Obituaries in St. George, UT
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Obituaries play a crucial role in honoring the lives of those who have passed, offering a space for reflection, remembrance, and the sharing of meaningful stories. Here we provide digital memorial pages that allow family and friends to celebrate their loved ones' legacies by sharing memories, photos, and tributes. These pages offer a lasting, accessible way to pay tribute, ensuring that the impact of a person's life continues to be felt and remembered long after they are gone.
Janene R Leitze
Jun 16, 2023
Janene R Leitze, age 51, passed away on Friday, June 16, 2023, at her home in St. George, Utah. She was born in 1972 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to John R Cooper and Verlene R Shurtz. She lived in Louisiana, Maine, and Connecticut, before the Cooper family permanently moved to Tempe, Arizona.
Janene loved to be as busy as...
Cherie Smith Malan
Jun 14, 2023
Cherie was born on October 8, 1949, in Malad, Idaho, and passed away at home with family by her side on June 14, 2023, in St George, Utah, at the age of 73.
Cherie was born to Karl and Retha Smith of Holbrook, Idaho, where she was raised on the family ranch along with her five siblings. She spent the summers...
Van Dell Wood
Jun 14, 2023
Van Dell Wood, age 76, passed away peacefully June 14th at his home in Hurricane, Utah, after a prolonged illness from multiple organ failure.
Van was born May 27, 1947, in Hurricane, Utah to Burdell and Nathella Bundy Wood. The family stayed in Hurricane until he was five years of age, at which time they moved to Boulder City, Nevada....
Angela Amy Jessop
Jun 14, 2023
Our beautiful daughter, Angela Amy Jessop, age 9, passed away on June 14, 2023, after a long and painful battle with a neurodegenerative disease called PKAN.
Angie and her twin sister Aubrey were born on July 8, 2013, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Noreen Zitting Jessop and Lester Ray Jessop. At five days old, Angie had open heart surgery, and...
Howard Carlos Smith
Jun 12, 2023
Howard Carlos Smith, age 82, passed away at home unexpectedly on June 12, 2023, in Scenic, Arizona. He was born June 1, 1941, at home in Farmington, Utah, to Kenneth Carlos Smith and Verla Maude Stringham (Hellewell). His grandfather, Howard Hellewell, delivered him.
Howard grew up in West Bountiful Utah, and from an early age, he worked on his uncle...
Hamby Onaona Kahawaii-Lang
Jun 10, 2023
Hamby Onaona Kahawaii-Lang passed away on Saturday, June 10, 2023. She was born on March 31, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Shem & Hamby (Akina) Kahawaii. She was married to Smith Lang on September 5, 2015, in St. George, Utah.
Hamby was raised on the Big Island of Hawaii in the Beautiful town of Waimea. She went to Honoka’a High...
Archie C. "Bud" Bringhurst
Jun 7, 2023
Archie C. (Bud) Bringhurst, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, returned home on June 7, 2023, and joined his loved ones who had gone before.
Dad was born on November 18, 1935, in Toquerville, Utah, to LaVerna Chatterley and Arch Bringhurst. He had a happy, busy childhood, learning to work on the family farm. They raised...
Marcel Henry Johnson
Jun 2, 2023
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“He is in the sun, the wind, the rain, he is in the air you breathe and with every breath you take.
He sings a song of hope and cheer, there’s no more pain, no more fear.
You’ll see him in the clouds above, hear him whisper words of love, you’ll be together before long, until then listen for...
Thomas Matthews Scholes
May 31, 2023
Thomas Matthews Scholes, 82, was born March 1, 1941, to Frances Newton Scholes and Wanda Loretta Matthew in Logan, Utah. He married the love of his life, Rosalie Marie Little on June 23, 1966, in the Salt Lake City Temple.
Tom lived in Logan, Utah, Ogden, Utah, and American Fork, Utah. He graduated high school at American Fork High. He...
Arlene May Benson
May 30, 2023
Arlene May Benson, age 91, passed away May 30, 2023. She was born on April 23, 1932, in Blanding, Utah, to Andre’ Hector DeLaney & Lila Rogers DeLaney. She married Martin Joseph Benson III on September 23, 1953, and were later sealed in the LDS St. George Temple on September 23, 1993.
Arlene grew up in the small town of...
Barbara Stock Stringham
May 28, 2023
Barbara Stringham, 88, of Beryl, Utah, passed away peacefully at home on May 28, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. Barbara was born on January 4, 1935, in Cane Beds, Arizona to Ellis Stock and Jenny Bushman. She married the love of her life, Lyle Stringham, on June 19, 1956.
Barbara had a love for all animals, and it was...
Lorna Marie Adamson Derbidge
May 27, 2023
Lorna Marie Adamson Derbidge was born to Nathan Welby Adamson, Sr., and Hannah Marie Sorensen on April 9, 1937, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She passed away on May 27, 2023, at her home in Ivins, Utah with loved ones by her side, one month prior to their 63rd wedding anniversary.
Lorna married the love of her life, Dick Derbidge...
Glen Leslie Curtis
May 22, 2023
Glen Leslie Curtis was born on August 6, 1932, in Riverside, California. He was extremely premature at less than 3 pounds and was no bigger than his father’s hand. In those days, a baby born that was premature rarely survived – but after a 6-month hospital stay, Glen survived, grew, and ultimately thrived. He lived to be 90 years old,...
Amy Michelle Tanner
May 19, 2023
Amy Michelle Tanner passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by family and close friends Friday, May 19, 2023, after a fierce battle with cancer. She was born in Henderson, Nevada, to Mark Stevan Tanner and Catherine Richardson Riddle on September 25, of never, because gangsters live forever! She married Thomas David Alexander Bush Jr., and they had two beautiful...
Thomas Max Packer
May 19, 2023
Thomas Max Packer, age 74, passed away Friday, May 19th, 2023, due to heart complications. He was born March 3rd, 1949, in Ogden, Utah to William and Viola Packer. In 1956 his family moved to Kaysville, Utah and made it their permanent residence. Tom was an active kid, to say the least, and gave his amazing parents quite the time...
Larry Richard Shelley
May 18, 2023
Larry Richard Shelley was born on January 11, 1949, in St. George, Utah, to Walter and Rebecca Holmes Shelley. Larry was welcomed into a blended family to siblings he loved.
Larry attended Dixie High School where he met and married the love of his life, Penny Johnson. They were married on October 7, 1967, and were later sealed in the...
Mildred Sophia Kunz Darger
May 17, 2023
Our dear mother, Mildred Sophia Kunz Darger left this life to join the love of her life and live eternally with him on May 17, 2023. She was born November 2, 1940, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Morris Q. Kunz and Rachel Alveda Jessop Kunz. She was the third of her mother’s five children and the last surviving. She...
Aubrey Lucianne Jessop
May 17, 2023
After a long and courageous battle with PKAN, our beautiful daughter, Aubrey Lucianne Jessop, age 9, passed away in her mother’s arms, and next to her twin sister, on May 17, 2023.
Aubrey and Angie were born on July 8, 2013, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Noreen Zitting Jessop and Lester Ray Jessop. Their hearts and stories have been...
Monna Leese Burningham Barrus
May 14, 2023
Monna Leese Burningham Barrus, age 87, passed away peacefully in the company of loved ones on May 14, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas. She was born February 22, 1936, in Los Angeles, California, to Byron Alfred and Marteese Balkom Burningham. She was the oldest of three children. Monna graduated from Citrus Union High School, Azusa-Glendora, California, in 1955. She then...
Vesta Joy Watson
May 13, 2023
Vesta Joy Watson, 91, passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Springfield, Oregon. She was born on August 15, 1931, in Vernal, Utah to her parents, Leonard Slaugh and Jennie Postma Slaugh. She married James Hugh Crawford on July 3, 1950, and they moved to Wisconsin where they had three children: Sheryl, Jim, and Karen. They later divorced. She...
