Obituaries

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

Deidra Kay Guzman

Deidra Kay Guzman

Nov 15, 2020

St. George, Utah – Deidra Kay Duffney Guzman "Didi" took her unexpected soar up through the clouds to Heaven on Sunday, November 15, 2020. She was born on Friday the 13 th , July 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Douglas Kay Duffney and Christina Hougen. She was the youngest child of a blended family....

James Darrel Bunker

James Darrel Bunker

Nov 14, 2020

Enterprise, Utah - Our beloved James Darrel Bunker, 91 returned home to our Father, sent off by loving family and received by loving family and friends, on November 14, 2020. He passed peacefully in his sleep.

Darrel was born in St. George, Utah to James Raphael and Adele Slack Bunker on...

Shaela Irene Coleman

Shaela Irene Coleman

Nov 13, 2020

Grand Junction, Colorado – Shaela Irene Coleman passed away November 13, 2020 in St. George, Utah. She was born May 26, 1988 in Susanville, California to Angela Clawson and Corey Coleman.

Shaela graduated high school and continued to become a CNA. She lived in Colorado for the past 12 years and...

Patricia A. Larson

Patricia A. Larson

Nov 13, 2020

Santa Clara, Utah – Loving wife, mother and grandmother, Patricia Ann Larson, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 at the age of 72. She was born February 5, 1948 in Payson, Utah to Blaine and Fay Shepard Carlson. She married Stan Larson on June 8, 1974.

Patricia "Trishy" Larson attended high...

J. Merlin Baker

J. Merlin Baker

Nov 12, 2020

St. George, Utah – Jon Merlin Baker, 78, passed away November 12, 2020. Merlin, as he was called, was born on September 11, 1942 to Melba Webb and William Earl Baker. He was the 8 th of 11 children.

He married Sharleen Ruth Neilson on September 3, 1966 in the St....

Carmen Norien Davies

Carmen Norien Davies

Nov 12, 2020

Hurricane, Utah - Carmen Norien Davies, 81, passed away November 12, 2020. She was born August 15, 1939 in Park City, Utah to Phyllis Kathleen Jensen and Harvey Daniels.

Carmen lived the majority of her life in the Salt Lake Valley. Growing up, she attended Hawthorne Elementary, Lincoln Jr. High and...

Daniel Edward Schmutz

Daniel Edward Schmutz

Nov 10, 2020

St. George, Utah –Daniel Edward Schmutz, age 92, passed away peacefully on November 10, 2020. He was born the oldest of four children to Edward Mutrux Schmutz and Mary Waite Proctor, in St. George, Utah.

Dan loved growing up in St. George with his family and friends. He worked on the...

M. Don Van Noy

M. Don Van Noy

Nov 8, 2020

Melvin Don Van Noy passed away from the indiscriminate COVID 19 on November 8, 2020. He was born May 31, 1944 to Melvin J. and Gwen D. Van Noy in Logan, Utah and grew up in Twin Falls, Idaho, where he was very active in sports, playing football, and earning a state division title in wrestling. He graduated from...

William R. Burch

William R. Burch

Nov 8, 2020

Beaver Dam, AZ - William R. Burch "Bill", 86, of Beaver Dam, Arizona died on November 8, 2020 at his home surrounded in love by his family. Bill was born in 1934 in Heber, Utah to Hilton L. Burch and LaVon McKnight who raised him in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He...

Jack Gene Muterspaugh

Jack Gene Muterspaugh

Nov 3, 2020

Hurricane UT - Jack Gene Muterspaugh died November 3, 2020 in St. George, UT.  He was born November 7, 1943 in Linton, Indiana at the Greene County Hospital to parents Pearl Edna Gibson and Rex Newton Muterspaugh. Jack grew up on a 20-acre farm in Bloomfield, Indiana with his mother. He became the man of...

Walter S. Killian

Walter S. Killian

Nov 1, 2020

St. George, Utah - Walter S. Killian, age 91, of St. George, Utah, passed away November 1, 2020 at the Southern Utah Veterans Home.

Walt was a dedicated and hardworking father, grandfather, husband, uncle, and brother. He spent his entire life living independently. He had a fun, competitive nature. He especially...

Kelly Floyd Lent

Kelly Floyd Lent

Nov 1, 2020

Santa Clara – Kelly Floyd Lent, of Santa Clara, Utah passed away Sunday November 1, 2020, just 37 days after being diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme. Kelly was born July 15, 1958 in Pocatello, Idaho, to Margaret Loughney and Norman Floyd Lent. He loved his childhood in Pocatello, growing up with his sisters and exploring with...

Mildred "Mitzie" Mitchell

Mildred "Mitzie" Mitchell

Nov 1, 2020

Washington, Utah – Mildred "Mitzie" Mitchell, 75, passed into eternal rest on Sunday, November 1, 2020 in St. George, Utah. Mitzie was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married Gary Mitchell in Hyattsville, MD. They would have celebrated 50 years of marriage in March. Mitzie and Gary lived in Maryland for most of their lives before...

Kristine Dix Smith

Kristine Dix Smith

Nov 1, 2020

Kriss did not want an obituary, although she was an avid obituary reader. I thought it was important to share her passing because she was a part of so many lives. Kriss was a social worker and adoption specialist for the Utah Division of Social Services, Child Welfare. She and her partners were responsible for placing over...

Neldon Jarvis Christensen

Neldon Jarvis Christensen

Oct 29, 2020

St. George/Hurricane Utah - Neldon Jarvis Christensen, 91, passed away peacefully on October 29, 2020 in St. George, Utah at the home of his daughter, Myrna Stout. He was born February 14,1929, to Ray and Melissa Christensen.

He married Mary Carol Tryon on August 17,1956. They were sealed in the Salt...

Joseph William Rondo

Joseph William Rondo

Oct 28, 2020

St. George, UT- Joseph William Rondo returned home to his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. He was 96 years old and part of "The Greatest Generation."

Joseph was born in Mt. Clemens, MI on September 1, 1924 to Herbert Edward Rondo and Mary Josephine LaForest and was one of...

Eugene Paul "Gene" Anderson

Eugene Paul "Gene" Anderson

Oct 24, 2020

St. George, Utah - Eugene Paul "Gene" Anderson passed away in his home on October 24, 2020, in Saint George, Utah, at the age of 80. He was born February 27, 1940, in Litchfield, MN, to Andrew and Louella Tesch Anderson.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Andrew and...

Alice H. Welker

Alice H. Welker

Oct 20, 2020

Orem, Utah – Alice H. Welker, 90, passed away peacefully on October 20, 2020 in Orem, Utah at Summerfield Manor. She was born to Lorenzo and Ella Hunsaker on September 15, 1930 in Elwood Utah.

She married Garr William Welker on March 8, 1956 in Las Vegas, Nevada and were sealed...

Lawrence E. Laubscher, Sr.

Lawrence E. Laubscher, Sr.

Oct 20, 2020

SAINT GEORGE, UT – Lawrence E. Laubscher, Sr. ("Larry"), passed away at his home on October 20, 2020, at the age of 89. He was born in Kansas City, MO on January 9, 1931. Upon the death of his father in 1937, he moved with his mother, Elizabeth R. Laubscher, and his sister, Ellen Bortz...

Gary Douglas Thomas

Gary Douglas Thomas

Oct 20, 2020

Texas/Utah – Gary Douglas Thomas, 56 years old, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 in McKinney, TX. He was born on February 8,1964 in Boston, MA to Earl and Louise Thomas.

Shortly after, they took residence in Las Vegas, NV where he was raised. He graduated from Rancho High School...