Obituaries

Jan 26, 2019

Ivins, Utah – Theodore Robert "Bob" Cochran passed away January 26, 2019 at the Southern Utah Veterans Home in Ivins, Utah at the age of 89. He was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania on September 18, 1929 to Theodore Record and Idella Rose Luffy Cochran. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Kathryn Joyce Cochran McDonnell,...

Jan 24, 2019

St. George, Utah – Thomas Anison Smyly, son of Marvin and Zona Ruth Tannehill Smyly, died peacefully surrounded by his family on January 24, 2019. He was born in Uniontown, Alabama but grew up on a farm in Axis, Alabama. At the age of 8, he was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and...

Jan 24, 2019

St. George, Utah - Olivia Cerda Garza, 74, has peacefully returned home to the gates of heaven on January 24, 2019. She was born on February 10, 1944 in Edinburg, Texas, to Alejos Cerda and Juana Luna Cerda. She was a beautiful and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend. She was married to Alabe Garza...

Jan 22, 2019

Cedar City, Utah – Helen Jensen Ortiz, 93, passed away January 22, 2019 at the Beehive Care Center in Cedar City, Utah. She was born August 13, 1925 in Joseph, New Mexico.

Helen was a lifelong homemaker, caregiver and...

Jan 22, 2019

Afton Jones Bateman, 95, passed from this life on January 22, 2019, in St. George, Utah. She was born in 1923 in Cedar City, Utah to H. Marvin and Lucy Esplin Jones. She married Alfred Van Orden (Orden) Bateman on May 21, 1946 in the St. George Temple.

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Jan 20, 2019

Charles Henry "Chick" Freeman, 82, died at his home on Sunday, 20 January 2019. He was born 13 March 1936 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri to Douglas Delroy and Leona Evelyn Biddinger Freeman.  He married Katherine Holladay in the Salt Lake Temple on 3 May 1985.

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Jan 19, 2019

Norman Henry Carlisle, 82, passed away January 19, 2019. He was born on June 9, 1936 in Murray Utah to Milton and Eva Jane Silcox Carlisle.

Norman grew up in a small home at 3876...

Jan 19, 2019

Russell Douglas Nielson, 43, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019. He was born August 11, 1975 in Murray, Utah to Douglas Boyd and Julia Davis Nielson, and was raised in Bloomington, Utah. He married Joanna Leary Nielson on June 7, 1997 in the Saint George Temple.

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Jan 16, 2019

Santa Clara, Utah – Wayne H. Houston born October 7, 1927 in Richfield, Utah, departed this earthly life January 16, 2019 to be with his eternal sweetheart, Ramona Faye Hogue Houston. Wayne was born the fourth of nine children to Tommy Ray and Emma Haywood Houston. After a brief courtship, Wayne and Ramona were married in his childhood...

Jan 14, 2019

Springdale, Utah - Gerald "Gerry" Murdock, 90, passed away January 14, 2019. He was born in Harrisville, Utah July 10, 1928 to Levi Peterson Murdock and Mabel Stanger Murdock. He attended Ogden City schools and graduated in 1946 from Ogden High School. During his high school years and later he worked as a surveyor building highways in National...

Jan 12, 2019

St. George, Utah – Our beautiful happy and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and dearest friend, Reta Renae Fehlman Woodhouse, age 76, passed peacefully, on Saturday, January 12, 2019. She was born May 11, 1942 in Brigham City, Utah to Twila Oman Fehlman and Almy Fehlman. Renae lived in Yost, Utah for the first...

Jan 12, 2019

St. George, Utah – Sadly we say goodbye to Joseph Sidney Loving, 88, an amazing husband, father, grandpa and great-grandpa. Sid was born in Gainesville, Texas on July 23, 1930, the only child of Roy Earl and Ruth McKee Loving.  He was raised in Tulsa Oklahoma, finishing his...

Jan 10, 2019

St. George, Utah - Margarete "Greta" Sophia Dobrovolny, 93, was taken back to her loving Father in Heaven January 10, 2019.

Greta was born in Wiesbaden, Germany on April 19, 1925 to Fredrick and Elizabeth Richter. She married the...

Jan 9, 2019

Gloria Massa, 80, died peacefully of natural causes on January 9, 2019. Gloria was born August 22, 1936 in Magna, Utah to Nephi and Ella Petersen.

She enjoyed a career primarily in the customer service industry.

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Jan 9, 2019

Hurricane, Utah - Marjorie Pearl Bush Engstrum, 90, passed away January 9, 2019. She was born March 2, 1928 in Bogota, New Jersey. She was raised in New Jersey and then retired to Hurricane, Utah in 1988 with her beloved companion, Donald Joseph Engstrum. Marjorie was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She...

Jan 9, 2019

St. George, Utah – Merrill Duard Hardy, loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, passed away peacefully on January 9, 2019 at home in St George, Utah at the age of 89. He was born on August 25, 1929 in Salt Lake City, Utah to William and Afton Hardy.

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Jan 8, 2019

Mary C. Ritchey, 80, passed away January 8, 2019, in Central, UT. She was born February 22, 1938 in Los Angeles, CA to William Roy Heskett and Adaline M. Fox. She married Guy H. Ritchey April 2, 1956, he died May 28, 2016.

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Jan 6, 2019

St. George, Utah –

Agnes Crosman, 89 passed away January 6, 2019. She was born September 13, 1929 in Springfield, Tennessee to Richard Godfrey and Mary Adams Traughber. She and her husband, Richard Jones Crosman were married in Springfield, Tennessee on October 2, 1950.

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Jan 5, 2019

Hurricane, Utah – Wilma W Malan, 87, passed away on January 5, 2019 at her home in Hurricane.  She was born December 3, 1931 to Dorsey Leonard Perry and Jessie May Davis in Portales, New Mexico. She married Martin William Malan on May 16, 1952 in Pioche, Nevada. They were later sealed in the St. George Temple on...

Jan 5, 2019

St. George, Utah – Gloria Marie Polash, 72, passed away January 5, 2019. She was born March 7, 1946 in Hannibal, Missouri to Albert and Gloria Green. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Tonaquint Cemetery, St. George, Utah.