Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Amos Jack Schoonover
Apr 21, 2011
LaVerkin, Utah - Amos Jack Schoonover, 82, son of Amos James Schoonover and Lula Mae Osborne, died quietly in his home in LaVerkin, Utah in April 21, 2011. Jack was born February 9, 1929 in Prineville, Oregon. He grew up in Burley, Idaho where he met and married his sweetheart, Helen Egan. They had three children. Jack worked in the...
Marjorie Alice Butterfield
Apr 20, 2011
Leeds, UT - Marjorie Alice Troxell Butterfield, 85, passed away on April 20, 2011 in La Verkin, Utah. She was born on January 27, 1926 in Brigham City, Utah to Ferd and Letty Troxell. She married Edell Butterfield in the LDS Logan Temple on January 24, 1949. Marjorie was raised in Brigham City and attended Box Elder High School and...
Virginia Anderson
Apr 19, 2011
St. George, Utah - Virginia Anderson, 89, passed away April 19, 2011 after a short illness. Virginia was born to Maude and Ray Williams on November 24, 1921 in Los Angeles, CA. She was raised in Los Angeles with two sisters and one brother. In 1939, she married Roger Taylor and they had one son, Larry. They later divorced and...
Duayne Lee Devilbiss
Apr 18, 2011
St. George, UT " Duayne Lee DeVilbiss, 83, died April 18, 2011 at the Kolob Care and Rehabilitation Center of St. George, Utah. He was born July 24, 1927 in Avard, Oklahoma to Claude Elmer DeVilbiss and Edith Marie Vance. While still in high school, he joined the U.S. Naval Service to fight in World War II. He served on...
Carl W. Chormicle
Apr 17, 2011
St. George, Utah - Carl W. Chormicle 92 passed away April 17, 2011 in St. George, Utah. He was born January 23, 1919 in Los Angeles, California to Oscar and Viola Veree Chrisman Chormicle. He married his sweetheart, Anita Bickmore on March 3, 1946. They just celebrated 65 years together Carl served in the Army Air Corps during World War...
Rachel Almeda Clark Winemiller
Apr 15, 2011
St. George, Utah - Rachel Almeda Clark Winemiller passed away April 15, 2011. She was born December 20, 1930 in Springfield, Ohio to Ralph and Catherine Haley Clark. She married Hayes Bud Winemiller in Springfield on August 17, 1950. They were married for 54 years. They lived in Phoenix, Arizona until 1961 when they moved to St. George, Utah. Rachel...
Margaret Peggy Thorpe
Apr 11, 2011
St. George, Utah - On April 11, 2011, Margaret (Peggy) Wallace Thorpe passed away quietly after a brief illness, surrounded by her loving family including her husband, Jack Charles Thorpe, her three daughters, Allison T. Ward, Susan Anne Thorpe, and Tracy Thorpe Goolishian, as well as her devoted little white Westie, Winston. Peggy was born in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
Jeffrey Kyle Stewart
Apr 11, 2011
Jeffrey Kyle Stewart St. George/Panguitch, Utah - Jeffrey Kyle Stewart, age 27, slipped the mortal trials of this life to rest in the loving arms of his Heavenly Father April 11, 2011. Legger, as he was affectionately called, was born in Panguitch, Utah on July 3, 1983 to Kyle and Cindy Stewart. He weighed in at a whopping 3.7 pounds...
Lareta L. Hutchison
Apr 9, 2011
St. George, Utah / Nampa, Idaho - LaReta L. Hutchison passed away April 9, 2011 in Nampa, Idaho. She was born April 21, 1921 in St. George, Utah to Hazel and Ammon Lake. She married Benjamin W. Hutchison in St. George, Utah on August 10, 1938. LaReta is survived by her children: Ronald (Tina) Hutchison of Utah, Kathy (Dick) Scott...
Jacob Cooper Lane Phelps, Jr.
Apr 7, 2011
Dammeron Valley, UT - Jacob Cooper Lane Phelps, Jr., age 69, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2011 at his home in Dammeron Valley, Utah. Born to Jacob Cooper Lane Phelps, Sr. and Evelyn Marie Christiansen Phelps on July 29, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He married Judy Cramer. They were married on December 30, 1995 and have resided in...
Charles "Dan" Fuller
Apr 6, 2011
St. George, Utah - Charles Daniel Dan Fuller, age 84, passed away April 6, 2011 in St. George, Utah. He was born on November 18, 1926 in Charlotte, Michigan, the youngest of four the sons of Floyd Lemuel Fuller and Edith E. Wood Fuller. He was a member of the Army Air Corps during WWII and an airplane mechanic in...
Percy Garth Jonat
Apr 6, 2011
St. George, Utah - Percy Garth Jonat passed away April 6, 2011 at Red Cliffs Regional Rehabilitation Center. He was born October 23, 1930 to Edward and Rosina Jonat in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was raised on his parents farm near Yorkton, attending a one room school house until entering High School in Yorkton. After graduating from Yorktown High School,...
Gloria Jean Leavitt Oliphant
Apr 4, 2011
Gloria Jean Leavitt Oliphant Hurricane, Utah - Gloria Jean Oliphant, 69, walked again into the arms of her Savior, after a long battle with a chronic painful illness on April 4, 2011. She was born June 11, 1941 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Jack and Dorene Beatty Leavitt. She was sealed to the man of her dreams, Clair Oliphant in...
Josephine (Jo) Roper
Apr 2, 2011
St. George, Utah - Josephine (Jo) Roper passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 2, 2011, at the age of 93. She was born on September 14, 1917, in St. George, Utah, to Lamond Welcome and Theresa Cannon Huntsman and was the second of six children. She married Roddy Lee Roper on September 1, 1946, in Enterprise, Utah. Their...
Shirley Ann Watern
Apr 1, 2011
St. George, Utah - Shirley Ann Watern went home to be with her Heavenly Father April 1, 2011. She was born May 29, 1937 in Wesley, Massachusetts to Harold Frank Albee and Louise Sumner. She was preceded in death by her parents and her beloved stepmother, Beulah Albee; siblings: Frank Albee, Helen Clary, Priscilla Albee and Donna Jean Albee. Shirley...
Mildred Alice Harriman
Mar 31, 2011
Sebastopol, California - Mildred Alice Harriman, age 92, passed away peacefully on March 31, 2011 in Sebastopol, CA. She was born in Frisco, UT to Richard and Cora Jones on September 30. 1918. Alice is survived by her daughters: Margaret (Greg) Kotta of Forestville, CA and Elaine (Dennis) Beckus of Eldorado Hills, CA; 13 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren....
Vada Caroline Evans Terry
Mar 31, 2011
Enterprise, UT - Vada Caroline Evans Terry, age 95, passed away peacefully on March 31, 2012, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born February 11, 1917, in Shauntie, UT to Carrie Osborne and John Calvin Evans. She married Athna Hunt Terry on November 9, 1934 in Parowan, UT. Their marriage was later solemnized in the St. George Temple...
Norma Christensen Thomas
Mar 30, 2011
Norma Christensen Thomas Enterprise, UT - Our loving mother and grandmother, Norma Christensen Thomas passed away on March 30, 2011 at the age of 89. She was born on July 24, 1921 in Cedar City, Utah to Alonzo C. and Cassie Allene Forsyth Christensen. She grew up in New Castle, Utah and attended school in Cedar City, Utah. She married...
Robert Warner Terrill
Mar 26, 2011
St. George, Utah - Robert Warner Terrill, 73, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011 in St. George, Utah, as a result of a stroke he had suffered following bypass surgery in 2003. The son of Harry and Josephine Terrill, he was born December 4, 1937, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, but grew up in Los Angeles and Riverside, California. He played...
Harumi "Dustie" Waggoner
Mar 25, 2011
ST. GEORGE, UTAH - Harumi "Dustie" Waggoner, age 83, passed away Friday, March 25, 2011 in St. George, Utah. Dustie was born April 4, 1927 to Edwin Masaru and Emily Teruko Sasaoka in Waipahu, Hawaii. She married Monro Val Waggoner, who has preceded her in death.
Dustie is survived by her children: Rae ONeill of Henderson, NV,...


