Obituaries
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...
Keith LaMont Griffin
Jun 25, 2025
Husband, father. Grandpa, uncle. Farmer, meat cutter, trapper. Friend. With family nearby, Keith “Smiley” LaMont Griffin passed away on June 25, 2025, of natural causes at Heritage Senior Living in Preston, Idaho.
Born on February 8, 1940, Keith was the oldest living child of LaMont W. and Pearl Griffin. Sisters Karen and Kaylene later joined the family.
As a child he grew...
Douglas Morgan Poole
Jun 22, 2025
Douglas Morgan Poole, 75, passed away on June 22, 2025 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was born on November 27, 1949 in Whitney, Idaho the son of William and Georgia Poole.
Doug grew up in a loving home that taught him to be both hardworking and fun-loving. His childhood chores included feeding cows, hoeing sugar beets and teasing his...
Cassie Elizabeth Seamons
Jun 21, 2025
Cassie Elizabeth Seamons, 92, finished her mortal journey, and happily joined loved ones on the other side of the veil, on Saturday, June 20, 2025. Cassie was born November 25, 1932, to Allen Russell and Edna Egbert Seamons, in Fairview, Idaho. She was the first of seven children. She grew up in Fairview and attended school there.
When Cassie was younger,...
Leon Dee Priestley
Jun 15, 2025
Leon Dee Priestley, 87, of Preston, Idaho, passed away peacefully on June 15th, 2025, at the Franklin County Medical Center Transitional Care Unit surrounded by his devoted wife and loving children.
Leon was born in Linrose, Idaho on February 27, 1938, to Heber Chase “Roy” and Ida Priestley. He graduated from Preston High School in 1956 and honorably served in the...
Joan K. Esplin Collins
Jun 12, 2025
Joan K Esplin Collins was born on April 1943 to Ralph and Bernice Esplin. She was accompanied by a twin brother, Gene. They were born in Preston, Idaho.
Her early education was through the public school system graduating from Preston High School in 1961.
While in high school, she joined the Civil Defense Organization Corp. It was run by the Air Force...
Howard Raymond Bingham
Jun 12, 2025
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved husband and father, Howard Raymond Bingham. Howard passed away at home with his loved ones in Providence, Utah on June 12, 2025 after courageously battling brain cancer for 11 ½ years. He departed this life peacefully, leaving behind a legacy of love, hard work, and unwavering dedication to family and...
McKenzi Ann Bodily
Jun 7, 2025
McKenzi died peacefully on Saturday, June 7th, 2025, at 8:05am with her mother and father by her side. She had been under in-home hospice care for 3 months with pneumonia and respiratory failure.
McKenzi was born in Rancho Bernardo, California on March 30th, 1990. When she was 5 months old, she began having seizures and was diagnosed with a rare genetic...
Kay Stevens Reed
Jun 7, 2025
Kay Stevens Reed, 89, passed away on June 7, 2025, in Logan, Utah. She was born on Sept. 2, 1935, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to Owen Ray Stevens and Thelma Kate Smith Stevens.
She married Francis David Reed on July 25, 1957, Cardston Alberta Canada Temple. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and...
Kristen Baxter Gee
May 26, 2025
Kristen Baxter Gee passed away unexpectedly and peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of May 26, 2025, at her home in Murray, Utah. Kristen missed her parents greatly and is now having a joyous reunion with them.
She was born on August 1, 1966, to DeVerl and Connie Baxter. After graduating from Preston High School in 1984, she attended...
Reo Morris Newbold Jr.
May 25, 2025
Reo Morris Newbold Jr., 84, was with a lifelong and dear friend when he passed away May 25, 2025, at the Franklin County Medical Center in Preston, Idaho. He now reunites with his love, Ruth Elaine Newbold. He was born Oct. 18, 1942, in Riverdale, Idaho.
He was a quiet, kind, and simple soul. He was a well-known locksmith and mechanic....
Amber Dawn Golightly
May 25, 2025
Our precious Amber Dawn Golightly, 46, passed peacefully through the veil to return to her loving Heavenly Father on Sunday, May 25, 2025. It was a beautiful spring day with the smell of lilacs in the air. Amber always loved lilacs.
Amber was born to her loving and devoted parents, Kaylene Owens and Marvin Chadwick Golightly on December 7, 1978 in...
Clareen Mae Higbee Jones
May 23, 2025
Clareen Mae Higbee Jones, 88, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 23, 2025 at the Franklin County Transitional Care Center in Preston, Idaho. She was born on May 27, 1936 in Downey, Idaho to Otto Fredrick and Clara Mae Denton Higbee. She married Alfred Jones on June 28, 1954 and they were later sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple on...
Rodney Alan Pearce
May 17, 2025
Rodney Alan Pearce passed away at home on May 17, 2025, due to complication of old age. He was born on August 15, 1938, to John (Jack) D. L. Pearce and Edith Bingham Pearce in Cornish, Utah. He spent his youth swimming in the West Cache Canal, working on the family dairy farm and playing in the river bottoms along...
Frank Howard Pearson
May 17, 2025
Frank Howard Pearson, 90, passed away peacefully on May 17th, 2025 at his home in Fairview, ID.
Frank was born March 3rd, 1935 in Cornish, UT to Reynold Everett and Cordelia Stocks Pearson. He spent his childhood working hard alongside his family to make ends meet on the family farm.
He attended Electronics school in Kansas City, MO following graduation from North...
Gary Douglas Bennett
May 13, 2025
Gary Douglas Bennett, 41 years old, of Preston, Idaho, died on May 13, 2025. He was born on July 3, 1983, in Sandy, Utah. At six weeks of age, in the arms of a Social Worker for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he flew on a big old plane from Utah to Arkansas to live with and...
Janet Jean Hintz Galloway
May 10, 2025
Janet Galloway was born on January 3, 1947, in Salem, Oregon. She grew up on a small farm outside Silverton, Oregon with her parents and two sisters. Janet attended business college. She worked as a civilian for the military. Where she met her husband Bryan Kent Galloway. They were married in SLC on April 28, 1971. They had four children...
Sharon Choules Wilkinson
May 9, 2025
Sharon Choules Wilkinson, 80, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, returned to her Heavenly Father on May 9, 2025.
Sharon was born November 15, 1944, in Preston, Idaho to Richard Clark Choules and Radia Morrison Choules. She was the eldest of four daughters. Her formative years on the Riverdale, Idaho family farm instilled in her the values of hard...
Jack Ernest Johns
May 4, 2025
On a beautiful spring day, his favorite time of year in Cache Valley, Jack Ernest Johns, JJ, 89 was welcomed through the veil. He passed with loving family around him on May 4, 2025. He was the last living member of his generation. We know he was welcomed home with joy and love. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather,...
Jennifer Rebecca Blais Winward
Apr 28, 2025
Our beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, Jennifer Rebecca Blais Winward, returned to her Heavenly Father on April 28, 2025, in Preston, Idaho, at the age of 50. She was born on May 21, 1974, in Laconia, New Hampshire, to Eugene and Bernice Blais.
Jennifer was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served...
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