Obituaries

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

Richard Mcdowell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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Carter James Stratton

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...

R.C. (Rafeal Coy) Brown

R.C. (Rafeal Coy) Brown

Jun 24, 2022

St. George, UT – R.C. Brown (Rafeal Coy), 33, passed away peacefully at home June 24, 2022.  He was born in St. George, Utah on October 2, 1988, to Michelle Hammer Racine and Rafeal Edgar Brown.

R.C. lived a full life of adventure by rock climbing, camping, hiking, and anything else outdoors. He loved to...

Sandra Patricia Reber Miller

Sandra Patricia Reber Miller

Jun 24, 2022

St. George, UT – Sandra Patricia Reber Miller, 82, returned home to her Heavenly Father on June 24, 2022. She was born February 23, 1940, to Ernest J. and Jetta Gubler Reber. She was the youngest of six children and the last of her siblings to pass from this Earthly life.

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Dorothy Diane Truman Beckstrom

Dorothy Diane Truman Beckstrom

Jun 22, 2022

Pine Valley, UT – Dorothy Diane Truman Beckstrom, 85, devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. She was born on September 2, 1936, in Cedar City, Utah, to loving parents Heber and Dorothy Snow Truman. Diane was the oldest daughter in the family of four girls and one brother, Douglas, who...

Elizabeth Jane Cox Hilliard

Elizabeth Jane Cox Hilliard

Jun 21, 2022

Washington, Utah – Elizabeth Jane Cox Hilliard, 86, passed away June 21, 2022. Jane was born on December 17, 1935, in Raeford, N.C. to Daniel Curtis Cox and Elizabeth Jane Sessoms Cox. She had three siblings, Ruth, Edna, and Dan Jr. Ruth died at the age of 103 this past year in Thousand Oaks, California....

Shirley Hansen

Shirley Hansen

Jun 19, 2022

Carson City, NV - Shirley Hansen, our wonderful mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother passed away peacefully at her home in Carson City, Nevada on Sunday June 19, 2022.

Shirley was born May 3, 1928, in Goshen, Idaho at her family farm. She said, "time was forever" and spent...

Kenneth C. Bonzo

Kenneth C. Bonzo

Jun 16, 2022

Cedar City, Utah – After a long and full life, Kenneth Clinton Bonzo, 94, passed away at his home in Cedar City, UT on June 15, 2022. Ken was born March 25, 1928, in Greenville, Utah to Bert and Eliza Reese Bonzo. Ken was the sixth of nine children.

Ken grew...

Milton Kim Jensen

Milton Kim Jensen

Jun 15, 2022

St. George, Utah – Kim Jensen, 67, passed away June 15, 2022, peacefully at his home. He was born October 22, 1954, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Milt and Karen Jensen of Tooele, Utah.

Kim was raised in Tooele, Utah. He was a loving and brilliant man who could fix anything and enjoyed taking...

Shirley Joyce Eckman

Shirley Joyce Eckman

Jun 15, 2022

St. George, Utah – We are sad to announce the passing of Shirley "Joyce" Eckman, 87, on June 15, 2022. She was born October 17, 1934, in Springville, Utah to Albert Lester Lunnen and Elizabeth Wheeler Jones. She married Blaine D. Eckman on July 31, 1953, in the Salt Lake Temple. Shortly after that, he...