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


