Obituaries

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

Mary Vivian Grover Wood

Mary Vivian Grover Wood

Apr 20, 2022

Leeds, UT – Mary Vivian Grover Wood, age 88 of Leeds, Utah joined her husband, parents, siblings, and grandson in heaven on the 20 th of April 2022. The youngest of seven children, Mary was born to Leo Thomas Grover and Lizzie Leone Wilding Grover, in Sugar City, Idaho. She learned how to work early...

Carol Anne Wilde

Carol Anne Wilde

Apr 20, 2022

St. George, UT – Carol Anne Wilde passed away peacefully with family by her side on April 20, 2022, just shy of her 80 th birthday, in St. George, Utah. Anne was born on June 18, 1942, to Don and Ethel Taylor of Croydon, Utah. She married Glenn Richard Wilde on March 30, 1963, in...

Hassan Mansour Sakkez

Hassan Mansour Sakkez

Apr 20, 2022

St. George, UT –Hassan Mansour Sakkez, 21, passed away on April 20, 2022, in St. George, UT. Hassan was born on July 16, 2000, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, to parents Mansour H. Sakkez and Susan R. Jenkins Sakkez.

Hassan grew up and lived in Kuwait until he was 15 years old. Hassan was a passionate,...

Kathleen Printha Johnson Fisher

Kathleen Printha Johnson Fisher

Apr 20, 2022

St. George, Utah - Kathleen "Grams" Printha Johnson Fisher passed peacefully surrounded by family in the evening hours of April 20, 2022.

Kathy was born May 7, 1942, in Standardville, Utah. Daughter of Nola Udale (Stewart) Johnson and Buster J. Johnson. The oldest of 7 children she was always the best...

Lucy Anna Hatch

Lucy Anna Hatch

Apr 19, 2022

Leeds, Utah – Lucy Anna Hatch, 90, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2022, at home with her devoted, loving husband by her side.

Lucy was born on October 11, 1931, in Moroni, Utah. She was the only daughter of Swen E. Nielsen and Henrietta Blackham Nielsen. She resided in Moroni, Salt Lake City, Pinebrook-Park...

Carol Jo Paulson

Carol Jo Paulson

Apr 17, 2022

St. George, UT – On Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022, our cherished wife and beloved mother and grandmother was released from the trials of this world into the waiting arms of her loving parents on the other side of the veil. Carol Jo was born at Hill Air Force Base on February 28, 1955, to...

Mike Willson

Mike Willson

Apr 16, 2022

Washington, Utah - On April 16, 2022, Harlan Michael "Mike" Willson passed peacefully in his sleep at home in Washington, Utah. He was born in Marshall, Texas on January 14, 1938, to Allan Harte Burbage and Elizabeth Gertrude Matthews. He spent his early years in Marshall before eventually moving to Santa Barbara, California in 1947...

Von Cannon

Von Cannon

Apr 13, 2022

St. George, Utah – Our beloved husband, father, and grandfather; Von Cannon – born to Nellie Tabitha and Angus Munn Cannon; married to the love of his life – Marilyn Winger Cannon, passed away peacefully in his home at the golden age of ninety.

Von Cannon grew up in Torrey, Wayne...

Lisa Diane Breinholt

Lisa Diane Breinholt

Apr 13, 2022

St. George, UT – In loving memory of our daughter, sister, mother, niece, cousin and friend, Lisa Diane Simmons Breinholt, 45, passed away April 13, 2022. She was born September 12, 1976, to Mark Louis Simmons and Teresa Ann Dodge Simmons in Nampa, ID. Lisa married Shawn Allen and they had three children.

Garth Jay Gilger

Garth Jay Gilger

Apr 12, 2022

Hurricane, Utah – Garth J Gilger, age 89, passed away April 12, 2022. He was born on October 24, 1932, in Parowan, Utah to the late Hugh Gilger and Mildred Lowe Gilger. He departed this life on April 12, 2022, at his home surrounded by his family.

Garth's strong work ethic...

Kelso Duane Kosa

Kelso Duane Kosa

Apr 11, 2022

St. George, UT – Kelso Duane Kosa, 17, passed away on April 11, 2022, in Saint George, Utah. In Seattle, Washington, Kelso was born on February 11, 2005, to parents Bryan Kosa and Tiffany Heuman Kosa.

The world lost a bright young man with so much unrealized potential. Kelso was a...

J. Ward Dawson, Jr.

J. Ward Dawson, Jr.

Apr 10, 2022

Ivins, Utah – John Ward Dawson, Jr, 86, passed away April 10, 2022, in St. George, Utah. He was born July 21, 1935, in Hutchinson, Kansas to John (Jack) Ward and Virginia Isabelle Schall Dawson. He married his high school sweetheart, Jan Caldwell on September 16, 1956, at the United Methodist Church in Downey, California....

Gerald Henry Tovey

Gerald Henry Tovey

Apr 2, 2022

Hurricane, Utah – Gerald H Tovey "Tovey" age 89, passed away peacefully in his home April 2, 2022, surrounded by those who loved him most. He was born in Bountiful, Utah to Marvin H Tovey and Thelma Bryson.

After graduating from West High School, he joined the U.S. Army, becoming a...

Donald Day Richardson, Major, Usaf (Ret.)

Donald Day Richardson, Major, Usaf (Ret.)

Mar 31, 2022

St. George, Utah – Donald Day Richardson, Major, USAF (Ret.), born on April 19, 1962, in Madrid, Spain, passed away on March 31, 2022, at the age of 59, in Murray, Utah. The youngest of four siblings, Don was raised in a military family.  During his young life Don lived in Washington, New Jersey, Arizona,...

Ellen Mae Dziurman

Ellen Mae Dziurman

Mar 30, 2022

St. George – Ellen Mae Dziurman, 72, passed away March 30, 2022. She was born May 5, 1949, to Woodrow William Stapley and Neta Smith, in Cedar City, Utah. She is survived by her husband, Leonard A. Dziurman, Jr.; her sister, Juaneta Jones (Ron Jones); and her brother, Darwin Stapley (Joyce). She is preceded in...

Barbara Jean Williams

Barbara Jean Williams

Mar 29, 2022

Ivins, Utah – Barbara Jean Ford Williams, 88, of Allen, Texas passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 29, 2022. She was the youngest of 8 children, born May 18, 1933, in Mutual, Oklahoma to James William Ford and Maude Marie Boone Ford. She met her husband, Edison Paul Williams, when he helped repair her car. They...

Melvin Thomas Day

Melvin Thomas Day

Mar 28, 2022

Ivins, Utah – Melvin Thomas Day, 95, passed away March 28, 2022, two days before his 96 th birthday, at his home in Ivins. He was born the 6 th of seven children to Heber Marion Day and Annie Lovisa Jolley, in Benjamin, Utah. He married his sweetheart Edna "Anne" Brown in the Salt Lake...

Wallace Alan Raynor

Wallace Alan Raynor

Mar 27, 2022

Ivins, UT – Wallace Alan Raynor, 93, passed on March 27, 2022, from natural causes, at the Southern Utah Veterans Home, surrounded by his family. He was born October 26, 1928, in Hayward, California, the only son of Cora Isis Johnson and Clayton Ashley Raynor. He deeply loved and fiercely protected his only sister, Patricia...

Jeannette E Nielsen

Jeannette E Nielsen

Mar 24, 2022

St. George – Jeannette E. Nielsen, 87, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2022, the angels carried our loving Mother to heaven. Jeannette E. Nielsen, of Stewartstown, PA, formally of St. George, UT and Baltimore, MD, died at Misericordia Nursing in York, PA. Born on June 6, 1934, and raised in Baltimore, MD. Jeannette was the...

Peggy J Brandes

Peggy J Brandes

Mar 22, 2022

St. George – Peggy J. Brandes, 87, passed away in the early morning hours of March 22, 2022, with her loving granddaughter by her side. She was born February 23, 1935, to John A. Dowdy and Josie Lee Douglas.

She is survived by her daughter, Sheryl Vessey and her son, John Brandes, her grandchildren and...