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


