Obituaries
St. George, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the St. George and Washington County, UT area
Roger Pugmire
Jun 20, 2020
Roger Lionel Pugmire
Roger Lionel Pugmire, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, friend, and former Denver temple president, passed away 20 June 2020 at age 88 after a four year battle with a lung disease. He was born 13 Jan 1932 to Lionel Pugmire and Esther Rheva Brown Pugmire. He married Joanne Thompson in Salt Lake City, UT on...
Richard Collins
Jun 17, 2020
Richard Ellison Collins, 81, completed his earthly mission and returned home to his Heavenly Father on June 17, 2020. He is now free of the COVID19 and vascular dementia that he fought for so long.
Richard was born on October 9, 1938, in Greenville, SC to Bernice Virginia Emory and Ellison Adolphus Collins, both...
Leon Moyes
Jun 15, 2020
Leon Roger Moyes, 83 year old resident of Ivins, UT. Died on June 15, 2020 in St. George, UT.Born on December 30, 1936 in Twin Falls, ID. Son of Elmer Allen Moyes and Ila Vera Mabey.Married to Billie Marlene Timmins on June 5th, 1957 in the Los Angeles LDS Temple.
Leon moved from Idaho at a very young age...
Dale Heaton
Jun 10, 2020
Dale Gardner Heaton age 84 passed away peacefully on June 10, 2020 at the Sunriver Retreat in St. George, UT.
Dale is survived by his wife Lyn, his daughters Jennifer, Kimberley McCarthy (Brian), and Robin; his grandsons Liam and Niall McCarthy; and his sisters LuJean Spencer (Dell) and Madeline Tait.
Dale was born on May...
Janie Lins
Jun 8, 2020
Janie Tasker Lins
On Monday, June 8, 2020, Janie Lins quietly slipped away into her eternal rest. She was born July 23, 1945 in the small mining town of Kempton, West Virginia to Bertha and Cassel Tasker and spent her early childhood there.
She attended elementary school in Clarksburg, West Virginia. In 1954, she moved...
Bertha And Charles Woodard
Jun 7, 2020
Our tears are not dry from the loss of Mom and now 29 days after her death Dad has followed. He just couldn’t stay here without Bertha. Charles has been living at the VA home for the last 18 months and since March the facility has shut its doors to visitors. However we were able to quietly visit him...
Shanna Campbell
Jun 4, 2020
Shanna Louise Nissle Campbell was born in Los Angeles, California, October 24, 1954. The fourth of six children of Kenneth LeRoy Nissle and Dorothy Ruth Albright. She married Deryl Campbell in the Los Angeles Temple for time and eternity on July 12, 1974. She died in a surreal, spiritual, and peaceful experience on Thursday, June 4, 2020 in...
Geraldine "Gerry" Yudchitz
Jun 4, 2020
Geraldine “Gerry” Joyce Lein Yudchitz of St. George, Utah entered into eternal rest on June 4, 2020. She was born in Downers Grove, Illinois on May 17, 1931 to Ed and Catherine (Ciesla) Lein.
Gerry was the sixth of ten children. She is survived by two siblings: Shirley Rubis of Mountain Home, AR, and Ed Lein of...
Claudine Saville
Jun 3, 2020
On June 3, 2020, the Heavens opened, and Claudine was embraced by her son Jeremie and her French family.
Claudine was born July 22, 1942 to Andre and Berthe Mariel in Lille, France. The only daughter with five older brothers. In 1964, Claudine came to the United States after an invitation from her missionary friend Rowena Bowers....
Sterling Lee
Jun 2, 2020
Sterling Ray Lee passed away June 2, 2020 in the Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born June 18, 2017 in Vernal Utah. Sterling was raised in southern Utah.
Sterling loves swimming, dancing l, playing with his brothers and watching Boss Baby with his mom. He also enjoyed doing Preschool with his grandma...
Charles Nogle
May 27, 2020
Hurricane, UT – Charles R. Nogle, 72, passed away on May 27, 2020 in Hurricane, Utah at his home in the company of his wife, daughter and son-in-law. Charlie was born on September 1, 1947 near Mazeppa, Lewisburg, PA. He is the youngest of 13 children that were all born at home to Joseph and Mary Wise Nogle. Charlie...
Jurai Davis
May 27, 2020
Jurai R Davis passed away peacefully surrounded by family at her home in St. George, Utah. On May 27, 2020, at the age of 80.
She was Born June 30, 1939 in Redding, California to Willam and Eva Richards. She was the second oldest of four siblings. She moved with her family back to Ogden, Utah where...
Travis Wellman
May 21, 2020
Southern Utah lost an American original with the passing of Travis Bland Wellman on May 21, 2020. He was born June 15, 1921 in Fresno California to Charles Dunn Wellman and Edna Blanche Phillips. He served in the South Pacific in WWII as a medic and also the Korean War. In 2019 he was honored to travel to Washington...
H. Val Hafen
May 20, 2020
H. Val Hafen
1940 – 2020
H.Val Hafen passed away May 20, 2020 after struggling with health issues for the last year and a half. He was always hopeful and always planning his next fishing trip, round of golf, RZR ride, or trip to his beloved ranch. He was on his exercise bike when he...
Joan Kreyling
May 18, 2020
On May 18, 2020, our dear mother Joan Florence Kreyling returned home to Heavenly Father. She passed away peacefully in her sleep, at 85 years of age. Joan was the mother of six children, and despite her large family, Joan always made room and time for everyone-particularly her kid’s friends and neighborhood children. Her home became the hang out...
Paul Poaipuni
May 18, 2020
Paul Kaipo Poaipuni passed away May 18, 2020 in Washington, Utah. He was born June 20, 1941 in Maui Hawaii to Charles and Fanny Yong Poaipuni.
He is married to Carnation Leilani SuLung Yong Poaipuni.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 10:00am at the Sage Creek Ward located at 595 North 2450...
Ivan Dumph
May 17, 2020
Ivan Ernest Dumph
Mesquite, NV - Ivan Ernest Dumph, 76, died on May 17, 2020 in a hospital in St. George, Utah. He was born on November 3, 1943 in Gilman, Colorado to Ivan Lon and Joy Marfitano Dump. He married Susan Fossett in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 13, 1990.
Ivan was raised in Red...
David Koerner
May 15, 2020
David Milton Koerner passed away on Friday, May 15, 2020 at his home in St. George, Utah at the age of 94, after a long and very busy life. David was born on July 2, 1925 in Dubuque, Iowa to Edward John Koerner and Lucy Wiedemann Koerner. He was sealed to Wanda Larson in the Manti Temple on December...
Marion Henrie
May 13, 2020
Marion went home to his waiting loved ones May 13, 2020 after a brief illness. He was born April 24, 1936 in Sutherland, Utah, to Marion Cutler Henrie and Mary Lyman Henrie the third of their ten children. After growing up on the family farm, he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Marguerite Whitaker
May 12, 2020
Marguerite Fae Benson Whitaker of St. George, Utah passed away on May 12, 2020. She was born on February 13, 1943 in Takoma Park, Maryland, the fifth of six children born to Elizabeth Ruth Horton Benson and Serge Nelson Benson. Marge and her siblings have fond memories of their childhood and growing up in our...
