Obituaries
Carol Stevenson Austin
Oct 1, 2022
Carol Stevenson Austin, our beloved mother, grandmother, and sister, returned to her Heavenly Father on October 1, 2022, to join her sweetheart at the age of 80.
Carol was born on July 19, 1942, in Preston, Idaho. Growing up in Dayton, Idaho, she graduated from West Side High School and then attended BYU. You could usually find her outside...
Vivian W. Call Schvaneveldt
Sep 27, 2022
Vivian W. Call Schvaneveldt, 91, returned to her heavenly home surrounded by family on September 27, 2022 at the Franklin County Medical Center in Preston, Idaho. She was born on March 13, 1931 in Clifton, Idaho the daughter of James Clyde Call and Dora Elizabeth Williams.
She married her high school sweetheart, Theo Jay Schvaneveldt, September 16, 1949 in...
Larren Quell Thomas
Sep 23, 2022
Larren Quell Thomas, 77, passed away at his home in Preston, Idaho on Sept. 23, 2022. At the close of WW II, he was born in Great Falls, Montana on July 16, 1945, to Maye Howell and Quentin Hendricks Thomas.
Larren graduated from Logan High School and spent two years in college. On February 12, 1966, Larren and Beverly...
Julie Barbara Reese Cheney
Sep 21, 2022
Julie Barbara Cheney, nee Reese, 43 returned to her heavenly home on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 due to complications following surgery. She was at the Murray Utah Hospital with her husband by her side.
Julie was the firstborn to Jon and Deborah Reese on November 7, 1978 in Murray, Utah. She was raised in Saint Charles, Idaho and graduated...
Fern Shumway Porter
Sep 20, 2022
Fern Shumway Porter, 97, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at the Birch Creek Assisted Living Center in Smithfield, Utah. She was born on August 20, 1925, in Treasureton, Idaho, to Earl Hymas Shumway and Thelma Perry Shumway. She was the oldest of six children helping to mother each sibling as they arrived.
She was actively involved in...
Lewis Austin Munson
Sep 19, 2022
Lewis Austin Munson, age 89, passed away peacefully at his home on September 19, 2022, with his loving wife by his side. He was born on June 6, 1933, in Richfield, Utah, to Thora Spencer and James LaVar Munson.
Lewis is survived by his wife, Gailya of Preston, Idaho, and their 5 children, 25 Grandchildren, 17 Great-Grandchildren, and 2...
Jerry and Kitty Reeves Trolard
Sep 14, 2022
Our loving parents, Jerry and Margaret “Kitty” Trolard passed away on September 14, 2022. Jerry was born to Tom and Barbara Trolard in North Bend, Oregon. Kitty was born to Olan and Alene Reeves in Hope, Arkansas.
Jerry had may jobs throughout his life, boat mechanic, logger, dairy farmer, and bus driver. To everyone who knew him, he was...
Michelle H. Ransom
Sep 12, 2022
Our loving wife, mother, sister and friend, Michelle Herd Ransom, 67, passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022. She was born June 17, 1955 in Preston, Idaho, the youngest of six children born to Homer Christensen Herd and Dorothy Hunsaker Herd.
Michelle grew up in Preston, Idaho with her family. After graduating from Preston High School, she moved to...
Pearl Pentz Lloyd
Sep 12, 2022
Pearl Pentz Lloyd, 64, passed away unexpectedly on September 12, 2022, at her home in Preston, Idaho. She was born April 5, 1958, in Ogden, Utah, and grew up in Morgan, Utah.
She married Roger Wardell and they were later divorced. She moved to Idaho where she met and married Joseph Samuel Lloyd (Joe). She and Joe enjoyed their...
Helen H. Robbins
Sep 12, 2022
Margaret Helen Hobbs Robbins, age 78, passed away peacefully on Monday September 12, 2022, in Weston Idaho at her home surrounded by her husband and two children by her side. She was born February 27, 1944, to Raymond and Margaret Palmer Hobbs being the middle of five children. She married the love of her life, Nolan K Robbins on...
David Ezra McClun
Sep 9, 2022
David Ezra McClun, age 91, passed away at his home in Walnut Creek, California on September 9, 2022. David, the only son of David Luther and Emma Foss was born in Preston, Idaho on February 28, 1931. David grew up in Preston with his older sisters, Anna Catherine (Kibby) Allen and Dorothy Williams. David attended Preston High School where...
Jay Herald Jeppson
Sep 8, 2022
Jay Herald Jeppson was born August 21, 1926 in Brigham City, Utah to Jay C. Jeppson and Zola Lucy Call. He passed away on September 8, 2022, in Bountiful, Utah. He was a beloved son, husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather.
He was a graduate from Kemper Military School in 1943, Brigham Young University in 1949, and University of...
Sheldon Sant Coburn
Sep 5, 2022
Sheldon Sant Coburn, 68, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2022, from cancer, at his home in Treasureton, Idaho with his loving wife at his side. He was born September 23, 1953, in Preston, Idaho to Mary Alice Sant and Cecil Lawrence Coburn. He was the 10th of 11 children. He grew up and attended school in Preston, graduating...
Alan George Ball
Sep 4, 2022
Alan George Ball, 75 of Dayton ID passed away on September 4, 2022. Alan George Ball was born on June 3, 1947, in Preston, ID, the son of Owen and Evelyn Balls. Alan grew up working on the family farm and at the local sugar beet plant. He enlisted in the Air Force on February 2, 1966, and was...
Stewart Melvin Buttars
Sep 4, 2022
Stewart Melvin Buttars, 93, passed away peacefully at his home on September 4, 2022, in Logan, Utah, after a long and full life. He was born December 3, 1928, in Logan, Utah, to Benjamin Charles Buttars and Laura Susannah Griffiths. He served in the Northern States mission where he met Lera Jenkins, his future wife of 64 years, who...
Ann LaRee Powell Gale
Sep 4, 2022
Sunday morning on September 4, 2022, surrounded by her family, heaven gained an angel, Ann LaRee Powell Gale. She was 85 at her passing. Mom was born on May 20, 1937, the second of three children to Lawrence and Lorena Powell of Beaver, Utah.
Mom grew up on a farm in Beaver, Utah working alongside her father. She was...
Jim W. Elsmore
Sep 4, 2022
Jim “Wonderful” Elsmore 92, passed away peacefully on Sept. 4, 2022 at Birch Creek assisted living in Smithfield, Utah. He was born on June 2, 1930, in Grace, ID the 2nd child of James Harris and Amy Afton Williams Elsmore.
In 1950 Jim married the love of his life, Coy Facer in the Logan Utah Temple.
Jim was...
Warren Herman Johnson
Sep 3, 2022
Warren Herman Johnson, beloved father, brother, and grandfather passed away September 3, 2022, at the age of 85 in his home in Preston, Idaho.
Warren was born May 21, 1937, in Fosston, Minnesota, to Harry Gehnard and Octavia Lillian Garcelon Johnson. He was the third of four children who were raised on a farm in the small town...
Melvin S. Thomson
Sep 2, 2022
Melvin S. Thomson, 68, returned to his heavenly home on Sept. 2, 2022, at his home in Preston surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 4, 1954, in Afton, Wyoming to Gary and Gay Thomson. He graduated from American Falls High School in 1972 and continued his college education at BYU-Idaho. Mel married Vicki A. Andersen in...
Darin Duane Kerr
Sep 1, 2022
On September 1st, 2022, Darin Duane Kerr journeyed home to the happy hunting grounds. He passed away peacefully, in the arms of his wife, Myra Kerr, his daughters, Megan O’Brien, Jessie Mahler, and Caitlin Hatch, and under the watch and care of his sons-in-law, Jordan, Dan, and Justin. In true Darin Kerr fashion, he went out with his boots...
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