Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Arhtur Winslow Adams
May 8, 2011
St. George, Utah - Arthur Winslow Adams passed away May 8, 2011 from lung cancer. Art was born April 3, 1937 in Glendale, CA to Winslow and Norma Adams. He graduated form Anaheim Union high School in 1956 and proceeded onto Cal Poly. After college, he served in the U.S. Army. He then moved to San Francisco to pursue his...
Morton F. Robertson
May 7, 2011
Hurricane, Utah - Morton F. Robertson, a retired computer systems engineer, 73, died May 7, 2011 after a long illness. He was born and raised in Chicago, IL and joined the Navy at age 17. He met his bride while on leave in Philadelphia. They settled in the Mt Airy section of the city, where they raised 3 children. His...
Beulah Constance Bundy
May 6, 2011
Diamond Valley, Utah - Beulah Constance Griffin Bundy passed away Friday, May 6, 2011 in St. George, Utah. She was born July 22, 1918 in Burlington, Vermont to Eli and Lillian Griffin. Beulahs father was a train engineer and was killed in a train wreck shortly before her birth. Her step-father, John La Grange, was the only dad she knew...
Nina Ruth Law Riley Beaves
May 6, 2011
ST. GEORGE - Nina Ruth Law Riley Beaves was one of 13 children born to Ernest Albert and Madeleine Beatrice Law on October 30th or 31st, 1912, in Glenwood, Alberta, Canada. She had three children and four step children, six of whom preceded her in passing from mortality. Her eternal companion, Frederick W. Riley passed March 10, 1985. In 1987,...
Donald Andrew Ericson
May 5, 2011
St. George, Utah - Donald Andrew Ericson, 77, passed away May 5, 2011 in St. George, Utah. Don was born February 2, 1934 in Anoka, Minnesota to Inez M. and Eric F. Ericson. Don attended Gustavus Adolphus College before enlisting in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, eventually receiving an honorable discharge as a Corporal of Marines. After returning...
Elmo Ottesen
May 5, 2011
Hurricane, Utah - Elmo E. Ottesen passed away May 5, 2011. He was born January 11, 1931. He is survived by his wife, Shirley; children: Linda, Shar (Kim) and Dean (Joanne) Ottesen; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and son, Reed. Elmo was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 1950. A special...
Dane 'Hoggan" Gifford
May 5, 2011
Springdale, UT - Dane Hoggan Gifford, 58, passed away on May 5, 2011 in Springdale, Utah. He was born on March 15, 1953 in Cedar City, Utah to Raymond Isom Gifford and Ruby Hoggan Gifford. He is survived by his brothers: Lance (Laurie) Gifford and Murry Gifford; nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held on Monday, May 9, 2011...
Lola W. Evans
May 4, 2011
Enterprise, Utah - Lola Jean Wagstaff Evans, Our Sweet Mother, passed away May 4, 2011 in St. George, Utah surrounded by her family. She was born May 21, 1932 to Arthur Leon & Ladocia Mayberry Wagstaff in American Fork, Utah. She married Gayle Wells Evans on December 27, 1951 in the Logan LDS Temple. They are the parents of six...
Adriyanna Leslie Ortega
May 4, 2011
St. George, Utah - Adriyanna Leslie Ortega passed away May 4, 2011. She was born May 17, 2010 in St. George, Utah to Paige Anderson and Francisco Ortega. Adriyanna was a sweet, outgoing princess. She was the best child a mother could ask for. She was happy as can be as long as her belly was full and she had...
Linda Charleen Memory
May 4, 2011
Linda Charleen Memory St. George, Utah - Linda Charleen Memory passed away May 4, 2011. She was born October 19, 1947 in Hayti, Missouri to Charles and Dimple Octavia Diviney. She is survived by her children: Sherry Fitzgerald, David Diviney, Michelle Memory, Melanie Memory, and four grandchildren. Arrangements entrusted to the care of Metcalf Mortuary, (435) 673-4221. Please visit our...
John Alvin Davis
May 3, 2011
John Alvin Davis St. George, UT - John Alvin Davis passed away on May 3rd, 2011. He was born on October 19, 1918, in Benson, Arizona to Heber and Christina Thompson Davis. John grew up on a ranch in the Mormon Colonies in Old Mexico. He truly lived a life of service, to our Lord and the Church. As a...
Joseph Elizondo
May 3, 2011
Joseph Elizondo St. George, UT - Joseph B. Elizondo, 89, passed away on May 3, 2011 in St. George, Utah. He was born on August 26, 1921 in Marysville, California to Joseph B. and Effie Lorey Elizondo. He married Laura (Peggy) Vincent in Marfa, Texas on December 25, 1944. He is survived by his three children: Joseph Brian (Soo Joo)...
Jerry Brecke
May 3, 2011
St. George, Utah - Jerry Brecke, 71 , passed away May 3, 2011 surrounded by her family from Bone Cancer. She was born August 15, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Gare and Olive Sorensen. She married her sweetheart, Fred Brecke on March 19, 1966. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Jerry is...
Michael Sharp Fitzgerald
May 3, 2011
St. George, Utah - Michael Sharp Fitzgerald passed away on May 3, 2011 in St. George Utah. He was born on May 18, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Clement W. and Florence Sharp Fitzgerald. Mike grew up in Crescent, Utah. During his growing up years, he worked on the family farm alongside his dad and other family members....
Harold Marc Adler
Apr 28, 2011
Harold "Marc" Adler St. George, UT - Harold "Marc" Adler passed peacefully from this life on Wednesday, April 27th. He was 84 years old. Throughout his life, Marc was known for his kindness, optimism and out-going personality. He truly loved his family and his friends. Marc was born to loving parents, Abraham and Agusta Adler, in New York City on...
Earl George Bladh
Apr 27, 2011
Earl George Bladh St. George, Utah - Earl George Bladh, born March 11, 1928 in Los Angeles, California, passed away April 27, 2011 in St. George, Utah. A devoted husband of 59 years to Reba Woodbury of St. George. He is also survived by his seven children: Susan (Dennis) Dunleavy of Kayesville, UT, Earl W. (Lauri) Bladh of Alpine, UT,...
Tyler J. Adams
Apr 24, 2011
Washington, Utah - Tyler J. Adams, loving husband, father, brother, son, uncle and friend passed away peacefully and unexpectedly in his sleep on April 24, 2011. He was born in Salt Lake City on November 11, 1980. Tyler was full of life, and full of himself. His personality filled the room. He loved to laugh, and he loved to make...
Berle June Jaynes Heaton
Apr 24, 2011
St. George, Utah - Berle June Jaynes Heaton, 88, died peacefully, Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011 surrounded by her loved ones. Berle Heaton was born August 5, 1922 in Paris, Missouri to her loving parents, Laura and Fred Jaynes. After being baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a young girl, Berle continued to love the...
Rex Oral Daugherty
Apr 23, 2011
Santa Clara, Utah - Rex Oral Daugherty passed away April 23, 2011, after a short but courageous battle with Lung Cancer. He was born August 20, 1938 to Jack and Norene Daugherty in Fairview, Wyoming. Because of his fathers occupation of supervising road construction, he moved to different cities and states. It was during one of the moves that he...
Sandra A Ransom
Apr 21, 2011
Ivins, Utah - Sandra A. Ransom, 57, passed away April 21, 2011 at her home surrounded by her family after suffering for six long years with pain. She was born September 14, 1953 in Ogden, Utah, a daughter of Blaine Holliday Atkinson and Elaine Bell Atkinson. She was raised and educated in Kanesville and Ogden, Utah, where she graduated from...


