Obituaries

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

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...

David Raphael Leavitt

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

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

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

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.

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Thomas Lloyd King

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.

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...

Rowen Kaye Labatt

Rowen Kaye Labatt

May 25, 2021

Virgin, Utah – Rowen Kaye LaBatt passed away May 25, 2021. She was born August 21, 1937, in Turlock, CA to Rudolph and Eulah Lueck.

Rowen grew up in Crater Lake, OR; Glacier National Park, MT; Yellowstone Park; Bryce Canyon, UT; and Zion National Park, UT. She attended Tropic Jr. High...

Kenley "Ken" L. Reese

Kenley "Ken" L. Reese

May 23, 2021

Mesquite, NV - Kenley "Ken" Linder Reese, 86, passed away peacefully at home, and in the company of his family May 23, 2021 (3 days shy of him and Mom's 65th wedding anniversary).

Ken was born March 13, 1935 in St. George, Utah and was the fourth of eight children to...

Marilyn Kimball Giles Peterson

Marilyn Kimball Giles Peterson

May 23, 2021

Murray, Utah – Marilyn Kimball Giles Peterson, age 77, passed away peacefully at home in St. George, Utah, on Sunday, May 23, 2021. Cherished wife to Gary D Peterson. They were sealed together June 25, 1964, in the Salt Lake Temple.

Marilyn was born on June 20, 1943, in Salt Lake...

Logan Lewis Arnold Endsley

Logan Lewis Arnold Endsley

May 22, 2021

St. George, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend completed his mortal journey unexpectedly due to natural causes May 22, 2021; joining his mother in sweet reunion to be our forever angel. Logan loved life and lived it to the fullest. He enjoyed cycling, mountain biking, pickleball, go-carts, game nights, snacks,...