Obituaries
St. George, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the St. George and Washington County, UT area
Ray Mckay Bateman
Mar 17, 2017
Ray McKay Bateman was born June 29, 1933, to Ray and Pearl Tueller Bateman in Paris, Idaho. He passed peacefully from this life to the next on March 17, 2017, in Washington, Utah.
McKay grew up in Bloomington, Idaho, the eldest of three children. He is survived by his brother, Vernon, and Sister Linda (Walk). He went to...
Ross Cisneros Jr.
Mar 17, 2017
Ross J. Cisneros Jr. passed away on 17 March 2017 after a short but heroic battle with cancer. Ross was born in Dearborn, Michigan on June 3, 1936, the only child of Rosario J. Cisneros and Myrtle Velma Payne. He was married to Norma Rae Alcorn for 59 years, who preceded him in death in 2015. Together they had...
Robert Pratt
Mar 15, 2017
ROBERT WALLACE PRATT
1939-2017
Robert Wallace Pratt peacefully returned home to his Heavenly Father and his Savior Jesus Christ, March 15, 2017 at St. George, Utah. A beloved and remarkable husband and father, his family will miss him greatly.
He was born March 1, 1939, Los Angeles, California, to Irving Llewellyn and Norma Storrs...
Daniel Circelli
Mar 12, 2017
Daniel Salvadore Circelli passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017 after suffering a brain injury resulting from a fall at his home in Hurricane. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio November 27, 1941, the youngest of five siblings. Shortly after, his family relocated to Los Angeles where his father opened a used car dealership. Danny grew up on the car...
Alva Rathman
Feb 28, 2017
Alva (Al) Lynn Rathman, 70, St. George UT, passed away on February 28, 2017, after a long battle with renal cell cancer. He was born May 21, 1946, in Kankakee IL to John and Melva (Hendrix) Rathman. Al grew up in the small village (150 residents) of Buckingham IL. He graduated from Herscher High School, Kankakee Community College and...
Anna Virginia Johnson
Feb 21, 2017
Anna Virginia Larsen Johnson
Spending 96 years serving, loving, teaching, and caring, Anna Virginia Johnson tiptoed quietly out of this life and into the next. She was born on Dec. 28, 1920 to Robert August Larsen and Anna Kjerstine Nielsen and died on Feb. 21, 2017. She married Walter T. Johnson on March 9, 1942.
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Candace Keightley-Vine
Feb 20, 2017
Candace Marie Keightley-Vine passed away on February 20 2017 following a yearlong battle with ALS. She completed her earthly mission at her home in St George, Utah where she was very much loved. She will be missed by her husband Bob, her extended family and many friends.
Candace was born on April 2 1950 in East Chicago...
Jeremiah "Jer" Cooper
Feb 18, 2017
Jeremiah Micah James Cooper passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at the age of 31. Jeremiah was born March 31, 1985 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He moved to Utah when he was 8 years old. Jer attended Dixie High School and played football for the Dixie Flyers. After high school he worked with his older brother, Josh, as a landscaping foreman....
Vivian Mcknight
Feb 17, 2017
Vivian Bluebell McKnight, twelve hours old passed away on February 17, 2017 at Dixie Regional Medical Center NICU. She was born February 16, 2017 to Sam and Becky Olson McKnight.
Vivian was born seven weeks early into this earthly life with many medical issues. She fought for 12 hours and passed on to live with her Father...
Merrill Thompson
Feb 15, 2017
Merrill Keith Thompson passed away February 15, 2017 in St. George, Utah. He was born October 26, 1935 in Santaquin, Utah to Thomas and Amber King Thompson.
He is survived by his wife Nedra Madsen Thompson.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 2:30pm at the Rio View Estates Clubhouse located at...
Edward Garrett
Feb 12, 2017
Edward Wesley Garrett.
We lost our friend, husband, father, grandpa and great grandfather on Feb, 12, 2017 in St. George Utah.
Ed was born May 31, 1939 to Glen and Alta E Smith Garrett from Fremont Iowa. He grew up in Fremont Iowa on the family farm. After graduating from high school Ed joined the...
Terri Foster
Feb 12, 2017
Terri Lee Foster passed away February 12, 2017 in St. George, Utah. She was born June 28, 1960 in Ogden, Utah to John and Joanne Anderson Dewey. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 1:00pm at the Washington City Cemetery, Washington, Utah.
Gary Childress
Feb 7, 2017
Gary Lee Childress, age 57 of Sherman Oaks, California passed away February 7, 2017 in St. George, Utah. A California native, Gary was born June 7, 1959 in Brawley and grew up on San Luis Obispo before attending San Diego State University where he studied television and film. After college he worked in the television industry as a professional...
Wilford Day
Feb 1, 2017
Wilford Higbee Day, 84, passed away peacefully on February 1, 2017 at his home in St. George, Utah. He was born July 8, 1932 in Cedar City, Utah to Wilford Scott Day and Arvilla Higbee Day. He had an older brother, Norman, and sister, Vyonne, and later, a brother, Allan. The family grew up in Cedar City until 1942...
Jean Conley
Jan 28, 2017
Jean Ann Conley
Washington City, Utah
Jean passed away on January 28, 2017 at Dixie Regional Medical after dealing for some time with melanoma cancer. Jean was born on December 28, 1938 to Orval and Saxon Olsen in Pocatello, Idaho.
Jean was raised in Pocatello and educated there, graduating High School...
Arthur Fred Smith
Jan 22, 2017
Arthur Fred Smith, age 82, passed away January 22, 2017 in Hurricane Utah at his home with loved ones near. He was born in Springville, UT on January 20, 1935. He was the first born of two. Fred lived a full adventurous life. Fred served as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints.
Fred...
Florence Taylor
Jan 20, 2017
Florence Eileen Taylor passed away peacefully on January 20, 2017 at the full age of 93. Florence and her beloved husband of 69 years, Robert Shannon Taylor had made their home in Ivins Utah for the past 19 years.
Florence was born on August 6, 1923 in Belfast N Ireland. The 6th child of a large Irish...
Challen "Chall" Kelker
Jan 18, 2017
Challen Hills Kelker, 79, passed away on January 18, 2017 at his home in Ivins Utah, after a yearlong battle with Cancer. Chall was born on April 1, 1937 in Ann Arbor, MI. to Dorothy Miller Kelker and George Hills Kelker. In 1939 Chall's Father accepted a position with Utah State University in Logan Utah, as a Professor of wildlife in charge of developing the Wild...
Karen Nelson
Jan 16, 2017
St. George UT – Karen Jean Nelson, 61, passed away January 16, 2017 in Washington, UT. She was born October 19, 1955 in Fort Dix, New Jersey to Maurice Wilson and Anna Huster. She married the late Orin Nelson. They were married in Idaho Falls, ID on August 22, 1975.
Karen loved her children and grandchildren. She...
Dennis Eaton
Jan 16, 2017
St.George, Utah- Dennis Lloyd Eaton, age 70, passed away January 16, 2017 in St.George, Utah at Dixie Regional Medical Center with loved ones near him. He was born in Vernal, Utah on June 19, 1946 to Lloyd Elfonzo Eaton and Claudia C. Caldwell Eaton. He married Lois A. Cattoor on September 29, 1977 on Diamond Mountain by his father...