Obituaries

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

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...

Katherine Ruthewic Bausch

Katherine Ruthewic Bausch

Dec 20, 2010

St. George, Utah - Katherine Ruthewic Bausch passed away December 20, 2010. She was born December 24, 1919 in Italy to Salvatore De Lorenzo and Francis Cicalello. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Ruthewic; five grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; and sister,Sara Russo.Funeral services will be held Monday, December 27, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at the Sunset LDS 4th Ward Chapel,...

Harold Elmer Rich

Harold Elmer Rich

Dec 20, 2010

St. George, Utah - Harold Elmer Rich passed away December 20, 2010. He was born September 29, 1923 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Edgar Elmer and Clara Petersen Rich. He is survived by his wife, Della; daughter, Andrea Lee (Roger) Cox; brother, Jay A. Rich; sister, Barbara Forssell; and many grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 23,...

Linda Sue Mcguinness

Linda Sue Mcguinness

Dec 19, 2010

Hurricane, Utah - Linda Sue McGuinness, age 63, passed away on December 19, 2010. She was born December 25, 1946 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas to Lynzie Joseph Norris and Jimmie Faye Sooter. She is preceeded in death by her husband Dennis McGuinness. She is survived by four children, numerous grandchildren and one sister. Memorial services will be held Thursday,...

Samuel James Whitney, Jr.

Samuel James Whitney, Jr.

Dec 18, 2010

St. George, Utah - Samuel James Whitney, Jr. returned home to his Heavenly Father December 18, 2010 at the age of 86. He was born February 14, 1924 in Parowan, Utah to Samuel J. and Winifred Benson Whitney. He married his lifelong sweetheart, Glyde Gleave in the St. George LDS Temple on June 6, 1946. He is survived by his...

John Victor "Vic" Brower

John Victor "Vic" Brower

Dec 14, 2010

John Victor Vic Brower St. George, UT - John Victor Vic Brower, 96, passed away December 14, 2010 in St. George, Utah. He was born in Parker, Idaho on September 4, 1914 to George H. and Mary Crapo Brower. A retired Court Reporter, Vic lived in Las Vegas from 1946 to 1978, working in the Clark County District Courts and...

Bud Sprague

Bud Sprague

Dec 14, 2010

Bud Sprague St. George, UT -Arnold Oliver "Bud" Sprague, age 73, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010 in St. George, Utah. He was born September 2, 1937 in Overton, Nevada to Oliver Dee and Percilla Emaline Stevens Sprague. On February 4, 1956 he married Betty Yvonne Woolsey in Hurricane, Utah. In 1964, they were sealed in the St. George LDS Temple....

Dale Walter Schermerhorn

Dale Walter Schermerhorn

Dec 13, 2010

St. George, Utah - Dale Walter Schermerhorn passed away December 13, 2010 in St. George, Utah. He was born March 11, 1936 in Omaha, Nebraska to Harold George and Rubye Lorene Alford Schermerhorn. He had two brothers, Keith (deceased) and Lynn. Dale attended the University of Southern California and received a B. S. Degree in Engineering and Finance. He was...

Shirley Jean Carlton

Shirley Jean Carlton

Dec 13, 2010

Shirley Jean Carlton November 27, 1947 to December 13, 2010 Shirley Jean, cherished wife, mother, and grandmother, teacher, and friend, will be sorrowfully missed by her earthly family even as she rejoices in the Lord's presence. A wonderful mother who loved her children, Shirley leaves the world a better place. Born in Bakersfield, CA to Elmer and Doris Unruh, and...