Obituaries

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

Nancy Kay Clark

Nancy Kay Clark

Sep 12, 2009

St. George, UT - Nancy Kay Clark passed away September 12, 2009. She was born May 9, 1952 in Provo, Utah to Kenneth Casper and Elvera Kennedy. Nancy was raised in Orem, Utah. She worked at Signetics in Orem. She married Dennis B. Clark on March 20, 1970 in Orem, Utah. She moved to St. George in 1990. Nancy had...

Ray Eugene Mcpherson

Ray Eugene Mcpherson

Sep 12, 2009

St. George, UT - Ray Eugene McPherson beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend was called home to his loving Father on September 12, 2009 after an extended illness. He was 81 years of age. Dad was born in Louin, Mississippi on May 18, 1928 to wonderful parents, Henry Taylor McPherson and Annie Lee Lightsey. He was the sixth of...

Ralph Lenual Rice, Sr.

Ralph Lenual Rice, Sr.

Sep 8, 2009

"Mom and Dad, eternal companions together again forever" St. George, UT - Ralph Lenual Rice, 89, of St. George, Utah passed away September 8, 2009. He was born November 6, 1919 in Lakeview, Texas to Darius Lafayette Rice and Rosa Lenna (Wyatt) Rice. He married Pauline Katrina Niblett in Lamesa, Texas on December 24, 1940. Their marriage was solemnized in...

Arloa Orwin Whitaker

Arloa Orwin Whitaker

Sep 7, 2009

St. George, UT - Arloa Orwin Whitaker passed away on Monday, September 7, 2009 in St. George, Utah at the Dixie Regional Medical Center. Arloa was born on May 6, 1927 in Long Beach, CA. She was raised in Brigham City, Utah by Sadie and Will Barnard and graduated from Box Elder High School in 1945. Arloa was noticed by...

James Russell Orton

James Russell Orton

Sep 6, 2009

WASHINGTON, UT - James R. "Russ" Orton, 78, passed away September 6, 2009 in Washington, Utah. He was born on September 13, 1930 to Delmar and Ethyle Orton. He married his high school sweetheart Melba Ann Wing on October 26, 1952 in Laredo, Texas. He graduated from Cyprus High School in Magna, Utah, and was a graduate of the University...

Lawrence Lee Walter

Lawrence Lee Walter

Sep 5, 2009

St. George, UT - Our beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Uncle and friend, Larry Walter passed away on September 5, 2009 at Dixie Regional Medical Center. He was born in Columbus, Ohio on February 13, 1938 to Charles H. and Mary Alberta Horn. He married Mary Lou Schneringer in Concord, CA; they later divorced. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1955...

Betty White Pratt

Betty White Pratt

Sep 5, 2009

St. George, UT - Betty White Pratt passed away on September 5, 2009 in St. George, UT. Betty was born in Beaver, Utah on December 10, 1929 to William E. White and Wanda Pearce White. She graduated from Beaver High School in 1948. She excelled in her studies and in all sports, especially basketball, tennis, softball, and skiing. She graduated...

George "Sid" Bishop

George "Sid" Bishop

Sep 4, 2009

St. George, UT - George Sidney Sid Bishop, age 65, passed away September 4, 2009, in St. George, UT. He was born June 28, 1944, in McComb, OH., to George and Iva Harris Bishop. He married Maria E. Bishop on February 25, 1983, in Gilboa, OH. He is survived by his wife Maria of St. George, UT; his children:, Richard...

Charles Manley Brown

Charles Manley Brown

Sep 1, 2009

Sandy, UT - Charles Manley Brown died in Sandy, Utah September 1, 2009. Charles was born in Lethbridge, Alberta Canada on November 19, 1921, the son of Hugh B. and Zina Card Brown. He grew up in Salt Lake City and attended high school in London, earned his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Utah and his Ed.D. from...

Susan Jane Cloud Cannon

Susan Jane Cloud Cannon

Aug 30, 2009

St. George, UT - Susan (Sue) Cannon, 86, passed away at the Kolob Care Center, August 30, 2009. She was born September 10, 1922, in Manchester, Iowa to Albert Morgan and Florence Fleming Cloud. She was raised in Manchester and graduated from Manchester High School. After graduating she moved to Washington D.C. where she was secretary for the Representative Paul...

Allan Bench

Allan Bench

Aug 29, 2009

Springdale, UT - Allan Bench passed away August 29, 2009. He was born May 22, 1946. When it seems there is little peace in life, remember peace is but a choice and infinite peace is merely a series of peaceful choices made one at a time. Choose wisely. Choose peace. Graveside services will be held Friday, September 4, 2009 at...

Gale (Gaell) William Lindstrom

Gale (Gaell) William Lindstrom

Aug 25, 2009

On August 25th, after a long, creative, and productive life, Gale (Gaell) William Lindstrom slipped the bonds of mortality to join those who had gone before. Gaell was born to William Lindstrom and Bertha Thorup in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 4, 1919. He graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor's in art and earned his M.F.A....

Virginia Vance Husband

Virginia Vance Husband

Aug 23, 2009

Washington, UT - Virginia Vance Husband, 85, died peacefully August 23, 2009. She was born in Provo, UT Sept. 12, 1923 to Arthur A Vance and Stella Jean Nelson. Although she graduated from Provo High School, she spent much of her youth on the family farm in Idaho. After attending one year at Brigham Young University, she entered the U....

Lyle Jones

Lyle Jones

Aug 23, 2009

Enterprise, UT - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend Lyle Jones passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009. He was born October 6, 1936 to Clair and Geneva Hunt Jones in Enterprise, UT. He married the love of his life, Lenna Joan Bennett, on July 1, 1959 in the St. George LDS Temple. Lyle was an active member of...

Blanche Maria Reynoso

Blanche Maria Reynoso

Aug 20, 2009

ST. GEORGE - Blanche Maria Reynoso passed away Aug. 20, 2009 in St. George. She was born in Garden City, Kansas. She is survived by her husband, Camilo Reynoso, daughter, Mary Lou York (Dennis) Landon, granddaughters, Victoria Blanche (Terry) Hickman, Lydia Diane Sewell and Julie Charlene (Richard) Miller, grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren and great great great grandchildren, one...

Chyrrel Timothy

Chyrrel Timothy

Aug 16, 2009

Hurricane, UT - Our mother, sister and friend, Chyrrel Timothy passed August 16, 2009. Born March 28, 1936, Chyrrels goodly parents were Raymond and Fern Ruesch DeMille of Hurricane, Utah. Chyrrel married Stanley Bundy May 1955. They had three daughters, Denise, Teresa and Tammy. They were later divorced. Chyrrel married Eugene Pettus in 1962. They had one son, Bruce. They...

Ralph Westley Mallery

Ralph Westley Mallery

Aug 15, 2009

St. George, UT - Ralph Westley Mallery, age 75, died on August 15, 2009 at Dixie Regional Medical Center. Ralph was born in Roseburg, Oregon on August 16, 1933 to Velna Gildersleeve and Wesley Mallery. He is survived by his wife, Kay and children Lisa Hansell of Vancouver, WA, West Mallery of Clanton, AL, Cathleen Findley of Palo Alto, CA,...

Howard Grant Whitney

Howard Grant Whitney

Aug 14, 2009

St. George, UT - Howard Grant Whitney, age 86 and a beloved husband, father and grandfather peacefully graduated from mortality with honors on Friday, August 14, 2009 in his home in St. George Utah surrounded by family, love, and the singing of his favorite hymns by family members. He was born on October 4, 1922 in Good Springs, Nevada to...

Bacle Don Taylor

Bacle Don Taylor

Aug 14, 2009

Bacle Don Taylor St. George, UT - Bacle Don Taylor, 92 passed away peacefully August 14, 2009 in St. George, Utah. He was born February 2, 1917 to Bacle David Taylor and Ruth Harper Taylor in Provo, Utah. He married Lucille Farnsworth on August 5, 1939. After nearly 50 years of marriage, she passed away on May 4, 1989. He...

Don A. Larsen

Don A. Larsen

Aug 13, 2009

St. George, UT - Our beloved and wonderful Husband, Father, Grandfather, Son and Friend, Don A. Larsen passed away on August 13, 2009 in St. George, Utah. Don was born on July 13, 1928 in Salina, Utah. He married Viola Simpson and was later divorced. He then married the love of his life Katheryn Webb Martin and they were married...