Obituaries
Jean Hopson
Mar 15, 2025
Erma Jean Hobbs was born on January 14, 1937, in Preston, Idaho. She was the second of five children born to John Leslie Hobbs and Florence Willardsen. She had an older sister, Bonnie, two brothers, Bruce and Kent, and a younger sister, Angie. Their family lived on a farm in Weston, Idaho, outside of Preston. She attended West Side High...
Pauline Palmer Lindhardt
Mar 14, 2025
Our beautiful mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother got her birthday wish and passed away peacefully in time to celebrate their shared birthday together with her sweetheart on March 14, 2025, surrounded by family at her daughter’s home in Thatcher, Idaho.
Pauline Palmer Lindhardt was born March 15, 1932. The first born to Elmer Smith and Violetter Elizabeth Paskins Palmer followed by five...
Carol Rosetta Prince Ward
Mar 11, 2025
Our sweet mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Carol Rosetta Prince Ward, passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the age of 85 at the Temple View Transitional Care Center in Rexburg, Idaho. She died from complications following back surgery after a fall. Carol was born to Muncie Pat Prince and Minnie Leota Byers in Gilmer, Texas on September 7, 1939....
Nadine Forsgren Jensen
Mar 10, 2025
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother Nadine F. Jensen passed away peacefully at her home in Glendale, Idaho at the age of 92. She was the seventh child born to Eli S. and Leona F. Forsgren of Riverdale, Idaho. Living on the family farm, mom learned to work hard at a young age. She attended Preston High School and...
Colten Clyde Frazier
Mar 9, 2025
Colten Clyde Frazier was born on September 12, 1997, in Logan, Utah. A true Utah’n, who experienced the beautiful outdoors as much as possible; hunting, fishing and loving every day. Colten passed away unexpectedly on March 9, 2025, at the young age of 27. He will be deeply missed by many friends and family.
Colten was Superman! His heart was pure,...
Peter Ellison Devine
Mar 9, 2025
Peter Ellison Devine was born on December 13, 1944, in Sunderland, England, to Gertrude Washington Kerr and John Devine, the third of four children. As a young boy, Peter experienced a life-changing event when he fell into Sunderland harbor. A nearby fisherman heroically saved him from drowning. After this, Peter's family moved to Chiswick, London, where he fondly recalled playing...
Alan Dee Hampton
Mar 4, 2025
We are saddened to announce the passing of our dear father, Alan Dee Hampton on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Preston, Idaho. His parents, Alma Biggs Hampton and Maxine Seamons waited 8 years for Dad, who was born on July 17,1937 in Logan, Utah. The family waited another 8 years before his baby sister Dorene was born.
Dad was four and...
Alan Royce Pearce
Mar 2, 2025
Alan Royce Pearce died on March 2, 2025, in Nampa, Idaho. He was born in Preston, Idaho on January 18, 1965, to Rodney and Nancy Pearce. He continued to live in Preston until he graduated from Preston Senior High School in 1983. During his years growing up, he would help his dad deliver milk to grocery stores and the schools...
Ronald Conrad Doney
Mar 1, 2025
Ronald Conrad Doney, 94, of St. George, Utah, returned home to his Heavenly Father on March 1, 2025. He was born March 12, 1930, in Franklin, Idaho, to Conrad Cutler Doney and Areta Bergeson, the eldest of six children.
Raised on a dairy farm, Roald learned hard work early, milking cows by hand at eight and tending beet fields with his...
Johnathon "Johnny" Lee Braaksma
Feb 24, 2025
Johnathon Lee Braaksma, 38, passed unexpectedly in the early morning of February 24, 2025.
Johnny had an untamable spirit and lived his life with passion and generosity. His true love was his music. From an early age, he began mastering every instrument he came across and was constantly trying to find his perfect "band". He loved the drums and playing bass...
Janet Crookston Profaizer
Feb 23, 2025
Janet Crookston Profaizer, 69, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, February 23, 2025. She was united with her eternal companion after only one month of being apart. Janet was born in Preston, Idaho, to Spencer Cleveland Crookston Jr and Elsa Leah McQueen on April 6, 1955, a birthday she enjoyed sharing and celebrating with her mother. She had three brothers, Nick,...
Lloyd "Buzz" Balls
Feb 22, 2025
Lloyd “Buzz” Balls passed away after a life well lived on February 22, 2025. He was born on November 7, 1932 in Dayton, ID to LaVere and Annie Leone Kresie Balls. He spent his childhood years working on the family farm on Balls Avenue. After graduation from West Side High School where he was active in football and boxing,he attended...
Max Clay Andreasen
Feb 21, 2025
Max Clay Andreasen, 63, passed away surrounded by his family on February 21, 2025, at his home in Layton, Utah, from cancer. He was born June 28, 1961, in Preston, Idaho, to Kay Lamonte Andreasen and Sandra Vee Taylor.
He married Melanie Jo Martinez, the love of his life, on June 17, 2000. His hobbies were fly fishing and fly tying....
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,...
Rebecca "Beckie" Bennion
Feb 15, 2025
Rebecca “Beckie” Bennion, 61, returned home to her Heavenly Father on February 15th, 2025, at her son’s home in Franklin, Idaho. Her dad was by her side as she was released from her two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer.
She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 16th, 1963, to Lois Sadler and Barton Evan Bennion as the fifth of eight...
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
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
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
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
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...
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