Obituaries
St. George, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the St. George and Washington County, UT area
Nellie Ballard
May 30, 2015
Nellie Joy Hardy Ballard was born in Springdale, Utah, on November 10, 1931, to Alvin Carl and Della Humphries Hardy. She returned to Heaven to reunite with family and friends on May 30, 2015.
Nellie had a wonderful childhood making lifelong friends and lasting memories. She loved school, completing through the seventh grade in Springdale and then...
Garth Sawyers
May 26, 2015
Garth William Sawyers age 93, passed away May 26, 2015. Born August 20, 1921 in Joseph, Sevier Co., Utah to Irene Miller Sawyers and William M. Sawyers.
Garth was a Pearl Harbor survivor in World War II. He was active in the American Legion all of his life. He had a great love for the...
Bernell Boswell
May 26, 2015
Our beloved husband, father and friend, Bernell Nephi Boswell, slipped peacefully into his Heavenly Father’s arms on May 26, 2015 at his home in St. George, UT, surrounded by family. Bernie was born in Payson, Utah on November 7, 1925 to Robert and Elizabeth Boswell. Bernie married his sweetheart, Shirley Nelson on February 28, 1948 and they had 5...
June Blackwood
May 25, 2015
June Blackwood passed away May 25, 2015. She was born January 25, 1919 in Butte, Montana to George and Elvene Pitman, youngest of four children. Her father was a depot agent for the Milwaukee RR. June spent her childhood living in Lombard, 16 Mile and Ringling, MT.
At age 13, she rode the Milwaukee line 150 miles...
Linda Triplett
May 22, 2015
Linda Sue Triplett, 59, of Fairfield, California, passed away suddenly Friday, May 22, 2015. She was born to Charles and Joan Triplett on June 3, 1955 in Anchorage, Alaska. She graduated from Fairfield High, and recieved a B.S. degree from BYU and Masters degree from San Diego State University in Education. She was a member of the...
Charles Coleman
May 21, 2015
Charles Robert Coleman, 84, passed away on May 21, 2015 in St. George, Utah. He was born on July 30, 1930, in Los Angeles, to Lucile Frazier and Grover Cleveland Coleman.
Private family services will be held at a later date at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
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Bonita Williams
May 20, 2015
Bonita Chinn Williams, age 78, peacefully returned to Heavenly Father on May 20, 2015. She died from the effects of strokes (vascular dementia). She was born September 23, 1936 in Waldron, Arkansas, the 4th child of Marcus Theodore Chinn and Pearl Ortman Chinn. Her family moved every few years as Her Dad was a Nazarene Minister in Arkansas, Kansas...
Dean Gifford
May 15, 2015
Dean Dalton Gifford, age 61, passed away on May 15, 2015, after valiantly enduring cancer for many years. Dean was born on January 16, 1954 in Salt Lake City, UT, to Gerald and Aleath Gifford. He grew up in Southern Utah and graduated in 1972 from Dixie High, where he was involved in many clubs and activities and was the...
Grettle Carter
May 12, 2015
Grettle Owen Carter died peacefully in her home on May 12, 2015 in Saint George,Utah at the age of 81.
Grettle is survived by her siblings Evan “Owen” Hansen (Darlene), Karen Marie O’Brien (Verl); as well as her children Drew Ferwerda (Joni), Evan Ferwerda, Todd Ferwerda, Tyce Ferwerda (Debra), Lani Cleverly, and Leslie Ferwerda; step-children Pamela Asadi,...
Judith Iverson
May 12, 2015
Judy returned to heaven after a good life. She was born in Kentucky to Michael and Lillian Jackson. She moved west to Utah with her two young sons to marry her cowboy husband, Budd Iverson. She was a kind, gentle, and loving person who looked for the good in others. She loved the Lord and...
Shea Randall
May 9, 2015
Shea Lee Randall, 33, passed away peacefully in her home May 9, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. Shea was born March 15, 1982 in Sandy, UT. She was raised in Bluffdale, UT. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, basketball, softball and excelled at dance. After graduating as valedictorian from Bingham High School, Shea moved to Cedar City and attended...
Lowell Martin
May 3, 2015
Lowell Martin, born Roy Strong Martin, returned peacefully to our Heavenly Father on May 3, 2015, in Hurricane, Utah, at the age of 98. He was born April 17, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois, to Roy Lowell Martin and Blessing Bartholomew Strong Martin. He spent much of his childhood in Florida and played trombone as a teenager to earn money...
Bobbette Grow
Apr 27, 2015
Bobbette Clark Grow, 79, returned into the arms of her beloved family, Monday, April 27, 2015 after suffering many years with Alzheimer’s. She was born July 19, 1935 and was eighth child of Americus Vespucious Clark and Delia Mae Colston Clark of Vowells Mill, Louisiana.
She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Marco R. Grow...
Alma Sherman
Apr 26, 2015
Alma Susan Richards Sherman passed away on April 26, 2015 in St. George, Utah at the age of 97. She was born in Stillwell, Oklahoma, the third child and only daughter of Joseph C. Richards and Effie May Mitchell. Her family moved to Arizona when she was thirteen where she finished high school. Because times were hard, she went...
Walter Reed
Apr 26, 2015
Walter Crist Reed passed away on April 26, 2015 at the Southern Utah Veteran's Home in Ivins, Utah. He was born July 26, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan to Sylvester and Elizabeth Cunningham Reed. He is married to Jean Patton Reed. Private family services will be held at a later date.
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Mary Ann Smith
Apr 24, 2015
St.George, Utah
Mary Ann Smith, age 78, passed away on April 24, 2015 in St. George, Utah. She was born March 24, 1937 in Glen Ridge, Essex, New Jersey to Anthony F. Barresse and Lucy Fastiggi. Mary Ann married Norman E. Smith on August 26, 1978 in Niwot, Boulder, Colorado. They were later sealed in the Salt...
Tawnee Randall
Apr 24, 2015
Tawnee Randall passed away April 24, 2015 at home with her children by her side.
She was born June 27, 1949 to June Randall and Elda Peterson Randall in St. George, Utah. Tawnee was very talented and crafty, made the best bows you had ever seen, was quite the seamstress and loved collecting antiques. She loved her...
Steven Williams
Apr 22, 2015
Steven Lloyd Williams, 62, passed away April 22, 2015 in St. George, UT. He was born on June 23, 1952 to Roland Lynham and Colleen Cottrell Williams in Salt Lake City, UT. Steve graduated from Skyline High School and was a member of the LDS church. He has lived in St. George for the past...
Wiley Brooks
Apr 14, 2015
Wiley Dean Brooks, better known as Dean, died on April 14, 2015 in St. George, Utah at the age of 73 of Alzheimer’s and kidney failure. He was born on December 14, 1941 in Princeville, Illinois to Leonard Brooks and Dorothy Cochran. He married his wife Linda on August 22, 1992 in Leavenworth, Washington.
He...
Darla Kai Blake
Apr 9, 2015
Darla Kai Blake, a resident of Las Vegas, NV, passed peacefully in her sister's home on April 9, 2015 in St. George, UT.
Born on January 2, 1938, and raised in St. George, Darla Kai is the eldest child of Gerald and Vera Blake. Her siblings are Kenneth Blake, Geraldine Thode, Miriam Fullerton, and Cindy Van Pelt....
