Obituaries

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

Dorothy` L. Tomer

Dorothy` L. Tomer

Feb 11, 2011

Enterprise, UT- Dorothy L. Tomer, 79 , Died on February 11, 2011 in Enterprise Utah. She was born September 21, 1931 in Pleasant Grove, UT. She married Earl Tomer on January 22, 1966 in Las Vegas, NV. She was preceded in death by her son Jim, her Grandson Chucky, her husband Earl, and his son James. She is survived by...

Bradley Read Dennison

Bradley Read Dennison

Feb 9, 2011

St. George, Utah - Bradley Read Dennison was born January 17, 1979 in St. George, Utah. He passed away on Wednesday, February 9, 2011. He is survived by his parents, DeVon S. and RaNae J. Dennison of St. George. He is also survived by his children: Michael, MacKenzie and Mason; his four brothers, Eric, Bruce, David and Kevin; and his...

Vanola Gubler Wittwer

Vanola Gubler Wittwer

Feb 5, 2011

Santa Clara, Utah - On February 5, 2011, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend passed through the veil into the arms of her loving husband, Lester Guy Wittwer; son, DeVerl; granddaughters; parents; sister; and many others who had preceded her. Vanola Gubler was born August 10, 1915, in Santa Clara, Utah, the eldest child of Edmund and...

Lt. Col. Joseph "Tony" Mariani

Lt. Col. Joseph "Tony" Mariani

Feb 4, 2011

ST. GEORGE, UTAH - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend, Tony Mariani, passed away February 4, 2011. He was the second child of Luigi and Angelina Mariani, both from Foggia, Italy, born November 14, 1914 in New York City, New York. He married Lois Aycock on February 9, 1957 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Tony spent...

Laura Vincent Elizondo

Laura Vincent Elizondo

Feb 4, 2011

ST. GEORGE, UTAH - Laura "Peggy" Vincent Elizondo passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011. She was born September 26, 1923 to George Paul and Eleanor Bellamy Vincent in Selma, California. She later married Joseph B. Elizondo in Marfa, Texas on Christmas Day, December 25, 1944.

Peggy was born and raised in Selma, California. She graduated with a...

Joseph Gaylord Andreasen

Joseph Gaylord Andreasen

Feb 4, 2011

St. George, UT - Joseph Gaylord Andreasen, 87, died February 4, 2011 at his residence in St. George. He was born February 23, 1924 in Soda Springs, ID to Andrew Lorenzo Andreasen and Myrtle Estelle Gibbs. He married Lucille White. They later divorced. Joseph is survived by his children: Christina and Andy; brothers: Willard and Richard; sisters: Carol and Natalia;...

Glenna Stratton Johnson

Glenna Stratton Johnson

Jan 31, 2011

Washington / Hurricane, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, Glenna Stratton Johnson died in Washington City, Utah on January 31 2011, three weeks short of her 92nd birthday. She was born February 24, 1919 in Hurricane, Utah to Arthur and Pearl Stratton, the second of five children. Glenna spent her early life in Hurricane, attending school there. She...

Orvil Orlin Schamens

Orvil Orlin Schamens

Jan 31, 2011

Washington, UT - Orvil Orlin Schamens, 85, passed away January 31 in Washington, Utah. He was born on August 26, 1925 in Bryant, South Dakota to Orlin and Abbie Jenssen Schamens. Orvil grew up on a farm in South Dakota and he joined the Navy in 1943. He was stationed in Seattle, Washington where he met Dorine Schulz and they...

Clara Thelma Walden

Clara Thelma Walden

Jan 27, 2011

St. George, Utah - Clara Thelma Walden passed away January 27, 2011. She was born April 5, 1921 Ashland, Kentucky to Luther Haden Willis and Carrie Verna Miranda Willis. She married Roy Staley Walden in Grayson County, Kentucky on December 4, 1937. They raised their family in Burlington, WA Clara grew up in Ashland, Kentucky. She had a love for...

Nellie Matheson Hirschi Bauer

Nellie Matheson Hirschi Bauer

Jan 25, 2011

St. George, UT - Nellie Matheson Hirschi Bauer, age 82, passed away on January 25, 2011 at Dixie Regional Medical Center of a massive stroke. She went peacefully to our loving Lord and Savior. She was born on February 5, 1928 in Parowan, Utah and was the youngest of 12 children born to David and Elizabeth Mickelson Matheson. On December...

Nancy Jean Blackmer

Nancy Jean Blackmer

Jan 23, 2011

St. George, UT - Nancy Jean Blackmer returned home to the open arms of her Heavenly Father and her husband Robert on January 23, 2011. Nancy was born on November 14, 1932 in Muncie, Indiana to Irvin Perry and Dollie Heritage. Nancy spent most of her life in Muncie, Indiana. She married Robert H. Blackmer on July 9, 1949. Their...

Joseph E. Stern

Joseph E. Stern

Jan 21, 2011

St. George, Utah - Joe lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on January 21, 2011. Born on March 23, 1941 in Escanaba, MI to William Stern and Georgiana Stern (Marcoe),. He had four sisters: Mary Rosalie (deceased), Judith, Eve and Maryanne; and one brother, William, Jr. Joe is survived by his loving wife, Nancy Jo Stern (Ciohon) of St. George,...

Dorothy Jean Davis

Dorothy Jean Davis

Jan 21, 2011

St. George, Utah - Dorothy Jean W. Davis, our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother passed away Friday, January 21, 2011 after a short battle with anaplastic thyroid cancer. She was born April 30, 1926 in Evanston, WY to Wallace W. White and Mabel Sparks White, the second of six daughters. She married Virgil Gene Davis in Evanston, WY and the...

Adrian Earl Ferguson, Jr.

Adrian Earl Ferguson, Jr.

Jan 21, 2011

Adrian Earl Ferguson, Jr. St. George, Utah - Adrian Earl Ferguson, Jr. passed away January 21, 2011. He was born May 14, 1926 in Stockton, Utah to Adrian Earl and Dorothy Gertrude Gundry Ferguson. He married Beverly Jean Larson February 4, 1950, later solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Adrian was raised in Salt Lake City and attended...

Edna Jean Cummings

Edna Jean Cummings

Jan 20, 2011

St. George, UT - Edna Jean Forsyth Cummings, 83,was born the eldest of two children to Cleon Christopher Forsyth and Glenona Dean Bybee on June 6, 1972 in Modesto, California. She returned to her Heavenly home on January 20, 2011 in St. George, Utah.. She grew up in Stockton, California and was educated there. She began her college education at...

Reah Reber

Reah Reber

Jan 20, 2011

St. George, Utah - Reah Reber, (our classy lady) 36 years, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2011 in St. George, Utah. She was the third daughter of Dan Rumell and Christine Jensen Reber born February 19, 1974 in St. George, Utah. Reah was raised in Littlefield, Arizona and went to school in Mesquite, Nevada. She is survived by her parents;...

Lavoid Sidney Leavitt

Lavoid Sidney Leavitt

Jan 19, 2011

St. George, Utah - Lavoid Sidney Leavitt, 91, passed away January 19, 2011 in St. George, Utah. He was born September 16, 1919 to James Sidney and Inez Knight Leavitt in the old McGregor Hospital. He married Harriet Anna Anderson on June 14, 1942 in Reno, Nevada and they were sealed two weeks later in the St. George LDS Temple....

Arden Lowell Scott

Arden Lowell Scott

Jan 19, 2011

Ivins, Utah - Arden Lowell Scott, 88, passed away January 19, 2011 at his home in Ivins, Utah. He was born December 10, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Jennie Shupp and George Robert Scott, but was raised by his mother and Henry Christensen. He married Nancy Joyce Hatch in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple on July 18, 1946....

Lorraine Laub Gubler

Lorraine Laub Gubler

Jan 10, 2011

St. George, Utah - Lorraine Laub Gubler passed away January 10, 2011. He was born July 19, 1935 in Ivins, Utah to Martin Jacob and Jennie Lewema Laub Gubler. Lorraine graduated form Dixie High School and attended Ventura College in Ventura, California. He then joined the U.S. Air Force and retired from the Air Force in 1975. After retiring, he...

Jay "Blayne" Barton

Jay "Blayne" Barton

Jan 8, 2011

St. George, Utah - Loving husband, father, brother and grandfather, Jay Blayne Barton passed away January 8, 2011 surrounded by his family and friends, after a valiant battle with dementia. Born in St. George, Utah, on March 10, 1930 to Alma Ross Barton and Wilhelmina Alice Cannon. Blayne, one of ten children, spent his childhood in St. George working for...