Obituaries

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

Adriyanna Leslie Ortega

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Amos Jack Schoonover

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...