Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
William Gary Orchard
Mar 4, 2019
St. George, UT - Gary Orchard, 89, passed away peacefully Monday, March 4, 2019. He was born October 16, 1929 in Salt Lake City, UT to William Joseph Orchard and Lola Ann Allen Orchard. He married and was sealed for all eternity to the love of his life LaRaine Peterson in the Salt Lake City Temple on May...
Roger Scott Huber
Mar 4, 2019
Roger Scott Huber of Saint George Utah passed away on March 4 2019. He was born May 23, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Vernon S. Huber and Doretta Viallet Huber. He married Sharon Ann Ostlund in Salt Lake City, Utah on December 7, 1978. Roger is survived by his wife, Sharon; son, Tony (Debbie) Huber; daughters: Sherrie (Brett)...
Gunter Heinrich Pfutzenreuter
Mar 3, 2019
Hurricane, Utah - Gunter passed away peacefully in his home on March 3, 2019 surrounded by family. He was born July 24, 1931 in Kassel Germany to Karl & Josefa Pfutzenreuter. Close friends and family called him "Heinz". He immigrated to Canada as a young man with .00 in...
Christopher Karl Marshall
Feb 28, 2019
Christopher Karl Marshall, age 48, died Thursday, February 28, 2019 in St. George, Utah. He was born on April 7, 1970 in St. George to Melvin Karl and Sandra Lee Gaw Marshall. On October 8, 1998 he married Chrisie Bundy in St. George. He had one daughter that he shared with Chrisie and...
Pearl Yvonne Kendall
Feb 24, 2019
Washington, Utah – Pearl Yvonne Turner Kendall, 82, of Washington, Utah passed from this earthly life on Sunday, February 24, 2019. She was born July 13, 1936 to James E. Turner and Pearl Vilate Turner. She was born and raised, and lived on the same block in Washington, Utah...
Betty Lou Ence
Feb 24, 2019
Ivins, Utah – Betty Lou Horsley Ence, age 92, passed away February 24, 2019, at her home in Ivins, Utah, surrounded by her husband and family. She was born August 12, 1926, in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Myron Samuel and Louella Miles Horsley. She married Irvin J Ence in Oakland, California, July 9, 1945, while he was serving...
Lorraine Kay Schmedes
Feb 23, 2019
Henderson, NV / Washington, UT – Lorraine Kay Schmedes, 77, passed away February 28, 2019 in Henderson, Nevada. She was born October 23, 1941 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Carl M. and Helen Barnum Pyatt. She married Raymond J. Schmedes on July 9, 1982.
Doyle Rulon Ohlwiler
Feb 21, 2019
St. George, Utah – Doyle Rulon Ohlwiler, 95, passed away peacefully after a short illness on February 21, 2019 at his home, surrounded by his loving wife and family members. Doyle was born on September 15, 1923, in West Jordan, Utah to Charles and Hazel Cundick Ohlwiler. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1935. It was there...
Michael Armond Aldrich
Feb 20, 2019
Hurricane, UT - On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, we lost our sweet husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Michael "Mike" Armond Aldrich, age 80, of Hurricane, UT. He was born to Armond Myron Aldrich and Kathryn Lucile Peterson on December 16, 1938 in Salt Lake City, UT. He married the love of his life, Connie Rae Marsh, on November...
Francisca Gunn
Feb 19, 2019
Salt Lake City, Utah - Francisca Gunn, 90, passed away peacefully on February 19, 2019 in the company of her loving family. Francisca was born November 9, 1928 in the beautiful City of Palma, situated on the Balearic Island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea. Francisca survived both the Spanish Civil War and later WWII during which she...
Donna Irene Kastler
Feb 17, 2019
Our beloved Donna Irene Endicott Kastler, 92, passed away February 17, 2019 of natural causes in St. George, Utah. She was born December 9, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Jesse C. and Helen Endicott.
Donna graduated...
Robert Kent Hunt
Feb 17, 2019
Enterprise, Utah – After a three year courageous battle with esophageal cancer, Robert Kent Hunt, 68, went to his Heavenly Home on February 17, 2019 to be reunited with his son, brother, parents and grandparents. Robert was born July 21, 1950 in Cedar City, Utah to LeGrand A and Anna Carol Bracken Hunt. He married Cheryl Luezon Truman...
Edward William Andrews
Feb 10, 2019
St. George, Utah – Edward William Andrews, 78, of Saint George, Utah, passed away peacefully surrounded by family Sunday, February 10, 2019. He was born in Coronado, California, the son of Ruth Kennedy.
Ed was...
Shirley Lauver Anderson
Feb 9, 2019
St. George, Utah – Shirley Lauver Anderson, 89, passed away February 9, 2019. She grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the daughter Merle and Annie Lauver. She attended Brigham Young University, where she studied theater arts and was also the 1947 Banyan Queen. While attending BYU she met a dashing,...
Luana Packer Halversen
Feb 8, 2019
St. George, Utah – On February 8, 2019, at 105 years young, Luana Packer Halversen passed from the limitations of this life into the freedoms of the next. There to welcome her were her husband A. Reed Halversen, who passed away February 27, 1984, and her daughter Nita (Neal) Rosenbaum, who passed away September 26, 1987. Her parents,...
Ruth Joan Wildrick
Feb 5, 2019
St. George, Utah – Ruth Joan Wildrick, 94, passed away February 5, 2019. She was born May 13, 1924 in Kewanee, Illinois to Estella Lena Richardson and Walter Beckam Stroud. She graduated from high school during WWII and went to work as a stenographer in the Pentagon. While visiting her brother who was a cadet at the United...
Nelda Ann Brooks
Feb 5, 2019
Nelda Ann Brooks, 84, died February 5, 2019, in St. George, Utah. She was born April 13, 1934 to DeVoyal and Noma Harward. On May 27, 1952 she married her sweetheart, William Bruce Brooks, in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they raised seven children and for Nelda, her family was everything. She spent her last years as a widow focused...
Ava Rose Caside Orellana
Feb 3, 2019
Ava Rose Caside Orellana passed away February 3, 2019. She was born October 31, 2018 in St. George, Utah to Taylor Jade Hansen and Miguel Armando Orellana-Monge.
Graveside services will be held Monday, February 11, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. in the...
Carolyn Ruth Whitaker Adams
Feb 3, 2019
St. George, Utah – Carolyn Ruth Adams returned home peacefully to Heavenly Father on February 3, 2019 in St. George, Utah at the age of 81.
Carolyn was born on July 9, 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Fred and Ruth (Martineau) Whitaker. She graduated from Millard...
Charlene Sherry Deuel
Feb 3, 2019
St. George, Utah – Charlene Sherry Deuel passed from this life on Sunday, February 3, 2019 at the age of 93, due to complications from a fall. She was born on December 25, 1925 in Robbins, Tennessee to Charles and Georgia Sloan Boles. She married E. Kay Deuel in July of 1948 in Reno Nevada, and later sealed...


