Obituaries

Merry Ellenor Geis Harrold

Merry Ellenor Geis Harrold

Jul 10, 2022

 

 

Merry Ellenor Geis Harrold, 84, passed away on July 10th in Preston Idaho.  She was born to Paul Davis and Ellenor Adella Close on October 27, 1937, in New Philadelphia, Ohio.  She was the oldest of 4 children.  She met Richard Harrold while attending college at Central Michigan University and they were on August 29, 1958.  They were...

Shirley Louise Ross Bowling

Shirley Louise Ross Bowling

Jul 9, 2022

 

Shirley Louise Ross Bowling, 89, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Ridgefield, Washington with her daughter by her side. She was born on January 1, 1933, in Joseph, Utah, to the late, Lavon Millard Ross and Ruth Alice Bray. Shirley was the third oldest of eight children. She grew up primarily in Santaquin, Utah and graduated from...

Sheila Hansen

Sheila Hansen

Jul 9, 2022

 

Sheila Hansen, age 70, passed away in her sleep on July 9, 2022, in Preston, Idaho. She was born on February 16, 1952, in Preston, Idaho. She was the oldest of two daughters born to Frederick Julius Hansen and Milded Egbert Hansen.

 

Sheila lived in Preston all her life, graduating from Preston High. She was a hard worker...

Angela Marie Corbridge

Angela Marie Corbridge

Jul 8, 2022

 

 Angela Marie Corbridge, 38, of Preston, Idaho passed away unexpectedly at home in Preston, Idaho on July 8, 2022. She was born in 1984 in Preston after which she started her young life on a small dairy farm in Preston helping feed the baby calves and starting her elementary education in the Preston School District. At the age of...

Jan Dursteler Ransom

Jan Dursteler Ransom

Jul 2, 2022

 

Janet “Jan” Dursteler Ransom, 71, passed away July 2, 2022 at the Franklin County Medical Center in Preston, Idaho.  She was born June 22, 1951 in Logan, Utah the daughter of Ronald Arnold and Laura Pullum Dursteler. 

She loved horses and barrel racing.  Horses were the love of her life….a close second was John Wayne! She loved nature and...

Madelyn Meeks

Madelyn Meeks

Jun 29, 2022

 

Madelyn Meeks, 83, four weeks after moving from Evanston, Wyoming to Preston, Idaho, passed away on June 29, 2022, in Preston, Idaho.  She had recently moved into the Franklin County Transitional Care Center, where she was treated with great care and love.

Madelyn was born September 12, 1938.  She was the daughter of Mary Hinckley and Louis Paul Meeks. ...

Douglas Blaine Talbot

Douglas Blaine Talbot

Jun 29, 2022

 

Douglas Blaine Tabot, 59, passed away peacefully on June 29, 2022, at Portneuf Medical Center from complications of kidney and liver failure. He was surrounded by his loving wife and two children. Doug was born on October 6, 1962, in Preston, Idaho, the son of LaVern and Margaret Talbot. Doug grew up on the family farm in Winder, Idaho...

Sharon Sue Thomas Naegle

Sharon Sue Thomas Naegle

Jun 14, 2022

 

 

 

Sharon Sue Thomas Naegle, 81, passed away June 14, 2022, at her home in Preston, Idaho.

Mom was released from the bonds of this earthly life and graciously handed to loved ones anxiously awaiting her return home.

Mom was born October 15, 1940, to Alice Ruth Smith and Nathan Martin Thomas. Mom spent the first four years...

Debra Coetzee Hobbs

Debra Coetzee Hobbs

Jun 13, 2022

Debra Hobbs (Coetzee), 63, after a more than four-year battle with cancer, passed quietly away at home June 13, 2022, in Saratoga Springs, Utah.  She is survived by her loving husband George Robert Hobbs, and loving daughters Laura (Taylor) Ridenour, Jane (Alex) Stucki, two stepsons (Michael and Zane) and two stepdaughters (Laura and Jessica), and six grandchildren.Debra (Debbie) was born...

Shirlene V. Moosman

Shirlene V. Moosman

Jun 13, 2022

 

Shirlene V. Wilde Moosman, 84, passed away Monday June 13, 2022 in Pocatello, Idaho. Shirlene was born November 10, 1937 in Wanship, Utah the daughter of Rhea Vernon and Parley S Wilde.

Shirlene married Otho Christian Moosman on December 22, 1954 in the Logan, LDS Temple. Shirlene was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

Phyllis Jeanne Schulz Acock

Phyllis Jeanne Schulz Acock

Jun 10, 2022

 

Heaven gained an angel when Phyllis Jeanne Schulz Acock passed away Thursday, June 10, 2022.  She was joyfully reunited with her husband, Bob, great grandson, Oliver, her parents, her precious pet dogs, and many others who passed before her.

Phyllis was born on her family homestead in Brainard, Nebraska, on November 20, 1928.  Mom always preferred to be outside...

Eileen Coombs Smith

Eileen Coombs Smith

Jun 7, 2022

 

 

Eileen Coombs Smith passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 in Lehi, Utah.

She was born October 29, 1925, in Thatcher, Franklin County, Idaho, the daughter of Titus William Coombs and Blanche Etta Allen Coombs.

She married Max E Smith on September 2, 1944 in San Antonio, Texas. Their marriage was solemnized on October 26, 1944...

Reed Edward Smith

Reed Edward Smith

Jun 4, 2022

 

Reed Edward Smith, age 88, peacefully passed away on June 4th, 2022 attended by his family on both sides of the veil. He was born May 31, 1934 in Preston, Idaho to George Edward and Vera Fern Anderson Smith. He was a life-long resident of Preston.

In 1952, he graduated from Preston High School where he was involved in...

Kaleen A. Higgins

Kaleen A. Higgins

May 31, 2022

 

Our beautiful and loving Mother, Wife, Sister, Grandma, Great Grandma, Aunt, and friend Kaleen A. Higgins passed through this life to return to her heavenly home on May 31st, 2022. She was surrounded by the love, joy and laughter of her family who loved and cherished her.

Our Mom was born July 11th, 1937, in Logan, Utah to Frank...

Joyce Wanner

Joyce Wanner

May 16, 2022

 

Our loving mother, Joyce Atkinson Wanner passed away May 16,2022. Joyce, known by everyone as ‘Nana’, passed away peacefully with her loving family at her home in West Point, Utah. Joyce was born August 20,1934 in Treasureton, Idaho to Von and Vera Atkinson. She graduated from Preston High School in 1952 and married her high school sweetheart Kay T....

Betty Hobbs Morrison

Betty Hobbs Morrison

May 14, 2022

 

Betty Alvira Hobbs Morrison, age 82, passed away peacefully May 14, 2022, due to complications from COVID 19, pneumonia and a pulmonary embolism. Betty was able to say goodbye to her loved ones and was with family at the time of her passing.

 

Betty was born in Preston, Idaho on November 22, 1939 to William Parkinson Hobbs and...

Beverly Sharp Bodily

Beverly Sharp Bodily

May 14, 2022

Beverly Sharp Bodily, 84, passed away peacefully at her home in Lewiston, Utah on May 14, 2022 after an extended battle with cancer and Parkinson’s Disease. She was born on December 21, 1937 in Fairview, Idaho at the home of her parents, Vernon Truman and Mildred Mae Gregory Sharp. She was welcomed by her parents and two sisters and four...

Richard Stuart Winterbottom

Richard Stuart Winterbottom

May 12, 2022

 

Richard Stuart Winterbottom was born on March 22nd, 1941 to Thomas Virgil Erastus and Fay Jensen Winterbottom in St. Charles, Idaho. He passed through the veil on Thursday, May 12th, 2022 at Heritage Living Center in Preston, Idaho, where he had resided for this past year. He was 81 years old. Richard died peacefully from complications of cancer; his...

Douglas Phillip Stuart

Douglas Phillip Stuart

May 11, 2022

 

Douglas Phillip Stuart, 82, passed away at his home on May 11, 2022.  He was born in Pocatello, Idaho on November 28, 1939, to Lloyd Alfred and Edna Hellen (Johnson) Stuart. He graduated from Pocatello High School. He joined the Marine Corps and honorably served his country from 1957-1961. He married Doris Kaye Lewis on August 8, 1963, in...

Norman K. Sparks

Norman K. Sparks

May 6, 2022

 

Norman Keedy Sparks, 91, passed away on May 6, 2022 at home in Salt Lake City.  He was born on October 1, 1930 in Vallejo California, the son of Orville and Mable (Buckingham) Sparks.  He began working as a clerk at the local Haberdashery while in school and served in the Air Force from 1948 to 1952.  After leaving...