Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
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,...
Floyd Gubler Ence
Mar 25, 2011
ST. GEORGE, UTAH - Floyd Gubler Ence was born on June 16, 1920 and passed away on March 25, 2011 in St. George due to causes incident to age. He was born in Santa Clara, Utah to Reuben and Mata Gubler Ence. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Marjorie, brother, Delworth, Lillis Spencer (Taylor), Pauline (Ordell)...
Marjorie King Griffin Ence
Mar 24, 2011
ST. GEORGE, UTAH - Marjorie King Griffin Ence, age 78, passed away on March 24, 2011 at her home in St. George, Utah. She was born July 16, 1932 in Boulder, Utah to Clyde and Irene King. She married Eugene Napoleon Griffin on June 10, 1953, they were later divorced. She later married Floyd...
Dessie Reber Mcallister
Mar 23, 2011
St. George, Utah - Dessie Reber McAllister, our sweet, loving, beloved mother, grandmother, great- grandmother, passed away March 23, 2011 at her home in St George at the age of 93. She lived a long a fulfilling life. She was the eighth child born to Edwin and Ella Jones, July 31, 1917, in Gunlock, Utah. She married Garth Jones in...
E. Paul Williams
Mar 22, 2011
St. George, Utah - E Paul Williams passed away March 22, 2011 at age 83. Born September 1, 1927 to Edward Paul and Ema Olivia (Roan) Williams in Sharon, OK. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Janie Davis, and his half brothers George, Louis and Granville Williams. He is survived by his wife Barbara, sons Eric...
Gary Leroy Gregerson
Mar 22, 2011
Provo, Utah - Gary LeRoy Gregerson, our loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend passed away March 22, 2011 in Provo, Utah after a courageous battle with cancer. Gary was born May 26, 1936 in Indio, California to Worthen Earl Gregerson and Werdna Musgrave Gregerson. He moved to Pintura, Utah at age seven and attended schools in the area graduating from...
Mary Jane Ryan
Mar 20, 2011
St. George, UT - Mary Jane Ryan, 82, passed away on March 20, 2011 in St. George, Utah. She was born on September 26, 1928 in Appleton, Wisconsin to Raymond Bernard and Caryl Marie Brand. She is survived by daughter, Jane Caryl Ryan, daughter-in-law, Lyn Ryan, granddaughters: Kristy Maree Ryan, Julie Nicole (Matt) Winkley, Lisa Anne Ryan, and Heather Lyn...
Zella Cox O'Brien
Mar 20, 2011
St. George, Utah - Zella OBrien was born April 1, 1929 in LaVerkin, Utah to Charles and Retta Stock Cox. She was the sixth of ten children. She died March 20, 2011 of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. She married Edward OBrien on January 29, 1966 in the St. George LDS Temple. They lived in Ivins, Utah for many years, then...
Helen Elizabeth Sterner
Mar 20, 2011
St. George, Utah - Helen Elizabeth Sterner passed away March 20, 2011. She was born March 8, 1911 in Lincoln, Nebraska to William L. Stevens and Myrtle Minnie Cool Stevens. She married Leland S. Sterner. Helen is survived by her son, James Douglas (Anita) Sterner; five grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leland and...


