Obituaries

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

Robert William Johnston

Robert William Johnston

Jun 4, 2010

Robert William Johnston St. George, UT - Robert William Johnston, 75, passed away peacefully surrounded by his daughters and wife in his home June 4, 2010. He was taken from us gradually by the cruel ravages of Parkinson's disease and Dementia. We know he will be restored one day to his perfect form and we will be joyfully reunited. He...

Robert William Johnston

Robert William Johnston

Jun 4, 2010

St. George, UT - Robert William Johnston, 75, passed away peacefully surrounded by his daughters and wife in his home June 4, 2010. He was taken from us gradually by the cruel ravages of Parkinson's disease and Dementia. We know he will be restored one day to his perfect form and we will be joyfully reunited. He was born in...

Juanita Ruth Mullins

Juanita Ruth Mullins

Jun 3, 2010

St. George, UT - On January 10, 1923, in Meldrum, Kentucky, Juanita Ruth Jackson was born a coal miner's daughter, and remained proud of those roots for the rest of her life. She grew up in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia moving from mining town to mining town. She married Burns Alfred Mullins on March 24, 1942. For the next...

Ellen Gale

Ellen Gale

Jun 2, 2010

St. George, UT - Ellen Cannon Nielsen Gale, 81, passed away on June 2, 2010 in St. George, Utah. She was born on December 10, 1928 to Glen and Mildred Shakespear Cannon. In 1945, she married LaVar Nielsen of St. George. He passed away in 1950. She married Myron C. (Mike) Gale in 1960 and he passed away in 1999....

Steven Charles Keith

Steven Charles Keith

Jun 1, 2010

St. George, UT - Steven Charles Keith, age 56, passed away on June 1, 2010. He was born on August 10, 1953 in Choteau, MT to Neal and Vivian Keith. He married Jacqueline Johnson, daughter of Robert and Dolores Johnson, on June 20, 1976 in Fairfield, MT. Steve was a farmer in Fairfield, MT until he moved his family to...

Margene Moore

Margene Moore

May 31, 2010

St. George, UT - Margene Moore died peacefully at the Dixie Regional Medical Center in Saint George, Utah on May 31, 2010, at the age of 88. Born Margene Clarke in Salem, Idaho in 1921 to Lester L. and Bertha H. Clarke. She married Harvey D. Moore, 5 September 1940 in Panguitch, Utah. This marriage was later solemnized in the...

Ramona Woods

Ramona Woods

May 31, 2010

St. George, UT - Ramona D. Woods, 88 years of age, passed away peacefully Monday, May 31, 2010, surrounded by her family at her home. She was born January 6, 1922 in Battle Creek, Nebraska. She is survived by her children: Nadine (Deloy) Shakespear, Bruce Woods, and Nancy Hartman; eight grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; ten great-great-grandchildren; and sister Martha (Kenneth) Beckman....

Andrew Jackson Mitchell

Andrew Jackson Mitchell

May 30, 2010

St. George, UT - Andrew Jackson Mitchell, a true scholar and gentleman, returned peacefully to his Heavenly Father early Sunday morning, May 30, 2010, at the age of 91. He was born July 7, 1918, to Andrew J. and Mary A. (Snyder) Mitchell in Albuquerque, NM. Andrew grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona where his parents were community leaders. He spent...

Donald Lafayette Staheli

Donald Lafayette Staheli

May 29, 2010

St. George, UT - Donald Lafayette Staheli, 78 passed away May 29, 2010 in his home in St. George, UT. He was born October 19, 1931 in St. George, Utah to Lafayette and Grace Sullivan Staheli. He married his high school sweetheart Afton Stratton Staheli on September 24, 1952 in the St. George LDS Temple. Donald was raised in Hurricane,...

Arminta "Mickie" Calvin

Arminta "Mickie" Calvin

May 29, 2010

St. George, UT - Arminta J. Calvin, 79, better known as Mickie , passed away May 29, 2010 in St. George. She was born April 25, 1931 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Peter and Pearl Jensen. She married Dick Calvin on January 5, 1951 and spent the first 2 ½ years in Fairbanks, AK with her husband. Mickie played...

Morris Joseph Crouch

Morris Joseph Crouch

May 27, 2010

St. George, UT - Morris Joseph Crouch passed away May 27, 2010 of Pancreatic Cancer. He was born April 11, 1927 in Moreland, Idaho, the second son of Orson Edwin and Martha Leona Horne Crouch. As a small child the family moved to Richfield, Utah where Morris grew up. He graduated from Richfield High School in 1945. He was drafted...

Andrew Michael Woodward

Andrew Michael Woodward

May 25, 2010

Salt Lake City, UT - Andrew Michael Woodward, 44, died May 25, 2010, in Salt Lake City, UT, following a lingering illness. Andy was born on August 6, 1965, in Provo, UT, to Michael Lynn Woodward and Virginia B. Woodward. He attended elementary and high school in St. George, and received an Associate of Science Degree from Dixie College. As...

Ralph Ernest Crook

Ralph Ernest Crook

May 24, 2010

St. George, UT- Ralph Ernest Crook, 78, died from heart failure on May 24, 2010 in St. George, UT. Ralph was born February 26, 1932 in Heber, UT to James Ernest Crook and Alice Virginia Olson Crook. He married Margaret Ellen Lemmon on March 7, 1952 in Weston, ID. Ralph was raised (and raised his own family) in the Salt...

Shirlee Vanorman Mclaren

Shirlee Vanorman Mclaren

May 23, 2010

St. George, UT - Shirlee Van Orman McLaren passed away May 23, 2010. She was born June 8, 1947 to Stanley Howard VanOrman and Phyllis Afton Webster Van Orman in Logan, Utah. Shirlee attended Hillcrest High School then went on to attend both Brigham Young University and The Church College of Hawaii. Shirlee was a Flight Attendant with Braniff Airlines...

Virginia Price Brown

Virginia Price Brown

May 21, 2010

St. George, UT - On Friday, May 21, 2010, our sweet mother was released from her mission on this earth and went on to join her sweetheart waiting on the other side. Virginia was born at home in Salt Lake City to George L. and Emma Hadler Price on June 16, 1924. She was the youngest of 8 children and...

Larue Smith Haycock

Larue Smith Haycock

May 20, 2010

St. George, UT - LaRue Smith Haycock, 91, died May 20, 2010 in St. George, UT. She was born April 15, 1919 in Lewiston, Utah to John Elijah and Ora Stephenson Smith. On April 25, 1945 she was married to Ira Hatch Haycock in her parents' home in Burley, Idaho and they were subsequently sealed in the LDS Salt Lake...

J. Howard Lien

J. Howard Lien

May 17, 2010

J. Howard Lien St. George, UT - J. Howard Lien passed away on May 17, 2010 in St. George, UT surrounded by his family. Howard was born June 17, 1928 on the family farm near Outlook, MT to John and Cora Lien. He attended school in Outlook and graduated from Outlook High School in 1946. He married Betty Lou Stewart...

Franckie L. Hickerson

Franckie L. Hickerson

May 15, 2010

Our beautiful mother quietly passed away on May 15, 2010, and is once again in the loving company of those who had preceded her in death. Frankie L Hickerson was born November 23, 1924 to Edna Don and Robert Spanton in Los Angeles, Ca. She was lovingly raised as a child by Edna and Robert Bremner. She married Gerald Player...

Janice Rae Keif

Janice Rae Keif

May 15, 2010

St. George, UT - Janice Rae Keif died on May 15, 2010 in St George. Born on January 6, 1929 to Ray Warner Major and Venice Tibbitts Major in Logan, Utah. Married Jerome G Hileman in 1949 and was later divorced. She married Aubrey J. Keif on March 30,1962. Two of her brothers, Jack W. Major and Lynn T. Major,...

Montie Lavar Parker

Montie Lavar Parker

May 15, 2010

Hurricane, UT - Montie LaVar Parker passed away May 15, 2010. He was born September 4, 1939. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sandra Marie; son, Vince Parker; and sister, Judy Johnson. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Sue; sons, Dennis and Jim Parker; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; brother, Sherm Drebing; sister, Jeannie Anderson; and lots...