Obituaries

Roland William Anderson

Roland William Anderson

Aug 1, 2019

Roland W. Anderson passed away on Thursday, August 1st at the age of 97, one day short of his 98th birthday. Roland W. Anderson was born on August 2, 1921 in Richmond, Utah to Carl Lorenzo and Susie Hope Anderson. He graduated from North Cache High School then served 4 years in the U.S. Army. He married Alice Nuffer on...

Marianne Patricia "Patty" Griffin

Marianne Patricia "Patty" Griffin

Aug 1, 2019

On Thursday, August 1, 2019, Patty Mandel Griffin, 77, went to what she always called her sunny meadow in the sky, with pine trees all around, a creek, wildflowers and all of her loved ones waiting. She was born in wartime Germany on October 1, 1941, the youngest of three daughters to Wilhelm and Selma Blaschke Mandel. The family later...

Dale Vincent "Vince" Pickering

Dale Vincent "Vince" Pickering

Jul 30, 2019

Dale Vincent "Vince" Pickering, 57 passed away suddenly but peacefully on Tuesday July 30th at his home in Preston. He was born on April 19 1962 to Dale and Janice Davis Pickering. Vince lived most of his life in California where he loved all things outdoors, music and magic. Vince met the love of his life Kathy at a young...

Evelyn Marie Shope

Evelyn Marie Shope

Jul 29, 2019

 Evelyn Marie Shope, 96, returned to her Heavenly Father the morning of July 29, 2019, in Logan UT. Evelyn was born September 16 1922 in Three Lakes WA to Forrest Clinton Heath and Emily Josephine Overley. She was the youngest of four children, with older brothers Ira Clarence and Edwin Forrest, and an older sister, Mable Elnora. Evelyn was preceded in...

Sue Rakes

Sue Rakes

Jul 22, 2019

Sue Parsons Rakes, 82, passed away July 22, 2019 at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah of heart failure.  She was born July 12, 1937 in Charleston, West Virginia, the twelfth child of Lawrence Parsons and Odessa Redman.  She attended West Virginia schools and worked as a paralegal.

She married Hershel Rakes on October 13, 1956.  She continued her professional career...

Isabelle Claire Smith

Isabelle Claire Smith

Jul 20, 2019

Isabelle Claire Smith April 28th, 2016 – July 20th, 2019. 

Our vibrant, precious Isabelle returned to her Father in Heaven. Her magnetic spirit and dynamic love touched all those who knew her or were in her presence.  Her loving siblings Bailey, Pratt, Liberty, and Summer are full of hope, faith, and love, anxious to be with her for the...

Don Glen Bath

Don Glen Bath

Jul 13, 2019

Donald Glen Bath “Don”, 77, of Preston, Idaho, passed away peacefully on July 13, 2019 surrounded by family and the caring staff at Franklin County Medical Center.  He passed as a result of a head injury that was untreatable due to complications of dementia.

He was born on Dec. 7, 1941 in Ely, Nevada to Forest and Eileen Ranson Bath. ...

Gloria Lee Johnson

Gloria Lee Johnson

Jul 12, 2019

Gloria Lee Anderson Johnson, 73, peacefully passed away on July 12, 2019, at Franklin County Medical Center in Preston, Idaho. She was surrounded by loved ones at the time of her passing. Gloria was born on July 23, 1945 in Pocatello, Idaho to Newell Carl Anderson and Velma Van Orden. She was the second of nine children and oldest daughter. ...

Lorin D. Winger

Lorin D. Winger

Jul 10, 2019

Lorin D. Winger and his twin sister Lorraine were born June 7, 1918 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Loren A. Winger and Hazel Williams. At the time of their birth their Dad was serving in WWI and did not get to see his first babies until they were a year old. Dad grew up in Riverdale and Preston, Idaho,...

Verna Aldous

Verna Aldous

Jun 30, 2019

Verna Greaves Aldous of Portola Valley, CA, passed away on June 30, 2019.  She was born in Preston, Idaho on February 18, 1924. She loved dances, movies, tennis, and especially her horses.  She was on her high school debate team and served in student government.  She was an excellent student and was active in her church.

Verna earned a bachelor’s...

Gloria Talbot

Gloria Talbot

Jun 28, 2019

Our beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Gloria Smart Talbot, returned home to our loving Heavenly Father and family on June 28, 2019 at the age of 83 at George E. Wahlen Veterans Home in Ogden, Utah after a 10 to 15 Year battle with Alzheimer’s (Dementia).

Gloria DeLone Smart Talbot was born on May 16, 1936 in...

James George "Jim" Nielsen

James George "Jim" Nielsen

Jun 27, 2019

James George "Jim" Nielsen, 82, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at the Franklin County Transitional Care Center in Preston, Idaho. He was born on May 17, 1937 in Ogden, Utah, the 13th of 14 children born to Niels Peter and Lillie Theresa Peterson Nielsen. He married Sharon Todd and they had four children. They were later divorced....

Boyd Wilkinson Larsen

Boyd Wilkinson Larsen

Jun 22, 2019

Boyd Wilkinson Larsen, 92,  passed away on June 22, 2019 surrounded by his family. Boyd was born on March 6, 1927 to Ambrious Titensor and Jessie Wilkinson Larsen.  He grew up in Cove, Utah and lived there his entire life.  After graduating from North Cache High School, he served briefly in the U.S. Navy but was honorably discharged when he...

Amy Gibbons

Amy Gibbons

Jun 17, 2019

Amy Schiess Gibbons, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great great-grandmother passed away peacefully June 17, 2019.  She was born April 24, 1920 to Theophile Benjamin and Mary Schiess. She grew up in Providence with loving and wonderful parents and six sisters and one brother.

She married H. Ray Gibbons on January 16, 1941 in the Logan Temple. Shortly after...

Ray Cutler

Ray Cutler

Jun 14, 2019

Orvid Ray Cutler, Jr., 93, passed away June 14, 2019 at Sunshine Terrace in Logan, Utah. He was born September 8, 1925 in Preston, Idaho, the son of Orvid R. Cutler, MD and Mary Lavinia Nelson Cutler. He grew up in Preston and graduated from high school before serving in the U.S. Army 1944-1951. While in the military he married...

Corrine Fredrickson

Corrine Fredrickson

Jun 13, 2019

On June 13, 2019 the world lost a very special lady and Heaven gained a faithful servant.

Neta Corrine Dockstader Fredrickson was born February 19, 1941 to Urias (Curly) and Neta Bench Dockstader. She was the fourth of five children and the first daughter and she was absolutely the apple of her daddy's eye. Her siblings were Dee (Gloria) Dockstader,...

Quentin Covey Gardner

Quentin Covey Gardner

Jun 12, 2019

Quentin Covey Gardner, Senior, a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great grandfather passed away Wednesday June 12, 2019. His parents were Mae Saunders Covey and Joseph D Gardner Sr, of Salt Lake City, Utah. 

He married Karlla Jean Wright in the Salt Lake Temple on January 25, 1956, andthey have been married for 63 years. They have four...

Ollie "Jean" Larsen

Ollie "Jean" Larsen

Jun 7, 2019

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, Ollie Jean Hakkila Larsen passed away peacefully on Friday, June 7th, 2019 in Salt Lake City, UT.

Jean was born October 28, 1931 in Preston, Idaho to Connie Foss Gibbons and Owen Hakkila, who died in a mining accident in Wyoming when Jean was a baby, and was brought up later in life...

Sadie Kathleen Hatch

Sadie Kathleen Hatch

Jun 6, 2019

Sadie Griffiths Hatch, 84, passed away June 6, 2019 surrounded by her loving family after suffering a debilitating stroke. Sadie was born on June 30, 1934 to Adline & Andrew Griffiths in Clarkston, Utah. She loved her Cache Valley home and felt blessed to be back in Cache Valley for the last 18 months. She graduated from North Cache High...

Dale H. Valentine

Dale H. Valentine

Jun 5, 2019

Dale H. Valentine was born in Ashton, Idaho and adopted at birth by his parents, Wayne and Caroline Valentine. He attended elementary and grade schools in Elko, Nevada and Salmon, Idaho. He graduated from Sentinel High School in Missoula, Montana.

He attended the University of Montana, as well as a technical institute in Seattle, which prepared him for a career...