Obituaries

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

Shirley Lehman Fullerton

Shirley Lehman Fullerton

Jan 19, 2021

St. George, Utah – On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 11:55 a.m., our dear cousin, friend and neighbor, Shirley Ann Jones Lehman Fullerton, passed away of heart failure at the age of 90 in the St. George Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah.

Shirley was born in Winona, Minnesota on...

Michael Dean Hughes

Michael Dean Hughes

Jan 17, 2021

St. George – Michael Dean Hughes, 73, died on January 17, 2021 in St. George, Utah from complications of COVID. He was born to Alton Grant and Vera Rowena Hughes on August 15, 1947 in Santa Ana, California.

Mike married Suzanne Draper in the Salt Lake Temple on May 28, 1970. They had seven children together and...

Gary Alan Mckell

Gary Alan Mckell

Jan 15, 2021

LaVerkin, Utah - Gary Alan McKell, 72, beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother and Friend passed away peacefully January 15, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. Gary was born July 15, 1948 in Provo, Utah to Charles and Madge McKell. He attended schools in Provo where he met his high school sweetheart, Ardath Eileen...

Janeen Jocelyn

Janeen Jocelyn

Jan 15, 2021

Hurricane, UT – Janeen Jocelyn, age 74, passed away on January 15, 2021. She was born on October 12, 1946 in Hurricane, Utah to Thomas Henry Semmens and Beulah Semmens.

Janeen graduated high school in Rosemead, California and met her eternal companion, Elliot William Jocelyn, in El Monte, California. They married...

Carolyn Melessa

Carolyn Melessa

Jan 13, 2021

St. George, Utah - Carolyn Melessa left mortality on January 13, 2021, one week before her 71st birthday. She was born into this world in Cedar City, Utah, on January 20,1950 to Rowena Truman and Anthony Joseph Melessa. Her growing up years and schooling, of which she had very fond memories, took place in Enterprise,...

Helen Jenkins Oliverson

Helen Jenkins Oliverson

Jan 12, 2021

Helen Jenkins Oliverson passed away peacefully in her home on January 12, 2021.  She was born on October 26, 1929 in her Midvale, Utah home to Herman and Eva Mae Croshaw Jenkins as the first of six children. She grew up on Wasatch Street and later graduated from Jordan High School. She went on to attend BYU...

Kenneth H. Markowski

Kenneth H. Markowski

Jan 11, 2021

St. George – Kenneth H. Markowski, 91, passed away January 11, 2021 due to complications related to COVID 19. He was born December 30, 1929 to Maria and Fritz Markowski.

Kenneth was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and attended South High School. He married Patricia Maxine Irvine on March 14,...

William "Bill" Hartley Fox

William "Bill" Hartley Fox

Jan 9, 2021

St. George, Utah - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend William "Bill" Hartley Fox, 85, passed away on January 9, 2021, due to complications related to COVID-19. Bill was born November 1, 1935, to Harold Maxfield and Edith Chipman Fox in Lehi, Utah. He attended schools in Lehi and was a proud graduate...

Gary Dennis Cohu

Gary Dennis Cohu

Jan 6, 2021

St. George – Gary Dennis Cohu, 78, passed away January 6, 2021 in St. George, Utah. He was born on November 10, 1942 to Willis Leon Cohu and Edith Lucille Millard in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He married Claudia L Cohu. He was a member of the United State Air Force.

Interment will be in the...

Maxine Lee Peltier

Maxine Lee Peltier

Jan 5, 2021

On January 5, 2021 in St. George, Utah, Maxine Lee Peltier was taken by the Coronavirus disease. Maxine is preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Andrew and Martha Lee; Hester Atkins and Jacob Collins; and her sister Carla Lee.

Maxine was born on Mathews Plantation in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana on May 20,...

D. Gary Christian

D. Gary Christian

Jan 4, 2021

Santa Clara - Dwight Gary Christian passed peacefully through the veil and into the warm embrace of his parents and siblings on January 4, 2021. He was a beautiful mind and decent man whose passion for writing, delight in scholarship, pride in his Icelandic heritage, and love affair with his childhood hometown persisted until his...

Merrillyn Stevens Guymon

Merrillyn Stevens Guymon

Jan 4, 2021

St. George - Heaven gained an angel on January 4, 2021. Merrillyn Stevens Guymon, 81, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. Merrillyn was born on May 9, 1939, in Provo, Utah, to Merrill and Evvie Stevens. She grew up in Blanding, Utah, where she met her sweetheart, Ronald Guymon. They were sealed in the Manti...

James "Jay" Owen Fitzpatrick

James "Jay" Owen Fitzpatrick

Jan 2, 2021

Toquerville, Utah - James "Jay" Owen Fitzpatrick, age 66, of Toquerville, Utah has gone to be in the arms of our Savior on January 2, 2021, after a gallant battle against Covid-19. Jay was born in Wayne, Nebraska, as the third of four children, to Lorraine Faye and James E. Fitzpatrick on March 9, 1954....

Betty Ann Tasker

Betty Ann Tasker

Jan 2, 2021

Ivins, Utah – Betty Ann Tasker, 85, passed away January 2, 2021 at the Southern Utah Veterans Home in Ivins, Utah. She was born January 16, 1935 in Kempton, Maryland, to Casseil Blaine Tasker and Bertha Inez Stewart. Betty served in the US Army.

Private Family services will be held at the Ivins City Cemetery, Ivins,...

Craig William Donaldson

Craig William Donaldson

Dec 31, 2020

St. George, UT - Craig William Donaldson M.D., 58, on December 31, 2020, left his mortal home to begin a new journey in the next life. Craig's healthy body gave its last breath with his wife Annette and sons Andrew and Jacob at his side. Craig was born November 9, 1962, in Salt Lake City,...

Vicki Rogers

Vicki Rogers

Dec 29, 2020

St. George, UT – Our Mother, Vicki Rogers, peacefully left this earth on December 29, 2020, from a sudden brain hemorrhage. Our Mom was a whirlwind of activity and we have spent our life trying to keep up with her. Mom was born in Liberal, Kansas, August 12, 1948, but spent her life as a...

Jon Robert Pollei

Jon Robert Pollei

Dec 26, 2020

St George, Utah – Jon Robert Pollei, 82, passed away December 26, 2020 at his home in St George, Utah surrounded by his loved ones.

Jon was born April 12, 1938 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Harry K and Enid Lambert Pollei. He married Carol J. Ipsen October 11, 1957,...

Opal "Toni" Blanche Leavitt

Opal "Toni" Blanche Leavitt

Dec 26, 2020

Opal Blanche Leavitt (Toni), 100, of Hurricane, UT passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2020, in Hurricane. Toni was born March 23, 1920 in Kline, CO to Frank Lyman Gillespie and Blanche Elnora Lemmon.

Toni lived for a few years in Kline, CO, then in the Southern California area, she later settled in Cedar City, UT  She...

Gary Michael Pierce

Gary Michael Pierce

Dec 24, 2020

St. George – Gary Michael Pierce, Sr., 76, passed away peacefully in St. George, Utah, on December 24, 2020. He was born on June 28, 1944, in Syracuse, New York, to Harold Joshua Pierce, who was of the Onondaga tribe and Mary Zita Diabo Pierce, who was from the Mohawk Tribe.  He was the 13...

Donabelle "Donnie" Andersen

Donabelle "Donnie" Andersen

Dec 24, 2020

St. George, Utah - Donabelle "Donnie" Elaine Blades Andersen of St. George, Utah passed away peacefully at her home December 24, 2020. Donnie was born on June 27, 1927 in Leduc (what is now Millet), Alberta, Canada to James and Johannah Blades. She married Velan Max Andersen in Salt Lake City, Utah October 11, 1949....