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Obituaries

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,...

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....

Don Charles Workman

Don Charles Workman

Jan 15, 2025

Don Charles Workman passed away on January 15, 2025, in Preston, Idaho, at the age of 92. Don was born October 28, 1932, at home on the old ranch, located on the flat between Riverdale and Treasureton, Idaho. He was the youngest son of Myrl Workman and Rhoda E. McCarrel Workman. He joined a family of four living siblings; sisters,...

Mark Leslie Williams

Mark Leslie Williams

Jan 15, 2025

Mark Leslie Williams was born to Jerry (Gerald) and Joyce Williams in Brigham City, Utah in January of 1966. Mark grew up in what he would call the greatest town on earth, Bear River City, Utah. Mark has many fond memories of playing next-door at his Grandma Ada’s house with his cousins, riding his horses, and going camping to Brownie...

Anita Joy Porter Winward

Anita Joy Porter Winward

Jan 10, 2025

Anita Joy Porter Winward, 77, graduated to the next life after experiencing a heart attack on January 10, 2025, in Logan, Utah. She was born May 12, 1947, in Preston, Idaho, the daughter of Lyle Robert and Laura Hansen Porter. She had two brothers, Gary (Ramona) and Calvin (Cindy and the late Kathryne), and one sister, Nancy (the late Brent...

Lex Marion Hyden

Lex Marion Hyden

Jan 9, 2025

 

 

Lex Marion Hyden was born December 19, 1949, in Logan, Utah. He was the 2nd son to Cecil J and Jacqueline Allen Hyden. Lex passed away on January 9th 2025, at the Rocky Mountain Nursing Home where he shared a room with his wife, Beverly, for the past year.

 

Lex grew up in Logan and helped his family build their home...

Wavel Pauline Westerberg Beckstead

Wavel Pauline Westerberg Beckstead

Jan 9, 2025

Our amazing mom, Wavel Pauline Westerberg Beckstead, passed away at her home in Whitney, Idaho, on January 9, 2025.

Pauline was born in Preston, Idaho, on April 1, 1931, to Wavel Eulalia Wilde and Melvin Alfred Westerberg. She and her sister, Betty Ruth Condie, grew up on a poultry farm in Preston, Idaho, and learned the value of working hard and...

Alma Elizabeth Garcia Rebollar

Alma Elizabeth Garcia Rebollar

Jan 8, 2025

Alma Elizabeth Rebollar, 1’st of March 1966-8th of January 2025 she was 58 when she left us. You can cry because she’s gone, or you can smile because she has lived. Elizabeth was the strongest woman anyone knew, without a doubt. Even on the day she found out she had cancer, she still went to work and continued to work...

Sherri Reid Shearwood

Sherri Reid Shearwood

Jan 8, 2025

Sherrie Reid Shearwood, 86, passed away January 8, 2025 at her residence in Washington Terrace, Utah surrounded by her children and family. She was born on November 2, 1938 in Tyhee, Idaho to Ronald Earl Reid and Hannah Rose Croshaw. She married Donald E. Ganske on June 28, 1957.Donald passed away, she later married Keith Cates “KC” Shearwood on Sept...

Edward Trujillo

Edward Trujillo

Jan 4, 2025

 

 Edward Trujillo, 90, passed way January 4, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah as the result of old age and health problems. He was a very loving father and friend to anyone who knew him. He was born in Fullerton, California at his grandmother’s house on March 12, 1934, during an earthquake, to Alfonso Trujillo and Ramona Witron. He was...

Edyth Ava Bluemel Matthews

Edyth Ava Bluemel Matthews

Jan 4, 2025

Our loving wife, mother and grandmother Edyth Ava Matthews returned to her Heavenly Home on January 4, 2025. Edyth was born January 19, 1959, to Robert and Peggy Bluemel.

Edyth was a proud Wyoming native and grew up on her family ranch in Lyman. She had a love for cows and horses, especially her horse Snooksy. She was the apple of...

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