Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Vicki Lou Mcdonald
Dec 30, 2022
Ivins, Utah – Vicki Lou McDonald passed away on December 30, 2022, after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
Vicki was born on August 30, 1947, in Waterloo, IA to Donald and Mary Nolan. She graduated from West High School in 1965 and briefly attended the State College of Iowa (now...
Jane Dibble Valantine
Dec 30, 2022
St George City – Jane was born on October 19, 1932, in Scotia, New York and passed away on December 30, 2022 in St. George, Utah. She was the daughter of Edwin Dibble and Ruth Dibble Gollaher and the sister of William Dibble, who all preceded her in Heaven.
Jane was...
Alita Schultz Westover
Dec 28, 2022
St. George, Utah - Alita Marcucci Schultz Westover was born February 5, 1929, in Plains, PA. She was the third of five children born to Attilio and Desolina Marcucci. She grew up on a farm in Spring Hill, PA. She graduated from Mansfield College in 1949 in elementary education. She married Lester E. Schultz in...
Paul Walter Brooks
Dec 26, 2022
St. George, Utah - Paul Walter Brooks, loving father of eight and husband to Vickie, peacefully passed away from cancer on December 26, 2022, at the age of 82, in his home with all of his family surrounding him.
Born on August 30, 1940, in St. George, Utah, Paul was the...
Richard Hamilton Christensen
Dec 25, 2022
Hurricane, Utah - Richard Hamilton "Rick" Christensen, age 81, passed from this mortal realm to join his Savior and Redeemer on Christmas Day, 2022. He was born November 17, 1941, to Daryl Aldene Stewart and Richard Sparks. He was later adopted by Cullen Yates Christensen and was raised primarily in Provo, Utah with his brother...
Tracy Margaret Keller
Dec 23, 2022
Tracy Margaret Keller, 40 passed away at her home December 23, 2022, in Hurricane, Utah. Tracy was born June 19th, 1982, in Pocatello, Idaho to Susan, and James Harris.
Tracy was married to Christopher Keller. They got married on January 6, 2001, at The Joulet in Pocatello, Idaho.
Tracy...
Delmer Lang
Dec 23, 2022
St. George, UT – Delmer Lang, age 94, passed away December 23, 2022, at his home in St. George, UT. He was born October 30, 1928, in St. George, UT, to Albert and Zella Hall Lang. He met Velda Mae Cox, who he fell in love with and married on June 16, 1953, in Cedar...
Emmett Scott Prothero
Dec 22, 2022
Hurricane, Utah – Emmett Scott Prothero, 99, passed away December 22, 2022. He was born November 3,1923 in Ogden, Utah to Walter Thomas Prothero and Hendrikje Schaart Prothero.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. in the Hurricane 4 th Ward Chapel, 658 West 1500 South,...
Linda Ann Jones
Dec 20, 2022
Linda Ann Jones was born in July of 1942 and was the oldest daughter of the late Frank and Rula Jones. She departed this earthly life on Monday, December 20, 2022, at the age of 80. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers: Bobby Jones and Roy (Alice) Jones; and sister, Carol Jones Vogt.
...Shirley Ann Thomas
Dec 19, 2022
Ivins, Utah – Shirley Ann Thomas, 77, passed away December 19, 2022. She was born March 2, 1945, in Ventura, California to Harry Lowell Gooss and Francis Arlene Gilbert Gooss. She married Woodrow Herman Thomas.
Funeral services will be held Friday, January 6, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. in the Metcalf Mortuary...
Michael Delbarone
Dec 19, 2022
Toquerville, Utah – Michael Del Barone, 69, passed away December 19, 2022. He was born March 9, 1953 in North Kingston, Rhode Island to Albert Edward and Joanna Costantino DelBarone.
A visitation will be held Tuesday, December 27, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Metcalf Hurricane Valley Mortuary,...
Ethel Christine Stephenson
Dec 18, 2022
Salt Lake City, Utah – Ethel Christine Valgardson Stephenson passed away on December 18, 2022, at the close of a wonderful day with family gathered. She was blessed with a peaceful release.
She was born on July 27, 1925, in Taber, Alberta, Canada to William and May Johnson Valgardson, both children...
Shirley "Joanne" Williams
Dec 17, 2022
St. George, Utah – Joanne passed away peacefully on December 17 at the age of 90, at the Snow Canyon Beehive home in St. George, Utah. She was surrounded by her loved ones.
She was born on August 2, 1932, in Miamisburg, Ohio, to Katherine Irene (St. John) Maginnis and Robert...
Charles Randall Flower, Sr.
Dec 17, 2022
Ivins, Utah – Charles Randall Flower, Sr., 83, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2022, in his home. He was born August 15, 1939, in Winslow, Arizona, the only child of Charles Ruford Flower and Ila Slode Flower.
Charles married Linda L. Leonard on November 9, 1960, in Williams, Arizona and...
Carl Allen Nealson
Dec 16, 2022
St George, Utah - Carl Allen Nealson passed away from pulmonary complications on December 16, 2022, in St. George, Utah. He was 79 years old. He was born to Earl R. Nealson and Edna Rose Weatherby Nealson in Ogden, Utah, on January 21, 1943. He graduated from Bonneville High School and attended Weber State College...
Barbara Lorraine Bowne
Dec 16, 2022
Hurricane, UT - Barbara "Babe" Lorraine Bergin Bowne was born January 4, 1933 in Santa Barbara, CA to Roland Bergin and Mildred Ripley Bergin. Barbara grew up in Boston Massachusetts and Santa Barbara. She married Elbert L. Whitney in 1949 in Santa Barbara. They had two sons and two daughters who were raised in Santa...
William W. Hamlin
Dec 15, 2022
St. George, Utah - William W. Hamlin, a beloved employee of the Doctors Volunteer Clinic of St. George, passed away in his sleep on December 15, 2022, at the age of 49. He was born December 23, 1972, in Denver, Colorado to Fredrick Joseph Hamlin and Joyce Resler Hamlin, who survive him.
Ralph Eugene Peterson
Dec 14, 2022
St. George, Utah - Ralph Eugene Peterson, 81, passed away peacefully from Parkinson's and Lewy Body Dementia on December 14, 2022. Ralph was born on December 27, 1940, in Ogden, Utah to Philo and Grace Peterson. He was the sixth child in a family of ten children, four boys and six girls. He married Joanne...
Leland "Stan" Dalley
Dec 14, 2022
Leland Stanford Dalley, age 87, died in a tragic automobile accident on December 14, 2022. Stanford "Stan" was born to Leland & Zola (Carter) Dalley on July 13, 1935. He was a dedicated & loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, and uncle. Stan spent his life in the service of others—he served his country as a member...
Jane Caryl Ryan
Dec 13, 2022
Jane Caryl Ryan, 64, formerly a resident of Tempe, AZ, and currently living in St. George, UT, passed away on December 13, 2022, in St. George. She was born on March 9, 1958, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to Joseph B. Ryan, Jr, and Mary Jane Brand Ryan.
Jane loved animals. She mused that...


