Obituaries

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

Carma Rae Wright

Carma Rae Wright

Nov 14, 2021

Carma Rae Wright, age 85, died on November 14, 2021, in Everett, Washington. She was born on June 19, 1936, in Cedar City, Utah to Walter LeRoy Ekins and Roma Higbee Ekins. She married Robert Spendlove Wright on January 26, 1956.

Carma spent most of her younger years growing up in Hinckley, Utah...

Anthony Montano

Anthony Montano

Nov 12, 2021

St. George, Utah – Anthony Paul Montano, 31, passed away November 12, 2021. He was born March 5, 1990, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Paul Arthur and Wendy Ruiz Montano. He married Cecilia Cortes.

A visitation will be held Friday, November 19, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at...

Ben Edward Duty

Ben Edward Duty

Nov 12, 2021

St. George, Utah - Bennie "Ben" Edward Duty, 77, passed away peacefully on November 12, 2021, with family by his side.

Ben was the youngest child born to Amy Lillian and Lester Duty in Lewiston, Montana on March 15, 1944. He graduated in 1962 from Pleasant Grove High School. Ben was...

Jason Leroy Rasmussen

Jason Leroy Rasmussen

Nov 11, 2021

LaVerkin, Utah – Jason LeRoy Rasmussen, 50, currently of LaVerkin, passed away Thursday, November 11, 2021. He was born January 17, 1971 in St. George to Aaron Hatch Rasmussen and Dale Jeanine Parker Anderson (Wayne Anderson). He married Gabrielle Marie Desautels.

Jason had many brothers- at least 98 (you know who...

Muretta Ruth Grimm

Muretta Ruth Grimm

Nov 9, 2021

St. George, Utah - Muretta Ruth Grimm passed away November 9, 2021 just shy of her 67 th birthday after a good fight with cancer. She was born and raised in St. George, Utah. She was the oldest of five children. She attended Dixie College taking time off to serve an LDS Mission in Padova,...

Eleanor Marie Miltner

Eleanor Marie Miltner

Nov 9, 2021

St. George, Utah - Eleanor Miltner was born on May 13, 1919, in La Crescent, MN to Lilla and Edward Hasselbusch. On November 9, 2021, she passed away peacefully at her residence in St. George after a long and fruitful life. After graduating from high school in La Crescent, she attended business college in Minneapolis,...

Diane Maxine Debruler Powell

Diane Maxine Debruler Powell

Nov 7, 2021

St. George, Utah – Diane Maxine DeBruler was born in Aberdeen, Washington on December 24, 1943 to parents Jasper Dale DeBruler and Beulah Maxine Greene. She passed away peacefully in her home after enduring various cancers over a 10-year period. The oldest of three children, she was spoiled rotten by her loving parents, even after...

Cynthia Leavitt

Cynthia Leavitt

Nov 7, 2021

On November 7, 2021, Cynthia Leavitt was taken into the arms of the Savior and reunited with her loving parents, Ruth Zohner Leavitt and Lloyd McArthur Leavitt, and with her sister, Abigail Leavitt.

Cindy was born on July 7, 1958, in St. George, Utah, with Myelomeningocele Spina Bifida. Complications from her condition, especially...

Jeanette Hall

Jeanette Hall

Nov 5, 2021

St. George, Utah – Jeanette Bracken Hall returned home on November 5, 2021, in St. George, Utah at the age of 63, surrounded by her family.

Jeanette was born September 25, 1958, to Virginia and Elton Hall, and graduated from Enterprise High School in 1976. She worked at Hurst's Ace Hardware...

Charles Lewsader

Charles Lewsader

Nov 5, 2021

St. George, Utah - Charles "Charlie" Lewsader, 94, made his transition from this life on Friday evening, November 5, 2021, at St. George Regional Hospital in St George, Utah. He was born June 21, 1927 at home in Oxford, Indiana to Samuel Lewsader and Verna Sutters Lewsader. He was the youngest of six children. Charlie...

Marjorie Laraine Brandt

Marjorie Laraine Brandt

Oct 30, 2021

St. George, Utah - Marjorie LaRaine Brandt, 93, passed away on October 30, 2021. She was born on May 20, 1928, in Barnston, Nebraska to Samuel Elias Outhier and Kittie Evaline Wallace.

Marjorie spent her life caring for her family and making their house into a home in Nebraska, Kansa, Wyoming,...

Leilani Spendlove Davis

Leilani Spendlove Davis

Oct 27, 2021

Cedar City, Utah – Leilani Spendlove Davis, 74, died October 27, 2021, in Cedar City, Utah. She was born October 11, 1947, in Cedar City, Utah, to Elwin and Helen Russum Spendlove. She married Mazel Kay Davis on April 27, 1973, in Cedar City, Utah.

Leilani is survived by her Prince...

Lori Ann Smith

Lori Ann Smith

Oct 26, 2021

LaVerkin, Utah - Lori Ann Smith, 53, daughter, sister, mother, and glam-ma was graciously taken by the Lord on October 26, 2021, in St. George, Utah after many years of battling health issues. She was born on September 17, 1968, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

You couldn't keep Lori still and...

Sharon Marie Cross

Sharon Marie Cross

Oct 26, 2021

Hurricane, Utah - Sharon "Shari" Marie Cross danced away peacefully on October 26, 2021. She was born to Barney Turner and Claire Ferrigno on July 24, 1948, in San Francisco, California.

Shari later moved to Salt Lake City, Utah then returned to her city of San Francisco where she attended Woodrow...

Emma Jean Halladay

Emma Jean Halladay

Oct 25, 2021

St. George, Utah – Emma "Jean" Allen Halladay returned to her Heavenly Father on October 25, 2021. Jean passed through the veil peacefully in her sleep at home at the age of 95.

Jean was born July 10, 1926, in her beloved city of Hyrum, Utah to Hans Peter and Anna...

Olegario C. Bitang

Olegario C. Bitang

Oct 23, 2021

St. George, Utah – Olegario Bitang, 90, passed away October 23, 2021. He was born March 5, 1931, in Inabanga, Philippines to Jose and Benita Centinales Bitang.

A viewing will be held Tuesday, November 2, 2021, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Metcalf Mortuary, 288 West St. George Blvd., St....

Senior Master Sergeant Walter John Whiteford

Senior Master Sergeant Walter John Whiteford

Oct 21, 2021

Mesquite, Nevada – Senior Master Sergeant (USAF Ret) Walter John "Todd" Whiteford, 91, passed away on Thursday, October 21, 2021, at his home in Mesquite, Nevada. Todd was born on February 27, 1930, in Patton, Pennsylvania to William Lindsay and Angeline Benden Whiteford. He married Flora Hazel Gardner. They were married in the Deweyville LDS...

Christopher Warwick Walker

Christopher Warwick Walker

Oct 20, 2021

St. George, Utah - Christopher Warwick Walker, 83, lived a most exciting and productive life.  He passed away on October 20, 2021, due to congestive heart failure and renal failure, at his home in St. George, Utah with his wife, Dianne, by his side.

Christopher was born to Josiah and Grace...

Carol Ann Ellett Hintze

Carol Ann Ellett Hintze

Oct 20, 2021

Ivins, Utah – Carol Ann Ellett Hintze, 76, passed away October 20, 2021. She was born in Dragerton, Utah on October 23, 1944 to Freeman Ellett and Eva Ann Baker Ellett. She married Bruce Donald Hancock Hintze on October 24, 1964 in the Manti, Utah Temple. They are the parents of three sons and three...

Zachary James Lee Cox

Zachary James Lee Cox

Oct 19, 2021

St. George - Zachary James Lee Cox, age 37, peacefully passed away October 19, 2021, after a battle with COVID-19. Zack is survived by his wife, Carly Cox (Butterfield) and daughter, Spencer Cox.

Zack was born November 25, 1983, to Royce Matthews in Stockton California. He moved to Northern Utah at...