Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Freddie Lane Welch
Jul 31, 2019
?St. George, UT - Freddie Lane Welch, 82 years young, graduated peacefully to his next life on July 31, 2019 at his home. Freddie was born on March 3, 1937 in Sarah, MS to goodly parents, Dallas Ruby Welch and Ruby Inez Berry.
Brian Kim Krupp
Jul 31, 2019
St. George, Utah – Brian Kim Krupp, gone too soon, gained his wings on July 31, 2019 at his home in St. George, Utah. He was born in Colville, Washington to Luther and Ruth Krupp. He married the love of his life, Peggy Ellis on January 13, 1990 and...
Myra Tolman
Jul 30, 2019
Myra Kunz Tolman, 88, passed away peacefully in St. George, Utah, on July 30, 2019, after a courageous battle with a long and extended illness. She was born at home to Rhea Allred and Morris Q. Kunz in Boise, Idaho, on April 10, 1931. At the age of two she moved...
Catherine Marie Cunnington
Jul 29, 2019
St. George, Utah – Catherine Marie (née Hamstead) Cunnington, 97, passed away peacefully, with her family at her bedside, on July 29, 2019, in St. George, Utah. She joins her husband, Walter Herbert Cunnington, Sr., mother and father, brother, older sister and granddaughter, Christine, with our Lord and Savior for eternity. Beloved mother to four: Walter (Ellen) Cunnington,...
Kathryn Blair Leavitt
Jul 27, 2019
Salt Lake City, Utah – Kathryn Blaire Leavitt, 27, passed away July 27, 2019. She was born May 21, 1992 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her mother is Marie Leavitt. She was second of three children. She was the peanutbutter between two slices of bread - Vincent Brock Leavitt, her older brother and Gregory Beau Leavitt, her younger...
Raymonde Medina
Jul 26, 2019
St. George, Utah – Raymonde Andreo Medina died after a short illness on Friday, July 26, 2019 in St. George, Utah at the age of 86. She was born in Oran, Algeria, North Africa on April 22, 1933. Raymonde met her husband Pierre Noel Medina, a former WWII French Resistance fighter when Pierre's job as an electrical engineer...
Arthur Irvin Kriss
Jul 25, 2019
Hurricane, Utah – Arthur Irvin Kriss, 82, passed away July 25, 2019. He was born August 18, 1936 in South Norfolk, Virginia to Arthur Martin and Helen Estelle Dunning Kriss. He married Margaret LaVon Bellotte on June 17, 1957. Arthur joined the Air Force in March of 1954. After his career in the Air Force, he worked in...
Charles William "Bill" Wonnacott
Jul 24, 2019
St. George, Utah – Charles William "Bill" Wonnacott passed from this mortal existence on July 24, 2019, a few days shy of his 97th birthday. He was born in Salt Lake City, on August 4, 1922 to Frank William Wonnacott and Annie Pearl Branch Wonnacott. He was the youngest...
Ellie Jane Cottam
Jul 24, 2019
Our precious Ellie Jane was born sleeping Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 3:41 a.m. at Centennial Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. She weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces and was 20 inches long with a full head of red hair just like her three older sisters. She was due to be...
Vickie Sanders Gubler
Jul 21, 2019
La Verkin, Utah – Vickie Sanders Gubler, 67, passed away early Sunday morning, July 21, 2019, in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in 1952 in La Verkin, Utah to Ervil and Belva Bringhurst Sanders, the sixth child in a family of seven.
Earl D. Thomas
Jul 18, 2019
Hurricane, UT – Earl D. Thomas, 79, passed away on Thursday, July 18, 2019. He was born to Raymond Thomas and Anne Ross in Boston, MA on November 13, 1939. Earl married his sweetheart, Louise Flater in the St. George Temple on January 12, 1962. Earl was raised in Jamaica Plains, MA. He enlisted in the Air Force,...
Carl Oliver Sigler
Jul 17, 2019
Santa Clara, Utah – Carl Oliver Sigler returned to his heavenly home on the evening of July 17, 2019. During the weeks and months preceding his death, he was visited and contacted by family and friends who were reaching out to show their love and gratitude for the impact he had made on their lives. At the time...
Christopher Hale Gray
Jul 15, 2019
Salt Lake City, Utah – Christopher Gray passed away at the age 26 on Monday July 15, 2019. He was born January 23, 1993 in Lander, Wyoming. Christopher was an Eagle Scout. He loved debate and participated in the State Championships in High School. He graduated from Woods Cross High School in 2011. Christopher was intelligent, energetic, and...
Velene B Abbott
Jul 14, 2019
St. George, Utah – Velene Bird Abbott, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away on July 14, 2019 in St George, Utah. She was born August 11, 1930 in Salina, Utah, the daughter of Ernest and Emma Malissa Gribble Bird. Velene attended school in Salina, graduating...
Jacob R Schmier
Jul 10, 2019
Hurricane, Utah – Jacob Ralph Schmier, 81, passed away July 10, 2019, in Hurricane, Utah. He was born May 9, 1938 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Jacob and Dora Veto Schmier. He married Reva Lynn Elmhurst on July 11, 1970 in Hayward, California.
James R Stearns
Jul 9, 2019
St. George, Utah – James Russell Stearns, 89, passed away July 9, 2019. He was born October 2, 1929 in Sacramento, California to Lewis Peter and Laura Elizabeth Hill Stearns. He married Beverly Rae Fristoe and they had one son, Jimmy and two daughters, Charline and Jamie. He married...
Sheldon Leroy Abbott
Jul 5, 2019
St. George, Utah – Sheldon LeRoy Abbott, our loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away July 5, 2019 in St. George, Utah. He was born March 10, 1933 to Rulon and Thelma McKnight Abbott. He graduated from Virgin Valley High School in Mesquite, Nevada in 1951. ...
Robert (Bob) Leroy Lawson Phcs (Ret)
Jun 28, 2019
Robert (Bob) LeRoy Lawson, Senior Chief Photographers Mate, United States Navy (Retired) crossed the brow into eternity on Friday, June 28, 2019. He was preceded in death by his father, Walter Baird Lawson and mother, Grace Asenath (Nee Hudnall) Lawson, who was commonly known as Sallie, and by his...
Heather Lynne Miller Travis
Jun 28, 2019
Las Vegas, Nevada – Heather Lynne Miller Travis, 36, passed away June 28, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born January 17, 1983 in Salt Lake City to Ted Drew and Valorie Lynne Utley Miller.
A visitation will...
Mark Erickson
Jun 26, 2019
St. George, Utah – Mark Erickson, son of Fern and Farrell Erickson passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2019 after a long illness. He was born April 16, 1959.
Mark is survived by three sisters (all claiming to be his...


