Obituaries

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

Buddy Joe Kimball

Buddy Joe Kimball

Jul 24, 2021

Central, Utah – Buddy Joe Kimball, died July 24, 2021, in Central, Utah. He was born July 27, 1934, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He married Marion Nelson in 1958. Their daughter, Jenny was born in 1959. They later divorced. He married Adelyne Clay in 1967 in Los Angeles, California and they remained together until her...

Leonard Reimer

Leonard Reimer

Jul 23, 2021

Ivins, Utah - Leonard Reimer, 95 years old, passed away on Friday, July 23, 2021, he was a resident of the Southern Utah Veterans Home in Ivins, Utah. He was born April 28, 1926 in Kingsburg, California to Peter and Mary Fast Reimer.

Leonard was raised in the country on a...

Garrett Lee Christensen

Garrett Lee Christensen

Jul 22, 2021

Washington, Utah – Garrett Lee Christensen, 30, passed away July 22, 2021, in Lehi, Utah. He was born October 10, 1990, in Henderson, Nevada to Michael G. Christensen and Tifanie Henrie.

Garrett lived and was raised in southern Utah. He loved all things outdoors. He loved camping, fishing and riding anything...

Elaine Clausen

Elaine Clausen

Jul 22, 2021

St. George Utah - Faye "Elaine" Clausen was born August 3, 1948 and passed away July 22, 2021 in her St. George, Utah home FIGHTING her battle with cancer.

Elaine was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, third child to Reese Myrlin and Faye DeVon Deveraux Madsen. Elaine was preceded in...

Colleen Jorgensen

Colleen Jorgensen

Jul 20, 2021

St. George - Colleen Jorgensen peacefully left this world on July 20, 2021.  She was blessed with a long, wonderful life filled with a strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ, giving service to others, temple work and raising four amazing children.  She especially enjoyed spending time with friends and family playing cards, quilting,...

Charles Arthur Woffinden

Charles Arthur Woffinden

Jul 20, 2021

Charles Arthur "Art" Woffinden was born September 7, 1932, in Cedar City, Utah. He was the ninth of 10 children born to Franklin and Vaneese Harris Woffinden. He was born during the great depression in the United States. The family moved to at least two small towns in Nevada where Frank was able to secure enough employment...

Russell Dean Shields

Russell Dean Shields

Jul 20, 2021

Santa Clara, UT – On July 20, 2021, Russell Dean Shields passed away peacefully in his sleep.

Russ is survived by his children: Kyle (Erin), Kelsey, and Kirby; two granddaughters: Louisa and Greta; and siblings: Louise and Brian.

He graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a...

David Wayne Bingham

David Wayne Bingham

Jul 12, 2021

Brookside, Utah – David Wayne Bingham, 82, passed away July 12, 2021, due to health complications associated with a stroke. He was born September 26, 1938, to Wayne Aldous Bingham and Leone Christensen of Hooper, Utah at the old McKay Dee Hospital. They moved to Far West about 12 years later. As the oldest of...

Ronald Jay Taylor

Ronald Jay Taylor

Jul 9, 2021

Santa Clara – Ronald Jay Taylor of Santa Clara, Utah passed away peacefully, Friday, July 9, 2021, at the St. George Regional Hospital in St. George, after a short struggle with COVID-19, causing respiratory failure. He was born in Provo, UT on Christmas Eve 1948, one of the coldest and wettest winters in Utah's history....

Garn Miller Huskinson

Garn Miller Huskinson

Jul 7, 2021

St. George, Utah – Garn Miller Huskinson, our kind husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and brother, died peacefully July 7, 2021, due to complications of kidney and heart failure. Garn was born July 5, 1932, in Rexburg, Idaho, the third child of Leo James and Gladys Miller Huskinson. He was raised on a farm in...

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...