Obituaries

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

Robert "Bob" Heywood

Robert "Bob" Heywood

Jan 8, 2011

Hurricane, Utah - Robert (Bob) Leland Heywood, 70, was called back to his Heavenly Father on January 8, 2011. Bob was born on March 5, 1940 in Hurricane, Utah to Gardiner and Wealthy Heywood. He was sealed for time & all eternity to his high school sweetheart, Mavis Ruth Edwards, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on June 8, 1961....

Frank D. Harris

Frank D. Harris

Jan 7, 2011

ST. GEORGE, UTAH - Frank D. Harris, age 79, passed away January 7, 2011 in St. George, Utah of kidney cancer. He was born December 15, 1931 in Los Angeles, California to Wayne F. Harris and Ethel D. Piquet Harris. He married his sweetheart Mariela M. Smith. They were sealed for time and all eternity in the Washington D.C. LDS...

Marilyn Ambrose

Marilyn Ambrose

Jan 5, 2011

Marilyn Ambrose (For Spectrum) St. George, Utah - Marilyn Ambrose passed away January 5, 2011. She was born December 28, 1928 in Kirkville, Iowa .to Howard and Vivian Akins Siegrist. In 2009, she moved to St. George, Utah from Baker, Nevada. She was a member of the Calvary Chapel of St. George. She is survived by a brother, Gerald Siegrist...

John Stolen

John Stolen

Jan 4, 2011

St. George, Utah - John Stolen, age 58, passed away in his sleep on January 4 at his home in St. George, Utah. He was born August 14, 1952 in Des Moines, Iowa to Lyder J. and Arlene Stolen. He married Lisa Thurber on June 7, 1980. John was born in Iowa, lived in Chicago, and moved to Salt Lake...

Richard H. Johnson

Richard H. Johnson

Jan 3, 2011

St. George, UT - Richard H. Johnson, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away January 3, 2011, after a brief illness. He was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania on December 7, 1934, and moved to Southern California at an early age. He graduated from BYU in 1959. He met and married Mary Ann Lewis while at school and they moved to...

Leah Pickering Murie

Leah Pickering Murie

Jan 3, 2011

Washington, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother and friend passed away January 3, 2011. Mom was born October 4, 1924 in St. George, Utah to Ernest Arthur Pickering and Mary Ann Winsor Pickering. Mom was raised in Enterprise, Utah with her four brothers and one sister. She spoke often her youth and helping the family work on the farm. Mom...

Joann Twitchell Holt

Joann Twitchell Holt

Jan 1, 2011

Enterprise, Utah - Our beloved JoAnn Twitchell Holt, 64, died Saturday, January 1, 2011, in an automobile accident, near Enterprise, Utah. She was born September 17, 1946, in Cedar City, Utah to Charles and Etta Twitchell, and is the eldest of seven children. She married her high school sweetheart Robert Jay Holt on December 19, 1964, in the St. George...

Scott Clark Peterson

Scott Clark Peterson

Dec 31, 2010

Toots Scott Clark Peterson, age 57, passed away with his family by his side on the night of December 31, 2010. He concluded his 13 month battle with brain cancer in peace and with love in his heart. Scottie was born on June 29, 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Lloyd and Mayme Peterson. Even though his older brother,...

Thelma Clove

Thelma Clove

Dec 30, 2010

St. George, UT - Thelma Clove, age 82, passe away December 30, 2010 in St. George. She was born June 24, 1928 in St. George. Her parents are Vernal Neilson and Helen Hannig Neilson. She is the oldest of three children. She married Thomas Alvy Clove on September 22, 1947 in Washington, Utah and their marriage was later solemnized in...

Geoffrey R. Garlick

Geoffrey R. Garlick

Dec 29, 2010

Ogden, Utah - Geoffrey R. Garlick, 86, died peacefully surrounded by his family, at his home in Ogden, Utah on Wednesday, December 29, 2010. Geoff was born December 14, 1924, in Auckland, New Zealand, the third of four children born to Ada Jeannette Lundius and Stanley Clyde Garlick. Geoff was educated at Fielding Agricultural College in New Zealand. He married...

Raymond "Chris" Orson Christensen

Raymond "Chris" Orson Christensen

Dec 27, 2010

St. George, Utah - Raymond Chris Orson Christensen was born April 17, 1921 in Brigham City, Utah to Orson A. Christensen and Rae Noble Christensen. As a child, Raymond enjoyed a rural upbringing, and often shared fond memories of working on his father's sugar farm. His pursuit of a college education took him to Salt Lake City, Utah but was...

Stella Davis

Stella Davis

Dec 26, 2010

St. George, UT - Stella W. Davis (Cotten) returned home to her Heavenly Father on December 26, 2010 at the age of 90. She was born in Craig, Colorado on May 2, 1920 to Otis Edger Witherell and Parna Trilba Dudley Witherell. She married her long time friend and sweetheart, Glen Luke Cotten and they were sealed in the Idaho...

Margaret Arsenault

Margaret Arsenault

Dec 26, 2010

ST. GEORGE, UT - Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully on December 26, 2010 at the age of 88. She was born November 5, 1922 in West Jordan, Utah to Simon Ray and Murl Rigby Hibbard. She was raised in Salt Lake City and graduated from South High School in 1940. During World War II, she...

Ruth Edmunds

Ruth Edmunds

Dec 26, 2010

St. George, Utah - Ruth Timms Arbuckle Edmunds passed away at Beehive House Assisted Living facility in St. George, Utah on Sunday, December 26 2010. Ruth was born in Bountiful, Utah on January 18, 1914. She was the third of six children born to Thomas L. Timms and Arminta Roberts of Centerville, Utah. She spent her early years in Centerville,...

Rex B Mcallister

Rex B Mcallister

Dec 25, 2010

St. George, Utah - Rex McAllister passed away December 25, 2010 in St. George, Utah. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Rex was known to his family as Pop throughout his adult life. A name he cherished. He was born to Joseph William (Jodi Mac) and Kate Bleak McAllister on September 14, 1919 in St. George. He...

Charles Delee Pennington

Charles Delee Pennington

Dec 24, 2010

Hurricane, Utah - Charles DeLee Pennington, 73, laid down his earthly body on Christmas Eve December 24, 2010 in St. George, Utah. Blue eyed baby Charles was born on November 27, 1937 to Mabel Florence Lindsey and Hugh Smith Pennington in Henderson, Texas. Charles was the first-born and older brother to 4 younger siblings. In 1963, Charles married Mary Jo...

William C. Koharcheck

William C. Koharcheck

Dec 24, 2010

St. George, Utah - William (Bill) C. Koharcheck passed away on December 24, 2010. He was born February 13, 1922 in New Salem, Pennsylvania. Bill grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania and resided in Kenhorst for the last 50 years. He served in the Army during WWII in the Philippines and after the war he was stationed in Germany. He won...

Charles Anderson Widner

Charles Anderson Widner

Dec 23, 2010

Hurricane, Utah - Charles "Chuck" Anderson Widner passed peacefully at his home in Hurricane, Utah, on December 23, 2010. He was born September 28, 1933, to Ferlin Widner and Lela Puckett Widner in Arkansas City, Kansas. He had a wonderful childhood growing up in Kansas and Oklahoma. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War. While stationed at...

Kenneth Emery Willardson

Kenneth Emery Willardson

Dec 21, 2010

St. George, Utah - Kenneth Emery Willardson of Orem, Utah returned to the other side of the veil on Tuesday night, December 21, 2010. Ken was born in San Diego, California March 1, 1929. He was called to serve a mission in the Southern States mission for the LDS Church. He met his wife, Hilda Virginia Touchstone while attending San...

Carolyn Sue Dean Scott

Carolyn Sue Dean Scott

Dec 20, 2010

Washington, Utah - Carolyn Sue Dean Scott, 61, of Washington, UT, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday, December 20, 2010 and now reunited with her beautiful mother, family and God in heaven above. She was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, on February 10, 1949, where she met the love of her life, her George M. Scott III. Surviving...