogden, Utah, to David George Shorten and Minnie Bandley Shorten, the youngest of 5 children. He wasa member of the first graduating...

Garn Tom Stanworth

Garn Tom Stanworth

Oct 18, 2011

St. George, UT - Garn Tom Stanworth, dearest husband, father, grandfather and uncle, passed away quietly at the age of 85 on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 in St. George, Utah. The eldest of three, Garn was born November 5, 1925 in Hurricane, Utah to Thomas Irving Stanworth and Clara Marie (Scott) Stanworth. He, his sister Helen, and brother...

Richard Grube Longaker

Richard Grube Longaker

Oct 17, 2011

St. George, Utah - Richard Grube Longaker, 92, of St. George, UT, passed away peacefully on October 17, 2011 at Dixie Regional Medical Center. He was born August 23, 1919 in Atlantic City, N.J. to the late Herbert and Isabel Longaker. He attended St. Bonaventure College, USC, and graduated from the U.S. Armed Forces Industrial College. He spent over 30...

Helen Kathryn "Sue" Forsyth

Helen Kathryn "Sue" Forsyth

Oct 15, 2011

St. George, Utah - Helen Kathryn "Sue" Morris Forsyth completed her mortal sojourn at Kolob Rehabilitation and Care Center the morning of October 15th, 2011. She was born in South Gate, California, May 10th, 1931. Her parents were Arnold George Morris, and Lorette Mangum. Sue was raised in Safford, Arizona, which is in Graham County at the foot...

Phoebe Hannig Demille

Phoebe Hannig Demille

Oct 15, 2011

Hurricane, Utah - Pheobe Hannig DeMille, age 84, peacefully passed away on October 15, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born April 13, 1927 in Washington, Utah to Joseph and Sopha Hannig. She married Glendon DeMille on December 22, 1944. They were later sealed in the St. George LDS Temple on April 10, 1947....

Lucille Wright Benson

Lucille Wright Benson

Oct 11, 2011

Lucille Wright Benson Santa Clara, UT - Lucille Wright Benson passed away due to complications from heart surgery on October 11, 2011, in St. George, Utah. She was born February 7, 1934, in Blackfoot, Idaho to Cecil F. and Anna Polatis Wright. She married J. Boyd Benson on October 24, 1952, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. Lucille was a...

Glenda Vivian Bailey Temple

Glenda Vivian Bailey Temple

Oct 11, 2011

St. George, Utah - Glenda Vivian Bailey Temple, 85, passed away October 11, 2011, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She was born in Basalt, Idaho on December 1, 1925 to John and Helma Bailey. Glenda grew up in Twin Falls, Idaho.

In 1943, she attended Pasadena City College. She met Pedro Temple in 1945 and three years...

Samuel Frank Johnson

Samuel Frank Johnson

Oct 11, 2011

Samuel Frank Johnson St. George, UT - Samuel Frank Johnson, born on February 24, 1991 in St. George, Utah, was a devoted father, beloved husband, loving son, and adored brother, uncle, and son-in-law and passed too soon from this life on October 11, 2011. Sam was loved by all who knew him. He was kind, gentle and a joy to...

Nyles Ray "Nails" Cornia

Nyles Ray "Nails" Cornia

Oct 11, 2011

St. George, Utah - Nyles Ray Cornia, 88, passed away on October 11, 2011 in St. George, Utah. He was born December 29, 1923 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Peter Ray and Ethel Hyde Cornia. He married Peggy Oblad on December 2, 1942. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Peggy later passed. In October...

Richard "Dick" Cretors

Richard "Dick" Cretors

Oct 8, 2011

St. George, UT - Richard "Dick" Cretors, 77, of St. George, passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2011. He was born in Middletown, Ohio to Leroy C. Cretors and Kathryn Amiot Cretors. The family moved to San Bernardino, California in the late 1930's, where Dick lived until moving to St George in 1992. Dick was an avid golfer who spent...

Gwen Burgess Jones

Gwen Burgess Jones

Oct 4, 2011

Orem, Utah - Gwen Burgess Jones quietly passed away on October 4, 2011 in Orem, UT. She was, and still is, the beloved matriarch of her family. An example of singular love and devotion, she has patiently waited nearly 46 years to be reunited with her husband, Ralph, who preceded her in death. Born October 9, 1924, in...

Brady Orlin Frehner

Brady Orlin Frehner

Oct 1, 2011

Brady Orlin Frehner St. George, UT- Brady Orlin Frehner, 22, returned to our Heavenly Father October 1, 2011. He was born November 22, 1988 in St. George, Utah to Bradford Frehner and Susan Martha Jensen. He married Whitney Rogers on November 1, 2008 and they later divorced. Brady grew up in St. George, Utah where he was raised a member...

Dale Leroy Husband

Dale Leroy Husband

Oct 1, 2011

Washington, Utah - Dale LeRoy Husband, 88, died on Oct 1, 2011 due to complications of age. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 2 1923, to Russell Starr Husband and Geneva Marie Hedelius. After an adventurous youth, he graduated from West High School and started college before enlisting in the Navy in Feb 1944. During this time...

Robert Lawrence Steele, Sr.

Robert Lawrence Steele, Sr.

Oct 1, 2011

St. George, UT - Robert Lawrence Steele, Sr. passed away on October 1, 2011. He was born February 13, 1924 in Nampa, Idaho to Otis Dale and Clara Anderson Steele. He married Lois Hilbert on October 28, 1944. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Robert served in the US Navy during World War II and was...

Jasper Louis Crawford

Jasper Louis Crawford

Sep 26, 2011

Jasper Louis Crawford St. George - Jasper Louis Crawford, age 97, passed away peacefully on September 26, 2011 surrounded by his friends and loved ones. Jasper was born January 5, 1914, to Mary Jane Bean and William Louis Crawford in Springdale, Utah, the third of seven children. He spent the first seventeen years of his life at Oak Creek, that...

Barbara Bundy Carroll

Barbara Bundy Carroll

Sep 25, 2011

Washington, Utah - Barbara Bundy Carroll, age 93, passed away on Saturday, September 25, 2011 in Washington, Utah. She was born in Mt. Trumbull, Arizona on September 29, 1917, the 5th of 12 children born to Roy and Doretta Iverson Bundy and first child born on the strip.

Barbara married Gene Carroll (of Annetta,...

Ben Libick

Ben Libick

Sep 24, 2011

Ben Libick St. George, UT - Ben Libick, age 91, passed away on September 24, 2011 at his home in LaVerkin, Utah. He was born to Charles and Anna Libick on June 8, 1920 in Colorado. Ben lived through the Dust Bowl years and the Great Depression of the 1930's before moving to Louisiana, where he graduated from High School....

Phillip Keith Keener

Phillip Keith Keener

Sep 22, 2011

St. George, UT - Phillip Keith Keener, age 89, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2011 in St. George, Utah. He was born on January 25, 1922 in Fredonia, Kansas to Kenneth and Margaret Brown Keener. He married Evelyn M. Triplett Keener in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 15, 1959.

Phil was raised in Kansas...

Phillip Keith Keener

Phillip Keith Keener

Sep 22, 2011

St. George, UT - Phillip Keith Keener, age 89, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2011 in St. George, Utah. He was born on January 25, 1922 in Fredonia, Kansas to Kenneth and Margaret Brown Keener. He married Evelyn M. Triplett Keener in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 15, 1959. Phil was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Kansas...

Allice Margarette S. Thompson

Allice Margarette S. Thompson

Sep 10, 2011

St. George, UT - Allice S. Thompson, age 98, passed away on September 10, 2011. She was born on February 19, 1913 in Pomona, California to James Wyly Saunders and Nina Anna Saunders. She was an only child. She married Noll Gray Thompson on February 10, 1946 and was happily married for 64 years before her loving husband passed...