Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Matthew Brown Parker
Jul 28, 2011
Hurricane, Utah - Matthew Brown Parker passed away July 28, 2011 at Lake Powell in a boating accident. He was born August 6, 1996 in Fountain Valley, California to Michael Brown Parker and Denise Combs Parker. Matthew and his family lived in Costa Mesa and Laguna Hills, California until 2007, when they moved and made their home in Hurricane. Matt...
Matthew Brown Parker
Jul 28, 2011
Hurricane, Utah - Matthew Brown Parker passed away July 28, 2011. He was born August 6, 1996 in Fountain Valley, California to Michael and Denise Parker.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at the Hurricane LDS 8 th Ward Chapel, 155 East 1050 North, Hurricane, Utah. Visitations will be held Friday...
Lunell Montierth Visser
Jul 26, 2011
St. George, Utah - Lunell Montierth Visser, at the age of 77, lost her long fight with cancer. She passed away in her home on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Lunell was born on October 1, 1933 in Safford, Arizona to Byron Lucean Montierth and Venetta Iva Cluff. She met her sweetheart, S. Dennis Visser while she was in the 11th...
Emma Bennett Donaldson
Jul 19, 2011
St. George, Utah - Emma S Bennett Donaldson, age 87, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2011 of causes incident to age. She was born April 29, 1924 to Joseph Bennett and Hettie Stevens in Delta, Millard County, Utah. She attended Holden Elementary School and Millard High School. She also attended Brigham Young University. She served in the Western Canadian Mission...
June Simpson Cornia
Jul 16, 2011
St. George, Utah - June Simpson Cornia passed away July 16, 2011. She was born March 29, 1925 in Kaysville, Utah. She married Nyles Cornia.. She is survived by her husband, two daughter, two sons, a brother and a sister. A visitation will be held in St. George, Utah on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m....
Alverna Elizabeth Harris Cottrell Anderson
Jul 15, 2011
St. George, Utah - Our loving mother, Alverna Elizabeth Harris Cottrell Anderson passed from this life into the waiting arms of her parents, Micah Davis Harris and Harriette Ette Edwards on Friday, July 15, 2011from causes due to her age of 93 years old.
Mom was born on August 5, 1917 in Salt Lake City,...
Corinne Esplin Bowler
Jul 14, 2011
St. George, Utah - Corinne Esplin Bowler passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on July 14, 2011. She was born June 2, 1926 in St. George, Utah to Ward H. and Violet Church Esplin. She married Conrad Sorenson Bowler September 9, 1946. They were later solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple. Corinne grew-up in St. George. She graduated...
Robert Guiver Newsome
Jul 11, 2011
Robert Guiver Newsome St. George, UT - Robert Guiver Newsome was born December 30, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Byron Walker and Mina Mae Guiver Newsome. Robert died on July 11, 2011 in St. George, Utah. Bob graduated from Granite High and worked at Automotive Utilities for 20 years with his dad. A childhood illness left our Uncle...
Jay L Ramsay
Jul 10, 2011
St. George, Utah - We mourn the passing and celebrate the life of Jay Ramsay, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, born June 19, 1921 in Glendale, Utah to Arthur Grant Ramsay and Bertha Merrill Ramsay. He was the second of nine children and is survived by brothers, Clare, Earl, and Douglas and sisters Edith and Laree. His early...
Arlo John Hafen
Jul 8, 2011
Santa Clara, Utah - Arlo John Hafen, 88, last living member of his 13 sibling family, joined them on July 8, 2011. Dad was born March 2, 1923, in Santa Clara. He had a happy childhood with many friends as they shot doves with flippers, trapped squirrels, swam in the St. George ditch, and explored the Santa Clara...
Chester Arthur Cox
Jul 7, 2011
Chester Arthur Cox Cane Beds, Arizona-- Chester Arthur Cox, age 91, died Thursday, July 7, 2011 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah. He was born June 7, 1920 in Snowflake, Arizona, the oldest son of Charles Chester Cox and Retta Stock. He married Eliza Juanita Sullivan on January 4, 1955 in Cedar City, Utah. Their marriage was...
Juanita Brooksby Hinton
Jul 7, 2011
SALT LAKE CITY - Juanita Brooksby Hinton, age 82, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister returned to her Heavenly Father on July 7, 2011. Juanita was born January 22, 1929, in Fredonia, AZ to Wilford and Stella Young Brooksby. She was raised in Fredonia, AZ. Juanita married Delmer Hinton, August 9, 1947 in Las Vegas, NV. They were sealed...
Patricia Mayflower Wilde
Jul 7, 2011
Salt Lake City, Utah - Patricia Mayflower Wilde passed away July 7, 2011. She was born August 1, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Charles and Hagar Cox Whitney. The story of Patricia's life is one of energy entwined with creativity and beauty. Everyone who knew Patricia knew of her love of dance and her enjoyment of music and...
Alan R. Winkler
Jul 4, 2011
Ivins, Utah - Alan R. Winkler passed away July 4, 2011. He was born in Inglewood, California on June 10, 1918 to Bertha and George Winkler. He attended Inglewood elementary schools. As an accomplished violin and viola player, he was concertmaster of the Inglewood High Orchestra, and also played in the orchestra while attending Compton Junior College. He was a...
Samuel Adair Van Horn
Jul 4, 2011
St. George, Utah - Samuel Adair Van Horn, age 93, passed away Monday, July 4, 2011 at the home of his son, Bruce in Bountiful, Utah. He was a kind and humble husband, father, grandfather & great-grandfather. He was born May 9, 1918 in Long Beach, CA to Jesse Adair Van Horn and Bessie Lee McFann. He grew up in...
Edward Ray Carter
Jul 3, 2011
St. George, Utah - Edward Ray Carter, 80, passed away quietly into the hands of his Father in Heaven and his earthly father and mother on July 3, 2011. Ray was born March 23, 1931 in Spanish Fork, Utah. He grew up in Provo, Utah and graduated from Provo High School. Ray joined the U.S. Navy in 1948 and became...
Jordan Ricardo Biasi
Jul 3, 2011
St. George, UT - Jordan Ricardo Biasi, 20, passed away unexpectedly on July 3, 2011 in St. George, Utah. His death is a tragic loss and deprives the world of his bright spirit. We can find comfort knowing that he is in a better place and had found peace. Jordan was born on June 2, 1991. He grew up in...
Gwen R. Birkes
Jul 1, 2011
Ivins, Utah - Gwen Birkes, 80, passed away peacefully at her home in Ivins, Utah, July 1, 2011 of congestive heart failure. She was born March 3, 1931 to Charles Eldon and Priscilla Hill Roberts in Salt Lake City, Utah. Little Gwen was blessed with the name Gwendolyn Adora. She married her sweetheart, John Eugene Birkes on March 17, 1948....
Shirley Mae Dearth Zwang
Jul 1, 2011
St. George, Utah - Shirley Mae Dearth Zwang passed away, at the age of 79, on July 1, 2011. She was born February 22, 1932 in Evanston, Wyoming to Frances Shirley and Wilford M. Price. She married Dee S. Dearth on August 11, 1954 in Evanston, Wyoming. They were later solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Following Dees...
Terry Leon Benge
Jul 1, 2011
St. George, Utah - Terry Leon Benge passed away July 1, 2011. He was born November 12, 1954 in California. He loved the beach and the Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Pour some sugar by Def Leppard, Anything for love by Meatloaf, and Living on the edge by Aerosmith. His greatest pride and joy was his daughter, Jenahsea, whom he adored...


