Obituaries
St. George, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for the St. George and Washington County, UT area

Jerald Mclall
Nov 11, 2016
Jerald Delbert McLall passed away on November 11, 2016 in St. George, Utah. He was born April 27, 1942 in Provo, Utah. He is married to Robin Wade McLall.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
Wayne Randolph Watkins
Nov 8, 2016
Wayne Randolph Watkins passed away at his home on November 3, 2016. He was born on May 18, 1976 to Jim and Deanna Watkins in Visalia, California.
Wayne's Funeral services will be held on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the Coral Canyon 1st Ward Chapel, with a viewing prior from 9:30-10:45 a.m.
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Stanley Hafen
Nov 6, 2016
Stanley Harmon Hafen, 1931-2016
Stanley was born in St. George, Utah on July 19, 1931 to Leland Hafen and Elsie Barbara Frei. He passed away on November 6, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Carol Jean Petersen Hafen; daughter Susan; sons Kevin (Marie), Keith (Jean); brother Richard (Marti) Hafen; seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. He...
Charles Williams
Oct 28, 2016
Charles Alois Williams passed away peacefully with family at his side on Oct 28th. Charles was born on November 23 1923 to Charles and Florence Williams in Dryer Indiana. They later moved to Travers City Michigan where he grew up. When WWll started Charles was 18 and tried to join the Navy but was turned down because of a...
Yvonne Cox
Oct 23, 2016
Yvonne passed away at her home in Washington, Utah on October 23, 2016, after a four-year battle with lung cancer. She was born in Tremonton, Utah on July 28, 1941 to Ralph Dean and Edith Manning Grover. She graduated from Davis High School in 1959. She attended Weber State and LDS Business College. While working at Sperry Univac in Salt...
Janet Fowlkes
Oct 18, 2016
Janet Ruth Fowlkes, 81, of Santa Clara, Utah, passed away October 18, 2016 after a valiant battle with cancer. She was born July 25, 1935, in Nowata, Oklahoma to Carl William and Minnie “Mabel” Housel. She married her high school sweetheart, Alan Thomas Fowlkes, on August 2, 1952.
Janet was the true definition of beauty and grace....
Michael Gau Jr.
Oct 17, 2016
Michael Edward Gau, 85 , passed away on August 17th 2016 in Ivins,Utah. He was born 09/23/1931 in Portsmith Iowa to Michael Gau Sr and Alma Kjer. He married Betty A. Gau on December 18th 1955. They enjoyed 60 years together. Michael sent most of his life in California, Arizona and Utah. He served his country honorably in the...
Eula Walker
Oct 12, 2016
Eula Gailey Walker
“She is smiling down on us with shining, seeing eyes and an angels’ voice full of song.”
March 13, 1935 ~ October 12, 2016
Eula Gailey Walker, loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother and friend, passed away on October 12th, 2016 surrounded by her loving husband Stanley Walker, and other family members....
Paul Walker
Oct 7, 2016
Paul Richard Walker December 25, 1937 ~October 7, 2016 Paul Richard Walker was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah to William (Bill) and Matilda Bullock Walker. He was the youngest of 3 children. He met his wife Thelma in Sandy, Utah. They were married August 25, 1968 in Elko, Nevada. Their marriage was later solemnized in the St. George temple...
Arleen Gray
Sep 29, 2016
In the early morning of September 29, 2016, after enduring years of illness and debilitating pain, Arleen was reunited with her cherished husband Ed. Arleen was born in Long Beach, California on April 25, 1937 to Don Carlos Monson and Olive Arline Wilson.
Arleen married her sweetheart Edwin “Ed” in Long Beach California on October 13, 1956. They...
Albert Bland
Sep 18, 2016
New Harmony, UT- Al Bland, 74, September 18, 2016 died in St. George, UT.
Al was born to Claude and Ardith Bland in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was married to Shana Bland and had been married for 33 years.
Al was raised in Salt Lake City and would later call Colorado and California home...
William "Gene" Rigdon
Sep 12, 2016
Gene passed away peacefully on September 12, 2016 at his home in Central, Utah with his family, friends and nurses by his side. He was born June 22, 1943 in Grand Prarie, Texas to Chester and Vadaha (Hayes) Rigdon. He had two brothers, Dwayne and Marshall.
Gene was in the Army from 1968 to 1970 and served his country...
Leroi Merrill
Sep 12, 2016
LeRoi Smith Merrill passed away on September 12, 2016. He is the son of Leonard Mouritsen Merrill and Edith Marie Smith. He was born October 26, 1930 in Tooele, Utah. When he was fourteen years old his family moved to Thomas, Idaho. He attended Ricks College, and served a LDS mission in Western Canada. He later met Marie Meldrum,...
Sherlia Weston
Sep 2, 2016
Sherlia Merle Lund Weston was born in Los Angeles, California on March 22, 1924 to Wallace Erastus Lund, and Venice Deborah Robinson. On September 2, 2016, she passed away in St. George, Utah. Sherlia was raised in the Los Angeles area where she met her future husband, Floyd Elmer Weston, during World War II. She and Floyd enjoyed an...
Rosaland Thornton
Aug 26, 2016
Rosaland Bergeson Thornton, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away peacefully on Friday August 26, 2016, surrounded by family at her home. Rosaland was born May 31, 1925 in Smithfield, Utah to Abraham & Asia Bergeson and was the 2nd of 5 children. Raised in Logan, Utah, she attended Utah State, where she graduated with a...
F. Norman Cornell
Aug 23, 2016
F. Norman Cornell, 89, passed on August 23, 2016 in St. George, Utah. His older siblings born to Pauline Stromness and Thomas Custer Cornell were Afton, Netta, Charles, Paul, and Dean. Norm grew up in the shadow of the University of Utah where he went to Stewart School K-9. He then went to East High where shortly before...
Ruperd "Bud" Cameron Jr.
Aug 18, 2016
Ruperd George “Bud” Cameron, Jr., our amazing husband, father and grandfather, passed away early on Thursday, August 18, 2016.
Bud was born June 2, 1924, in Schenectady, New York, to Ruperd George and Bessie Cameron. He loved learning, and loved people. His curiosity sent him to many places and people, leading him to a rich, full life....
Lee Griffin
Aug 18, 2016
Lee Griffin, age 85, passed away on August 16, 2016 in the Southern Utah Veterans Home.
He was born on October 13, 1930 to William and Sara Sheliah Griffin in Sparta, Tennesee.
He was married to Judy Painter.
Family Services were held.
Peggy Cornell
Aug 16, 2016
Peggy Lou Butkovich Cornell, 64, passed away on August 16, 2016 in Washington, Utah. She was born October 22, 1951, in Burbank, California, to Beverely Lott and Thomas Edward Butkovich. She was married to Dennis Keith Cornell on October 3, 1981 in La Habra, California. Peggy was raised in Pico Rivera California and graduated from El Rancho High school in Pico...
Levi Elzey-Hirschi
Aug 15, 2016
Levi Gregory Elzey-Hirschi was born November 3, 2013 in Yuba City, California to a loving and caring family that knew they would not be able to meet all of his special needs and because they loved him so very much they chose to have Richard & Lisa adopt him into their loving family to raise him. Levi spent the...