Obituaries

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

M. Carol Chamberlain Friese

M. Carol Chamberlain Friese

Jul 6, 2021

Washington, Utah – M. Carol Chamberlain Friese, loving mother and devoted schoolteacher, died on July 6, 2021, in her home in Washington, Utah with her son, Richard, by her side.

Carol was born in 1938 at Dee Memorial Hospital in Ogden, Utah to Blanche Viola Ahern Chamberlain and George Francis Chamberlain...

Robert Curtis Witteman

Robert Curtis Witteman

Jul 3, 2021

Our loving father, Bob passed away on July 3, 2021, in St. George, UT due to health complications. Heaven gained a warrior on this day and was reunited with many. Bob was born April 2, 1959 in Allentown, NY to Arnold and Doris Witteman. He was the oldest child of three. His siblings were Julie Witteman and...

Leroy Neilson Nisson

Leroy Neilson Nisson

Jun 29, 2021

St. George, Utah – LeRoy Neilson Nisson, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away peacefully on June 29, 2021. He was born May 31, 1921, in Washington City, Utah to Willard Orlando Nisson and Annie Marie Neilson. He had one brother, Antone, and two sisters: Nina and Phyllis, who have preceded him in his...

Heath Gordon Varney

Heath Gordon Varney

Jun 28, 2021

Washington, UT Heath Gordon Varney age 39 passed away June 28, 2021. He was born on May 22, 1982, in American Fork, UT to Gordon A. and Edith Varney. He married Trisha Evans on May 13, 2005, in the Manti, Utah Temple. Together they have four beautiful girls.

Heath grew up...

John Lewis Hall

John Lewis Hall

Jun 27, 2021

Washington, UT – John Lewis Hall was called home by our Father in Heaven on Sunday, June 27, 2021. John was born in Altadena, California to Jack and Virginia McKibben Hall on July 31, 1946.

John played and lettered in football for Parker High, then was accepted to CSU (now known...

Jacques Henri Clemente

Jacques Henri Clemente

Jun 26, 2021

Henderson, NV – Jacques Henri Clemente, 74, passed away June 26, 2021. He was born July 7, 1945 in France.

Funeral services will be held Friday, July 9, 2021, at 12:00 p.m., with a visitation prior at 11:00 a.m., at the Pine Valley Chapel, 50 South Main Street, Pine Valley, Utah....

Elizabeth "Liz" Merrill

Elizabeth "Liz" Merrill

Jun 26, 2021

St. George, Utah - Elizabeth "Liz" Merrill was a beautiful wife, a loving mother, and a fun grandma. She went up to heaven on June 26, 2021, after having a "wonderful life". Born Elizabeth Jane Pickens, she arrived in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on September 19, 1929. She was the seventh of nine children born to Albert...

Athena "Tina" Jean Fox

Athena "Tina" Jean Fox

Jun 25, 2021

St. George, Utah – Athena Jean " Tina" Fox, 65, passed away June 25, 2021. She was born October 24, 1955, in Tucson, Arizona to Gaylord and Kathern Hylbert Fox.

Tina is survived by her brother, Gary (Paula) Fox; sister, Suzanne Fox; nieces: Hannah (Mitch) Taylor and Abby Fox; and great...

Carole Sue Rowley

Carole Sue Rowley

Jun 23, 2021

Our loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend passed away in St. George, UT, June 23, 2021, after a long illness.

Carole Sue was born April 30, 1941, to Jay and Mildred Scott Jacobson in Las Vegas, NV. She was born three months premature and was preceded in death by a twin...

Michael L. Hinckley

Michael L. Hinckley

Jun 20, 2021

Ivins, Utah - Michael L. Hinckley passed away June 20, 2021, with his loving wife & daughters by his side.

Mike was born November 23, 1935, in Provo, Utah. Michael graduated from Provo High school in 1953, then went on to Trade school. Then he joined the Air Force serving four...

Thomas Paul Ethridge

Thomas Paul Ethridge

Jun 17, 2021

St. George – Thomas Paul Ethridge, 70, passed away June 17, 2021. He was born December 18, 1950, in Willimantic, Connecticut.

A Funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., with a Rosary at 10:00 a.m., at the St. Angela Catholic Church, 585 South Walnut Avenue, Brea,...

Barbara Ann Eastman Wilkinson Dee

Barbara Ann Eastman Wilkinson Dee

Jun 15, 2021

St. George - Our loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend peacefully returned to our Heavenly Father on June 15, 2021, while surrounded by her loving family.

Barbara was born on December 21, 1935, in Detroit, Michigan to Charlotte Louise Hipp and Nels Helmer Eastman. She was the oldest of...

Lisa Pearson

Lisa Pearson

Jun 14, 2021

Lisa Pearson, 62, passed away in a Las Vegas hospital after a long, courageous struggle with health issues related to diabetes and kidney failure, on Monday, June 14, 2021.

Lisa was the baby in the family of four girls, born to William Pratt and Beth Blattner Pearson in Blackfoot, Idaho. She was raised...

Vance Patrick Ferdinando

Vance Patrick Ferdinando

Jun 14, 2021

Ivins, Utah – Vance Patrick Ferdinando, 63, passed away June 14, 2021. He was born May 2, 1958, in Salinas, California.

Vance spent most of his life in Salinas and graduated from Salinas High School in 1976. After high school, he went through the classes and training to become one of...

Margaret Ashley Howell

Margaret Ashley Howell

Jun 9, 2021

Ivins, UT- Margaret Ashley Howell, 98, passed away June 9, 2021, in St. George, UT. She was born March 8, 1923, in San Francisco, CA as an only child to Mabel Ashley Robinson Stevens and Thomas Ralph Stevens. After WWII Margaret met Francis Howell and they were married in Pasadena, CA on October 11, 1952....

Franz S. Reisch

Franz S. Reisch

Jun 5, 2021

St. George, Utah – Franz S. Reisch, 85, passed away peacefully at home in St George, Utah, surrounded by loving family, on June 5, 2021. He was born on March 4, 1936 in Springfield, IL, to Joseph A. and Vivian (Dressendorfer) Reisch. Franz spent his first 12 years in Springfield until relocating with his family...

Ora B. Milne

Ora B. Milne

Jun 4, 2021

St. George, Utah - Ora Bertha Sandberg Milne was born in Washington, Utah on October 28, 1923, the youngest child (with 5 older brothers) of Elmer and May Barlocher Sandberg. She peacefully passed on June 4, 2021, at age 97, as a resident of Sagewood Assisted Living in South Jordan, Utah.

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Charlene J. Rodgers

Charlene J. Rodgers

Jun 3, 2021

St. George, Utah – Charlene J. Rodgers, 79, died peacefully in her home surrounded by three of her daughters on 3 June 2021 in St. George, Utah.  She was born 23 November 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia to Samuel Lyle Johnson and Dorothy Whipp Wall.

Charlene lived in Virginia and...

Virginia J. Solee Mikesell Wonnacott

Virginia J. Solee Mikesell Wonnacott

Jun 2, 2021

St. George – Viriginia J. Solee Mikesell Wonnacott, 97, passed away June 2, 2021, in St. George, Utah. She was born April 11, 1924, to Albert James and Addie Virginia Barnes Mullin in St. Paul, Minnesota.

In 1942, Virginia graduated from Monroe High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. She worked in...

Larry Dale Thornton

Larry Dale Thornton

Jun 2, 2021

Hurricane, Utah – Larry Dale Thornton, 82, passed away peacefully on June 2, 2021. He was born January 11, 1939. He was a graduate of Pleasant Grove High School class of 1957. Larry was from Lindon, Utah where he met and married the love of his life, Geraldine Milano.

Larry was...