Obituaries
LaVene Stone Cole
Jan 22, 2026
LaVene Stone Cole, 93, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2026. She was born to Joseph Frederick and Veda Elda Seamons Stone on April 26th, 1932, and was the first child in a family of 4 girls and 6 boys.
In 1949, she met John Robert Cole of Cornish, Utah. They were married on January 15, 1950. John passed away in...
Eva Joyce Swainston Perry
Jan 17, 2026
After a remarkable and eventful turn on this earth for more than a century, Joyce Perry has moved on to her next adventure. She was born Eva Joyce Swainston on December 5, 1924, in Preston, Idaho, to Howard and Neva Swainston, and then raised on a farm in Whitney, Idaho, with her three siblings. On October 2, 1942, she married...
Gayland C. "Josh" Taylor
Jan 11, 2026
Gayland C. ‘Josh” Taylor passed away on January 11, 2026. He was born July 13,1941 in Thatcher, Idaho to Joshua and Leah Taylor. They moved to Clifton, Idaho when he was six years old. He learned the value of hard work, along with his sister and four brothers, on the farm. In school, he was the president of the FFA...
Marilynn Ashbaker Shelman
Jan 10, 2026
Marilynn Ashbaker Shelman, beloved mother, wife, sister, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend passed away peacefully the morning of Saturday, January 10, 2026, in Preston, Idaho.
Marilynn was born July 26, 1947 in Soda Springs, Idaho to Doug and Mearl Ashbaker. She was the oldest of three children (Melanie and Steven). She grew up in Grace, Idaho and cherished the memories of her...
Charles "Chuck" William Chesney Jr.
Jan 7, 2026
Charles William Chesney, Jr.
March 18, 1944 – January 7, 2026
Chuck, as he was known to family and friends, passed away peacefully on the morning of January 7, 2026, at his Preston home, as he wished with his love Patty at his side.
Chuck was born on March 18, 1944, in Oakland, California to Charles W., Sr. and Elva June Taylor Chesney....
Pauline Louise Bidwell Blad
Jan 6, 2026
Pauline Louise Bidwell Blad, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend, and faithful disciple of Jesus Christ, passed away peacefully in her home on January 6, 2026 in Preston, Idaho surrounded by her husband and children.
Pauline was born on July 1, 1946, in Boise, Idaho. She grew up in Idaho and Washington state and was a country girl at heart, often...
Scott B. Christensen
Jan 5, 2026
After 74 years in the saddle, our dad, Scott B. Christensen, hung up his spurs for the last time on January 05, 2026, surrounded by his family after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Scott was born on February 2, 1951, in Hooper, Utah, to Leonard Junior Christensen and Mary Ruth Bybee Christensen. The second born of six kids. They moved...
Joyce Jean Johnson Palmer
Jan 3, 2026
Our hearts are filled to overflowing with gratitude for the blessing she was in our lives. We remember and honor our Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Sister and Aunt. She lived with so much patience, kindness, goodness and love.
The family of Joyce Jean Johnson Palmer announces and mourns her passing at the age of 95 on January 3, 2026 at Legacy...
Paul M Hollingsworth
Dec 25, 2025
Paul M Hollingsworth died December 25, 2025, in Layton, Utah. He was born February 29, 1932, in Preston, Idaho. He received his BS degree from Brigham Young University, 1953, and his MA and EdD degrees from Arizona State University, 1961,1964. He served in the U.S. Navy from April,1953 to April,1961 and received an Honorable Discharge.
He leaves behind his wife Kathleen...
Gailya Elaine Munson
Dec 23, 2025
Gailya Elaine Aslett Munson, 93, passed away December 23, 2025, at her home in Riverdale, Idaho. She was born June 15, 1932, in Downey, Idaho, the daughter of George William Aslett and Lavon Lowry. She married Lewis Austin Munson on April 26, 1956, in the St. George Utah Temple. He preceded her in death on September 19, 2022.
Gailya and Lewis...
Terri Lee Buttars Burton
Dec 18, 2025
Terri Lee Buttars Burton, 74 passed away peacefully at her home in Preston, Idaho on Thursday, December 18, 2025. She was born on August 4, 1951 in Logan, Utah to Rolland Kent and Joyce Whitehead Buttars. She married James “Jim” Legrand Burton on June 20, 1969 in the Logan LDS Temple.
Terri grew up loving horses. She spent many hours and...
Marilyn Bodily Priestley
Dec 16, 2025
Marilyn B. Priestley, 81, passed away on December 16th, 2025, at the Franklin County Medical Center surrounded by love from both sides of the veil. Marilyn was born on April 27, 1944, in Preston, Idaho to George and Elsie Bodily. She graduated from Preston High School class of 1962. After meeting Leon Priestley at a single adult activity, and a...
Emily Elizabeth Struthers
Dec 14, 2025
Emily Elizabeth Struthers was born December 18, 1984, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She passed away December 14, 2025, in Preston, Idaho. She attended various schools but attended Clearfield High the longest. She loved doing diamond art and had a book of completed diamond art projects she was proud of. She was preceded in death by her mother, Laurie Payne....
Steven Delbert Kimpton
Dec 14, 2025
Steven Delbert Kimpton 77, passed away on December 14, 2025 at the Franklin County Transition Care Center from Congestive Heart Failure. He was born July 22, 1948 to Lloyd Delbert and Martha Retura Kimpton, in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was raised with three older brothers, George, Dave, Danny and one sister, Rose, on the family farm out by the Amalgamated...
Craig Barson Goodey
Dec 12, 2025
On Dec. 12, 2025, Craig Barson Goodey, beloved husband, brother, father, uncle, grandfather and friend left this life after a long illness at home in Benton City, Washington. Craig was born on October 8, 1943, as a twin with his sister Carmen in Logan, Utah, to Barson Alma and Phyllis Anderson Goodey. Their older sister of three years, Meredith Ann...
Dallan Wright Day
Dec 10, 2025
If you are reading this I died. I was born on November 9, 1935, in Franklin, Idaho, in my grandfather’s house. I almost didn’t make it to Grandpa’s because our car slid off the road into a ditch and we had to get horses to pull the car out of the ditch. I was the son of Francis Duane and...
Cecil "Bruce" Coburn
Dec 8, 2025
On December 8, 2025 Cecil Bruce Coburn, cherished, father, grandpa, brother, husband and friend peacefully left this life in Logan, Utah. Bruce was born on December 12, 1939 in Bingham Canyon UT to Cecil Lawrence and Mary Alice Coburn.
He was the fourth child, first son, to a family that grew to include 11 children.
Growing up and attending school in Preston,...
Goldia May Craner Williams
Dec 2, 2025
Goldia May Craner Williams passed peacefully on December 2, 2025. Goldia was born in Wallace, Idaho, August 7, 1952, to Jack E and Nelda Joy King Craner. She had a loving childhood filled with adventures in Carson City, Nevada. She learned to sew at an early age and became a talented seamstress, making most of her high school clothes, baking...
Aldyth Ann Hales Stalder
Dec 1, 2025
Aldyth Ann Hales Stalder was born number seven in a family of eight children, on July 27th, 1937, to Heber Lee Hales Sr. and Lais Vernon. Her siblings Frances Mae Andersen, Weston Vernon Hales, Heber Lee Hales Jr., Lais Imogene Wilkinson, Clinton Dewitt Hales, Marjorie Daw Anderson and Dorthy Jane Mayhew.
She passed away peacefully with family December 1, 2025.
She married...
G. Bruce Larson
Nov 29, 2025
G. Bruce Larson passed away peacefully on November 29, 2025 at the age of 87. Bruce was born on April 7, 1938 to Glenn A. and Bernice Thompson Larson in Weston, Idaho.
Bruce learned to play the violin and had a love of cars. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Australia. After...
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