Obituaries

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

Aric Michel Cramer

Aric Michel Cramer

Dec 9, 2023

St. George, Utah - Aric was born March 29, 1959, in Denver, Colorado, to Charles "Chuck" and Nancy Cramer. He spent his younger years climbing the highest peak of every mountain in the United States. He had a black belt in Tae Kwan Do and lifted weights. He coached his boys' little league teams and would go...

Carol Livingston Parr

Carol Livingston Parr

Dec 6, 2023

St. George, Utah - Carol Parr, 61, died peacefully December 6, 2023, in the Red Cliffs Health and Rehab Center. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and adopted by Grant and Wanda Livingston.

Carol enjoyed being active physically and loved to socialize. Her bubbly, cheerful personality was contagious and made her...

Lynn Brklacich

Lynn Brklacich

Dec 4, 2023

Washington, Utah – Lynn L. Brklacich, 79, passed away December 4, 2023. She was born February 13, 1944, in Grand Rapids, Michigan to William and Rosemary McElwain.

Lynn was born in Michigan and grew up in Minnesota. She moved to Southern California in her early adulthood.

Her occupation was...

Rear Admiral William E. Newman

Rear Admiral William E. Newman

Dec 4, 2023

Ivins, Utah - William Edward Newman was born December 27, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois to   parents William B. and Florence V. Newman.  William "Bill" passed away December 4, 2023, in St. George, Utah.  Bill grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and in his teenage years fell in love with the Navy and airplanes.  He wanted and...

Karen Joy Allender Pehlke

Karen Joy Allender Pehlke

Dec 3, 2023

St George, Utah - Karen Joy Allender Pehlke passed away in the early morning of Sunday, December 3, 2023, after a brief battle with ovarian cancer. She passed peacefully with her family at her side as the sunrise cast a golden hue over the desert and red-rock mountains of St. George, Utah where Karen and her husband, David, had...

Anne Thorndike Cover

Anne Thorndike Cover

Dec 2, 2023

St. George, Utah - Anne Thorndike Cover passed away peacefully on December 2, 2023 following a lengthy illness. She was born on April 28, 1935 in New York to Ashley and Elizabeth Thorndike, She was married in 1953 to Edwin McIntosh (Mac) Cover in Irvington, NY and enjoyed 62 years of marriage until his death...

Mary Lee Milne Middleton

Mary Lee Milne Middleton

Dec 1, 2023

Mary Lee Middleton passed away December 1, 2023, after a year-long battle with brain cancer. She lived and loved fiercely in life, so something tough like cancer would have to take her down.

Lee was born August 4, 1949, in St. George, Utah, to Burton and Edith Harris Milne, with an older brother...

Helen Sue Cazier

Helen Sue Cazier

Dec 1, 2023

St. George, Utah - Helen Sue Taylor Cazier was born on Aug 17,1949 to Ross and Nellie Taylor. Sue grew up in Parowan, Utah. She is the baby sister of Ross Nelson (Jane) Taylor, Thomas (Jan) Taylor. In her youth she was involved in 4-H and taught other local girls in the community sewing and cooking. She...

Dr. Douglas D. Alder

Dr. Douglas D. Alder

Nov 25, 2023

Dr. Douglas D. Alder, beloved husband, father, grandfather, professor and college president, passed away at home on November 25, 2023 surrounded by family with his beloved Elaine holding his hand. He was 91.

Born November 10, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Georgia Ellen Payzant and Linden Benson Alder, he became known...

Henry Gene Coleman

Henry Gene Coleman

Nov 24, 2023

Santa Clara, Utah - Henry Gene Coleman passed away peacefully at his home in Santa Clara, UT on November 24, 2023, just a month shy of his 90th birthday, due to complications of cancer with which he had bravely fought a 19-year battle.

Gene was born in Logan, Utah, the third of five...

Randy Boyd Dowdell

Randy Boyd Dowdell

Nov 22, 2023

Saint George, UT – Randy Boyd Dowdell, 67 years of age, died on November 22, 2023, at the Saint George Regional Hospital. He was born March 18, 1956, in Santa Anna, California to Boyd Arlen and Juanita Madsen Dowdell.

Randy joined the Utah National Guard during his junior year of high school. After...

Robert Ellis Keysor

Robert Ellis Keysor

Nov 21, 2023

Robert Ellis Keysor, 90, of Washington, Utah, passed away November 21, 2023 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was a great man, husband, father, brother, and friend. He silently helped many.

Robert was born July 6, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Utah to James Bernard Keysor and Bernice Brain Keysor....

Dennis Emken

Dennis Emken

Nov 18, 2023

Eric Dennis Emken passed away after a brief illness on Saturday, November 18, 2023, at home in St. George, UT, surrounded by family. Dennis was 84 years of age, or as he would say, 588 dog years.

Dennis was born in Hanford, CA, on June 28, 1939, to Eric Henry Emken and Dorothy...

Verl Robert Smith

Verl Robert Smith

Nov 18, 2023

St. George, Utah – Verl Robert Smith, 88, passed away November 18, 2023. He was born August 20, 1935, in Pocatello, Idaho to Joseph and Verda Smith.

Verl spent his youth in Idaho. At a young age he started working for the Railroad before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force in 1954. He...

Barry Kim Miller

Barry Kim Miller

Nov 18, 2023

Santa Clara, Utah – The loved ones of Barry Kim Miller bid their beloved husband, father, grandfather, and soon to be great-grandfather a sweet farewell on his 70th birthday November 18, 2023. Barry was the son of Glen Miller and Vivian Miller Bell and was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was raised with...

Lavern Sims Prosser Cahoon

Lavern Sims Prosser Cahoon

Nov 17, 2023

St. George, Utah – LaVern Sims Prosser Cahoon, 89, passed away November 17, 2023, at St. George Regional Hospital. She was born in Garden City, Utah on July 21, 1934, to Thomas Everett Sims and Beulah Tremelling.

LaVern married Franklin Brown Prosser on August 9, 1957, in Elko, Nevada. He was the father...

Thomas Arthur Stirling

Thomas Arthur Stirling

Nov 13, 2023

Hurricane, Utah – Thomas Arthur "Tom" Stirling returned to his heavenly home on November 13, 2023, in St. George, Utah.   He was born August 20, 1934, in Hurricane, Utah, to Thelma Workman and Rex Stirling. Tom married his sweetheart, Fawn Ida Terry, in Rockville, Utah, on November 27, 1953.  They were sealed in the Las Vegas LDS...

Steven Jeffry Ricks

Steven Jeffry Ricks

Nov 12, 2023

St. George, Utah – Steven Jeffry Ricks, 36, passed away unexpectedly, November 12, 2023.

Steven Jeffry Ricks (aka "The Beav") was born on December 7, 1986, in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Jeff and Linda Ricks. He grew up in St. George, Utah. Though he was quiet and unassuming on the surface, Steven was...

Patricia S. Stapley

Patricia S. Stapley

Nov 4, 2023

Washington, Utah - Patricia S. Stapley, 83, returned home to her Savior Jesus Christ on November 4, 2023 in Washington, Utah with her husband Joseph E Stapley by her side.  Patricia "Pat" was born in Delta, Utah to Anthony William and Erma Bishop Stephenson on December 7, 1939.  Pat married Joseph E Stapley on June 9 1958...

Carol A Wadsworth

Carol A Wadsworth

Nov 3, 2023

Toquerville, Utah - Carol Ann Wadsworth, 87, was taken into God's loving embrace on November 3, 2023, at St. George Regional Hospital after a courageous battle against rapidly declining health. A celebration of Carol's life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 10, 2023, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...