Obituaries

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

Fern Asay Prisbrey

Fern Asay Prisbrey

Feb 28, 2020

St. George, Utah – Fern Asay Prisbrey, 88, passed away February 28, 2020 surrounded by her children. She was born September 13, 1931, in Clawson, Utah, the fourth of five children of Jerome "Lome" Asay Jr. and Mary Louise Jensen. The family moved to St. George when she was three and lived on the Red...

Larae Rollins Gulliford

Larae Rollins Gulliford

Feb 27, 2020

LaRae Gulliford passed away February 27, 2020 at age 94 at Southgate Senior Living in St. George, Utah.

Vivian LaRae Rollins was born October 2, 1925 in Minersville, Utah, the eldest of five siblings born to Truman V. Rollins and Hester Carter Rollins; LaRae, Boyd, JoAnne, Clark and Jeanette.

The family moved to Cedar City,...

Donald H. Leeny

Donald H. Leeny

Feb 25, 2020

St. George, Utah - Donald H. Leeny, 91, of SunRiver, Saint George, Utah, formerly of Dana Point, California, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at his home. He was born October 1, 1928 in San Bernardino, California to John H. and Alice Botts Leeny.

Don was a Logistic Engineer at the...

Roene Turner Snow

Roene Turner Snow

Feb 25, 2020

St. George, UT  - Roene Turner Snow, 90, joined her beloved hus­band, Harold Stafford Snow Jr., on February 25, 2020 as she passed peacefully from this life. Roene was born June 23, 1929 to John and Della Averett Turner in the family home on main street in Wash­ington, Utah. She was the 6th of 8 children born...

Nels Francis Davidson

Nels Francis Davidson

Feb 25, 2020

St. George, Utah - Husband, father, and dear friend to so many, passed away on February 25, 2020. Nels was born on November 23, 1938 in Urie, Wyoming to Dr. Amber C Davidson and Sylvia Jane (Kilbourn) Davidson. He was one of ten children.

Nels was raised in Lyman, Wyoming where...

Sally A. Huffman

Sally A. Huffman

Feb 24, 2020

Santa Clara, Utah – Sally A. Huffman returned to her heavenly home at the age of 90 on February 24, 2020. She was born on November 9, 1929 in Salt Lake City, Utah to James Anderton, Jr and Clara May Nunley. She married Kenneth Lovell Huffman, the love of her life, on January 25, 1947...

Margaret Ella Richards Wasden

Margaret Ella Richards Wasden

Feb 21, 2020

St. George, Utah - Margaret Ella Richards Wasden, 72, passed away on February 21 st , 2020 in St. George, Utah with her husband by her side.  She was born on January 23 rd , 1948 and spent her childhood years traveling through the East Coast – including Delaware, Florida, and New York.  Her family...

Ross Henry Whicker

Ross Henry Whicker

Feb 20, 2020

St. George, UT - Ross Henry Whicker, cherished father, grandfather, brother, and friend passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020. Dad was born and raised in Fillmore, Utah. His parents, N. Henry and Arah Lee Whicker lovingly raised Dad with his older brother, Fred (Kathy), and sister, Loreta in a home of learning and love.

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Audrey Campbell Burns

Audrey Campbell Burns

Feb 19, 2020

St. George, Utah - Audrey Campbell Burns, 84, passed away on February 19, 2020 surrounded by family. Mom was born in Glasgow, Scotland May 19, 1935 to Catherine Chambers. She was the loving mother to Lynn Whitecar (Cliff), Audrey Thomas (deceased), and Robert Burns (Stacy).

After converting to the Church of...

Joy Steffensen

Joy Steffensen

Feb 19, 2020

St. George, Utah - Joylene "Joy" Hobbs Steffensen, 89, passed away February 19, 2020 at Spring Gardens Assisting Living. She was born April 2, 1930 in Downey, Idaho to Veda Merrill and Albert Alfreda Hobbs. On September 1, 1951 Joy married Jed Elmo Steffensen in the Preston, Idaho Stake Center. They were later sealed in...

James Ashton Truman

James Ashton Truman

Feb 16, 2020

Washington, UT – James Ashton Truman returned to his Heavenly Father on February 16, 2020 in St. George Utah. Jim was born on July 15, 1932 in Cedar City, Utah to William Jonathan Truman and Marcia Simkins Truman.  He married Joan Emma Stucki of Santa Clara, Utah on May 25, 1951 in Santa Clara, Utah.  ...

John 'Johnny' Eugene Birkes

John 'Johnny' Eugene Birkes

Feb 15, 2020

John Eugene Birkes, JEB, or Johnny as everybody called him, age 93, passed peacefully away, Saturday, February 15, 2020, at his home in Ivins, Utah, with his children at his bedside.

Johnny was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and in his own words "born on the dining room table, delivered by my Grandmother, Sarah Meikle Bain...

Betty Westover

Betty Westover

Feb 14, 2020

Betty Westover, 95, passed away February 14, 2020 in St. George, Utah. She was born February 2, 1925 in Brigham City, Utah to Harry H. Sisson and May Burrel Sisson.

Graveside services will be held Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Tonaquint Cemetery, 1777 So. Dixie Drive, St. George, Utah. A visitation will be held...

Linda Kay Gallagher

Linda Kay Gallagher

Feb 14, 2020

St. George, UT – Linda Kay Gallagher, age 72, graduated February 14, 2020 at 2:14 a.m. in Saint George, Utah. She was born on October 24, 1947 to Clifford Laverne Burgess and Virginia Lorine Belt in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois.

On April 10, 1968, she married Clifton Wray Gallagher in Elizabeth...

Jay Barton

Jay Barton

Feb 13, 2020

Jay Barton passed away, peacefully, at home on Thursday, February 13, 2020. Jay had lived well for 88 years. He now joins his sweetheart, Shirlee, in heaven. She passed away exactly 7 years ago to the day of his passing! They would be celebrating their 70 th anniversary this year.

Jay was born May 19, 1931 in...

Patricia Gubler Clove

Patricia Gubler Clove

Feb 13, 2020

Patricia "Pat" Gubler Clove, 82, passed away February 13, 2020, at her home in Enterprise, Utah from natural causes. She was born December 31, 1937, in Santa Clara, Utah to June and Thelma Whipple Gubler, the second of eight children, with five brothers and two sisters. Pat loved growing up in Santa Clara and was proud to be a...

Luella Odesa Jones

Luella Odesa Jones

Feb 12, 2020

Luella Odesa Jones, 65, passed away at her home on February 12, 2020. She was born in Torrance, California on May 26, 1954 to Twila Jane Barnett and Kenneth Wilbur Steelman.

Luella was the oldest of four children and grew up in Southern California. She married her husband, Christopher (Chris) Jones, in August 1972 and the two...

Clyde Blaine Perkins

Clyde Blaine Perkins

Feb 11, 2020

Clyde Blaine Perkins, 91, passed away February 11, 2020 in St. George, Utah. He was born May 30, 1928 in Moab, Utah to David Martin Perkins and Laura Emelaine Allen Perkins. He married Una Jean Brown in the Salt Lake City Temple on October 6, 1948.

Dad was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Doyle K. Swallow

Doyle K. Swallow

Feb 11, 2020

Doyle K Swallow, 92, passed away peacefully on February 11, 2020 in St George, Utah. He was born April 4, 1927 in Mayfield, Utah to Ray G Swallow and Ethel Zedonia Dorius. His mother died in childbirth when he was age 2 and he was raised first by his older sisters and then by his new mother, Elva Foote....

Robert Marden Johnson

Robert Marden Johnson

Feb 11, 2020

– Robert Marden Johnson, passed away on February 11, 2020 in St. George, Utah, incident to age, and is now again with his sweetheart and has left this information concerning his life here on this mortal probation.

My 103 years of life upon this earth has been a wonderful, exciting, spiritual and occasionally a sad and regrettable...