Obituaries

Robert Neeley Fackrell

Robert Neeley Fackrell

Feb 26, 2014

Robert Neeley FackrellMarch 5, 1949 ~ February 26, 2014Dearest Dad:To die at age sixty-four would seem premature, perhaps, for most. But those who knew you, recognize you managed to squeeze at least 100 years of life into 64 short years. Whether chasing the mob through the streets of Curacao, playing drums in the bars of Southeastern Idaho, stealing silver ingots...

Raysha Renee Gladfelder Nielsen

Raysha Renee Gladfelder Nielsen

Feb 22, 2014

On February 22, 2014, Raysha Renee Gladfelder Nielsen, 21, while enjoying the beauty of the snow-covered mountains on her snowmobile, was called home by our loving Heavenly Father who granted our sweet Raysha her angel wings. Words cannot adequately describe our love and appreciation for the wonderful person she was to so many. Raysha was born on July 9, 1992...

George Lemoin Crockett

George Lemoin Crockett

Feb 21, 2014

George Lemoin Crockett 85, passed away suddenly on Friday, February 21, 2014 at his home in Logan, Utah. He was born in Whitney, Idaho on October 29, 1928 to George Alvin and Christine Olsen Crockett. He married his college sweetheart Lavina Foutz in the Logan Temple November 10th, 1950. George was a graduate of Preston High School, and received his...

Neldon Lee "Ned" Cundick

Neldon Lee "Ned" Cundick

Feb 14, 2014

Neldon Lee "Ned" Cundick, age 88, longtime resident of Weston and Preston Idaho, passed away Feb. 14, 2014, from congestive heart failure at the Franklin Co. Medical Center. He was born October 22, 1925 in West Jordan, Utah to Samuel and Charlotte Ida Crane Cundick. He attended school in West Jordan and Jordan high school. He enlisted in the Navy...

Kay Thompson Wanner

Kay Thompson Wanner

Feb 12, 2014

Kay Thompson Wanner (79) passed away February 12, 2014 surrounded by his loving family at IMC Murray, Utah. He fought a valiant battle with the heart of a warrior. Everyone lovingly called him 'Pops'.Kay was born Sept. 30, 1934 in Preston Idaho to Willard J. Wanner and Gladys LaVerna Thompson. Kay graduated from Preston High School in 1953 and married...

John C Hansen

John C Hansen

Feb 10, 2014

After nearly 85 years of a full life, John C Hansen, of Helena Montana was called home on February 10, 2014. He passed away peacefully in the loving arms of his family due to natural causes of age. He was born May 20, 1929, in a log cabin at Mink Creek, Idaho to Niels Wilford Hansen and Tora Virgia Wilde....

Ted Earl Steers

Ted Earl Steers

Feb 7, 2014

Ted Earl Steers, 84, peacefully exited his earthly home on Feb. 7, 2014, from Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, with his family around him and returned to his Father in Heaven. He was born July 11, 1929, in Preston, Idaho to Earl Hall Steers and Goldie Frances Hansen. He was raised in Preston and graduated from Preston High School. He attended USU, the...

LaRae Melva Leonhardt Godfrey

LaRae Melva Leonhardt Godfrey

Feb 5, 2014

LaRae Melva Leonhardt Godfrey (85) passed away February 5, 2014 at Logan Regional Hospital. She was born October 29, 1928 in Providence, Utah to Alma and Melva Rachel Shaffer Leonhardt. She was welcomed by one sister and four brothers. She later welcomed a younger sister and brother. LaRae's mother died when she was five years old. She went to live...

Carol Ann Smith McLain

Carol Ann Smith McLain

Feb 5, 2014

Weston, Idaho - - - Carol S. McLainWeston- Carol Ann Smith McLain, 60, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at the Franklin County Transitional Care Center in Preston, Idaho. She was born on November 28, 1953 in Nampa, Idaho to Jack and Ruth Vurgess Smith. She married Larry McLain on June 13, 1998 in Grace, Idaho. Carol loved...

Alice May Clements Field

Alice May Clements Field

Feb 4, 2014

Our beloved mother, grandmother and sister, Alice May Clements Field, 89, passed away on Feb. 4, 2014, surrounded by her family at the Logan Regional Hospital. She will be missed by her family and friends. She was born April 3, 1924, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Mary Anna Sterzer and Frank Wheeley Clements. She grew up in...

Phillip Miles Geddes

Phillip Miles Geddes

Feb 4, 2014

Banida, Idaho - - - Phillip M. GeddesBanida - Phillip Miles Geddes, 63, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at the Portneuf Medical Center, in Pocatello, Idaho. Phil was born on December 5, 1950. It was his mother's birthday. She was Sarah Miles Geddes. She always made Phil feel so special and told everyone that he was the...

Spencer Cleveland Crookston Jr

Spencer Cleveland Crookston Jr

Jan 27, 2014

Preston - Spencer Cleveland Crookston Jr., 91, passed away peacefully on January 27, 2014 at the Heritage Home in Preston, Idaho. Born the second child of 7 children to Spencer Cleveland and Josephine Reeder Crookston in Logan, Utah but he spent most of his childhood in Dayton, Idaho. He married Elsa McQueen on Jan 9, 1948 in the Logan Utah...

Leon Hardcastle

Leon Hardcastle

Jan 26, 2014

Alma Leon Hardcastle left this earthly life to be united with family and friends on Sunday January 26, 2014. Leon was born on May 25, 1925 to Alma Glen Hardcastle and Jane Withers. He was blessed with a hard working , honest and stalwart heritage. From this wonderful beginning he learned to survive and prosper in this life.He grew up...

Merlin "Swede" Austin

Merlin "Swede" Austin

Jan 25, 2014

Preston, Idaho - - - Merlin "Swede" AustinPreston - Merlin "Swede" Austin, 88, passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Specialty Hospital in North Logan, Utah. He was born on June 30, 1925 in Preston, Idaho to William John and Ida Kaziah Cole Austin. He married Donna Elizabeth Parry on January 22, 1951 in...

LaWanna Betsy Warf Cummings

LaWanna Betsy Warf Cummings

Jan 22, 2014

Preston , Idaho - - - LaWanana B. CummingsPreston - LaWanna Betsy Warf Cummings obediently and peacefully returned to her heavenly home Wednesday, January 22, 2014 in Preston, Idaho. LaWanna was born in Garland, Utah on December 11, 1932 to Lee Burners Warf and Sylvia Rose Allen, she was then raised with her six siblings in Idaho, but spent the...

Carl W. Parker

Carl W. Parker

Jan 21, 2014

Carl William Parker, 83, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at the Logan Regional Hospital in Logan, Utah. He was born Aug. 25, 1930 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, the son of Oscar William and Marcia Irene Staples Parker. He was employed in Miami, Florida as a master furniture builder. He later owned a lapidary store in Biloxi, Mississippi where...

Ruby Jorgensen Hull

Ruby Jorgensen Hull

Jan 21, 2014

Ruby Camilla Jorgensen Hull, 95, passed away peacefully in Preston, Idaho on January 21, 2014. She was born in Preston, Idaho on Dec. 8, 1918 to Peter and Elise Doorman Jorgensen. She married Roland Leroy Hull Dec. 7, 1941 in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Together they built a home in the top of Cub River Canyon near Preston and had eleven children....

Thelma Louise Perkins Griffeth

Thelma Louise Perkins Griffeth

Jan 17, 2014

Preston, Idaho - - - Thelma P. GriffethPreston - Thelma Vilate Perkins Griffeth, 98, passed away peacefully surroundedb by her family on Friday, January 17, 2014 at the Franklin County Medical Center in Preston, Idaho. She was born on May 22, 1915 in Preston, Idaho to Joseph Marion and Nellie Bell Perkins. She married Douglas Griffeth on November 30, 1932...

Ellen Louise McDaniel Haag

Ellen Louise McDaniel Haag

Jan 15, 2014

Ellen Louise McDaniel Haag, 87, passed away on January 15, 2014, surrounded by loved ones. She was born on May 19, 1926 to Chester Eugene and Josephine Pearl McDaniel in Palestine, Illinois. A Brother, Robert McDaniel joined their family in 1928. Ellen was raised in Palestine during the depression and her father struggled to find work during that time to...

Raymond Luther Sipe

Raymond Luther Sipe

Jan 14, 2014

Richmond, Utah - - - Raymond L. SipeRichmond - Raymond Luther Sipe returned to his heavenly father on Jan 14, 2014 at the Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah. Ray was born Jan 23, 1939 in Blanding Utah to Charles Luther and Viola Palmer Sipe and also welcomed by three older sisters Carrie, Jenny, and Helen. Ray spent...