All Obituaries

Claude Patrick Tinnin, age 85 passed away May 23, 2022 in Ivins Utah Southern Utah VA Home. Pat was born at home to his parents Claude Eustace Tinnin and Mildred Lorene Brooks. Pat married his high school sweetheart, Carol RheaThrower in April 1957, later sealed in the Salt Lake City Temple. Married 60 years. Pat was raised and attended school in Kennett, MO. He was involved in track, baseball, basketball and was captain of the football team. He married the Homecoming Queen. Upon graduation...

Dennis David Browning, 73, passed away in the comfort of his own home, with his wife and daughter by his side, on May 19, 2022 after a 4 1/2 year battle with stage 4 lung cancer. He was born March 30, 1949 to David and Lil Browning in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He married his high school sweetheart Kathy Shank in 1968 and had three beautiful children. Later divorced, he went on to marry his Blondie (Kathy Burgener). They were married in Heber City, UT on March 11, 1989. Dennis was raised in Idaho...

Elizabeth "Betty" Becker passed away peacefully Thursday May 19, 2022 in St. George Utah at the age of 91. She was a loving, kind wife, mother and friend. Always ready with smiles and laughter for all the people she met and loved. She married Kenneth Becker on August 30th in Valparaiso Indiana. She was an active member of St. George Catholic Church and spent time traveling between her family homes in St. George Utah and Vaparaiso Indiana as well as trips overseas and...

Timothy James Riddle, 66, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in St. George, UT with his wife and children by his side. Tim was born on September 10, 1955 in Topeka, KS to James Leroy Riddle and Regina Theresa (Hurla) Riddle. Together 40 years, he married Christine Louise (Stafford) Riddle on May 26, 1989. Tim attended Sacred Heart grade school and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1973. Tim started his lineman apprenticeship in 1983. While finishing the program, Tim received...

Boyd Kay Bracken, 87, passed away peacefully on 18 May 2022 in St. George, UT. Boyd bravely battled years of Parkinsons and Alzheimers passing away after suffering a fall. He was born 22 June 1934 in Nephi, UT to Milow Bracken and Isabell Kendall Bracken. He was sealed to Dorothy Crosby 29 June 1956 in the Manti UtahTemple.  Boyd joined the US Army in 1954, and was trained to be a topographical map maker. Upon completion of training, his first duty station was Korea where he had the...

Our beloved mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, Shirley Bourget, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones on May 13, 2022 in Ivins, UT. Shirley was born on November 10, 1938 in Provo, Utah to Ray and Erma Turner. She married Robert Bourget on Oct 6, 1956, and together they had four children, Mark, Deborah, Denise and MaryAnn. They lived in Tooele, UT, where they happily raised their children and in 1997, Bob and Shirley decided to move to Southern Utah to enjoy their...

Bonnie Joy Parkinson, 89, passed away May 11, 2022, in Washington City, Utah.  It is with both sorrow and gratitude that we announce the departure of our beloved Joy who, in death, found refuge from the suffering brought upon her by congestive heart failure. The burden of our sorrow, which by definition is the loss of “joy”, was lightened significantly knowing that the beautiful soul we lost had found her everlasting peace.  She was born November 17, 1932 in Salina,...

St George, UT-Duane Leroy Sharp , passed away peacefully on May 5, 2022 in St. George UT. He was born on April 30, 1931 in San Bernardino CA to Herbert and Helen Sharp. He married Carol Thornton in Colton CA on May 6, 1955.  He worked for Caltrans for 28 years before retiring in 1994 and moving to Santa Clara, UT. He is survived by his wife, Carol, son Kevin Sharp of St George and daughter Kristy Christopherson of Southern California. He has 4 grandchildren -Jeremy , Jessica, Aidan,...

Cliff Elmore 8/18/1940 - 5/2/2022 If you are reading this, I have died at the age of 81 of Alzheimer's Disease.  I was living at the Veteran's Home in Ivins, Utah when I died. I married Judy West in Salt Lake City September 17, 1983  and we were living in Dammeron Valley near St. George, Utah before I went to live in the Veteran's Home. I was born in Boise, Idaho to LaVonna and Walter Elmore and  I spent a happy childhood in Idaho as part of a large, close-knit,...

Joseph Lawrence Gates of St. George, Utah passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the age of 88.  After several months of declining health and after a brief stay in the hospital, Joseph died at home with his wife Guelda and their four children by his side. Joseph was born in Artesia, California on May 26, 1933, to father Thomas Edison Gates and mother Melba Marie Gates.  The 2nd of eight children, Joseph served in the Army, stationed in Germany from 1955 to 1957.  Upon...