Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in St. George, Hurricane, and surrounding Southern Utah communities

Ryland Marvin Olsen

Ryland Marvin Olsen

Jul 9, 2018

Ryland Marvin Olsen, passed away Monday, July 9, 2018 in St. George, Utah. He was born in July 8, 2018 in St. George, Utah to Michael Dean and Aleshe Lorene Jones Olsen.

Funeral services will be held...

Sandra Rita Blaeser

Sandra Rita Blaeser

Jul 8, 2018

St. George, UT – Sandra Rita Blaeser, 83, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2018 in St. George, Utah. She was born August 29, 1934 in Buffalo, New York to Clayton Joseph and Geneieve Lambert Corney. Sandra grew up in upstate New York and also lived in Southern California for a while.  She lived most of her life in...

Kenneth Roger Wilson

Kenneth Roger Wilson

Jul 5, 2018

Hurricane, Utah – Kenneth Roger Wilson, 76, passed away July 5, 2018. He was born August 23, 1941 in San Diego, California. He is survived by his loving wife, Cathy Elaine Sphar Wilson; his four children: John Wilson, Lynette Crandall, Marcie Christensen, and Kenneth Wilson, Jr.; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Kenneth loved his family, his religion and...

Deborah Sue Fincher

Deborah Sue Fincher

Jul 5, 2018

St. George, Utah – Deborah Sue Fincher, 68, passed away July 5, 2018. AD . . . now means "After Debi" to her friends and family. She was born December 30, 1949 in Cody, Wyoming to Lawrence Matthew Tholkes and Cleo Josephine Harry. She married Theodore "Ted" Fincher in the St....

Regina Lynn Everett

Regina Lynn Everett

Jul 4, 2018

St. George, UT - Regina Lynn Everett, 59, passed away on July 4, 2018 in St George, UT. She was born June 11, 1959 in San Diego, CA to Patsy Jean Baker and Jimmie Forrest Guinn, but the father figure in her life was the late Jerry Van Dyke....

Janice Schmutz Nisson

Janice Schmutz Nisson

Jul 2, 2018

St. George, Utah – Janice Schmutz Nisson, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 2, 2018 in St. George, Utah. She was born on April 6, 1921 and was the third child of six born to Wilford Schmutz and Martha Foremaster. She had five brothers: David, Donald, Richard, William and Clare. Janice was...

Etta Marie Coulter

Etta Marie Coulter

Jul 2, 2018

Ivins, Utah

Etta Marie Coulter, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, age 79, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 2, 2018 in St. George, Utah. She was born October 8, 1938 in Mount Pleasant, Utah and was the sixth child, out of nine, born to Byron Glen and...

Richard Philip Henderson

Richard Philip Henderson

Jul 1, 2018

St. George, Utah - Richard "Bert" Philip Henderson passed away quietly in his home Sunday, July 1, 2018. He was born November 23, 1950 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Walter and Louise Henderson.

Bert grew up in Livermore, California...

Laree Laub Pollock

Laree Laub Pollock

Jun 30, 2018

Enterprise, Utah – LaRee Laub Pollock, 92, passed away June 30, 2018 in St. George, Utah. She was born June 8, 1926 in Enterprise, Utah to Milton and Luella Laub. LaRee was raised in a very loving family with six brothers and one sister, Ruby, with whom she was very close. They had a happy but adventurous childhood....

Carla Jeanne Christensen

Carla Jeanne Christensen

Jun 30, 2018

Alamogordo, NM / Ivins, Utah - Carla Jeanne Christensen, 60, died June 30, 2018 surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of Carla and Aris Max Christensen.

She attended Dixie College, St. George, Utah; served as a...

William "Bill" Warren

William "Bill" Warren

Jun 30, 2018

St. George, Utah – William "Bill" Bennett Warren, 86, passed away peacefully on June 30, 2018, after a long battle with Alzheimer's, while residing at the Southern Utah Veteran's Home. Bill was the first born of four children to William Bennett Warren and Ruth Anne Geryk on June 23, 1932 in Port Lavaca, Texas. Bill's family had a...

Garland James Taylor

Garland James Taylor

Jun 28, 2018

Nephi, UT – Garland James Taylor passed away on Thursday, June 28, 2018, at his home in Nephi, Utah.

Garland was born on February 23, 1943, in Hurricane, Utah to Ina and Clarence Taylor.  He was the first of 5 children.  Garland lived most of his life in the...

Adelia "Dee" Killian

Adelia "Dee" Killian

Jun 28, 2018

St. George, UT – Adelia Jane Wheeler Killian passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018 at the St. George Care Center just short of her 96th birthday. Dee, as she was always known, was born in Antelope, Idaho on August 31, 1922 to Oscar Lee and Ida Isabelle Moss Wheeler. Her mother died when Dee was two years old...

Anna Heppler

Anna Heppler

Jun 28, 2018

St. George - Anna Heppler, 84, passed away June 28, 2018, surrounded by her loving family in St. George, Utah. She was born July 23, 1933 in in Cedar City, UT to John Henry and Vera Harris Nelson.  She was the eighth child of nine and was a blessing to her sister, Elaine, who was living in a...

Frances Elizabeth Wilson

Frances Elizabeth Wilson

Jun 25, 2018

St. George, Utah - Frances Knox Wilson, 95, of St. George passed away in the early morning hours of June 25, 2018 at the Bee Hive Assisted Living Home where she had been very well cared for. She was born on October 5, 1922 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Francis Foss Wheeler...

Joe E. Aguilar

Joe E. Aguilar

Jun 22, 2018

St. George, Utah – Joe E. Aguilar, 86, passed away June 22, 2018. He was born March 14, 1932 in Stanton, California to Marcos and Annie Escalante Aguilar. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 29th at 11:00 a.m. at the Metcalf Mortuary Chapel, 288 West St. George Blvd., St. George, Utah. A visitation will be held Friday,...

R. Gibb Marsh

R. Gibb Marsh

Jun 21, 2018

St. George, UT – To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. R. Gibb Marsh, husband, father, grandfather and brother passed away on June, 21, 2018, after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 69. Gibb was born on October 23, 1948 in Salt Lake City, Utah to William...

Maxine Hazel North Keller

Maxine Hazel North Keller

Jun 20, 2018

St. George, Utah – Maxine Hazel North Keller, age 100, died June 20, 2018 in St. George, Utah from causes incident to age. After a long, gracious and dignified life she passed with joy from the ones she loved here to the ones she loves there. Maxine was born...

Fayette H. Morgan

Fayette H. Morgan

Jun 18, 2018

Hurricane, Utah – Fayette H. Morgan, 102, passed away June 18, 2018. She was the wife of Charles Banker Morgan, and shared nine years marriage together, until his tragic death at an early age.

Born in Wellsville, Utah, she was the daughter of Thomas Glenn Hendry and Nancy Elizabeth...

Jon Douglas Gentry

Jon Douglas Gentry

Jun 14, 2018

St. George, Utah – Jon Douglas Gentry, passed away on June 14, 2018, just 4 days before his 44th birthday. Jon was born June 18, 1974, in St George, Utah to Douglas and Donna Leavitt Gentry. He married Veronica (Ronnie) Walters in 2001. They later divorced. Jon grew up in St George. He attended West Elementary, Dixie Middle...