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


