Obituaries

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

Louise Elder Hall

Louise Elder Hall

Sep 22, 2020

Hurricane, UT – Louise Elder Hall was a bundle of smiles and kindness. She could, at times, be puzzling, bewildering and mystical, but never boring. Born on June 27, 1930 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Ernest Alfred Elder and LaVon Duffin; Louise was in the middle of it all, having two older siblings (Ernest Elder Jr....

Deon Jeffs Martin

Deon Jeffs Martin

Sep 22, 2020

LaVerkin, Utah – Deon Jeffs Martin, 81, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away on September 22, 2020 in the loving arms of her husband.

She was born on July 23, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was at West High where she met her soulmate and the...

Donna Deone Poulsen Maxwell

Donna Deone Poulsen Maxwell

Sep 21, 2020

St. George, Utah – Donna Deone Poulsen Maxwell passed away September 21, 2020. She was born on September 7, 1943 to Alden and Agnes Lloyd Poulsen at their family farm in Rigby, Idaho. She married James B Maxwell for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple on July 10, 1963. Following the wedding,...

Violet "Vi" Hancock

Violet "Vi" Hancock

Sep 17, 2020

On Thursday, September 17, 2020, Violet Hancock- loving wife, aunt, sister, mother and grandmother - passed away at the age of 85. She was born on July 15, 1935 in Vernal, UT to Elmo and Mary Jane (Winward) Hardy. She married Norman Hancock on April 8, 1955 in Salt Lake City, UT, and they raised two children,...

Kenda Alice Kennedy Stapel

Kenda Alice Kennedy Stapel

Sep 15, 2020

Cedar City, Utah - Kenda Alice Kennedy Stapel, 77, of Cedar City, UT, passed away September 15, 2020. Kenda was born on April 1, 1943 in Marysvale, Utah to George and Georgia Rose Kennedy. Kenda married Norman James Stapel (deceased).

Kenda is survived by her children: KendaLee Stapel, Brett (Jeri) Stapel,...

Teresa Morales

Teresa Morales

Sep 13, 2020

St. George, Utah –Teresa del C. Morales Carreńo, 93, passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2020 in Yucaipa, California. She was born on March 30, 1927 in Santiago, Chile. She met the love of her life, Raul Morales and they were together for 50 years. They have two daughters and two handsome grandsons: Anthony and...

Lonnie D. Shomaker

Lonnie D. Shomaker

Sep 13, 2020

Hurricane, Utah – Lonnie D. Shomaker, 47, beloved husband, father, son and brother passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at his home in Hurricane, Utah on September 13, 2020. He was born in Murray, Utah but moved to Orangeville in his early childhood where they lived until he graduated from high school in 1991. During his...

Kathleen Todd

Kathleen Todd

Sep 12, 2020

St. George –Friends and family mourn the untimely loss of Kathleen Todd, who passed away at home on September 12, 2020, due to complications of diabetes. Kathleen was the wife of David Todd, and a resident of SunRiver in Saint George.

Kathleen was born on June 11, 1961 to Gerald Heath...

Garnet Eugene Howells

Garnet Eugene Howells

Sep 12, 2020

St. George, Utah – Garnet Eugene Howells, 90, passed away September 12, 2020. He was born July 29, 1930 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Lyle James and Fern Fawcett Howells. He married the love of his live, Beth Bennett. 65 years ago.

Garnet is survived by his wife, Beth; sons: Lyle (Marie) Howells, Rock Springs,...

Frank Melton

Frank Melton

Sep 11, 2020

Frank Melton, 82, passed away peacefully in his home on September 11, 2020, after a courageous battle with cancer. Frank was born in Weinert, Texas and moved to California as a young boy with his family. Frank enlisted in the Navy Seabees and served his country proudly.

In 1968, Frank was hired by...

Hazel O Jackson

Hazel O Jackson

Sep 7, 2020

St George, Utah – Hazel O Jackson, 85, died September 7, 2020, in St. George, Utah. She was born November 14, 1934 to William Doyle and Florence Orgill, in Mona, Utah. She married, and later divorced, Horrace Chatwin, Jr. She married Rex Jackson on November 11, 1961 in Elko, Nevada. Their marriage was solemnized in...

Deann Lynn Gubler

Deann Lynn Gubler

Sep 5, 2020

Santa Clara, Utah - DeAnn Gubler returned home to her Heavenly Father on September 5, 2020.  She was born February 5, 1938 in Panguitch, Utah to Fearl William and Maxine Cameron Lynn.  She married Clark Tennyson Gubler on September 25, 1959 in the St George Temple.

DeAnn was raised in Flagstaff,...

Drucilla "Annie" Jasper

Drucilla "Annie" Jasper

Sep 5, 2020

Washington, Utah - Drucilla "Annie" Ann Jasper, 84, returned home to our Heavenly Father on Saturday, September 5, 2020, in her home surrounded by loved ones. She was born on March 20, 1936 in Salinas, California to William Scammel Barr and Thelma Coila Williamson. She married Bryce Arlin Jasper on June 16, 1958 in Carson...

Ralph Gordon Stringham

Ralph Gordon Stringham

Sep 3, 2020

St. George – Born in 1924 in his grandmother's house in Vernal, Utah, Ralph Gordon Stringham, lived the first part of his life in the small town with his beloved mother Afton, father William, and two older sisters Mary Katherine and Betty. Born into a sheep herding family, Ralph spent his summers high up in...

Cindy Stirland Metcalf

Cindy Stirland Metcalf

Sep 2, 2020

Cindy Stirland Metcalf, 61, died on September 2, 2020 in her home as the result of a courageous seven-year battle with Stiff Person Syndrome.  She was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 1, 1959 to mend the broken heart of her parents, Polly H. and Gordon Byron Stirland, following the loss of their first daughter.  She was preceded...

M. Maurine Ward

M. Maurine Ward

Sep 2, 2020

St. George, Utah - Mary "Maurine" Kelson Ward, at the age of 86, left her earthly sojourn here having traveled well and touched many, on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. Maurine was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 27, 1934 to Arvel Eugene Kelson and Velma Emily Christensen Kelson. Maurine was one of seven...

Ward "Gabby" Moore

Ward "Gabby" Moore

Aug 30, 2020

St. George, Utah - Ward L. Moore, lovingly known as Gabby Moore, passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2020 after a long battle with heart failure. His passing comes 10 years to the day of the passing of his sister, Colleen. Gabby was born December 1, 1946 in Panguitch, Utah.

Gabby...

Trello William Prince

Trello William Prince

Aug 29, 2020

St. George, Utah – Trello William Prince was born on July 15, 1951 to William Wayne and Isabelle Newman Prince in Salt Lake City, Utah. He left this world to return to the loving arms of his Savior and loved ones after a short battle with pancreatic cancer on August 29, 2020 in St. George,...

Cody Lamond Wilkins

Cody Lamond Wilkins

Aug 29, 2020

St. George - Cody Lamond Wilkins passed away peacefully on August 29, 2020 at the age of 89. He was born on December 23, 1930 in Roosevelt, UT to Mildred Viola Murray Wilkins and Orman Lamond Wilkins. He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Clara; sister, Glenna Cooper; brothers: Jerry, Keith and Kendyl...

Dick Dixon

Dick Dixon

Aug 29, 2020

St. George, Utah - Lieutenant Colonel Dick Dixon, USAF Retired, peacefully left this mortal existence Saturday August 29, 2020 at the age of 98 to join his wife, parents, relatives, brothers, sisters and a son. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather and will be greatly missed by all those who knew him....