WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)

DON CARLOS & RAMONA CANNON SCHMUTZ FAMILY

St. George, Utah

Miscellaneous

Histories

The Don Carlos & Ramona Cannon Schmutz family lived in St. George until the late 1950s, when they sold their farm and moved to California.
Their dairy farm was located on the present site of Dixie State College.

FAMILY

Don Carlos Schmutz:
    Son of Donald Schmutz (1889-1983) and Amber Timothy (1891-1959).
    Born March 18, 1917 in New Harmony UT.
    Married Ramona on August 2, 1941 in the St. George Temple.
    Died November 4, 2010 in Hemet CA and was buried in the St. George City Cemetery.

Ramona Cannon Schmutz:
    Daughter of Walter Cannon (1888-1957) & Leah Sullivan (1889-1977).
    Born September 4, 1920 in St. George.
    Married Don Carlos on August 2, 1941 in the St. George Temple.
    Died January 31, 1975 in Las Vegas and was buried in the St. George City Cemetery.

Children of Don Carlos & Ramona:
    Stephen Donald Schmutz    (married Inger Birgitta Lundgren)
    Leann Schmutz                  (married Dean Weyand Largey)
    Spencer Walter Schmutz    (married Gayle Swensen)

HISTORY

Calantha, the Schmutz Dairy Farm

Became part of the new Dixie College campus.

The silage pit was used to store corn, sugar beets, and sugar cane silage for use as cattle feed.

MEMORIES

The John Wayne and Susan Hayward movie, "The Conqueror", was being filmed in the area around St. George in 1955. While in St. George, Susan Hayward rented a home from Steve Schmutz' Uncle Terry about 3 or 4 miles from the Schmutz farm. John Wayne rented another house three houses up the street from hers. On the 4th of July, Steve and his cousin, Wally Jay, were invited out to the desert shooting set while Susan's birthday was being celebrated. A photographer took a picture of the large birthday cake being cut with with John Wayne's big prop sword. That evening, Susan let her twin boys go over to the Schmutz farm for a sleepover on the back lawn. During the night, she had her driver bring her over to the farm to check on her boys. She found all was well and leaned over to kiss them both in their sleeping bags.

PHOTOS

Don Carlos & Ramona at Their Wedding (8/2/1941)

Don Carlos & Ramona, with Stephen (maybe 11/27/1944)

Don Carlos

Ramona

REFERENCES

Milking Time; The History of Dairy Farming in Washington County, Utah
by Loren R. Webb
pp. 215-218

Don Carlos Schmutz obituary

Don Carlos Schmutz memorial