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Peter Ellison Devine

Peter Ellison Devine

Mar 9, 2025

Peter Ellison Devine was born on December 13, 1944, in Sunderland, England, to Gertrude Washington Kerr and John Devine, the third of four children. As a young boy, Peter experienced a life-changing event when he fell into Sunderland harbor. A nearby fisherman heroically saved him from drowning. After this, Peter's family moved to Chiswick, London, where he fondly recalled playing...

Alan Dee Hampton

Alan Dee Hampton

Mar 4, 2025

We are saddened to announce the passing of our dear father, Alan Dee Hampton on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Preston, Idaho. His parents, Alma Biggs Hampton and Maxine Seamons waited 8 years for Dad, who was born on July 17,1937 in Logan, Utah. The family waited another 8 years before his baby sister Dorene was born.

Dad was four and...

Alan Royce Pearce

Alan Royce Pearce

Mar 2, 2025

Alan Royce Pearce died on March 2, 2025, in Nampa, Idaho. He was born in Preston, Idaho on January 18, 1965, to Rodney and Nancy Pearce. He continued to live in Preston until he graduated from Preston Senior High School in 1983. During his years growing up, he would help his dad deliver milk to grocery stores and the schools...

Ronald Conrad Doney

Ronald Conrad Doney

Mar 1, 2025

Ronald Conrad Doney, 94, of St. George, Utah, returned home to his Heavenly Father on March 1, 2025. He was born March 12, 1930, in Franklin, Idaho, to Conrad Cutler Doney and Areta Bergeson, the eldest of six children.

Raised on a dairy farm, Roald learned hard work early, milking cows by hand at eight and tending beet fields with his...

Johnathon "Johnny" Lee Braaksma

Johnathon "Johnny" Lee Braaksma

Feb 24, 2025

Johnathon Lee Braaksma, 38, passed unexpectedly in the early morning of February 24, 2025. 

Johnny had an untamable spirit and lived his life with passion and generosity. His true love was his music. From an early age, he began mastering every instrument he came across and was constantly trying to find his perfect "band". He loved the drums and playing bass...

Janet Crookston Profaizer

Janet Crookston Profaizer

Feb 23, 2025

Janet Crookston Profaizer, 69, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 23, 2025. She was united with her eternal companion after only one month of being apart. Janet was born in Preston, Idaho, to Spencer Cleveland Crookston Jr and Elsa Leah McQueen on April 6, 1955, a birthday she enjoyed sharing and celebrating with her mother. She had three brothers, Nick,...

Lloyd "Buzz" Balls

Lloyd "Buzz" Balls

Feb 22, 2025

Lloyd “Buzz” Balls passed away after a life well lived on February 22, 2025. He was born on November 7, 1932 in Dayton, ID to LaVere and Annie Leone Kresie Balls. He spent his childhood years working on the family farm on Balls Avenue. After graduation from West Side High School where he was active in football and boxing,he attended...

Max Clay Andreasen

Max Clay Andreasen

Feb 21, 2025

Max Clay Andreasen, 63, passed away surrounded by his family on February 21, 2025, at his home in Layton, Utah, from cancer. He was born June 28, 1961, in Preston, Idaho, to Kay Lamonte Andreasen and Sandra Vee Taylor.

He married Melanie Jo Martinez, the love of his life, on June 17, 2000. His hobbies were fly fishing and fly tying....

Jacqueline Alder

Jacqueline Alder

Feb 16, 2025

Jacqueline Alder, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully the morning of February 16, 2025, surrounded by her family.

 She was born in Bountiful, Utah on July 21, 1933, to a modest family. She married Richard S. Alder (deceased) in 1959, and they had four children together. Jackie is survived by her four children Richard Brett Alder, Wendy Lynne Alder,...

Rebecca "Beckie" Bennion

Rebecca "Beckie" Bennion

Feb 15, 2025

Rebecca “Beckie” Bennion, 61, returned home to her Heavenly Father on February 15th, 2025, at her son’s home in Franklin, Idaho. Her dad was by her side as she was released from her two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer.

 She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 16th, 1963, to Lois Sadler and Barton Evan Bennion as the fifth of eight...

Elizabeth Carol Carter Smith

Elizabeth Carol Carter Smith

Feb 14, 2025

Elizabeth Carol Carter Smith, 66, passed away February 14, 2025, at the Gables Assisted Living in Brigham City, Utah. She was born on August. 9, 1958, in Bozeman, Montana the daughter of Mark Johnson Carter and Camille Beth Neuffer Carter. She married Clifford Shane Smith on Nov. 17, 1978, in the Salt Lake Temple.

Elizabeth and Shane built a life that...

Helen Hansen Greene Ralphs

Helen Hansen Greene Ralphs

Feb 6, 2025

Helen Hansen Greene Ralphs, 89, returned to heaven to be with her loving husband Thursday, February 6, surrounded by Family. She and her twin sister were born February 16, 1935, in Preston, Idaho to James Verl Hansen and Hilda Bishop Sullivan.She graduated from Preston High School and attended cosmetology school in Ogden Ut. She enjoyed doing hair for her children,...

Gary Lee Stone

Gary Lee Stone

Feb 2, 2025

 

 

Gary Lee Stone passed away peacefully on February 2nd at home in Gilbert, Arizona, under the loving care of his wife, Joy Stone. He was a devoted husband, a father to three sons (Jason, Stuart, and Keith), a grandfather to ten grandchildren, and a great-grandfather to four great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a brother (Randy Stone) and a sister...

Larry M. Olson

Larry M. Olson

Jan 31, 2025

Larry M. Olson, 62, passed away January 31, 2025, at Franklin County Medical Center from a heart attack. He was born on September 29, 1962, in Preston Idaho to Marion and Bessie Mendenhall Olson. He was raised in Oxford Idaho and was the youngest of 8 children. He graduated from West Side High School in 1980. He was called to...

Vonda Kay Sanderson Draney

Vonda Kay Sanderson Draney

Jan 31, 2025

Vonda Kay Draney, age 85, passed away January 31, 2025, at her home in Riverdale, Preston, Idaho with her husband at her side. She was born March 8, 1939, in Afton, Wyoming, the daughter of Nels and Amanda Sanderson. She attended school at Etna, Wyoming elementary and Star Valley High School, in Afton, Wyoming, where she served as Freshman Class...

Kent Arnold Pester

Kent Arnold Pester

Jan 28, 2025

 Kent Arnold Pester, known affectionately as Papa by his grandkids, passed away on January 28, 2025, at the age of 77. He was born on April 30, 1947, in Loup City, Nebraska, and most recently resided in Preston, Idaho. During his high school years, Kent was a basketball star, earning the nickname “Dunk It Pester” for his impressive leaps on...

Jesse Lamb Johnson Jr.

Jesse Lamb Johnson Jr.

Jan 27, 2025

On 27 January 2025, our husband, father, and grandfather, Jesse Lamb Johnson Jr., passed from this life. Jesse was born December 3, 1937, at his parents' home in Preston, Idaho, to Beatrice Thomson Gilbert and Jesse Lamb Johnson. He was the youngest child of his parents and the only boy, with four older sisters.

He later purchased that home and farm,...

Irene Purser Coleman

Irene Purser Coleman

Jan 26, 2025

Irene Purser Coleman, age 77 of Preston Idaho, returned to Heaven to be with her beloved husband in the comfort of her home on January 26th 2025. Irene was born January 2, 1948 to Arland and Floris Purser in Preston Idaho. After Irene graduated from Preston High School she went on to study at Ricks College in Rexburg Idaho where...

Lorraine Bennett Hawkes

Lorraine Bennett Hawkes

Jan 25, 2025

Lorraine Bennett Hawkes, 87, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on January 25th, 2025, at the Franklin County Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility in Preston, Idaho. She was born October 25th, 1937 in Cub River, Idaho to Argell Bennett and Beatrice Williams Bennett. During her younger years, her family moved to Clearfield, Utah and Mesa, Arizona before...

Douglas Ray Profaizer

Douglas Ray Profaizer

Jan 24, 2025

Douglas (Doug) Ray Profaizer, 75, passed away at home surrounded by loved ones after a long and valiant battle with Multiple Myeloma on Friday, January 24, 2025. Doug was born in Ogden, Utah, on August 28, 1949, to Frank Camillo and Adelia LaPray Profaizer. He had two sisters; Barbara and Adelia Patricia, and 5 brothers; Gary, Dick, Frank, Bob, and Chuck....

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