Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities
Douglas Leonard Cline
Aug 28, 2018
St. George, Utah – Captain Douglas Leonard Cline passed away quietly in his sleep the afternoon of 28 August 2018. He achieved the seasoned age of 91. Doug was born on 9 October 1926 to Lena Delphine and Lloyd Alan Cline in Dodge City, Kansas. In 1943 he married...
Janice Marie Dawson
Aug 26, 2018
Ivins, Utah - Janice Marie Dawson , 81, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018 in St. George, UT. She was born August 29, 1936 in Springfield, Colorado to Estil and Irene Hazel Owens Caldwell.
She married J....
Eleanor Ann Hales
Aug 25, 2018
St. George, UT – Eleanor Ann Shelby Hales, 80, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 in St. George, Utah. She was born April 19, 1938 in Spring Canyon, Utah to Lenard H. and Consuelo Jacobsen Shelby. She married Dennis Grey Hales in Brigham City, Utah, July 4, 1968. Eleanor worked in Bountiful, Utah and retired to...
Roy George Parker
Aug 24, 2018
St. George, UT – Roy George Parker, 95 (soon to be 96), passed away unexpectedly on August 24, 2018 at 9:49 p.m. He was born in a brick home in Ogden, Utah on September 1, 1922 to George and Eunice Love Parker. He met his wife, Emma Norine...
Willard Richards Pickering
Aug 22, 2018
Enterprise, UT – Willard Richards Pickering, age 88, passed away August 22, 2018, at his home, after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born December 11, 1929 to Ernest A. Pickering and Mary Ann Winsor in St. George, Utah. He was the youngest of six children.
...Anton David Dobrovolny
Aug 22, 2018
St. George, Utah - Anton "Tony" Dobrovolny, 93, was taken back to his Heavenly Father, August 22, 2018, in St. George, Utah. He was born June 10, 1925 in Atkinson, Nebraska to Joseph and Ella Ziska Dobrovolny. Tony married the love of his life, Margarete "Greta" S. Dobrovolny, November 5, 1955, in Topeka, Kansas. Tony was born and...
Ruth Mcintire
Aug 17, 2018
St. George, UT – Ruth McIntire of St George, UT, finally graduated from this life after 96.5 wonderful years on August 17, 2018.
She was just 70 years old when she moved to...
Mahalia Christensen Sapp
Aug 15, 2018
St. George, UT - On Wednesday, August 15, 2018, an angel left earth and went home to heaven. Mahalia Christensen Sapp, 96, was a tenacious kind Latter-day Saint woman. She was born January 1, 1922 in Huntington, Utah to Peter Berner Christensen and Grace Cox.
Beth-Anne Porter Massaro
Aug 12, 2018
St. George, Utah - Beth-Anne Porter Massaro ended her earthly journey Sunday August 12, 2018. She was born in Murray, Utah February 26, 1955 to Garth R. Porter and Beth Jordan Porter. She was raised in a big family in Murray, Utah, of four sons and three daughters. She graduated from Murray High School where she lettered in...
Ada Mae Gardner
Aug 11, 2018
Ada Mae Rodgers Gardner, 92, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2018 Washington, Utah. She was born October 6, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Bert Huish Rodgers and Mary Bernice Peterson Rodgers,
She attended...
Marsha Lynne Blake Gubler
Aug 11, 2018
Santa Clara, Utah – Marsha Lynne Blake Gubler, age 69, returned to her Heavenly Father on Aug. 11, 2018. She passed away at her home in Santa Clara, Utah. She was born March 30, 1949, in St. George to James Gordon Blake and Della Leola Stimpson Blake. Marsha Lynne married Keith...
Joseph Michael Calabrese
Aug 10, 2018
Central, Utah – Joseph Michael Calabrese, 70, passed away August 10, 2018 in the Southern Utah Veterans Home in Ivins. He was born May 22, 1948 in Alhambra, California to Mikel and Leona Calabrese.
After graduating from Alhambra High...
Alice Rentmeister Forsha
Aug 9, 2018
Alice Rentmeister Forsha, dear mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother, aunt and friend, passed peacefully away in South Jordan, Utah on August 9, 2018 at age 98.
Alice was born February 2, 1920 to Peter John and Gladys Williams Rentmeister in Kaysville, Utah, the...
Joseph Lavar Schurz
Aug 5, 2018
Washington, UT – Joseph LaVar Schurz , passed away Sunday, August 5, 2018 in Washington, Utah. He was born in Ogden, Utah to Harold Fredrick Schurz and Mamie C. Swain. He married Janey B. Argyle in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1983. Private family services will be held at...
Sidney Joseph Atkin
Aug 1, 2018
St. George, Utah – Sidney Joseph Atkin, 84, died Aug 1, 2018, after an eleven month flight into dementia. He was born July 26, 1934, in St. George, Utah to Rudger Clawson and Leona Cox Atkin, 4th of 7 children. He had a happy youth, growing up at 67 N 300 E - playing with boney animals in...
Richard Merritt Stewart
Jul 31, 2018
Washington, UT – Richard Merritt Stewart, 87, of St. George, Utah, our loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and brother passed away peacefully July 31, 2018, while in the care of the Southern Utah Veterans Home. Now free from his earthly limitations, he is...
James Eric Mattix
Jul 29, 2018
Chandler, Arizona – James Eric Mattix, 47, passed away July 29, 2018 in Chandler, Arizona. He was born September 17, 1970.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the Metcalf Mortuary Chapel, 288...
Vicki Sorensen Hart
Jul 28, 2018
St. George, UT – Vicki Sorensen Hart, age 76, transformed back to pure consciousness while living in St. George, Utah, at 7:20 pm on July 28, 2018. By her side at the time she was released from her mortal coil, was her devoted, caring and helpful husband Don...
Seth Critchlow
Jul 27, 2018
Seth Critchlow, 38, died Saturday, July 27, 2018, at his home from complications due to diabetes. He was born April 23, 1980 in Berkeley, CA to David and Susan Critchlow.
The family moved to Washington, Utah two...
Geraldine Ethyl Hall
Jul 27, 2018
Hurricane, Utah – Geraldine Ethyl Hall, 91, passed away July 27, 2018. She was born December 18, 1926 in Ogden, Utah, one of three girls and five boys born to Esther Loy and Daniel Smith. She was known as Jerry to all her friends and family. The family moved to Hurricane, Utah in 1942 while her step-father worked...


