Obituaries

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

Homer Owen

Homer Owen

Aug 2, 2010

St. George, UT - Homer Owen, 86, passed away August 2, 2010 in St. George, Utah. Homer was born December 1, 1926 in Modesto, CA to Roy and Sarah Owen. Homer married Marjorie Emery on August 30th in 1947. They have two sons, Chris and Kevin. Homer enlisted in the US Army Air Force on September 15, 1942. He flew...

Brian Lee Olson

Brian Lee Olson

Jul 30, 2010

St. George, UT - Brian Lee Olson passed away July 30, 2010 after a long battle with Cancer. He was born February 10, 1969 in St. Maries, Idaho to Charles Edward and Vicki Zundel Olson. He married Robin Marie Wahlen. Brian grew up in Hamilton, Montana and later moved to Salt Lake City where graduated from the University of Utah...

John Noel Castle

John Noel Castle

Jul 28, 2010

St. George, UT - John Noel Castle, passed peacefully on in his sleep, 28 July, 2010. He was born 24 Dec 1924 in England to Archibald & Kathleen Castle. He married Jean Conner (deceased 1955) in England and then Audrey McLeod (deceased Oct 2009) in Canada. His warm and friendly character will be greatly missed, as well as his subtle...

Shirl Harry Pitchforth

Shirl Harry Pitchforth

Jul 26, 2010

St. George, UT - Shirl Harry Pitchforth, 90, was born in St. George on November 14, 1919, to John Hartley Pitchforth and Lucile Eliza Schmutz Pitchforth. He passed away on July 26, 2010, from causes incident to his age. Shirl was proud to be of Swiss German and English descent. His childhood was spent in Milford, Morgan, Vernal, and St....

Rulon Petty

Rulon Petty

Jul 26, 2010

St. George, UT - Rulon H Petty, 95, passed away Monday, July 26, 2010 at Dixie Regional Medical Center. He was born on February 17, 1915 in Talmadge, Utah to George Washington Petty and Zina Eliza Williams Petty. He married Bessie Morley on October 25, 1938 in Gunnison, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple. Bessie passed...

Robert Lee Mclaughlin

Robert Lee Mclaughlin

Jul 23, 2010

St. George, UT - Robert Lee McLaughlin, 76, passed away on Friday, July 23, 2010 in St. George Utah. Robert was born on June 30, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Nelson and Cecil Schultus McLaughlin. Robert married his sweetheart Mary Goebel on February 20, 1965 in Syracuse, New York. During his life, Robert was an Electrical Engineer and worked for...

Kenneth Olsen

Kenneth Olsen

Jul 18, 2010

St. George, UT - Kenneth Olsen passed away July 18, 2010 surrounded by family at the age of 71 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kenneth was born to James Olsen and Isabelle Janette Parker Olsen on July 12, 1939 in Montpelier, Idaho. He spent his youth helping on his fathers ranch in Ovid, Idaho. Ken attended school in Montpelier and...

Victor Ross Van Oostendorp

Victor Ross Van Oostendorp

Jul 18, 2010

St. George, UT - Victor Ross Van Oostendorp passed away July 18, 2010. He was born June 11, 1931 in Newark, New Jersey. He is survived by his wife Fay; daughters: Stacy Bachman of Mission Viejo, CA and Melinda Van Oostendorp of Kentucky; two granddaughters; three great-granddaughters; two sisters: Adrieanna Vires and Marie Fielding; one brother, Harry Van Oostendorp. Vic...

A. Frank Agosto

A. Frank Agosto

Jul 17, 2010

St. George, UT - A. Frank Agosto passed away July 17, 2010 in St. George, Utah. He was born October 1, 1928 in Puerto Rico to Francisco and Concho Agosto. He married Juanita Quinonez. He is preceded in death by his parents and wife, Juanita. He is survived by his daughters, Frances Agosto of Cleveland, OH, Carmen (Bill) Arvizu of...

Robert "Bob" Henrichsen

Robert "Bob" Henrichsen

Jul 17, 2010

St. George, UT - Robert Bob Henrichsen, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away July 17, 2010 after a short illness. Bob was born February 10, 1928 to Harold Ralph Henrichsen and Ruth Stevenson. He married Joyce Anderson (divorced). He later married LaVerna M. Jensen on September 14, 1991. Bob worked in food service for over 40 years. He...

Kenneth Hayden

Kenneth Hayden

Jul 15, 2010

Hurricane, UT - Kenneth Hayden passed away July 15, 2010. He was born January 30, 1921 in Edna, Kansas to Clarence Edward and Bernice Vance Hayden. He married Rose Julia Herrera. He is preceded in death by a daughter. He is survived by his wife, Rose; three children; eleven grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. Graveside Services will be held...

Harriet Anna Leavitt

Harriet Anna Leavitt

Jul 13, 2010

St. George, UT - Harriet Anna Anderson Leavitt returned home 13 July 2010 surrounded by her loving family. Harriet was born 15 May 1921 at Anderson Ranch, Washington County, Utah. Her parents were Albert and Deslie Lowe Anderson. She graduated from Parowan High School and Dixie College. On 14 June 1941, she married Lavoid Leavitt in Reno, Nevada. The marriage...

Gus Caserta

Gus Caserta

Jul 12, 2010

St. George Utah - Gus Caserta, 87, passed away peacefully at his home on July 12, 2010. He was born December 26, 1922 in Italy to Angelo and Filamena Caserta. Gus was a proud WWII Veteran in the United States Army, a gifted cabinet maker and avid bowler. He married his sweetheart Barbara Coppola in 1953. Gus was a loving...

Heber Jenkins Badger

Heber Jenkins Badger

Jul 11, 2010

St. George, UT - Heber Badger 91, a longtime resident of Seattle, Washington and St. George, Utah died last Sunday at the home of his daughter Rose Brown in Las Vegas, Nevada. Throughout his life of leadership, service and love of family, he touched the lives of many and inspired and strengthened all those who knew him. He was deeply...

Randall M. Smart

Randall M. Smart

Jul 9, 2010

HURRICANE, UTAH - Randall M. Smart passed away July 9, 2010 due to complications from cancer. He was born May 12, 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Lesly E. and Elaine McCormick Smart. He was the middle son of five boys. He spent his childhood years in Holladay, Utah. After high school he joined the Green Beret Special Forces....

Suzanne Lee Dinning

Suzanne Lee Dinning

Jul 9, 2010

St. George, UT - Suzanne Lee Dinning, 69, of St. George, Utah, passed away July 9, 2010 at her daughters home, surrounded by family and friends. Suzanne Lee Miller was born on May 4, 1941 to William and Mildred Miller in Los Angeles, California. She was the older of two siblings for Bill and Millie, with brother, Rick, four years...

Ora Pauline Kent

Ora Pauline Kent

Jul 8, 2010

St. George, Utah - Pauline A. Kent, age 83, returned to the loving arms of her Savior and reunited with her husband, Wayne P. Kent, July 8, 2010. Pauline has lived in St. George, Utah for the past five and a half years with her daughter Patricia; she was at home with those she loved at the time of her...

Edgar Lavell Goodwin

Edgar Lavell Goodwin

Jul 7, 2010

St. George, UT - Our noble father, Edgar LaVell Goodwin, 88, passed away Wednesday, July 7, 2010 in St. George, Utah. He was born March 3, 1922 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Joseph Edgar Goodwin and Helen Edna Parsons. He married Grace LaRue Cobbley April 2, 1942 in the Mesa Arizona Temple just prior to his departure for overseas Naval duty...

Orin Joseph Ingram

Orin Joseph Ingram

Jul 7, 2010

St. George, UT - Orin Joseph Ingram, 92, passed away July 7, 2010 at home. He was born March 14, 1918 to William Edward and Eunis Twitchell Ingram in Cannonville, Utah. He married Barbara Leavitt Ingram July 24, 1938 in Marysvale, Utah, where they started their family. They lived for a few years in Richfield and in 1947 they moved...

Randall Hunter Jeffery

Randall Hunter Jeffery

Jul 3, 2010

Randall Hunter Jefferys deceased body was found July 3, 2010 in St. George, Utah, after he went missing March 19, 2010. Randall was born November 30, 1959 to E. Hale Jeffery and Laura Wyora Hunter Jeffery in Delta, Utah. Randall grew up in Delta and attended Delta High School. He married Mary Regan October 1983 and together they had a...