Obituaries
St. George, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the St. George and Washington County, UT area
Kathryn Kay/Nan
Feb 22, 2014
Our Mother Kay was born in Salt Lake City in 1923 to Herbert and Estella Gust. She grew up in Bingham Canyon Ut. Attended Bingham High School.
In April of 1942 she married Wilbur Thomas, together they had three children. Jim, Kathy Dee and Jerry. The family moved to Kearns Ut in 1953.
Kay loved...
Joyce Fife
Feb 22, 2014
Joyce Hepler Fife passed away on February 22, 2014 at the age of 70. She was born on March 18, 1943 in Blacksburg, VA to Paul and Bertha Craddock Hepler. She married Douglas J. Fife on October 26, 1963. They had just celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Joyce had a passion for teaching and loved traveling back East to...
Cinda Peterson
Feb 18, 2014
Cinda Gail Brunken was born May 27, 1954 in Burlington, Iowa to Herbert and Ilien Brunken. She was the first of four siblings: Rodney, Randy and Melissa. She grew up in a loving house with strong Christian roots. Both of her grandmothers lived in the house until they passed in the early '80s and the whole family was happily...
Carolyn Landes
Feb 14, 2014
Carolyn Amelia Landes passed away February 14, 2014 in Washington, Utah. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Paul and Lenora Woolworth Foster. A graveside will be held Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 2:00pm at the Washington City Cemetery.
Guy Larsen
Feb 12, 2014
Guy William Larsen, 96, February 12, 2014 in St. George, Utah. He was born in Paul, Idaho on October 27th, 1917 to Clarence Oliver & Mary Jane Larsen.
As a young boy, he lived in various places, moving often until he settled in San Diego, California. He worked with his father at the Hotel Del Coronado as...
Marilyn Mcdermott
Feb 9, 2014
Marilyn LaVerne McDermott passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2014 in St. George, Utah. She was born August 21, 1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
She was a Loving Mother and was a Devoted Wife of Jim McDermott of McDermott Cue Company. After retiring, they lived in Las Vegas, Nevada and later settled in St. George, Utah.
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Michele Archer
Feb 9, 2014
Michele Nelson Archer, 62, decided to join her family in Paradise on February 9, 2014 in Provo,UT. She was born March 21, 1951 in Great Falls, MT to Bruce and Betty Ruth Nelson. Michele married Bob Archer...
Ray Bjornestad
Feb 7, 2014
Ray Nore Bjornestad, 91, died in St. George, UT on February 7, 2014 of problems incident to old age. He was born in Billings, MT on April 21, 1922, but raised in Ten Sleep, Wyoming. His parents were Bernt S. and Bertha L. Nore Bjornestad whose families were from Norway.
He served for 3 years in the...
Larry Ballard
Feb 7, 2014
On February 7, 2014, at the age of 79, Larry Afton Ballard concluded his mission on earth and was reunited with family and friends that have gone before.
Larry was born March 13, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He became the son of two wonderful parents, Afton and Annie Worthen Ballard of Rockville, Utah. Two years...
Wanona Wiley
Feb 2, 2014
Wanona Wiley was born January 26, 1922 in Tremonton, Utah to Merland Henrie and Effie Jane Blair, the fourth of seven children. A year later, her family moved to Jackson, Wyoming where she was raised and spent most of her life.
From a very young age her life was dominated by the necessity to work. While in...
Lynn Erickson
Jan 23, 2014
Lynn, beloved husband and father, age 70, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on January 23, 2014. He was born on April 5,1943 in Ruth, Nevada, to Harry Clayton and Erma Anderson Erickson.
While serving an LDS mission in Denmark, he met the love of his life, Linda, who was also serving a mission. They...
Virginia Jensen
Jan 22, 2014
Virginia Lee Murphy Jensen was born in Sullivan, Franklin Co. Missouri on 23 July, 1925 to Richard Aaron and Nellie Marie Bledsoe Murphy. She married Wilbur Orion Jensen in Logan Utah LDS Temple on 18 July, 1947. They are the parents of four childrena�"Rebecca, Kaye, Richard Orion and David Aaron.
She is preceded in death by her...
Lorenzo Hymas
Jan 22, 2014
Lorenzo Charles (Roy) Hymas, 80, died peacefully while sleeping in his own bed on January 23, 2014. He was born July 16, 1933 in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho to Walter and Lillian Hymas.
Roy spent his earliest years in Paris, Idaho. The family then moved to Walker Mine, California about the time he started school and then...
Joanne Dewey
Jan 20, 2014
JoAnne A. Dewey age 71 passed away Monday, January 20, 2014 in Washington, Utah. A private family service will be held. Interment will be January 24, 2014 at the Washington City Cemetery.
Betty Higginbotham
Jan 19, 2014
Betty Mae Jones Higginbotham, Beloved Mother of Joyce Donning, Connie Wyllie, Nancee Quinn, and Ted Higginbotham, went peacefully home to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, January 19, 2014.
Betty was a loving and giving woman, ready to help all at a moments notice.
She will be missed by all who know her and...
Adele Willden
Jan 17, 2014
Adele Shuldberg Willden, 80, passed away at her St. George, Utah home on 17 Jan 2014 with members of her family present, following a courageous battle against cancer. She was born 7 Nov 1933, in her grandmother's home in Preston, Idaho, the fourth child of William Hansen Shuldberg and Aleda Chadwick.
Adele grew up on the family...
Neila Wilson
Jan 17, 2014
In the early hours of January 17, 2014, Neila Lee Wilson returned to her Heavenly home, where she was again reunited with her dearly beloved Mother and Daddy. Neila was born on December 10, 1941, to Thomas Richard Wilson and Mildred Mae Sexton Wilson in Missoula Montana. She is the fourth and youngest child. She has two brothers Phillip...
Jean Swain
Jan 17, 2014
Jean Hoppe Swain 82 passed away Friday, January 17, 2014 in Washington, Utah.
She is survived by her children Sharon Roberts Draper, Utah; Greg Swain St. George, Utah; Myrna (Sterling) Anderson Washington, Utah: Ron (Ginger) Swain Redmond, Utah; 7 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; 3 nieces; 5 nephews; and a sister Edith Gail Schuenman Bleazard.
Graveside Services...
Jay Merrill
Jan 16, 2014
Jay Larkin Merrill, of Gallatin, Mo., was born Sept. 12, 1945, in Los Angeles, where he was raised by his mother, Phyllis Bates Merrill. He met Cherie Hurst while attending school at Santa Monica City College. They were married in the Los Angeles LDS temple June 21, 1968. They raised five children in Las Vegas, where he owned a...
Colleen Payzant
Jan 8, 2014
Washington, UT - Colleen Payzant, 83, passed away on January 8, 2014, at her home in Washington, Utah, due to complications from melanoma of the spine. Colleen was born December 6, 1930, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married J. Clair Payzant on March 19, 1950; they were sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Colleen was...
