Obituaries
Clyde Ray Noorda
Mar 23, 2025
Clyde Ray Noorda, 75, of Lewiston, Utah passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, March 23, 2025 in Lewiston, Utah surrounded by his wife and four children.
Clyde was born on September 17, 1949 to Leo Simon Noorda and Flometta Cazier Noorda in Ogden, Utah.
As a child, Clyde could be found fishing, restoring old vehicles building go carts and making many...
Leatrice Talbot Esplin
Mar 22, 2025
Leatrice Talbot Esplin, 85, of Preston Idaho passed away peacefully on March 22, 2025,in Preston Idaho. Leatrice was born in Lewiston, Utah on May 30, 1939, to Denzil Griffeth Talbot and Clarissa Paulina Housley Talbot. She was the 4th child out of 14 children. She graduated from North Cache high school in Richmond, Utah.
On April 8, 1960, she married Roy...
James Thomas Ethington
Mar 20, 2025
James Thomas Ethington, 76, passed away on the morning of March 20, 2025, peacefully and quietly at his home in Preston, Idaho with family by his side. He was born Aug. 16, 1949, in Mesa, Arizona, the son of Clarence Eugene Ethington and Lillian Blanch Goins. He served mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the...
Max Keller Gundersen
Mar 20, 2025
Max Keller Gundersen, 85, passed away peacefully to return to his Heavenly Father on March 20, 2025. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 27, 1939, to Arthur Lenord Gundersen and Vivian Keller Gundersen.
Max attended Olympus High School where he excelled on the football team as well as baseball. He met his sweetheart Georgia Anne Fisher in...
Michael Paul Lower
Mar 17, 2025
Michael Lower passed away on March 17, 2025, surrounded by his loved ones.
Michael was born in Preston, Idaho on March 21,1949 to Paul Leslie Lower and Lorraine Butterworth Lower. He spent his childhood playing sports and camping with a great group of friends in the old Preston Third Ward. He also loved spending time in Franklin with his grandfather Leonard...
Gerald "Chad" Bunn
Mar 17, 2025
(Gerald) Chad Bunn “Heavy on the Mister,” affectionately known as “Pops,” “Dad,” “Uncle Chad,” and most importantly, “Grandpa”passed away peacefully on March 17, 2025, in Provo, Utah, surrounded by his family. He was 61 years old.
Chad was born on June 6, 1963, in Logan, Utah, to Gerald Don and Connie Jean Phillips Bunn of Richmond, Utah. He grew up in...
Kenneth Struve Hobbs
Mar 17, 2025
Kenneth Struve Hobbs (80), born August 30,1944 to Leonard Parkinson and Eleanor Struve Hobbs in Preston, Idaho passed away peacefully March 17, 2025, in the Franklin County Medical Center in Preston Idaho.
He joined the national guard after high school, had basic training in Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and schooling in Fort Ord, California. On December 15, 1965, he married his...
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....
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