Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
David Raphael Leavitt
May 28, 2021
St. George, Utah - With heavy hearts we had to say goodbye to our husband, father, grandpa, brother, uncle and friend. David Raphael Leavitt age 75 passed away suddenly on May 28, 2021, in St. George, Utah, joining his mother who passed just 16 days earlier. He was born on March 7, 1946, in St....
Paul Jacobsen
May 27, 2021
Washington UT - Paul Jacobsen lost his battle with kidney disease, passing away on May 27, 2021.
He was born to Norman and Blanche Jacobsen in Los Angeles, CA on March 30, 1942. He spent most of his life in California and was a true lover of Early California history and...
Josh Judd
May 27, 2021
Thomas Joshua "Josh" Judd passed away on May 27, 2021. He was born on May 9, 1973, in St. George, Utah to Thomas Randy and Carolyn Orton Judd.
He was raised and grew up in the Dixie Downs area of St. George. His playground was the desert, its ravines, animals, sagebrush, and sand....
Deann Thurston Canady
May 27, 2021
Ivins, UT – DeAnn Thurston Canady "Dee", mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, returned to her Father in Heaven, Thursday, May 27, 2021. DeAnn was born in Richfield, UT on July 15, 1938, to Walter Lynn and Annie Elda Thurston. She was the second of three daughters born into the Thurston family.
Thomas Lloyd King
May 27, 2021
Littlefield, AZ - Thomas Lloyd King, age 86, returned to his Heavenly Father on May 27, 2021 at St. George Regional Hospital, due to natural causes. He was born on November 3, 1934, in Culver City, California to Frank Lloyd King and Selma Alberta Watkins. He was a California native and attended Venice High School....
George Earl Elwell, Jr.
May 26, 2021
Ivins, Utah - George Earl Elwell Jr passed away May 26, 2021, after a brief but valiant battle with cancer.
George was born to George Earl Sr. and Linnie Mae Jones Elwell on December 6, 1942, in Gridley, CA. He has one loving sister, Betty Wentz of Spanish Fork, Utah. Later...


