Obituaries

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

Max Leslie Turner

Max Leslie Turner

Nov 9, 2010

St. George, Utah - With fond memories and grieving hearts we write this tribute in honor of Max Leslie Turner who passed away November 9, 2010 in St. George, Utah.

Max was born in Lago, Idaho to the hard working family of Alma Leslie and Venice Turner on July 21, 1921. He grew up on a farm in Harlem,...

Yoshi Okubo Tanaka

Yoshi Okubo Tanaka

Nov 9, 2010

St. George, UT - Yoshi Okubo Tanaka, passed away November 9, 2010 at the age of 103 in St. George, Utah. A resident of Beehive Assisted Living for the past 3 years. She moved here from Hawaii. A professional artist born February 9, 1907. Raised in Riverside, California, she received her BA in Art from UCLA in 1930. She enjoyed...

Harrison Francisco

Harrison Francisco

Nov 8, 2010

St. George, Utah - Harrison Francisco, 60, passed away November 8, 2010. He was born May 16, 1950 in Crownpoint, New Mexico to Mary and Jim Francisco. He is survived by his wife, Irene Francisco; two daughters, Sherry Francisco and Shelly Nunez; a son, Leon Harrison; and eight grandchildren, all of St. George, Utah. Funeral services will be held in...

Robert Chad Ball

Robert Chad Ball

Nov 3, 2010

St. George, Utah - Robert Chad Ball, 43, left this earth to fly with the eagles on November 3, 2010. Robert was born May 22, 1967 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Chad and Dorothy Ball. He was raised and educated in Granger, Utah. Roberts chosen professions were meat cutting and plumbing. His loves were sports, hunting and fishing. He...

Rudger Morris Mcarthur

Rudger Morris Mcarthur

Nov 2, 2010

St. George, Utah - Rudger Morris McArthur passed on November 2, 2010. He was 89 years old. Rudger was born October 19, 1921, to Wilford Woodruff and Etta Leah (Morris) McArthur in St. George, Utah. He married Erma Geneve Blunck June 21, 1944, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Rudger served the community of St. George as Director of Utilities...

Velva Stevens Jamison

Velva Stevens Jamison

Oct 31, 2010

Washington/ St. George, UT - Velva Stevens Jamison passed away peacefully on October 31, 2010 after visiting with many family members and friends. She was anxious to reunite with her loving husband, Raymond Kenneth Jamison. She was born to Clarinda Dalton Stevens and Nephi Garrett Stevens in Enoch, Utah on their family farm. She was the youngest of five children....

Heber Reed Staheli

Heber Reed Staheli

Oct 26, 2010

Enterprise, Utah - Heber Reed Staheli, our husband, father, grandpa, brother and friend, at age 87, rode off into the sunset to greet loved ones on the other side on October 26, 2010. He was born in Enterprise, Utah, on May 8, 1923, to loving parents, Ray and Thelma Staheli. He had a fun and carefree childhood growing up with...

Connie Ann Garland

Connie Ann Garland

Oct 26, 2010

WASHINGTON CITY, UTAH - Connie Ann Garland passed away October 26, 2010 at her home after enjoying 58 wonderful years. Connie was born May 11, 1952 in Ogden, UT to Paul and Patsy Petersen. She was married to Dale Averett on May 29, 1971, who passed away on March 13, 1981. Connie married Steve Garland of Presque Isle, ME on...

Addie Marie Clove

Addie Marie Clove

Oct 25, 2010

Henderson, NV - Addie Marie Clove, 59, October 25, 2010. She was born January 10, 1951 in Cedar City, Utah to Donald and Theda Bowler. Addie spent her younger years in Enterprise, Utah, moving with her family to Henderson, Nevada when she was 12. While attending Basic High School, she met Daryl Clove, who she married on June 24, 1972....

Sara "Sally" Hansen

Sara "Sally" Hansen

Oct 24, 2010

Sara Jane Sally Flowers Hansen St. George, Utah - Sara Jane Sally Flowers McDermott Hansen, age 92, passed away October 24, 2010 at her home in St. George, Utah. She was born September 25, 1918 in Santa Monica, California to William Joseph and Marie Flowers. She lived most of her life in Las Vegas, Nevada. All her adult life she...

Willard Oliver Stratton

Willard Oliver Stratton

Oct 21, 2010

St. George, Utah - Willard Oliver Stratton passed away October 21, 2010 at his home in Bloomington. He was born March 19, 1924 to Oliver Lang Stratton and Josephine Foremaster Stratton in St. George, Utah. His youth was spent in St. George and on the family ranch in Central, Utah. He proudly served in the U.S. Military 81st Infantry Division...

Mildred Woods

Mildred Woods

Oct 21, 2010

St. George, Utah - Mildred Ellen Moore Malatesta Woods, age 95, passed away October 21, 2010 to the loving hands of our Lord from St. George, Utah. She was born in Ridley Park, PA on August 23, 1915 to Trueman and Sarah Moore. She married Jesse Malatesta in Boothwyn, PA in 1933 and they had three children: Doris Thomas (Eugene),...

Donna Worthington Benware

Donna Worthington Benware

Oct 17, 2010

St. George, Utah - Donna Worthington Benware passed away peacefully form this existence October 17, 2010 in St. George, Utah into the loving arms of our Savior and her family, two weeks before Mom and Dads 65th Wedding Anniversary. Donna was born in Provo, Utah on September 20, 1924. She was raised along side her two sisters and her brother...

Helen Day Terry

Helen Day Terry

Oct 16, 2010

Enterprise, UT - Helen Day Terry is now reunited with her beloved companion of seventy-five years. Mother passed away in her home surrounded by her family on October 16, 2010 of natural causes. She was born on July 2, 1915 in Enterprise, Utah to Henrietta Barnum Day and Henry Day. Nine years later her life was blessed with a baby...

Fern Houston Crawford

Fern Houston Crawford

Oct 15, 2010

St. George / Panguitch, Utah - Fern Houston Crawford, age 93, passed away peacefully on October 15, 2010, with her beloved husband of 60 years, Jasper Louis Crawford, by her side. She was born June 14, 1917, to Roene Syrett and James Frank Houston in Panguitch, Utah. The third of twelve children, she was big sister and mentor to the...

Delsene Leany Gibson

Delsene Leany Gibson

Oct 14, 2010

Delsene Leany Gibson, born November 15, 1930, returned to her Heavenly Father on, October 14, 2010. Delsene was born the sixth child of eight children of Hyrum Nelson and Viola Delsy Workman Leany. She was born and raised in St. George, UT. She is preceded in death by her sweetheart husband, Mark "J" Gibson, as well as her parents, a...

Mary Patricia Hinkle

Mary Patricia Hinkle

Oct 11, 2010

Pat Hinkle passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, Oct. 11. She was born in Cambria, Wyoming on November 28, 1918, the fourth child of nine born to Elizabeth and Roy Malloy. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and three sisters. Surviving sisters are Betty Noonan and Peggy Deller of St. George. Pat never had...

Mary Jane Snedeker

Mary Jane Snedeker

Oct 9, 2010

Hurricane, UT - Mary Jane Snedeker our dear Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and friend passed away at age 91 on October 9, 2010. She was born to Louise Corl and Charles A. White, Sr. in Marysville, PA. At the age of thirteen, she lost her father to a serious illness and helped her mother raise her three younger brothers on a...

Ruth Rose Kelley

Ruth Rose Kelley

Oct 9, 2010

St. George, UT - Ruth Rose Kelley, 93, passed away peacefully of natural causes Saturday, October 9, 2010 at the St. George Care and Rehab Center, St. George, Utah. She was born November 2, 1916 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Orin William Bates, Jr. and Rose Johnson. She married Joseph T. Kelley, Jr. November 6, 1937 in Tooele, Utah....

Delos E. Richards

Delos E. Richards

Oct 9, 2010

Ivins, UT - Delos E. Richards, 84, was surrounded by his children when he peacefully passed away on Saturday, October 9, 2010 due to complications from cancer. He was born on December 7, 1925 to John Charles Richards and Clara Olive Bacon in West Jordan, Utah. He is survived by his four children, Nanette and Dave Pugsley, St. George, UT,...