Obituaries

Sep 3, 2016

Ella Neal Talbot Palmer, cherished wife, mother, grandmother and friend, age 95, passed away peacefully September 3, 2016 in her Santa Clara, UT home, surrounded by family.

Ella was born March 28,1921 on her family’s ranch in Stone, Idaho, to Frederick Charles and Andrea Chrestena (Daley) Neal.  She was the seventh of eight children, and their youngest daughter.

Ella had...

Aug 28, 2016

Floyd Jensen Tucker, 92 of St. George passed peacefully from this life on Sunday, August 28, 2016. Floyd was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. He has lived an exemplary life filled with joy, work, laughter and love! Floyd had a great sense of humor and was a master at practical jokes. Floyd was...

Aug 27, 2016

 Ned C Ruesch passed away peacefully in his home August 27, 2016 at the age of 87.   He was born April 27, 1929 in Beaver, UT to Cadmas and Beatrice Erickson Ruesch.  He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  He married Peggy Giles Dotson on September 14, 1946 in Beaver, UT. They have celebrated...

Aug 17, 2016

Gordon Lew Mar Empey passed away August 17, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. Gordon, known to his friends as Lew Mar, was born April 4, 1932 in St. George, UT to Gordon and Lois Cannon Empey. He married the love of his life, Valeen Nelson on September 13, 1952 in the St. George Utah LDS temple. Together, they had...

Aug 14, 2016

Brenda Kay Warner (nee Hampton) passed away August 14, 2016.  She was born in Seymour, Indiana on June 10, 1942.  Brenda was predeceased by her father Fred Hampton, mother Ida Hampton and her husband of 43 years Benjamin Harrison Warner, Jr.  Their primary residence was in Tustin, CA but in 1984 they founded the Warner Ranch in Hatch, UT and...

Aug 14, 2016

Claude Wayne Iverson, 75, passed away Sunday, August 14, 2016 after a brave battle with Parkinson's Disease.

Wayne was born on Mother’s Day, May 11, 1941 in St. George, Utah, the oldest child of Lawrence “Dale” and Ruby Claudine Meecham Iverson. He married Mary Karren Cox on April 11, 1964 in the St. George Temple and they were the parents...

Aug 14, 2016

Brittan McCall Cooper McGhee was born to Nancy Evelyn Cooper June 11, 1984. She was a happy little redhead. She spent her first years growing up at her grandparents’ home in Logandale Nevada. In 1994 her mother married Lyle Kent Jones who adopted her as his own.

Brittan loved sports and clogging and was very good at them. She graduated...

Aug 9, 2016

Maizie J. Foster Briggs, 85, passed away on Tuesday August 9, 2016. She was born August 28, 1930 in Logan, UT the youngest of seven children, to Estella Lavella Rubey and Hugh Foster.

She lived in Logan, UT for a short time and was raised in El Cajon, California. She attended BYU where she met and married L. Charles Briggs....

Aug 9, 2016

On August 9, 2016, the world lost a most beautiful soul.  Our loving wife, mother, nanny (grandmother), sister and friend passed away peacefully surrounded by her family. She was the most selfless, loving, spunky, and beautiful woman inside and out. She was a fighter until the very end. Sherry loved her family and friends deeply. She was the ultimate homemaker,...

Aug 5, 2016

Sharen Stevens Wetzel, age 73, passed away August 5, 2016. She was born in St. George, Utah to Charles Alma and Mary (Walker) Stevens.

Sharen was raised in St. George where she attended grade school and Dixie High School. She married Lewis Wetzel on February 16, 1968 in St. George, UT. When she married Lewis she started the grand adventure...

Aug 2, 2016

Our loving mother Evelyn Hamlin Marvidikis passed away on August 2, 2016 at home in St. George, Utah.

She was born in Salina Utah on July 16, 1944 to Jennie Christine Rasmussen and Pier Murray Hamlin. Evelyn loved to read and garden. She loved the outdoors especially fishing and camping with her family. She made the most beautiful crocheted afgans...

Aug 2, 2016

Kerry “Wade” Toner left this mortal life on August 2, 2016 due to kidney disease and heart failure.     He will be missed by his beloved family and dear friends but left us with the satisfaction of a good life and a proud legacy. Wade was born in Manti, Utah on June 21, 1938 to parents Theda Peterson and Morris...

Jul 18, 2016

Jul 16, 2016

 

Lowell C. Blake passed away on July 16 th , 2016 in St. George, Utah from

natural causes. Lowell was born on August 24 th , 1935 in St. George to Maurine

Chadburn Blake and Arthur “Tuff” Blake. He married the love of his life Rosie Maire

Hughes on February 18 th , 1956. They were blessed with one...

Jul 14, 2016

Neil Emerson Pace was born August 22, 1933 to Raymond Garrett Pace and Maybel Gwendolyn Carter. He had five siblings: Raymond Elwood, Kenneth J, Barbara jean, and Weston Ray. He married Ruby Mae Barter May 8, 1953 and their marriage was later solemnized April 1993.  He later married Alberta Lorena Lee January 8, 2000 in the Saint George Temple. He...

Jul 13, 2016

Our sweet father James Riley Bushman, 67 passed away unexpectedly and had a joyful reunion with his mom and dad on July 13, 2016. Dad was born to Vaughn and Ina Bushman in Oxnard California on September 1, 1948. He was welcomed into this world by a big brother and big sister (Sue and Vaughn) and became the loving and...

Jul 1, 2016

St. George, Utah – Ora Fern Zabriskie Gerber, 73, passed away on July 1, 2016.  She was born December 2, 1942 in Los Angeles, California to Horace Marlo Zabriskie and Sarah Margaret Henderson. Ora grew up in Los Angeles California and graduated from George Washington High School in 1960 and went on to earn her cosmetology license.  She married Delbert...

Jun 22, 2016

David Richard Santure passed away June 22nd 2016 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer. He was born January 3rd 1957 in Ypsilanti, Michigan to Marie and Richard D. Santure. He is survived by his mother, Marie Mischo; son, Joshua; daughter, Brook Marie; brother, Dan and six grandchildren, Amber N., Allie Jo, Aidan Jacob, Tashina, Jesse, Semilla. David loved traveling,...

Jun 21, 2016

Jun 19, 2016

St George, Utah – Spencer Whayne Hill, 61, passed away peacefully at home, following a nine month battle with brain cancer, on Sunday, June 19, 2016. He was born December 24, 1954 in Cherry Point, NC to Whayne Bryson Hill and Loma Louise Gracey-Buck Hill. Following his LDS mission to Puerto Rico, and while attending BYU, he married Pamela Jean...