Obituaries

Aug 20, 2025

After 68 years of faithful and devoted marriage, Melvin and Shirley Jensen returned home to their Heavenly Father on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. True to their desire to never be apart, Shirley, age 90, peacefully passed away early that morning, and just six hours later, Melvin, age 91, followed her through the veil. Their reunion in the...

Aug 19, 2025

Cecelia G. Chavez "CeCe" passed away peacefully on August 19, 2025, at the age of 98, with family and friends nearby. Born February 2, 1927, in San Rafael, New Mexico, to Lorenzo and Juanita Garcia, Cecelia was the second of ten children in a devoted, hard-working family. She grew up on a farm, later moving to Grand...

Aug 17, 2025

St George UT - Marilyn Jean Adams Southam, aged 88, passed away peacefully at her home in St. George, UT on August 17, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family. She was born in Orem, UT on February 27, 1937, to John Kenneth and Afton Peterson Adams. Marilyn married Glade Southam, the love of her life,...

Aug 16, 2025

Leisa Kaye Cunningham Laycock, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away Saturday afternoon, August 16, 2025, with her children by her side.

Leisa was born on October 8, 1960, in Payson, Utah, to Clifford Bert Laycock and Carol Rebecca Stevenson Laycock. She was the 3rd of 4 daughters.

Leisa was...

Aug 14, 2025

Arza Carroll Evans peacefully passed away surrounded by family on August 14, 2025. He was born on December 25, 1934, in Bisbee, Arizona, to Oman and Helena Evans. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1958 and went on to earn a master's degree from Brigham Young University in 1960, marking the start of a life...

Aug 12, 2025

June Edwards McDermott Swift, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away at her home on August 12, 2025, in St. George, Utah at the age of 95. She was born in Benton, IL on June 3, 1930, to Orville and Alice Edwards.

June married Donald Richard McDermott on January 23, 1949,...

Aug 11, 2025

Dale K Garner, age 69, died August 11, 2025. He was born on February 17, 1956, to Kenneth Herbert Garner and Adele Mae Bingham. He lived in the Ogden area until 1969 when his family fled the coup and moved to Ione, WA. On the first day of their Junior year of high school, he met his...

Aug 11, 2025

Angela Castelli Ponzio Anderson was born on February 20, 1936, in Tunis, North Africa. She grew up in Casablanca, Morocco, and later immigrated to the United States. One of her proudest moments was taking the Oath of Allegiance and becoming a U.S. citizen in 1976.

Angela was preceded in death by her husband...

Aug 10, 2025

Washington, Utah – John W. Averett, 84, passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 10, 2025, from dementia. He was born on July 14, 1941, in Washington, Utah to John W. Averett, Sr. and Ella Ferguson Averett. During his childhood he lived in Boulder City, Nevada and Washington, Utah.

He...

Aug 10, 2025

Valdean Hunt, age 89, passed away peacefully in his home in Enterprise, Utah. He often said, "I was born in this house, and I want to die in this house." He was favored to do just that, peacefully, and surrounded by family, on August 10, 2025.

Valdean married his lifelong sweetheart, Mavis Dawn,...

Aug 8, 2025

Robert "Bob" Allen Winters, age 82 of Clanton, Alabama passed away on August 8, 2025, at UAB St. Vincent-Chilton Hospital in Clanton, Alabama. He was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, on May 3, 1943, the son of the late Robert Daniel Heinemann and the late Grace Dorothea Fitzgerald Heinemann.

Bob worked as an...

Aug 8, 2025

Hurricane, UT – Colleen Smith, age 85, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on August 8, 2025. She was born on September 18, 1939, to Burt McCoard and Chloe Mills in Stockton, Utah. She was a homemaker and the best wife and mother anyone could ask for.

Colleen is preceded in death...

Aug 6, 2025

Peggy Lyn Harris Duncan, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away at the age of 70 in St. George, Utah, on August 6, 2025. She was born on February 16, 1955, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to loving parents Donald Kent and Ruth Janeen Harris.

Peggy grew up in a joyful, bustling...

Aug 3, 2025

Joseph E Stapley, 92, returned home to his Savior Jesus Christ on August 3, 2025 in Washington, Utah.  Joe was born in Cedar City, Utah to Joseph Earl and Sylva Jones Stapley on April 18, 1933.  Joe married Pat on June 9, 1958 in the Salt Lake Temple where they were sealed for time and all eternity.  ...

Aug 1, 2025

Leland Ogden Sheets, age 91, passed away surrounded by his family on August 1, 2025, in Washington, Utah.  Lee was born in Sugarhouse, Utah on May 7, 1934, to Leland B. and Ina O. Sheets.

Lee spent summers during his early years in Brighton, Utah helping his parents run the town store and...

Aug 1, 2025

Ruth Nelson Reeve was born on 13 July 1930 in Sandy, Utah, to Paul Ernest and Martha Eunice Ensign Nelson. She was the ninth of nine children and the fourth daughter. She grew up in Sandy, Woods Cross, and Chester, Utah, on the dairy farms that her family operated. Her formative years were shaped by her parents,...

Jul 31, 2025

John Anthony Massaro, Aka "Wooly" or "Mustachio", a beloved son, husband, father, and brother, peacefully passed away at his home, surrounded by his children, on July 31, 2025. When he left this life, he was reunited with the love of his life, Beth-Anne Porter Massaro, whose memory he cherished deeply.

Born in Orrville,...

Jul 30, 2025

Cheri Lee Gubler, beloved wife, mother, sister and grandmother, passed away peacefully at home on July 30, 2025, at the age of 69.

Cheri was born on December 26, 1955, to Shirl and Joy Neilson in North Hollywood, California. In her youth, she grew up in the San Fernando Valley area and attended...

Jul 28, 2025

Daniel Byron Case, 53, beloved son, brother, and friend, peacefully passed away surrounded by his  loving family and friends on July 28, 2025, in St. George, Utah.  He lived happily with his family his whole life in Magna, Utah and then St. George, Utah.

Dan is survived by his mother, Carol Harsh Case;...

Jul 25, 2025

Santa Clara, Utah – Lyman Dayton, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on July 25, 2025, in Draper, Utah, surrounded by his loving family.

Born on August 17, 1941, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Lyman grew up on a ranch in Cokeville, Wyoming, with his loving and large family. From an...