Obituaries

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

Charles Ray Schonlaw

Charles Ray Schonlaw

May 14, 2010

St. George, UT - Charles Ray Schonlaw, 88, passed away on May 14, 2010 in St. George, UT. He was born October 23, 1921 to Charles Gustav Schonlaw and Lu Lu Maxwell Schonlaw in Los Angeles, California. He married Eleanor Grace Curran in Los Angeles on November 12, 1942 who preceded him in death on February 1, 2008. Charles was...

Byron Leroy Willis

Byron Leroy Willis

May 12, 2010

Byron LeRoy Willis St. George, UT - Byron LeRoy Willis, 77, passed away into the loving arms of our Heavenly Father on May 12, 2010, after a valiant three year battle with cancer, during which we saw his courage and spiritual strength as never before. LeRoy was born September 21, 1932 to Byron LeRoy Willis, Sr. and Lurana Eagar Willis...

Anna Irene Horlacher

Anna Irene Horlacher

May 10, 2010

"Together Again" St. George, UT - Irene Horlacher passed away May 10, 2010, at the age of 103 years old. She was born in Fillmore, Utah March 13, 1907 to Betty and Rasmus Rasmussen. She had an older sister, Pauline Robinson and two brothers, Carl and Ronald Rasmussen, each of whom preceded her in death. Irene...

Russell Barrett Haughton

Russell Barrett Haughton

May 9, 2010

St. George, UT - Russell Barrett Haughton passed away May 9, 2010. He was surrounded by loving family after a long struggle with cancer. Russell was born June 3, 1959 in Downey, California to Delos Richard and Carolyn Haughton. Russell is survived by his parents, Richard and Carolyn Haughton; twin brother, Martin Richard; brother, Aaron Elwood; and sister, Kari Elizabeth....

Anita Painter

Anita Painter

May 3, 2010

St. George, UT - She lived fully, with love and creativity toward life and humanity. Born on August 8, 1932 in Brockton, Massachusetts, daughter and first child of Elinor Stedman Gurney and Fred Packard Gurney, she grew up with her two brothers, Stephen Packard Gurney and James Stedman Gurney as proud New England Yankees. Surrounded by the beauty and culture...

Margaret Ladeda

Margaret Ladeda

May 1, 2010

St. George, UT- Margaret E. Ladeda, 98, passed away May 1, 2010 at Porters Nursing Home in St. George, UT. She was born in Pittsburg, PA May 21, 1911. She is survived by her son, Mario (Kolleen) of Cedar City; brother, Anthony (Amelia) Sgambati of Aspenwall, PA; 6 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren, 3 great great grandchildren and numerous nieces and...

Jacqueline "Jackie" Mannion

Jacqueline "Jackie" Mannion

May 1, 2010

St. George, UT - Jacqueline Jackie Mannion, our loving wife, mother, and grandmother, 71, of St. George, UT, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2010. She was born August 7, 1938 in Yonkers, NY, where she was also raised. She married John Mannion on December 15, 1962 in Yonkers. Over the years, Jackie worked as a bookkeeper and secretary at various...

Russell Dean Hunt

Russell Dean Hunt

Apr 30, 2010

Gone Fishin Vancouver, WA - Russell Dean Hunt was born on December 13, 1950 in Cedar City, UT, the second son of John Reed and Mary Hunt of Enterprise, Utah. Russ passed away peacefully April 30th, 2010 in Vancouver, WA where he was residing. He was an accomplished musician, especially on the trumpet. He was an...

Chantz Douglas Drake

Chantz Douglas Drake

Apr 30, 2010

St. George, UT - Chantz Drake passed away April 30,2010 at his home in St. George, Utah. He was born November 8, 1991, in St. George, Utah to Delanie Drake Staheli and the late James Bills Sorenson. He was a member of the LDS 1st Ward, Morningside Stake. He was raised by his grandparents whom he affectionately called Papa and...

Eliza Nelson Bundy

Eliza Nelson Bundy

Apr 27, 2010

St. George UT - Eliza Nelson Bundy, 91, passed away quietly in her home on April 27, 2010. She was born April 24, 1919 to James Mark Nelson and Nellie James Nelson in St Johns, AZ. She married William Fay Bundy June7, 1941 in the St. George Temple. She is survived by her husband William Fay Bundy, her children, Darell,...

Weldon R. Cagle

Weldon R. Cagle

Apr 26, 2010

Ivins, Utah - Weldon R. Cagle, died at home, April 26, 2010. Born to Harvey and Cora Annalee Cagle, Iowa Park, Texas in 1928, Weldon was a motorcycle enthusiast at an early age. Later, he became an accomplished mechanic, working for commercial airlines as a flight engineer and for aerospace industries as a technical writer for the Titan missile. In...

Rakel Mara Chugg

Rakel Mara Chugg

Apr 22, 2010

Ivins, UT - Rakel Mara Johnson Chugg, age 42, passed away Thursday, April 22, 2010. She was born December 8, 1967 to her loving parents Rand Joseph and Dorothy Mae Kendall Johnson in Boise, Idaho. She married Curtis Russon Chugg in the Manti LDS Temple on May 15, 1987. Their love began at a dance while attending Ricks College (presently...

Ralph Adolph Anderson

Ralph Adolph Anderson

Apr 21, 2010

LaVerkin, UT - Ralph Adolph Anderson passed away April 21, 2010. He was born to Gustave and Vergie Spratley Anderson in American Fork, Utah on 26 June 1931. He graduated from American Fork High School in 1949. He married Lois Straughn in 1952. Ralph served eight years in the Utah National Guard, 1457th Engineers. He worked for US Steel, Geneva...

Steven Leroy Hansen

Steven Leroy Hansen

Apr 21, 2010

St. George, UT - Received a job offer he could not refuse. Steven LeRoy Hansen passed away on April 21, 2010 of a massive heart attack. He was born on June 15, 1972 in Murray, Utah to Nyle LeRoy & LaVerle Turnbow Hansen.

Steven was raised in Holladay, Utah were he attended Cottonwood Elementary, Olympus Jr. and...

Wilden Hume Tweedie

Wilden Hume Tweedie

Apr 19, 2010

St. George, UT - Wilden Hume Tweedie, 89 years, passed away April 19, 2010. He was born May 19, 1920 in Hurricane, Utah to David Hume and Flora Beryl Tweedie. He and Metta Wood were married in the St. George LDS Temple on October 30, 1940. Wilden grew up in Hurricane and graduated from Hurricane High School in 1938, and...

Thomas Hubert Berdan

Thomas Hubert Berdan

Apr 16, 2010

St. George, UT - Thomas Hubert Berdan, 78, died April 16, 2010 in St. George, UT. Born in Minneapolis, MN to Hubert Joseph Berdan and Mabel Kathryn Grant. On February 8, 1958, he married the love of his life, Barbara Kathryn Spanbauer Tom grew up in Clinton, IA and graduated from Clinton High School. He went on to earn a...

Kathryn Swensen Graf

Kathryn Swensen Graf

Apr 16, 2010

St. George, Ut - Kathryn Swensen Graf , age 59, passed away April 16, 2010, in St. George, Utah. She was born April 11, 1951 to Albert Donald and Jennie Romney Swensen. She married Paul Fenwick Graf in the Salt Lake City Utah Temple on August 13, 1976. Kathy was born and raised in Provo, Utah. She attended Wasatch Elementary,...

Jason Allen Lambeth

Jason Allen Lambeth

Apr 16, 2010

St. George, UT - Jason Allen Lambeth, age 35 of Ohio, was tragically taken from us in a car accident on April 16th, 2010. Jason grew up with his loving Uncle and Aunt. Working on the family diary farm, Jason was instilled with traits of being hard working and responsible. For Jason's entire life he has always been known as...

Dena Davis

Dena Davis

Apr 15, 2010

St. George, UT - Dena Kirkland Nokes Davis, age 85, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her family on April 15, 2010. She was born in Carey, Idaho on November 13, 1924 to Buford and Ethel Marie (Dilworth) Kirkland. Eldest of 4 children. She was sealed to Reid Lamond Nokes in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on September...

Leonna Rimington Devilbiss

Leonna Rimington Devilbiss

Apr 14, 2010

St. George, UT - LeOnna Rimington Devilbiss, 81, died April 14, 2010 at her home in St. George, Utah. She was born May 22, 1928 in Woodruff, Utah to Gerald Rimington and Leora Boothe. She married her sweetheart, Duayne Lee DeVilbiss, in Santa Ana, California in 1947, and solemnized their vows in the St. George Temple. When she was two...