Obituaries

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

Dorothy Jane Bateman Blair

Dorothy Jane Bateman Blair

Jun 2, 2011

St. George, Utah - Dorothy Jane (Janie) Bateman Blair was born December 17, 1916 in Decatur, Illinois to Bertha Beatrice (Betsy) Bateman Coombes and Lester Bateman. Janie, her sister Mimi, and brother Billy moved to Los Angeles, CA with their mother in the early 1920's. She graduated from LA High School in 1935 and immediately went to work at the...

Margaret Irene Stone

Margaret Irene Stone

Jun 2, 2011

St. George, Utah - Margaret Irene Loutensock Stone, age 88, passed away on June 2, 2011, at home after a long valiant battle with cancer. She was born October 12, 1922, in Los Angeles, California, to Myrtle Mott and Hyrum William Loutensock, Sr. She lived her childhood years in Payson, Utah and graduated from High School there. She met Ira...

Michael Daniel Beardshear

Michael Daniel Beardshear

May 29, 2011

Santa Clara, Utah - Dan Beardshear, 75, passed away May 29, 2011 in Santa Clara, Utah. He was born May 24, 1936 to Kay Beardshear and Mary Eileen Teurman. Dan married Myrna in Palm Springs, CA on June 28, 1997. Raised in Hayden, Colorado, Dan enlisted in the U.S. Marines Corps in 1953. While in the Marines Corps, he served...

Calvin Junior Jewkes

Calvin Junior Jewkes

May 29, 2011

Ivins, Utah - Calvin Junior Jewkes, age 86, passed away at home May 29, 2011. He was born May 31,1924 in Kenilworth, Utah to Andrew Calvin and Viola Jewkes. Cal, mostly known as Junior, was raised in Kenilworth, Utah where he met and married his eternal companion Betty June Manchester March 9,1947. They were later sealed in the Manti LDS...

Christopher Mark Southwick

Christopher Mark Southwick

May 26, 2011

ST. GEORGE, UTAH - Christopher Mark Southwick, 53, of St. George, Utah, passed away late Thursday evening, May 26, 2011. He had been helping his family set up a camp site in Pine Valley for the Memorial Day weekend when he began feeling symptoms of a heart attack. Emergency personnel worked diligently to save his life for over an hour....

Kreg Meier Kolb

Kreg Meier Kolb

May 25, 2011

St. George, Utah - Kreg Meier Kolb, 47, passed away peacefully in his home, after a very courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease) on May 25, 2011. Born on February 19, 1964, the oldest of seven, to Ty and Vivian Kolb in Elko, Nevada. He met his sweetheart, Mindy, when they were growing up in the same neighborhood in...

Colleen Ballinger Ringwood

Colleen Ballinger Ringwood

May 23, 2011

St. George, Utah - Colleen (Coke) Ballinger Ringwood , our angel, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, went to make heaven a better place after fulfilling our lives here on earth on May 23, 2011. She was born December 22, 1931 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Winnie Dickerson and Jesse Ballinger. She showed great strength, courage and...

Nancy Lee

Nancy Lee

May 23, 2011

Hurricane, Utah - Nancy Lee, 75, of Appleton, MN and originally of Hurricane, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2011 at her home in Appleton. She was born February 15, 1936, in Hurricane, Utah to Ben and Hazel (Langston) Lee. She was baptized and confirmed on April 2, 1944, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She graduated...

Beatrice Brown Wood

Beatrice Brown Wood

May 23, 2011

Beatrice Brown Wood St. George, UT - Beatrice Brown Wood, our darling Bee, passed quietly at home on May 23. Born on Christmas Day, 1914 in Ogden, Utah to Adelbert Canfield Brown and Ortensia Pearl Hendricks, Bee married F. Galvin (Woody) Wood on December 27, 1945 in Ogden. Their marriage was sealed in the Los Angeles LDS Temple on May...

Thomas Matthew Winslow, Jr.

Thomas Matthew Winslow, Jr.

May 23, 2011

Santa Clara, Utah - Thomas Matthew Winslow, Jr. was born January 11, 1940 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. His parents were Thomas Matthew Winslow and Frances Hoyt Winslow; he was the second child of eight. He has an older sister, Winona Northrop (Malcoln, deceased) of Gorham, ME and brothers: Marty of Amarillo, TX, Leon (Carrie) of Cooper, TX,...

Carl F. Tuetken

Carl F. Tuetken

May 20, 2011

St. George, Utah - Former Alton resident, Carl F. Tuetken, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and friend to many, passed away May 20, 2011 following a six year struggle with a debilitating stroke. Born December 4, 1932 to Carl H. and Viola Studebaker Tuetken, Carl was the first child of that union. Carl was a graduate of Marquette High...

John Patrick O'Brien

John Patrick O'Brien

May 20, 2011

St. George, Utah - John Patrick OBrien, Deacon, passed away May 20, 2011 in St. George, Utah. He was born December 17, 1926 in Holyoke, MA to John J. and Gertrude More OBrien. John grew-up in Holyoke, MA. In 1944, he enlisted in the Navy. He served stateside during World War II. John taught chemistry at Holyoke High School for...

Craig K. Mendenhall

Craig K. Mendenhall

May 19, 2011

Hurricane, Utah - Craig K. Mendenhall, "The Yardner", 57, passed away May 19, 2011, following heart surgery. Craig loved to garden, golf, fish and play with Legos. His was a warm and compassionate spirit that loved nature and took joy in life's simple pleasures. Craig is survived by his wife, Cynthia; son, Danny; sisters, Lynette and Penny; and brother, Jeff....

Sandra Marzee Johnson Bayles

Sandra Marzee Johnson Bayles

May 17, 2011

St George, UT - Sandra Marzee Johnson Bayles, 69, passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2011. She was surrounded by her loving family. Sandra was born February 11, 1942, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Arvon Iril Johnson and Edna Sophia Carlson Johnson. Her father, an accomplished outdoors man and engineer with the Utah Fish and Game Department, passed away at...

Eileen Allsop Ash

Eileen Allsop Ash

May 16, 2011

St. George, Utah "" Eileen Dansie Allsop Ash, 68, died May 16, 2011 in St George Utah. She was recently diagnosed with ALS and passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Eileen was born February 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Dora Amanda Cherry and Floyd Charles Dansie who preceded her in death. Eileen married her childhood...

Patricia Alice Nelson

Patricia Alice Nelson

May 12, 2011

Yuma, Arizona - Patricia Alice Nelson, 72, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2011 in St. George, Utah. She was born October 11, 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to Alice Maude Manton and Edward Alexander Shirley. She married Melvin Ward Nelson in Taber, Alberta June 23, 1954. They were married for 49 years. Patricia loved her family, entertaining and traveling. She...

Emery Dwayne Gentry

Emery Dwayne Gentry

May 11, 2011

Logan, UT - Emery "Dwayne" Gentry passed away peacefully in Logan, Utah, May 11, 2011, one month short of 87 years. Dwayne is reunited with his, "sweet little red head", Cleo Lilly Hall, after an 18 year separation. Dwayne was born to goodly parents, Harry S. Gentry & Viola V. McAllister, who preceded him in death along with all his...

Dennis Mckeever Dixon

Dennis Mckeever Dixon

May 10, 2011

St. George, Utah - Dennis McKeever Dixon got on a jumbo jet,747-400, for the return flight back home. He boarded the flight on May 10, 2011. Dennis was brought to this earth by his earthly mother, Sylvia and his father, Glen in 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has one brother, David (deceased) and two sisters, Carloyn Sipherd (deceased)...

Dora Stroud

Dora Stroud

May 10, 2011

Dora B Stroud St. George, UT - Our beautiful, gracious, kind and cheerful mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend left this mortal existence on May 10, 2011 to be reunited with her husband, Allen, many beloved relatives, friends and her Savior. Her suffering is over! We rejoice in the fact that she had a long, full life and truly endured...

Robert Bradford Drew

Robert Bradford Drew

May 9, 2011

Robert Bradford Drew January 15, 1918 - May 9, 2011 Robert Bradford Drew was an amazing man, husband, father, and grandfather. He joined the Navy at age 17 and was involved in the China Campaign while serving on a submarine. He met the love of his life, Thelma, in Santa Cruz while she was going to college. They eloped to...