Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Roberta Ward Tingey
Oct 5, 2018
Enoch, Utah – Roberta Ward Tingey peacefully traveled to the other side on October 5, 2018, at the age of 101. She was born in North Willard, Utah on the 4th of July, 1917. She had three older brothers and one older sister. She graduated from Box Elder High School in 1935 and attended Weber College. On May...
David Charles Howell
Oct 4, 2018
St. George, Utah – David Charles Howell, 77, passed away on October 4, 2018 in St. George UT. He was born on June 29, 1941 to Naomi Kelly and Charles Howell in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1963, and earned a PhD from Tulane University in 1967. In 1967 he joined the Department of...
Elvin Ray Boswell
Oct 4, 2018
St. George, Utah – Our beloved Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Brother, passed away peacefully October 4, 2018 while he was sleeping; after a week-long treatment for a small cough and congestion. Elvin Ray Boswell was born September 27, 1928 to Volney Burdell Boswell and Esther Chase Boswell in Mt Emmons, Utah. Elvin was the fourth of eight children...
Scott Edward Schwerdt
Sep 29, 2018
St. George, Utah – Scott Edward Schwerdt, 61, passed away in his home in St. George, Utah on Saturday, September 29, 2018 surrounded by family after enduring a long battle with cancer. Scott was born June 10, 1957 in San Francisco, CA, the second child to Rene Marie Daley...
Cleo Selk Gardner
Sep 27, 2018
St. George, Utah – Our beloved wife, mother, sister and aunt, Cleo Brandley Gardner, 83, passed away on Thursday September 27, 2018 in St. George, Utah. She was born on March 14, 1935 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to Joseph Smith Brandley and Anna Madeline Selk. Cleo was raised on a wheat farm and a cattle ranch...
Betty Mercer Arnold
Sep 26, 2018
St. George, Utah – Betty Mercer Arnold, loving wife, devoted mother, caring grandmother, great-grandmother, and special friend, returned to her heavenly home on Wednesday, September 26, 2018.
She was born in a log house in Jones County, North Carolina...
Ruthee Jonas
Sep 25, 2018
St. George, Utah – Ruthee Bingham Jonas, 74, passed away on September 25, 2018. She was born in Ogden, Utah to Elden and Alicia Bingham on April 20, 1944. She married Lynn Lawrence Jonas on June 3, 1967 in Stevensville, Montana and sealed in the Logan LDS Temple on June 3, 1968. Ruthee was raised in Stevensville, Montana....
Melva Charlene Cox Spencer
Sep 21, 2018
St. George, Utah - Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend passed away Sept. 21, 2018. Melva was born on Sept. 9, 1932 to Charles and Retta Stock Cox. She married George Washington Spencer Feb. 14, 1958 in the St. George LDS Temple. Melva and George raised eight children and...
Max Joseph Berryessa
Sep 20, 2018
St. George, Utah - Max Joseph Berryessa passed away at the age of 95 on September 20, 2018, in St. George, Utah where he had been living. He was born on May 22,. 1923 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. He was the son of Walter S. and Lillian Duce Berryessa. ...
Gary A. Terry
Sep 18, 2018
St. George, Utah – Gary Aceal Terry, 83, died September 18, 2018 in the Southern Utah Veterans Home, Ivins, Utah. He was born April 2, 1935 in Ogden, Utah to Hyrum Aceal and Viola Sorenson Terry. He married Carole Ann Eitel of Ellerson, Virginia, on June 23, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. Gary spent his childhood in Cedar...
Alice Alta Britton
Sep 15, 2018
Hurricane, UT – Alice Alta Britton , passed away Saturday, September 15, 2018 in St. George, Utah. She was born May 16, 1925 in Ontario, California to Raymond Bateman and Cordia Douglas. She married James M. Britton in 1944. Alice was raised in San Bernardino, California and later in Newhall, California. She graduated from San Fernando High School,...
Gary Prisbrey
Sep 14, 2018
St. George, UT – Gary Prisbrey , passed away Friday, September 14, 2018 at the Brookdale Southgate Senior Living Center, in St. George, Utah. He was born July 25, 1931 in St. George, Utah to George W. Prisbrey (deceased at Gary's birth) and Effie Walker Prisbrey. He married...
Carita Jones Staheli
Sep 12, 2018
Washington, UT – Carita Jones Staheli was called to the Candy Kitchen in Heaven on September 12, 2018. Now she can resume making her cherry chocolates and nut clusters. She is now chiding those who told her that she was too young when she married and that it would never last. She was born and raised...
Jack R. Kincaid
Sep 4, 2018
?Ivins, UT - Jack Robert Kincaid , passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2018 in Ivins, Utah, surrounded by his family. He was born July 1, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois. After graduation, Jack joined the Navy, proudly serving on the USS Leyte. After the Navy, Jack served as a police officer for 20 years in Chicago and Burlington, Wisconsin,...
Marlu Harris Nelson
Sep 3, 2018
St. George, Utah / Mason, Ohio – Marlu Harris Nelson, 92, passed away September 3, 2018 in Mason, Ohio. She was born March 31, 1926 in Ogden, Utah to Lawrence and Martha Wallace Harris. She was the youngest of five children: Emmett Harris, Betty Aagard, Nathan...
Riley Lee Stottern
Aug 30, 2018
St. George, Utah - Beloved, husband, father, son, grandfather, brother, Riley Lee Stottern , 75, passed away peacefully in his sleep the morning of Thursday, August 30, 2018 at his home in St. George, Utah. He was born May 5, 1943 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to John Lee Stottern and Josephine Marie Thorne. He married the...
Barbara Ann Bertagnole
Aug 30, 2018
The eldest of three siblings, Barbara Ann Bertagnole, 86, was born January 13, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, ascended to heaven on August 30, 2018, to once again be with her Heavenly Father and those friends and relatives that had passed before her.
Noble William Thomas, Jr.
Aug 30, 2018
Noble William Thomas, Jr. , passed away Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Dixie Region Medical Center in St. George, Utah. He was born November 13, 1944 in Caliente, Nevada to Noble Thomas, Sr. and Mildred Ann Thomas.
Noble grew up in...
Beth Atkin Cox
Aug 29, 2018
Our beloved Mom, Beth Atkin Cox, passed away the morning of August 29, 2018, age 90, of natural causes, in Prescott Valley, Arizona, where she lived with her daughter, Janet Cox Legler. Beth was born May 26, 1928 in St. George, Utah, the fourth daughter and youngest child of goodly parents,...
Carolyn Quinney Valentine
Aug 28, 2018
St. George, Utah – Carolyn Quinney Valentine, passed away peacefully, on August 28, 2018 at 1:00 pm, a few weeks after her 84th birthday. She was surrounded by her husband, children and grandchildren as she passed.
Carolyn will be missed by her extended family and the many friends she...


