Obituaries

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

Mary Sophia Rushton

Mary Sophia Rushton

Mar 4, 2010

Washington, UT - Mary Sophia Rushton, 98, passed away March 4, 2010, in St George Utah. Mary was born February 13th, 1912 to Ephraim and Phoebe Swain. She was the oldest of 9 children. She married Leslie Mitchie, deceased. She married Chris Rushton, they were married 50+ years. Chris past away in 1999. Mary is survived by son, Dale and...

Michael Vern Hardman

Michael Vern Hardman

Mar 3, 2010

Santa Clara, UT - Michael went home to his Heavenly Father on March 3, 2010. Michael was born March 16, 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Vern and Virginia Hardman. He graduated from Granger High School in 1971 and later attended Utah Technical College where he majored in Building Construction and graduated in 1974. Michael married Theresa Bittle in...

Robert Lee Prince

Robert Lee Prince

Mar 2, 2010

St. George, UT - What a Guy. Just call him Bob. B.O.B . Born February 15, 1939 in Murray, Utah, son of Mark and Thelma Prince. He was a 1957 graduate of Murray High. He worked many years at Murray Printing and later retired in grocery management. Bobs accomplishments in life are many. He was Founding President of the Murray...

Verna "Scottie" Swider

Verna "Scottie" Swider

Feb 27, 2010

Hurricane, UT - Verna Lavelle Scottie Swider, 71, passed away on February 27, 2010 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, UT surrounded by loved ones. She was born June 9, 1938 in Roosevelt, Utah to James Cook and Hazel Pauline Reedhead. She married Stanley Swider. They were married in Phoenix, AZ on May 3, 1988. She was raised...

Samuel Lyle Johnson

Samuel Lyle Johnson

Feb 27, 2010

Sandy / St. George, Utah - Samuel Lyle Johnson, 93, passed through the veil on February 27, 2010. He was born June 6, 1916 in Orangeville, Utah. Lyle married his sweetheart, Dorothy Whipp Wall, on August 11, 1937 in Washington D.C.; then solemnized their marriage in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on August 18, 1937. Lyle is survived by his...

Robert Rulon Horrocks

Robert Rulon Horrocks

Feb 26, 2010

Robert Rulon Horrocks St. George, UT - Robert Rulon Horrocks passed away peacefully on February 26, 2010. He was born April 3, 1932 to Rulon Herbert Horrocks and Gladys Rosina Cheney, and was their only child. After graduation from the University of Utah in 1953, in mechanical engineering, he accepted employment with Shell Oil Company. He moved to the Bay...

Charlotte Young Weight

Charlotte Young Weight

Feb 25, 2010

Leeds, UT - Charlotte Young Weight, age 81, passed away peacefully on February 25, 2010 at her home in Leeds, UT. She was born September 16, 1928 in Salt Lake City, UT to Murray and Charlotte Burton Young. Charlotte grew up in Pasadena , CA where she attended Pasadena City college. She worked as a secretary and served a Stake...

Ryan Stephen Macpherson

Ryan Stephen Macpherson

Feb 24, 2010

St. George, UT - Our beloved husband, father, brother, son and uncle passed away February 24, 2010. Ryan was born to Marilee Johnson and Bradford Earl MacPherson in Salt Lake City, UT on November 28, 1986. His childhood was spent in Sandy, Utah, where he grew up along side his three brothers. Ryan loved his brothers and his brothers -...

Susan Penelope "Penny" Moore

Susan Penelope "Penny" Moore

Feb 23, 2010

Penne Moore ST. GEORGE - Susan Penelope Penne Moore, age 70, died February 23, 2010 at her home. She was born December 12, 1939 in Orange County, California to Harlan Dixon and Hazel Lorene Heil Moore. She graduated from Dixie High School in St. George. Penne had worked as a data programmer in the office machines industry. She also was...

Irene Chamberlin

Irene Chamberlin

Feb 21, 2010

Hurricane, UT - Irene Tomsik Morgan Chamberlin, 90, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her daughters home, Feb.21, 2010, 25 days after surgery. Irene Tomsik was born Sept. 5, 1919, in Washington, Utah. the fifth of eight children, born to Hannah ODeady and Ludwig Albert Tomsik.. Irenes mother, Hannah, was born in Silver Reef and attended the old rock...

Lorena Gold

Lorena Gold

Feb 21, 2010

St. George, UT - Lorena Parker Kunz Gold, 96, passed away at the Kolob Care Center in St. George, Utah on March 21, 2010. Lorena was born in Bennington, Idaho, the third child of four, to David J. and Ellen (Ella) Perkins Parker. She married Willard R. Kunz in Soda Springs, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan...

John L Dunbar

John L Dunbar

Feb 20, 2010

John Dunbar Ivins, UT - John Dunbar, 80, passed away on February 20, 2010 in Ivins, Utah. Dad made so many friends in his short time in Utah. Everybody loved Dad. He is the nicest person in the world in our eyes. We will miss him dearly. Dad is survived by his daughter, Beverly (Eric) Chanin of Florida, his #1...

David Carl Thompson

David Carl Thompson

Feb 19, 2010

St. George, UT - David Carl Thompson of Milford, UT died Friday, February 19, 2010, 4 days short of his 90th birthday, at his apartment in Sterling Court in St. George, UT. of congestive heart failure. Carl was born in Greenville, UT on February 23, 1920 to Cordelia Want and David Leonard Thompson. He had one sister, Della Lucille. He...

Roberta Blake Barnum

Roberta Blake Barnum

Feb 19, 2010

St. George, UT - Roberta Blake Barnum passed away peacefully at her home in St. George, UT. She was born June 12, 1929 in St. George, Utah to Joseph Edward Blake and Harriet Louisa Wade. She married Odean Barnum in the St. George LDS Temple on March 3, 1948. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ...

Paul Steven Sidlow

Paul Steven Sidlow

Feb 19, 2010

St. George, UT - Paul Steven Sidlow, age 69, passed away February 19, 2010 in St. George, Utah, following a brief illness. He was born October 31, 1940 in Illinois to Steven and Florence Sidlow. Paul served an LDS mission in Northern California. He graduated from Los Angeles State University, and University of Southern California. He did doctoral work at...

Peggy Jo Bowers

Peggy Jo Bowers

Feb 18, 2010

Peggy Jo Bowers St. George, UT - Peggy Jo Bowers, 72, passed away on February 18, 2010. She was born May 6, 1937 in Aldridge, Illinois to Herbert and Nellie Turner. She married Benjamin Bowers on May 10, 1969 in Santa Ana, CA. Peggy loved family, friends, homemaking-decorating, warm sunshine, flower arranging, hummingbirds and gardening. Peggy was compassionate, giving and...

Elva Rae Bennett

Elva Rae Bennett

Feb 17, 2010

Our Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandma, Sister and Aunt, Elva Rae Bennett passed away from Cancer at the age of 72 on February 17, 2010, In St. George, Utah. She was born on January 15, 1938 in Wheatcroft, Kentucky to Jesse Stewart and Sammie Morrow Stewart. She moved to East Carbon in 1948, that is where she eventually met and married...

Farrell Erickson

Farrell Erickson

Feb 16, 2010

St. George, UT - Farrell R. Erickson, 90, passed away February 16, 2010. He was born October 4, 1919 in Iona, Idaho. Farrell served bravely in the US Air Corps as a B17 Pilot during WWII. He was shot down over Germany and spent 17 months as a P.O.W. He returned to the US in 1945 and met his wife,...

Leo Joseph Leblanc

Leo Joseph Leblanc

Feb 15, 2010

Washington City - Leo Joseph LeBlanc, Jr., Major General USMC, passed away on Monday, 15 February at home surrounded by his wife and two sons in Washington City after a long courageous fight with MDS Leukemia. Joe was born in Plattsburg, New York on 6 June 1930. He grew up in Chazy, New York in a little apple raising village...

Mary Haycock

Mary Haycock

Feb 13, 2010

Washington, UT - Our beloved mother, Mary Juliette Fullmer Haycock passed away February 13, 2010 at the Beehive Homes in Washington, Utah. Mary was 100 years old and had lived a long and full life. She was born in Circleville, Utah on October 25, 1909, the sixth child of Edgar Pierce Fullmer and Ellen Amanda Meeks. She had three sisters...