Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Stan Eli Klasna
Jul 25, 2022
Washington, Utah - For Stan Eli Klasna life was a beautiful banquet which he shared with his loving wife and travel companion Glenna, for fifty-two years. His earthly journey came to a close on July 25, 2022, in St. George, Utah. Stans' Yugoslavian heritage and family roots began on March 25, 1936, in Salt Lake...
Evelyn Maxine Woods Fons
Jul 25, 2022
St. George, Utah – Evelyn Maxine Woods Fons, 95, passed away July 25, 2022. She was born On October 30, 1926 in Emmett, Gem, Idaho to Amos G. and Mildred B. Brandon Woods. She had a sister, Fern and two brothers, Amos and Kenny. Kenny was killed in an accident at age 20. Her father...
Gregory Duane Sorensen
Jul 21, 2022
Gregory Duane Sorensen, 70, of Salina, Utah passed away suddenly July 21, 2022, after a hard-fought battle with an unexpected illness. He was born August 6, 1951, to Duane and June Sorensen in Murray, Utah. He attended Granite High School. He met his soulmate Natalie Christensen on February 2, 1995, and they got married on February 2,...
Willow Emery Murillo
Jul 20, 2022
St. George, Utah – Willow Emery Murillo was born to Jordyn and Jorge Murillo in St. George, Utah on December 5, 2020. She was in such a hurry to be born that after a quick trip through the Chick-fil-A drive-thru, her delivery was accomplished within 45 minutes of arrival at the hospital. Incredibly alert, with...
Audrey Jean Tucker
Jul 18, 2022
St. George, Utah – Audrey Jean Anderson Tucker, 86, passed on July 18, 2022. She was born in Marshalltown, Iowa on April 3, 1936, to Victor Melvin and Vera Vivian Vauthrin Anderson. She grew up with a small-town sense of trust towards all people that remained with her throughout her life.
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Kenneth V. Gee
Jul 18, 2022
St. George, Utah - Kenneth V. Gee was born in Fayette, Utah to Vernal F. Gee and Leah Larsen Gee and passed away peacefully at home on Monday July 18, 2022. Ken attended school in Gunnison where he graduated from high school as salutatorian. Ken attended Snow College in Ephraim and was then called to...
Judy Gail Shular Daniels
Jul 13, 2022
La Verkin, Utah – Judy Gail Shular Daniels passed away peacefully in the arms of her loving husband Rick on Wednesday, July 13,2022 in her La Verkin home.
Judy was born on February 29, 1964, in Sylva, North Carolina to Newman and Lillie Shular. She was the baby of her family....
Melisha Hanalei Tinovao Sefita Chongnee
Jul 11, 2022
Funeral services will be held Friday, July 22, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at the Hurricane 2nd Ward Chapel, 155 East 1050 North, Hurricane, Utah. Interment will be in the Hurricane City Cemetery, 255 East 600 North, Hurricane, Utah.
Services will be livestreamed via the following link: https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F95587000726&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AOvVaw0nOZMa_W_4U1JE-qPU9AGb
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Richard Mcdowell
Jul 8, 2022
Washington, Utah – Richard McDowell, 86, passed away July 8, 2022. He was born September 21, 1935, in Phoenix, Arizona, the son of Rylie Columbus and Sara Caroline Greenawalt McDowell. He was the oldest of three sons, with two younger brothers, Rylie Jr. and Ronald.
Richard grew up in Arizona. He...
Merle Jacobsen Giles Ireland
Jul 2, 2022
St. George, UT – Merle Jacobsen Giles Ireland passed away on July 2, 2022, surrounded by the love of family at the age of 75. Born on December 28, 1946, in Heber City, Utah to Lloyd and Narda Jacobsen, Merle was adored by her parents as their only daughter and by her four brothers as...
Gregory Robert Terrill
Jul 2, 2022
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St. George, Utah – Gregory Robert Terrill was born on November 1966 in Riverside, California, the third son of Robert and Patricia Terrill. He joined a family which grew to eleven children, Monica, Art, Jeff, Patty, Greg, Diana, Becca, Jennifer, Debbie, Chris and Katie. He...
Dema Alger Randall
Jul 1, 2022
St. George, Utah – Dema Alger Randall passed from this life onto the next on July 1, 2022, at her home. She was just 8 weeks shy of her 90th birthday. Dema was born on August 28, 1932, in Enterprise, Utah to Orlas Alger and Delma Fish, the fourth of nine children. During The Depression,...
Susan Darlene Aldridge
Jul 1, 2022
Hurricane, UT – Susan Darlene Aldridge, 66, passed away July 1, 2022. She was born May 14, 1956, to Carrie Sicley and Nelson Ishmael, in Caruthersville, Missouri. She married Richard Dippre in the Little Brown Chapel in Las Vegas on December 24, 1987.
Her hobbies included hanging out with...
Barbara Ellen Decastro
Jun 30, 2022
St. George, UT – Barbara Ellen DeCastro, 79, passed away on June 30, 2022. Barb had been previously diagnosed with COPD and was in declining health living with her son in St George, UT and passed peacefully in her sleep two weeks shy of her 80 th birthday.
Barb was born...
Donald Victor Baptist
Jun 29, 2022
St. George, UT – On Wednesday, June 29, 2022, Donald Victor Baptist, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away in his St. George home at age 81. Don was born on February 2, 1941, in Oakland, California to Leonard George and Catherine Marie (Ross) Baptist. He grew up in Mission San Jose (Fremont). He married...
Howard Edwin Evans
Jun 29, 2022
St. George, Utah - Howard Edwin Evans, Ph.D., loving husband, father, and grandfather passed away unexpectedly from a cardiac event at the age of 72 on June 29, 2022, in St. George, UT.
Howard was born on February 7, 1950, in Salt Lake City, UT to Edwin Eschler Evans and Mildred...
Betsy Ann Newton
Jun 28, 2022
Washington, Utah - Betsy Ann Newton passed away at her home, surrounded by her family, on Tuesday June 28, 2022, age 72. She was born in Pueblo, Colorado to John Aman and Dorothy Lucile Zieman Newton on August 30, 1949.
After high school she entered a nursing program and graduated as...
Kathleen Ellen Banks
Jun 27, 2022
Washington City, UT – Kathleen, 75, passed away June 27, 2022, peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her family. She was born in Caldwell, Idaho on March 9, 1947, to John Fredrick Gibson and Lizzy Ellen Farr.
Kathy married the love of her life, Dennis Banks on June 24, 1978, in...
Mary "Jeanie" Reeves
Jun 27, 2022
St. George, Utah - Mary Jean "Jeannie" Bevard Schmidt Reeves passed away peacefully on June 27, 2022 in St George, Washington Co, UT surrounded by her beloved family whom she adored! Everyone who knew her loved her for how she shared her love, hugs, and smiles. She passed from complications of aging and diabetes.
...Carter James Stratton
Jun 26, 2022
St. George, UT – Our son, who we love so much, tragically passed away in a car accident while riding home from a car meet with his older brother on June 26, 2022, on his 15th birthday. He was a brother to many, a friend to all and loved by everyone. He was born on...


