Obituaries

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

Elery Lee Ervin, Jr

Elery Lee Ervin, Jr

Aug 28, 2010

Elery Lee Ervin, Jr. St. George, UT - Elery Lee Ervin, Jr., 92, died Saturday, August 28, 2010 in his home in St. George, Utah. He was born June 8, 1918 in Weatherford, Oklahoma to Elery Lee Ervin, Sr. and Tessie (McKee) Ervin. He married Alice Shoemaker on November 9, 1939 in Kimble, Nebraska. They had seven children. They were...

Joy Kitchen

Joy Kitchen

Aug 26, 2010

St. George, UT - Joy Kitchen passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2010. Born in Salem, Oregon, Marion County on March 30, 1943 to Glen and Minnie Tierce. They were farm owners in the Willamette Valley, Oregon for many years. She worked as a legal secretary for 40 years. She ended her career working in the Social Security Court System...

Mary Lusk Anderson Husby

Mary Lusk Anderson Husby

Aug 22, 2010

Hurricane, UT - Mary Lusk Anderson Husby, 93, passed away at the Hurricane Beehive Home Sunday, August 22, 2010. She was born December 21, 1916 in Malad, Idaho to Thomas Jenkins Lusk and Marie Williams. She was married to Clark (Bud) Anderson in 1938. They had three children. She was later divorced and married Orrin Husby in 1962. Their marriage...

Imogene Rose Collins

Imogene Rose Collins

Aug 19, 2010

St. George, UT - I was born to Edith Louise and Carl Follett, in Logan, Utah, January 3, 1932. I was crowned Junior Miss Salt Lake City and went on to a modeling career. After my modeling career, I met and married the love of my life Karl Stephens February 12, 1950. We traveled the globe during his military career...

John Jacob Alder

John Jacob Alder

Aug 18, 2010

St. George, UT - John Jacob Alder, Colonel, USAF retired, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2010. John was born December 9, 1931 in St. Louis, MO. He was raised in Southern California and graduated from UCLA before joining the US Air Force. While serving as a pilot for 24 years, he logged over 5400 hours of flying time. He received...

Merrill Prisbrey

Merrill Prisbrey

Aug 18, 2010

Washington, UT - Merrill Prisbrey, 86, passed away August 18, 2010 from the effects of cancer surrounded by his family. He was born May 4, 1924 to Hyrum and Susan Prisbrey in Washington, Utah, the ninth of twelve children. Merrill served in the US Marine Corp in WWII and loved his country. He met his sweetheart, Pearl May at the...

Willard H. Farnsworth

Willard H. Farnsworth

Aug 17, 2010

St. George, UT - Willard H. Farnsworth was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 28, 1940 to Harlow and Merlyn Farnsworth. He served in the United States Air Force and was Honorably discharged. He is survived by two daughters, Joan and Janine; two sisters, one brother, and multiple nieces and nephews. In his last years of his life,...

Agnes Laney Wood

Agnes Laney Wood

Aug 17, 2010

St. George, UT - Agnes Laney Wood, age 99, passed away on August 17, 2010 in St. George, Utah. She was born on March 11, 1911 in Oakley, Idaho to George Culbert Laney and Agnes Mitchell Laney. She is survived by her son, Daryl O. Wood, daughters; Marilyn Richardson, Lorene Plumb, and Jane Nelsen; 19 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren. Graveside...

Janet Earl

Janet Earl

Aug 17, 2010

St. George, UT - Janet Faye Hansen Earl, age 71, passed away on August 17, 2010 at her home in St. George, Utah. She was born on March 8, 1939 in Provo, Utah to Raynold Afton Hansen and Melba Nettie Smith Hansen. She is married to Evan Leon Earl. They were married on May 28, 1994. They were married in...

Arnold J. Mcintosh

Arnold J. Mcintosh

Aug 15, 2010

St. George, UT - Arnold McIntosh passed away August 15, 2010. He was born October 17, 1924 in Marysvale, Utah to Raymond and Telma Clara Anderton McIntosh. He married Ruby Ellen Rose in Ely, Nevada. He is survived by his wife, Ruby; children: Nancy (Joe) Bilbao of Ely, NV, Patti (Tooter) Burdick of New Harmony, UT, and Arnold D. (Marie)...

Darrell Bohdan Hercyk

Darrell Bohdan Hercyk

Aug 15, 2010

St. George, UT - Our husband, father, son, brother, and friend passed away August 15, 2010. He was born October 22, 1959 in Bath, New York to Bohdan and Beverly Hercyk. He married his sweetheart Julie Topham on March 7, 1998 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were sealed a year later in the St. George, Utah Temple. He was...

Virginia Hilda Hall

Virginia Hilda Hall

Aug 14, 2010

Enterprise, UT - Virginia Hilda Haase Hall passed away August 14, 2010. She was born February 18, 1932 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Alfred Emil and Virginia Gertrude Hanel. Virginia loved her church, her family , her dog, and her friends. She was known for her kind ways. She loved to cook for everyone in town. She enjoyed her gardening and...

Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson

Aug 14, 2010

St. George, UT - Paul Fredrick Johnson passed away on August 14, 2010 of Mesothelioma surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 31, 1924 to William M. and Lillie C. Johnson in Ishpeming, Michigan. Dad proudly and honorably served in the Navy during WWII, in the South Pacific. He was a wonderful inspiration and example to all...

Donald Harry Meyers

Donald Harry Meyers

Aug 11, 2010

St. George, UT - Donald H. Meyers, 81, passed away peacefully on August 11, 2010 in St. George, UT after an extended illness. He was born May 29, 1929 in Pocatello, Idaho to Harry and Margaret Smith Meyers. He married Martha Knollema, May 5, 1952, in Salt Lake City, UT. He was raised on the Smith family farm in Aberdeen,...

Noel Duane Taylor

Noel Duane Taylor

Aug 10, 2010

St .George, UT - Noel Duane (Beak) Taylor, age 74, passed away on August 10, 2010 at his home in St. George, Utah. He was born on December 21, 1935 in Magna, Utah to Archibald and Ruby Gillette Taylor. Noel met and married the love of his life, Winifred Young McPhee in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 21, 1962...

Diane Kathryn Jones

Diane Kathryn Jones

Aug 8, 2010

Reno, NV - Diane Kathryn Jones, 56, died on August 8, 2010 in Reno, Nevada of cancer. She was born on June 7, 1954 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Diane is survived by her husband, Darrell S. Jones of Golconda, NV, sons: David (Charlene) of Portland, OR, Darrin (Amanda) of Logan, UT, daughter Deanna (Matt) of Hyde Park, UT, nine grandchildren, her...

Zelma Gifford Schiefer

Zelma Gifford Schiefer

Aug 5, 2010

St. George, UT - Our loving mother and friend, Zelma Gifford Schiefer passed away from this life to the next on August 5, 2010. She was born June 18, 1930 in Rockville, Utah to Whitford and Luella Pearl Russell Gifford. She was born the fifth child of nine children, the only girl of eight brothers. Mom and her brothers, Erwin,...

James Roland Shanks

James Roland Shanks

Aug 4, 2010

St. George, UT - James Roland Shanks left this mortal life August 4, 2010 due to cancer. Throughout his life he was known as Jim or Roland. Roland was the name most commonly used by family and close friends. He was born May 11, 1931 in Southern California to Wesley James Shanks and Ethel Gormley. He lived most of his...

Laprele Tait Banks

Laprele Tait Banks

Aug 3, 2010

Central, UT - Our loving Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Sister and Friend returned home to her Heavenly Father on August 3, 2010 surrounded by her family. LaPrele T. Banks was born January 5, 1923 in Enterprise, Utah to George Huntsman and Laura Sophia Staheli Tait. She was the third child in a family of nine children, two being deceased early in...

Jay Alma Maxwell Donnelly

Jay Alma Maxwell Donnelly

Aug 3, 2010

Washington, UT - Jay Alma Maxwell Donnelly, our beloved Son, Husband, Brother and Daddy left us much too early to return to his Heavenly Father on August 3, 2010. Jay was born on March 10, 1986 in Missoula, Montana to Bill and Marlene Donnelly (Williford). His parents divorced, and Jay moved to Ivins, Utah in 1989 with his mother, brother...