Obituaries

Earl C. Nelson

Earl C. Nelson

Apr 11, 2019

Earl Calvin Nelson, 86, passed away in Preston, Idaho.  He was born August 6, 1932 to Vernon Woodruff Nelson and Etta Mae Keetch. He had four brothers and four sisters, Dorene, Harold, Arlene, Lois, Forrest, Reed, LaGrande, Carol Jean.

At the age of three years old, he started driving the team of horses while the cows were being fed. His...

Jerry Lee Hatchett

Jerry Lee Hatchett

Apr 10, 2019

Preston, Idaho — A great man, Jerry Lee Hatchett, 80, passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at the Franklin County Medical Center in Preston, Idaho following an ongoing battle with multiple health challenges.

He leaves his wife of eight years, Ramona Lower Hatchett; his son Larry and wife Mary and their four children Elizabeth, David and his wife Christine,...

Kent Charles Moore

Kent Charles Moore

Apr 8, 2019

Kent Charles Moore of Palm Springs, California died on April 08, 2019 at the age of 54.  He was born on January 19, 1965 in Preston, Idaho.  Kent was the second child of five of Jerry and Sonja Nielsen Moore.  Kent graduated from Preston High School in 1983.  After graduation he moved to Logan, Utah for a couple of years...

Larry Weldon Rasmussen

Larry Weldon Rasmussen

Apr 7, 2019

Larry Weldon Rasmussen, 84, put on his cowboy hat and saddled up his horse and rode into heaven on April 7, 2019. He is the son of Weldon and Edna Rasmussen the oldest of five sons. Brothers: Reese(deceased) Brent (Carol), Lynden (Linda) and Kaylan (Carolyn).  He grew up in Mink Creek and loved the life of a farmer/rancher. He married...

Delora Henderson

Delora Henderson

Apr 5, 2019

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” (Emerson).  A trail to follow is what one small (in stature) loving, loyal, stubborn, compassionate woman has left us. Delora Winward Henderson was born 20 December 1932, in Whitney, Idaho to Bertie William and Elizabeth Wuthrich Winward. We are sure they...

Blain Mendenhall Webster

Blain Mendenhall Webster

Apr 3, 2019

Blain Mendenhall Webster (97) died Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from age and complications due to a stroke. He was born on November 15, 1921, the son of Samuel John Webster and Ada Louise Mendenhall Webster. Blain was the youngest son of a large family who made their home on a farm in Glendale, just outside Preston, Idaho.

He married Leona...

Georgia Lynette Buttars

Georgia Lynette Buttars

Mar 29, 2019

Georgia Lannan Buttars ,87, lifelong resident of Weston, Idaho passed away March 29, 2019. She was born November 19, 1931  in Weston, Idaho. The daughter of James Joseph Lannan and LaVera Cecil Imlay.

Georgia attended school in Weston and Clifton and graduated from West Side High School in 1949. She married E. Keith Buttars on July 12, 1949 in the...

Robert "Bob" Noel Acock

Robert "Bob" Noel Acock

Mar 28, 2019

On Thursday, March 28, Robert Noel (Bob) Acock, loving husband and father of two, and "Granddad" to six granddaughters and twelve (almost thirteen) great grandchildren passed away at the age of 92.

Bob was born May 7, 1926, to Russell Floyd and Katie Justina Eilers Acock in Seminole, Oklahoma.  He was the oldest of four children...Wanda, Ila, and Marlo.  When...

Pauline Read

Pauline Read

Mar 27, 2019

Pauline L Read

February 5, 1928 -  March 27, 2019

Pauline Larsen Read was born in Malad, Idaho to Rasmus and Phosa Larsen.  She was the youngest of eleven children.  She never got to know her mother, who died from complications of childbirth.  Pauline grew up in Smithfield, Utah and graduated from North Cache High School.  She met her future...

Richard "Dick" Lorenzo Garrett

Richard "Dick" Lorenzo Garrett

Mar 26, 2019

Richard Lorenzo (Dick) Garrett passed away at his home on the morning of March 26, 2019 from conditions incident to age. Dick spent his last week doing the things that he enjoyed most - visiting a newborn great-granddaughter, seeing the baby blessing of another great-granddaughter, attending his granddaughter's wedding, and spending time with his own children. He achieved great-great-grandfather status...

Cristi Boyack

Cristi Boyack

Mar 24, 2019

Cristi Haderlie Boyack, 50, of Whitney, Idaho passed away unexpectedly at the Franklin County Medical Center surrounded by her family on Sunday March 24, 2019.

Cristi was born August 14th, 1968 in Logan Utah to B. Roger Haderlie and Judy Baird. She grew up in Smithfield, UT and graduated from Sky View High School in 1986.

On July 30th, 1993...

Nord K. Westover

Nord K. Westover

Mar 22, 2019

Nord K. Westover, 97 passed away peacefully in his home in Clifton, Idaho on Friday, March 22, 2019. After several days of saying "I want to go home" Nord is finally home!

Nord was born June 25, 1921, in Lewiston, Utah to Albert Haven Westover and Liva Karren. He was the third son of eleven children. He graduated from North...

Michele Lee Baxter

Michele Lee Baxter

Mar 21, 2019

Michelle Lee Baxter, amazing and loving Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Aunt and Friend spread her wings and returned home March 21, 2019. She was born April 30, 1976 in SLC, Utah to Dallas and Shelley White. She lived and grew together with her siblings; Adam (Codi) White, Teresa (Russell) Peterson, Kristi (KaCee) McNeil, Heather Jacobson, Jenni (Jacoby) Mattson and uncles,...

Linden Dennis Beckstead

Linden Dennis Beckstead

Mar 20, 2019

Linden Dennis Beckstead, 89, passed away in Whitney, Idaho on March 20, 2019, just 4 days short of his 90th birthday.   He was born on March 24, 1929 in Whitney, Idaho to Alvin Hull Beckstead and Ella Afton Ellis Beckstead.  

Lin lived his entire life in Whitney and was proud to claim Whitney as his home.  He attended school...

Bonnie Joy Reeder

Bonnie Joy Reeder

Mar 19, 2019

On the evening of March 19, 2019, Bonnie Joy Buttars Reeder passed away in the Ogden Regional Hospital due to injuries received in an automobile accident. She was 87 years old.

Bonnie was born January 4, 1932 in Logan, Utah to Earl S. and Gladys Buttars. She was raised on a small farm in Idaho which gave her a love...

Burnise Mecham

Burnise Mecham

Mar 10, 2019

Burnise Mecham, 95 1/2, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather great-great grandfather, brother and friend, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2019 in Layton, Utah from T.M.B (Too Many Birthdays). He joined his Savior, family and friends in the Beauty and Joy of Heaven. He was born on August 29, 1923 in Riverdale, Idaho the 12th of 13 children to Leo Mecham...

Leone Roper

Leone Roper

Mar 9, 2019

Leone was born may 23, 1919 in a very small home in Thatcher Idaho. She passed away surrounded by loving family on March 8, 2019 in American fork, Utah, just 2 months prior to her 100th birthday party. 

Leone was born to Letho T and Elva White Pond. She had one older loving sister, Allene Pond (Hogan).

Mom lived her...

Arlene Wanner

Arlene Wanner

Mar 9, 2019

Arlene Sharp Wanner, 87, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the Franklin County Medical Center in Preston, Idaho. She was born on October 16, 1931 in Preston, Idaho to Elmer Alonzo and Luella Blanche Sharp. She married Lincoln Bertus Wanner on December 2, 1948 in the Logan LDS Temple. They were blessed with one daughter and four...

David "S" Hover

David "S" Hover

Mar 8, 2019

 

David "S" Hover, 76, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2019, in Preston, Idaho with his beautiful wife sitting beside him holding his hand. He was valiant in enduring to the end. He was born on May 6, 1942, in Havre, Hill, Montana to Roy Orpheus and Myrtle Shaffer Hover. He married his sweetheart, Brenda McClung, on May 26,...