Obituaries
St. George, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the St. George and Washington County, UT area
LuAnn Smith
Jan 10, 2024
LuAnn Smith, passed away at the age of 81, on January 10, 2024. She resided at the Sterling Court assisted living in St. George, Utah.LuAnn, grew up in Southern California. She was born in Santa Monica. At the age of five, the family moved to an unincorporated area of Inglewood, close to the Los Angeles International Airport. She went from...
Karan Hudson Cherry
Jan 10, 2024
St. George, UT — Karan Hudson Cherry passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, January 10 at the age of 74. Her years-long battle with cancer shaped but certainly never defined her as a wife, mother, sister, and friend.
Karan was born in Memphis, TN on September 29, 1949 to Frank and Bettye Hudson. The second of three...
Harold Pruitt
Jan 7, 2024
Harold Pruitt passed away peacefully Sunday, January 7th, 2024, at the age of 95 1/2 at his daughter's home in St George, UT.
He was born in Missouri to Richard and Vera Pruitt. He was married to Nancy Leah for almost 70 years.
Harold performed his service to our country in the Marines. He then spent 50 years being a...
Chloe Butterfield
Jan 7, 2024
Born Feb 3, 2007, Chloe Butterfield passed away sometime during the night of Sunday, Jan 7th, 2024 after a long, excruciating, years-long battle with depression. We know she is now surrounded by the love of her Heavenly Parents and Savior, that she knows how precious and radically loved she was by all of us left here, heartbroken and...
John Abel Greenwood
Jan 6, 2024
John Abel Greenwood, Sr., 82, of Ivins, Utah, passed away on January 6, 2024, after a full and adventurous life. Never one to quit, John persevered in kidney dialysis for the last 5 years.
John was the eldest of four children. Born in Oregon on June 25, 1941, he was an avid player of baseball and soccer. With his younger...
Eric Luther Scott
Jan 6, 2024
It is with profound sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Eric Scott of St. George, who passed away on January 6, 2024, at the age of 66, surrounded by his family.
Eric Luther Scott was born on June 19, 1957, in Washington, DC to Melvin McCabe Scott, Jr. and Astrid Karlsen Scott. His parents instilled in...
Donald James Corns
Dec 29, 2023
Donald James Corns, 66, passed away on December 29, 2023 in St. George, UT. He was bornApril 22, 1957 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Herbert and Betty. His family moved to MontereyCounty California when he was 7. He married Shelli (Steindorf) Corns in Salinas, CA in 1983. After their marriage, they moved to Ukiah, CA where he worked for Masonite, then...
David Martin
Dec 21, 2023
David Lawrence Martin, age 62, of St.George, Utah, passed from this earth peacefully on December 21, 2023 in his home with loved ones. “Dave” was born on January 19, 1961 in Provo, Utah. His parents were Ray and Heloise Martin.
Dave grew up in the Salt Lake Valley; including Sugar House, Murry, and Sandy. He grew up in a Brady...
Gabriel Kelly Beaumont
Dec 19, 2023
Gabriel Kelly Beaumont earned his angel wings on December 19, 2023. He was born October 18, 1985, in St. George, Utah. Gabe and his family later moved to Hurricane, Utah in 1990. He became active in Soccer and Little League progressing to track, football and basketball in High School. He earned his Eagle Scout Award when he was twelve...
Natalya Anatolyevna Huisken
Dec 16, 2023
It is always sad when a beautiful and sweet angel like Natalya Huisken leaves this mortal existence. Yet, we have tremendous joy in knowing she is spending time with familial angels–those she shared in this life but have passed beyond the Veil. She is surely looking down on her wonderful husband, Mark, who doted on her for the last 24...
Ray Vollmar Newton
Dec 14, 2023
Ray Vollmar Newton, 58, of St. George, Utah, passed away on December 14, 2023. He was born on April 25, 1965, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Paul and Cleda Newton. Ray, a loving husband, father, brother, and friend, leaving behind a legacy of love and cherished memories.
Ray married the love of his life, Jane Newton, and embraced her...
Cheryl Jeanne Munsell
Dec 12, 2023
Cheryl Jeanne Munsell, 76, passed away on December 12, 2023 in St. George, Utah. Cheryl was born January 12, 1947 in New Jersey to mother Beverly Jeanne Mallory and father Warren Burchfield. Cheryl has been married to Mike Munsell for 56 years.
Cheryl is survived by her husband, Mike Munsell, daughter Laura Shafer, son Shane Munsell, sister Cathy Masuga...
Michael Wayne Puriri
Dec 7, 2023
Michael Wayne Puriri
September 22, 1962 - December 7, 2023
Michael was born September 22, 1962 in Hamilton, New Zealand to Rakaipaka Puriri II and Margie Ahmu Puriri. He was the third son of Ra and Margie, and the fourth of six children.
He spent almost the first decade of his life in New Zealand, but at age nine, Michael’s...
Steven Ralph Westphal
Dec 4, 2023
Stephen (Steve) Ralph Westphal, 76, passed away peacefully in his home in Littlefield, Arizona while surrounded by loved ones on December 4, 2023. He was born on April 6, 1947 in Provo, Utah to Norma Hoover and Lewis LeRoy Westphal. He married the love of his life, Susy Manning Foster on November 9, 2001, in Lindon, Utah. They were later...
Dolores Ruth Coles
Dec 3, 2023
Dolores Ruth Coles died peacefully December 3, 2023 in St. George, Utah at 94 years of age. Ruth was born February 28, 1929 in Loma Linda, California. She was the daughter of Herman Wesley Cole and Nelle Eleanor Cooper. She had an older sister, Eleanor Dellan “Buddy” Shrader. Ruth was born during the Great Depression, and experienced hardship as a...
Orson Garry Pearce
Dec 1, 2023
Orson Garry Pearce, age 92, passed peacefully in his home surrounded by family on December 1, 2023 in St. George, Utah. He was born on May 11, 1931 in Cedar City, Utah to Jesse Nelson Pearce and Annetta Hammond. His father passed away in 1935 when Garry was 3 years old and 7 years later in 1942 his mother married...
Kent Bryon Cook
Nov 29, 2023
St. George, Utah - Kent Bryon Cook, 74, passed away November 29, 2023 in St. George, Utah of natural causes. Kent was born January 11, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Vardis Marion Cook and Evelyn Afton Nelson. Kent married Debra (Debbie) Wood June 23, 1972 in the Salt Lake LDS temple. They are the parents of eight children...
Shirley J. Nelson
Nov 20, 2023
Shirley Jane Nelson, 84, passed away on November 20, 2023 in St. George, Utah of natural causes. She was born in Orange, California on September 12, 1939, to Haskell Charles Williams and Cleo Pearl (Awalt) Williams.
Shirley Williams and Chester Loyd Nelson were married on July 3, 1959, in Las Vegas, Nevada while Loyd was in the US Air...
Carol Olsonoski
Nov 19, 2023
Carol Lee Steed Eskelson Olsonoski, of St. George, UT December 26, 1945 - November 19, 2023 Carol was born in Las Vegas, NV but grew up in the greater Salt Lake Area. She joined the Armed services at 18 and served her country with basic training at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. Her active service was at Letterman General Hospital in...
Joey Dean Braybrooke
Nov 19, 2023
Joey Braybrooke, 21, of Ivins, passed unexpectedly on November 19, 2023. He was born July 4, 2002, in Honolulu, the son of Chris Braybrooke of Spring Arbor, MI and Lori (Hancey) of Ivins. He graduated with double honors from Tuacahn High School for the Arts (Ivins). Joey was attending Utah Tech University (St. George) studying music. Music was his passion;...
