Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Guy Wetzel
Oct 28, 2023
Ivins, Utah – Guy Wetzel, 90, passed over to the Saviors arms October 28, 2023, at Southern Utah Veterans Home in Ivins, Utah. He was born on December 2, 1932, in Tropic, Utah to Fred Bert Wetzel and Adelia Mirl Wilson.
He fell in love after his first date with Deloy Angel Cornelius....
Gary L Olsen
Oct 24, 2023
Gary L. Olsen
St. George, Utah - Gary L. Olsen, 79, passed away peacefully in his home on October 24, 2023, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on February 14, 1944, in Salt Lake City, UT to Chester Olsen and Beverly E. Harrison. He married Galyne Allen, the love of his life and favorite hunting...
Jay Don Davis
Oct 22, 2023
Cedar City, Utah – Jay Don Davis, 83, passed away October 22, 2023. He was born August 18, 1940, to Oleen and Rachel Robinson Davis in Cedar City, Utah. He married Valorie Leavitt October 7, 1967, in Mesquite, Nevada.
Jay served his country in the U.S. Army as a Corporal during Vietnam Era...
Earl J Sheridan
Oct 21, 2023
St. George, Utah - Earl J. Sheridan, 81, of St. George, Utah, passed away on October 21, 2023 surrounded by family.
Earl was born to Raymond and Ella (Schneider) Sheridan, on September 26, 1942, in West Brooklyn, Illinois. He served in the US Air Force and met his wife, Huilin, while serving in...
Guy Albert Griebel
Oct 20, 2023
St. George, Utah – Guy Albert Griebel, 87, passed away October 20, 2023. He was born September 12, 1936, in Muncie, Indiana to E. Bob and Miriam Griebel.
His family relocated to Peru, Indiana, which he loved. In 1951, they moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Guy worked for his...
Diane Hill
Oct 19, 2023
Santa Clara, Utah – Diane Sue Hill, 73, passed away October 19, 2023. She was born August 22, 1950, in Tacoma, Washington to William and Mary Ridley. She married Charles Patrick Hill.
Graveside services will be held Friday, October 27, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in the Santa Clara City Cemetery, 950 Ancestor Way, Santa Clara, Utah.
...Wayne Cunningham
Oct 18, 2023
Wayne Cunningham was called to his heavenly home on October 18, 2023, surrounded by his family. He was born to Luther and Audrey Cunningham in Littlefield, Texas in 1954. He was the carrot-topped baby brother to siblings Mike Cunningham and Debby Cunningham.
Wayne grew up in Texas and attended high school in New...
Vaska Jacqueline Detton
Oct 17, 2023
Hurricane, Utah – Vaska Jacqueline "Jacquie" Detton, 89, passed away October 17, 2023. She was born October 8, 1934, in Los Angeles, California to Morgan and Esther Milburn Hensgen. She married Robert Reed Detton on June 5, 1953 in the Salt Lake City Temple. They had six children.
After the passing of her...
Thales Alfred Derrick
Oct 17, 2023
St George Utah - Thales (Tad) Alfred Derrick, aged 88, of St. George, Utah, passed away on October 17, 2023, in St. George. He was born on January 9, 1935, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Thales Matthew Derrick and Harriett Ann Clark. Tad was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, and as a young...
Patricia Olson
Oct 16, 2023
St. George, Utah – Patricia Doreen Olson, 90, passed away peacefully, while asleep in her home, to be with our Lord on October 16, 2023. She was born July 7, 1933, in National City, California to DeVere Cutler and Alma Ruth Graff Cutler. She met her future husband, Ronald Olson in high school in 1950, and they...
Fred Clark
Oct 11, 2023
Hurricane, Utah - Fred Leo Clark passed away peacefully at his home in Hurricane, Utah on October 11, 2023. He was 91 years old.
Fred was born on August 8, 1932, at his parent's home in Menan, Idaho. He was raised in a farming environment that, given our highly mechanized world, few can...
Gayle Kay Jorgensen
Oct 10, 2023
Hurricane, Utah - Gayle Kay Jorgensen slipped peacefully from this life into the next, surrounded by her family after a short battle with cancer in St. George, Utah, on the afternoon of October 10, 2023. She was 81 years old.
Gayle was born on February 23, 1942, in Seattle, Washington, to the late...
Clyde Kemp Beshell, Jr.
Oct 10, 2023
Virgin, Utah - Clyde Kemp Beshell, Jr., 75, passed away October 10, 2023. He was born October 30, 1947, in New Orleans, Louisiana to Clyde and Marie Dunham Beshell. Clyde was an only child.
At the young age of 4, the family moved from Louisiana to Downey, CA for Clyde Sr's work. It...
Cody Albert Crawford
Oct 9, 2023
St George Utah – We are heartbroken with the loss of our son, Cody Albert Crawford who passed away on October 9, 2023, at the age of 32.
He was born January 28, 1991, in Yuma, Arizona to Joel Crawford and Cloy Crawford.
He was raised in St. George...
Betty Veloy Jensen Kingsbury
Oct 9, 2023
St. George, Utah - Surrounded by her family, Betty Veloy Jensen Kingsbury, of St. George, Utah; continued on her journey to her eternal home Monday, October 9, 2023.
Betty was born in Spanish Fork, Utah on December 14, 1926 to her parents Archibald Wesley Jensen and Sarah Sylvia Stewart. She remembers small town...
Jack Charles Thorpe
Oct 8, 2023
Jack C. Thorpe, 92, was found deceased of natural causes in his home on October 8, 2023. He was born in Ogden, Utah, on May 2, 1931, to Brigham W. Thorpe and Phyllis Halverson. The oldest of four brothers, he spent his childhood in Ogden, San Francisco, and Port Angeles, Washington. He served a mission to New Zealand where...
Myrna Gaye Bateman
Oct 7, 2023
Orem, Utah - Myrna Gaye Barton Bateman, 88, passed away the morning of Saturday, 7 October 2023. Born 18 September 1935, Cedar City, Utah to Alma Ross Barton and Wilhelmina Alice Cannon, she married Russell Rulon Bateman 20 March 1954 in the Saint George LDS Temple.
Gaye grew up surrounded by the legacy...
Bevan Vernet Hinton
Oct 7, 2023
Hurricane, Utah - Bevan Vernet Hinton was born on October 22, 1968, in Las Vegas, Nevada to Stellman Vernet and Verna LaPriel Hinton. He was raised in Las Vegas, graduating from Bonanza High School in 1987. After graduation, he served a 2-year LDS mission to Rome, Italy. He enjoyed his time there and frequently shared his fondness...
James Jim Homer
Oct 7, 2023
Washington Utah - James "Jim" Healey Homer, 78, of Washington, UT, passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 7, 2023, in Washington, UT after a battle with cancer. He was born on April 23, 1945, in American Fork, UT, to the late Dr William A Homer and Edith Lyle Healey Homer.
A...
Berniece Paxton Godfrey
Oct 5, 2023
St George Utah – "No day shall erase you from the memory of time." - Virgil
Jean Berniece Paxton Godfrey was born in the small hamlet of Duchesne, Utah in humble circumstances to Jean Hopkins Watts and Winford A. Paxton on February 8, 1928. She departed mortality almost in an instant...


