Obituaries
Georgena Bird Taggart
Jan 10, 2023
Georgena Bird Taggart, 71, passed away at her home in Preston, Idaho on January 10, 2023. She was born to Eldon and Beverly Poulsen Bird on December 11, 1951 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She married Randy Taggart on March 2, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were blessed with a son Tracy and a daughter Kaycee.
Georgena loved fishing,...
Pauline Bundy Keller
Jan 7, 2023
Pauline Bundy Keller, age 81, of Cache Valley left this earth on Saturday, January 7, 2023. She was reunited with her father Leslie, her mother Chloe, and her two elder brothers Jerry and Jim. Today, she is surrounded by her loving husband Ken, her six children, and more than a dozen of her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mom was...
Barbara Ann Harris Lutz
Jan 7, 2023
Barbara Ann Harris Lutz was released from her mortal mission on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at the age of 84.
Barbara was born to Wilford Dewey and Mary Ferguson Harris on June 10, 1938 in Ogden, Utah. Barbara spent the next 21 years loving and living in Ogden. She enjoyed spending time with family, playing games in the park...
Herbert Samuel Rallison
Jan 5, 2023
Herbert Samuel Rallison returned to the presence of his Heavenly Father on January 5, 2023, after a long and courageous battle with diabetes, cancer, and dementia. He was able to pass away in his own home due to the devoted care of his eternal companion and loving wife of 63 years, Pat.
Sam was born on October 31st, 1939, to...
Michelle Marie Greene
Dec 31, 2022
Michelle Marie Greene was born on April 23rd, 1969, to Thomas M. McDonald and Ann Taylor in Boulder, Colorado. She died on December 31st, 2022, at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah, following a medical emergency.
Most of Michelle’s childhood was spent in Worland and Casper, Wyoming, where she graduated from Natrona County High School in 1987. She...
Della Joy Ward
Dec 30, 2022
On Friday, December 30, 2022, Della Joy Ward, loving wife and mother of ten children passed away at the age of 86.
Della was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada on July 31, 1936 to Nephi and Jessie Atwood. She always referred to her childhood as a happy one. Growing up on the Happy Valley Ranch in Wardner, Alberta, Canada...
Richard Merlin Hunt
Dec 27, 2022
Preston, Idaho - Richard Merlin Hunt, 96, graduated to heaven on December 27, surrounded by loved ones in Preston, Idaho. Richard was born on March 27, 1926 in Montwell, Utah. He was the eleventh of twelve children born to Edward Moroni Hunt and Candace Jeanette Brown. As a young child, Richard's family moved frequently and he attended schools all...
Stephen Ariel Meek
Dec 27, 2022
Stephen Ariel Meek, 82, passed away on December 27, 2022, at the Heritage Home Assisted Living Facility in Preston, ID.
Stephen was born in Preston, ID, on September 13, 1940, to Ariel W. Meek and Barbara Swenson Meek. He grew up on the Meek Ranch in Riverdale, Idaho. He attended elementary school at Riverdale School and then...
Kelley Dean Blauer
Dec 27, 2022
Kelley Dean Blauer passed away peacefully in Logan, Utah, on December 27, 2022. He was born April 5, 1958 to Wallace Dean and Patricia Hawkes Blauer. He was the middle child of nine kids. He was so proud to share his dad’s middle name, which Wally sneaked in during his baby blessing.
Kelley Dean grew up in River Heights, Utah,...
Milton Wilding Patterson
Dec 26, 2022
Milton Wilding Patterson, 95, returned to the loving arms of his Father in Heaven on December 26, 2022, in Clifton, ID surrounded by the love of his life, his wife Elaine, and family members after a fall resulting in a fractured hip on Dec. 24, 2022. He was born on September 24, 1927, in Salt Lake City, UT, the...
Lois Catherine Suisse Carlson
Dec 23, 2022
Lois passed away December 23, 2022 during surgery to remove blood clots from her lungs. Her death is a significant and unexpected event for those who know her and love her. Her seventy-five years blessed the lives of all who know her. How do people describe this uniquely magnificent woman? Here are a few descriptors: Cute, beautiful, fun, loving,...
Larin H. Bodily
Dec 20, 2022
Larin H. Bodily passed away on Tuesday, December 20th 2022 at the age of 85. He was born at home in Fairview, Idaho on November 20th 1937 to Robert Griffeth and Berdean Wilkinson Hampton. After attending school in Fairview, he served in the US Army through the Anchorage, Alaska and Seattle, Washington Army bases. After returning from service, he...
Alan John Vaterlaus
Dec 17, 2022
Alan John Vaterlaus, 84, of Boise, Idaho, passed away on December 17, 2022, from complications after cancer surgery.
Alan was born April 29, 1938, in the little Southern Idaho town of Preston. He joined his siblings Carl, MarJean, Elaine, and Rodney, with Valene coming later. He grew up on a farm and learned early the value of hard work...
J. Darwin Pitcher
Dec 17, 2022
J Darwin Pitcher, age 71, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at home surrounded by family. He was born November 2, 1951, in Logan, Utah, the son of Jed Lindy and Naoma Lloyd Pitcher. He grew up in Lewiston, Utah, and lived there his whole life. He attended high school at Sky View in Smithfield and enjoyed running...
Gene Leray Porter Jr.
Dec 16, 2022
Gene Leray Porter Jr went back to his heavenly home on December 16, 2022 with his wife Barbara by his side after a long battle with Leukemia (AML). He was such a strong man and held onto life with a vengeance fighting to remain with her until that choice was taken out of his hands. Gene came into...
Theda Jean Anderson Johnson
Dec 16, 2022
Theda Jean Johnson, age 82, passed away on December 16, 2022 in Preston Idaho. Theda was born on August 29, 1940 in Preston, Idaho to Ruby Irene Jacobsen and James Harold Anderson. Theda was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother; she loved cooking, sewing, reading, and playing golf with her husband Dennis. Theda always made sure her family was...
Karen Peterson Palmer
Dec 16, 2022
Karen Peterson Palmer passed away on December 16, 2022, at her home in Preston, Idaho at the age of 82. She was born August 20, 1940, in Tremonton, Utah to Ervin Christian and Ella Jensen Peterson. She married Thomas Kent Palmer on June 7, 1963, in the Logan Temple.
During her lifetime, she lived in Thatcher and Tremonton,...
Julie Hawkes Beckstead
Dec 14, 2022
Julie Hawkes Beckstead, 79, died at home on Dec. 14, 2022 in Preston, Idaho. She was surrounded by her loved ones after an extended illness.
She was born May 23, 1943 in Lewiston, Utah, the third of three daughters to Leone Hendricks and Keith Hobbs Hawkes. Her father, Keith, died after an extended illness when she was 2 ½...
Ruth Bruderer Swendsen
Dec 13, 2022
Cornelia Ruth Bruderer Swendsen, 95, of Lewiston, Utah completed her earthly mission and stepped through the veil on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Ruth began her earthly life on Feb. 16, 1927, in Logan, Utah, the daughter of Conrad and Anna Ochsenbein Bruderer. She was the 7th of 15 children, 2 girls and 13 boys. She received her schooling...
L. Conrad Naegle
Dec 11, 2022
Lynn “Conrad” Naegle, 62, of Cornish, Utah, returned to his heavenly family on the evening of December 11, 2022. He was born December 18, 1959, to Conrad Reese and Erma Jean Dorius Naegle in Hailey, Idaho.
Conrad embodied hard work, service, and sacrifice throughout his life. He learned the importance of hard work early while growing up on the...
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