Obituaries

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

Mary Lou Cochran & Nickolis "Bugs" Ronald Siever

Mary Lou Cochran & Nickolis "Bugs" Ronald Siever

Jul 2, 2010

Mary Lou Cochran and Nickolis Bugs Ronald Siever St. George, UT - Mary Lou Cochran, age 75, and Nickolis "Bugs" Ronald Siever, age 6, died in a house fire on Friday, July 2, 2010. Mary Lou and Nickolis were constant companions in life and were not separated in death. Mary Lou was born in Beaumont, California on March 3, 1935...

Jon Christy Mollenkopf

Jon Christy Mollenkopf

Jul 2, 2010

HURRICANE, UTAH - Jon Christy Mollenkopf, 56, of Hurricane, Utah, former resident of Ohio, died unexpectedly on July 2, 2010. He was born August 19, 1953 in Elyria, Ohio to Earl and Lillian Johnston Mollenkopf. Jon was a member of the Emanual Lutheran Church in Coshocton, Ohio. He graduated from Ridgewood High School and served in the U.S. Navy from...

Romaine Arthur Burton

Romaine Arthur Burton

Jul 1, 2010

St. George, UT - Romaine Arthur Burton was born to Arthur L. and Ruby M. Burton on January 19, 1943 in Kearney, Nebraska. He moved with his family many times finally settling in Salt Lake City for most of his young years. He relocated to Southern Utah to be near his parents after their retirement. There he met the love...

Jean Holt Miller

Jean Holt Miller

Jun 28, 2010

Washington, UT - Our beloved Jean Holt Miller passed on to our Heavenly Father's presence on June 28, 2010. Jean has bravely fought cancer and its debilitating effects for the last 6 years, with her husband constantly by her side. She passed peacefully away at home surrounded by her loving husband of 53 years, her children and grandchildren. Jean was...

Hyrum Keith Jones

Hyrum Keith Jones

Jun 27, 2010

St. George, UT - Hyrum Keith Jones, age 77, passed away June 27, 2010 in St. George, Utah. Keith was born on December 29, 1932 in St. George, Utah to William Vaughn and Isabelle Leavitt Jones. Keith married Mary Smith on February 7, 1953 in St. George, Utah. They were later sealed in the Mesa Arizona Temple. Keith was raised...

Melvin Verdell Lunt

Melvin Verdell Lunt

Jun 27, 2010

St. George, UT - Melvin VerDell Lunt, our dad, teacher, example, companion and friend passed away peacefully at the age of 78, Sunday, the 27th of June., at his home in St. George, Utah. He was born on the 10th of June, 1932, in Cedar City, Utah to Parley VerDell Lunt and Lasca Chamberlain Lunt. He married his sweetheart, Carol...

Loretta Sue Russell

Loretta Sue Russell

Jun 27, 2010

Washington, UT- Loretta Sue Russell, 57, died Saturday, June 27, 2010 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, UT. She was born September 2, 1952 in Salinas, CA to George Washington Smethers and Laura Mae Desedare. She married William S. Russell on December 24, 1993. Loretta is survived by her husband, William S. Russell; two children; Johnny Benyo and...

Elizabeth Theresa Hoskins

Elizabeth Theresa Hoskins

Jun 26, 2010

St. George, UT - Elizabeth Theresa Hoskins of St. George, Utah, passed away peacefully June 26, 2010. Elizabeth was born May 9, 1924 in Manhattan to Ellen and Patrick Trainor, who gave her the nickname Betty . Betty enjoyed her first job as a telephone operator for Bell Telephone. In 1945, Betty married Joseph Capria. After his passing she was...

Naveda "Veda" Durfey

Naveda "Veda" Durfey

Jun 24, 2010

Boulder City, NV - Naveda Veda Durfey, recently of Boulder City, Nevada died on June 24, 2010. She is survived by her son Monte Morris (Madeline) of Boulder City. Her second son, Eldon Clark Morris (Susan) of St. George preceded her in death. Veda was born November 11, 1914 in Payson, Utah to Herman A. Mary Eliza Twede. She was...

Joseph Stubbs

Joseph Stubbs

Jun 22, 2010

Joseph Demar Stubbs

St. George, UT -Joseph Demar Stubbs passed away peacefully at DRMC in St. George, Utah, on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, with family close by. He was 87 years old. Joe was born to Margaret M. Stubbs and Clifford J. Stubbs and raised in Parowan, Utah on October 16, 1922.

Joe met his...

Carolyn Kate Godwin

Carolyn Kate Godwin

Jun 22, 2010

Carolyn Godwin

St. George, UT - On June 22, 2010 Carolyn Kate Godwin entered into the joy and rest of the Lord God, her Savior. She was born February 7, 1930 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was lovingly adopted by Lewis and Annie Conway Founds, and grew up for a time in Mobile, Alabama....

Flora Whiteford

Flora Whiteford

Jun 22, 2010

St. George, Utah - Flora Hazel Gardner Whiteford passed away quietly on 22 June 2010. She was born 19 December 1931. She was the daughter of Horace G. Gardner and Ethel Flora Petersen Gardner. She married Walter J. Whiteford 4 February 1955. She is survived by her brother, H. Layne Gardner (Donna);sisters: Karen Marie Gardner Kirkeby (Gordon) and Gayle...

Fae Dorothy Bonner

Fae Dorothy Bonner

Jun 22, 2010

St. George, UT - Our dear loving mother and friend Fae Dorothy Farnsworth Bonner went home to her Heavenly Father and back into the arms of her sweetheart on the afternoon of June 22, 2010. Fae was born on September 27, 1927 in Bingham, Utah to Harry Bowman and Jennie Platt. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the family was split up,...

Frank D. Munson

Frank D. Munson

Jun 18, 2010

Dammer!

Ivins, UT - Frank Munson passed away peacefully on June 18, 2010 at his home in Ivins, Utah. He was born August 24, 1933 in Salt Lake City to Moreland and Eleanor Munson. He ditched West High School to join the Navy where he served aboard the USS Essex in the Korean War....

Lester Ervin Modderman

Lester Ervin Modderman

Jun 15, 2010

ST. GEORGE, UTAH - Lester Ervin Les Modderman, age 65, died June 15, 2010 at his home. He was born August 20, 1944 in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Helmer Theodore and Beulah Irene Blanshan Modderman. He married Doris Darleen Carpenter October 31, 1975 in Sisters, Oregon. Lester lived in Lebanon, Oregon for 56 years. He started his own industrial construction...

Rafael Aguirre

Rafael Aguirre

Jun 11, 2010

Washington, UT - Rafael Aguirre, age 59, passed away on June 11, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born on October 22, 1950 in Zapotlanejo, Mexico to Sara Gonzalez and Juan Jose Aguirre. He married Maria De Jesus Olivares on September 17, 1988. He is survived by his wife, Maria: mother, Sara; children: Kimberly, Rafael, Jr., and Saul Aguirre;...

Vivian Adella Sheil

Vivian Adella Sheil

Jun 9, 2010

St. George, UT - Vivian Adella Hall Sheil, a beloved daughter of her Heavenly Father, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. She was born December 29, 1919 to Adison S. and LiVina Bell Williams Hall in Bailey, Iowa, but most of her growing years were on the family farm near Evansville, Wisconsin. It was here that she learned...

Sharon Reber Thompson

Sharon Reber Thompson

Jun 7, 2010

St. George, UT - Sharon Reber Thompson, age 70, passed away June 7, 2010 in St. George, UT. She was born in St. George on March 15, 1940 to Roma Larson and Ellis Verl Reber. She lived with her mother, father and twin sister Karon in Littlefield, Arizona until her father passed away when she was 15 months old. After...

Leah Jane Hill

Leah Jane Hill

Jun 6, 2010

St. George, UT - Leah Jane Drake Hill, 101, passed away Sunday, June 6, 2010. She was born December 2, 1908 in Clinton, UT to Daniel Newell Drake and Mary Eliza (May) Child Drake. She married Orville Wesley Hill in Los Angeles, CA on June 24, 1924. Leah Jane was raised in Clinton, Utah until the age of 14. She...

Nellie Ann Truman Clove

Nellie Ann Truman Clove

Jun 5, 2010

St. George, UT - Nellie Ann Truman Clove, age 96, passed away June 5, 2010, in St. George, UT. She was born January 9, 1914, in Enterprise, UT., to William Thomas Truman and Mary Jane Hunt Truman. She married Grant Ivor Clove, in Parowan, UT., on August 1, 1932.

Nellie was the last of 12 children born of William...