"In my religious calling I knew him to be a very generous man," Whittier said. "He was very concerned about people who needed help — whether it was to be serving a mission or making it through another day. I can't think of a kinder person."

Dallin Ellsworth was taking pre-medicine courses at Southern Utah University and wanted to become a doctor like his father. He helped his father around the clinic, Whittier said.

Dallin served an LDS Church mission in Argentina. "His wife is due is five weeks," Whittier said. "They've been married for about two years."

David Goddard and Cecilee Goddard were both outgoing, said their family.

David Goddard was a physician's assistant who graduated from Duke University in 1976, said Ann Goddard, his former wife, who said they have remained friends since their divorce two years ago. David and Ann Goddard met in the Peace Corps volunteering in the Tonga Islands. They had also lived in Washington, D.C.; Boise; Portland, Ore.; Las Vegas; and Nebraska before settling in Cedar City about seven years ago.

"We wanted to be back in the West where our families are," Ann Goddard said.

The couple had three children. Cecilee was the oldest.

"My dad was well-known for really listening to his patients," said Chelsea Goddard, 23, who remembered her dad's love for cooking and gardening, bicycling and his biodiesel truck that he fueled with fuel that he made himself. David Goddard was known for his talents in surgery, particularly the precision with which he sewed up wounds, helping people with severe injuries heal physically and emotionally.

"I think he really loved that his kids were adults, and connecting with them," Ann Goddard said, recalling how he liked to go shooting with his 27-year-old son, Yorke.

Cecilee Goddard was trained in the clinic as an aesthetician but most recently worked in the clinic as a medical assistant and worked on the side at a spa.

She leaves behind a daughter, Zoe, who is 2 1/2.

"Her favorite thing is her little girl," Ann Goddard said.

Cecilee Goddard loved nature, particularly hiking and the pools at Zion National Park, about 45 minutes from Cedar City. She was an artist who enjoyed ceramics, drawing and painting.

Mandy Johnson, 20, accomplished everything she set her mind to, said her brother, Met Johnson. She was a communications major at SUU, scheduled to graduate in December 2009. She had taught English at a girls school in the Ukraine for six months. She had planned to marry him planned to be married in an LDS temple ceremony Dec. 19.

"Mandy had great zeal for life," said Met Johnson, who talked about his sister's ready smile.