OBITS: The Spectrum 5 Jan 2005; St. George, Washington co., Utah

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Lorraine H. Comiskey
Lorraine H. Comiskey was born in Hartford, CT on March 31, 1929 to Edward R.
Holmes and Helen M. Holmes.
She attended Meriden High School, Emerson College and Larsen College. After
spending a lifetime as a housewife in Meriden, CT, she retired with her
husband and grandson, Justin S. Steele, to Ivins, UT in 1989.
She is survived by her husband, William G. Comiskey; son, John F. Teeling III;
daughter, Shawn A. Teeling Rhodes; grandsons, Justin S. Steele and Ian Steele. 

Louise Ann Fox Mathews Mangum
Louise Ann Fox Mathews Mangum, 73, Cannonville, Utah, died December 31, 2004
in St. George, surrounded by her family. She was born October 27, 1931 in
Beaver, Utah, to John Royal Fox and Rebecca Ann Batty. She was married to
Wayne Lloyd Mathews, April 15, 1949 in Beaver, Utah. Later solemnized in the
Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died August 17, 1958. She married Don Carlos Mangum,
November 6, 1959, Riverton, Utah.
She was very active in the LDS Church serving in all the auxiliaries. She was
a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandma and friend. She was recognized
for her beautiful crochet handiwork. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Survivors are her husband, Don Mangum; children: Clifford (Collette) Mathews,
Henrieville; John (Charlotte) Mathews; Ben (Diana) Mathews; Kay Louise Dunham;
and Bonnie Jane (Pete) Peterson, all of Cannonville; Mel (April) Mangum of
Ivins; Judy (Kevin) Anderson of Downey, Idaho; David (Andrea) Mathews of St.
George; 27 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
Special thanks to Dr. Thomas Marshall and Nurses and Staff at both Valley View
Medical Center and Dixie Medical Center.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, January 8, 2005, 11:00 a.m. in the
Cannonville LDS Chapel. Friends and family may call from 9:00-10:30 a.m. at
the LDS Ward. Interment will be in the Minersville Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. 

Reva H. Nelson
1913 - 2004
Richfield/ Hurricane -- Our beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend,
Reva Hunt Nelson, age 91, passed away November 24, 2004 in Truckee,
California, following a very brief illness. She was born May 3, 1913 in
Cortez, Colorado, a daughter of Joseph Anthony and Charlotte Elizabeth Tanner
Hunt.
She lived briefly in Colorado and Escalante, Utah, later moving to Sevier,
Utah. There she met and married Asahel Neil Nelson, July 5, 1930 in Richfield,
Utah. They resided in Richfield, where Asahel was employed by Utah Poultry and
Farmers Cooperative and Intermountain Farmers Association for 42 years. Asahel
preceded her in death, March 18, 1986.
Reva moved from Richfield about 10 years ago.
She has spent the past 8 years living at Lava Bluff in Hurricane, Utah, where
she had many dear friends; she spent every summer at her favorite place in the
whole world, her summer home at Fish Lake.
Reva was active in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and played a key role in
establishing the Senior Center in Richfield. She loved working outdoors and
always had a beautiful flower and vegetable garden. She loved entertaining
friends and family. Her reputation for her fine cuisine was well know. Among
her favorite interests were travel and playing cards with friends and family.
She was a member of the LDS Church.
Reva played a key role in maintaining contact with all of her extended family.
Her generosity to family and friends was heartfelt.
She is survived by a large and loving family, her three sons: Ted and Mary of
Potomac, Maryland; Chris and Sharilyn of Truckee, California; Dan and Teri of
Orem, Utah; 14 grandchildren; 17 greatgrandchildren; sister, Julia Petty of
Sandy; brothers, Lloyd Eugene Hunt of Richfield; Ven Berl and Juana Hunt of
Elsinore.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Asahel; a daughter, Shirley Ann
Sullivan; 1 grandson; three sisters and four brothers: Inez Michaelson, Ina
Lee, Zella Hunt, Joseph LeRoy Hunt, John Donald Hunt, Loren Vivian Hunt and
Harold Hunt.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 8, 2005 at 12 Noon in the
Springer Turner Funeral Home Chapel, 260 North 400 West, in Richfield, where
friends may call for viewing Friday evening from 6 to 8 P.M. and Saturday
morning from 10:30 to 11:30 prior to the services. . Burial will be in the
Richfield City Cemetery under the direction of the Springer Turner Funeral
Home of Richfield, Salina and Gunnison, Utah. 

Mary Ellen Sadler
1919 ~ 2005
DRAPER/ BLUFFDALE -- Mary Ellen Gentry Sadler, 85, died January 3, 2005 of
natural causes. She was born February 27, 1919 in St. George, Utah to Harry
and Viola McAllister Gentry. She married Roy Sadler on November 2, 1943 in the
St. George LDS Temple. Mary Ellen enjoyed working in the Salt Lake and Jordan
River LDS Temple and she served an LDS Mission to the Chicago LDS Temple with
her husband.
Survivors: husband, Roy, Draper/ Bluffdale; daughters, Mrs. Robin (Jean)
Reading, Draper/Bluffdale; Diane Palmer, Mt. Pleasant; 12 grandchildren and 24
great grandchildren; brothers, Dwayne Gentry and C. Eldon Gentry, both St.
George.
Funeral services will be held Friday, January 7, 2005, at 1:00 p.m. in the
Draper LDS Stake Center, 13400 South 1300 East. Friends may call at Goff
Mortuary 8090 So. State Thursday 6-8 p.m. or Friday at the church from 11:45
a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Interment, Draper Cemetery.