Obituaries

Jul 31, 2024

Dr. Richard Golden Preece was born August 14, 1932, to Mark Golden and Violeet Hyer Preece in Pocatello, Idaho. He graduated from Pocatello High School and attended Idaho State College where he met and dated Nedra Evans from Malad, Idaho for two years before leaving for the Canadian Mission in Toronto, Canada in 1953.  He married and was sealed...

Jul 28, 2024

Chubbuck, Idaho- Our loving Son, Brother, Nephew, Grandson, Cousin, and Friend, Dillon LaVar Johnson, 21, lost his battle with mental illness on Sunday, July 28th, 2024. Dillon was born on November 11th, 2002, in Tremonton, Utah, the Son of Aaron Duane Johnson and DeLynn M. Jackson. He was raised and educated in Malad and was a graduate of Marsh...

Jul 16, 2024

Krishele Willie Jensen, 53, returned to her Father in Heaven on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 in Idaho Falls, Idaho due to the effects of ovarian cancer.

Krishele Willie was born on August 3, 1970 in Logan, Utah, the oldest of five children to Timothy and Julie Willie. During her early years, she lived in Logan, Utah; Malad,...

Jul 15, 2024

Malad, Idaho... Dorothy Oldland, 94 a resident of Pleasantview, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2024. Dorothy was born December 25, 1929, in Hamilton, Montana. She was the daughter of Ralph C. Gibbs and Ruth Waldron. She graduated from Malad High, after attending school in Tremonton and Ogden.

She married Stanley R. Oldland on December 14, 1957,...

Jul 11, 2024

An obituary will be posted at a later date.

Jul 3, 2024

Norma Mae Andersen Armstrong                                May 7, 1937 - July 3rd, 2024

We will remember not that she passed on, but that she lived and her life gave us memories too beautiful to forget.

Our mom made her final transition on Wednesday evening, July 3rd, 2024 with her family comforting her as she took her final...

Jul 2, 2024

Wendy Rufi, 70 residing at Rufi Ranch, Downey, Idaho, passed away peacefully July 2, 2024 after a lengthy battle with Pancreatic cancer at which time she wrote her own obituary.  So, in her own words:

"I was born on December 16, 1953 in Cedar City, Utah to LoRaine Jones Chamberlain and Lila Stapley Chamberlain.  I had a...

Jun 29, 2024

Marion Dale Matthews with family by his side, quietly passed away at home on June 29, 2024, following a battle with metastatic lung cancer. Dad was born in Pocatello, ID on February 4,1936.  He was the 3rd child of George Washington Matthews and Mary Ann Bush.  He grew up in Inkom and attended Inkom Elementary and Inkom High School....

Jun 27, 2024

Kathleen Ward was born on August 13, 1957 in Burley, Idaho to Gale Robert Ward and Lucille Jensen Ward Pattan.

Kathleen was happy and a joy to be around, she was loved by all those she met. It was hard not to love her giggle, she gave out smiles frequently. She was always an early riser, up...

Jun 26, 2024

Vera Jones Davis

Malad, Idaho ….Vera Jones Davis, 87, longtime Malad resident, passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Vera was born on January 7, 1937, in Malad, Idaho, to Walt Jones and Verga Zundel Jones.  She was raised and educated in Malad and was a graduate of Malad High School, class of 1955.

Vera...

Jun 25, 2024

Shirley Norma South Bills

Oct. 15, 1935 to June 25, 2024

Shirley Norma South was born Oct. 15, 1935, to John and Norma South in Malad City, Idaho.  She was the only girl with four brothers. After graduation, she attended Utah State Agriculture College. At the LDS institution, Shirley played piano for the choir where...

Jun 25, 2024

Todd R Jones 09/14/1951 – 06/25/2024 Todd R Jones was born on September 14, 1951, in Malad, Idaho to Ives Evan Jones and Nina Marie Heckli Jones.  He had an idyllic childhood growing up in Malad. He had an older sister, Teresa and a younger sister, Diane.

When he was 10 his family moved to Las Vegas....

Jun 11, 2024

Garry Lee Thomas Our beloved Father and Grandfather, Garry Lee Thomas passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family. Garry was born on September 23, 1940, in Pocatello, ID to Wayne Morgan and Ann W. Tate Thomas. He was born prematurely and weighed less than 3 lbs. He was so tiny that...

Jun 9, 2024

Sara Rosalie Colton, 92,  a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and faithful servant of her community and church, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 9th, at home in Malad, Idaho. She was surrounded by the loving care of her son, Lon, his wife, Benita, and their daughter, Rachael. Rosalie was born on April 14, 1933, to Pearl and...

May 27, 2024

Kathleen was born April 15, 1940, in Pocatello, Idaho, returning to her heavenly home the morning of May 27, 2024 in Loveland, Colorado.

Kathy was third of six siblings living on a dry farm in Arimo,Idaho attending Arimo Elementary School, Junior High, and graduating from Marsh Valley High School.

Kathy grew up playing the piano...

May 24, 2024

Sharon Thomas Hess, 90, of Malad City, Idaho, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on May 24, 2024. Sharon was born June 12, 1933, in Malad, Idaho to Morris Thomas and Maude Harris Thomas. She was raised on a farm in St. John during the depression and learned the value of hard work during these difficult times....

May 20, 2024

An obituary will be posted at a later date.

May 17, 2024

Robert James Rowley, affectionately known as Bob or Bobby, passed away at his home in Downey, Idaho, on Friday, May 17, 2024, at the age of 64. Born on May 4, 1960, in Seattle, Washington, to JoeAnn (Brailsford) Green and James Edwin Rowley, Bobby was the second oldest of nine siblings and two half-siblings.

As a young...

May 14, 2024

Pocatello, Idaho… Lynne Adair Jones, 79, a longtime Pocatello resident, passed away on May 14, 2024. Lynne was born September 9, 1944, in Spokane, Washington. She was the daughter of Robert and Mona Hill. She was raised and educated in Grace, Idaho. She graduated from Grace High School in May 1962. She graduated from cosmetology school at Idaho State...

May 2, 2024

Donna Marie Field was born May 3, 1932, to Bill and Amy Sawyer Thomas in Malad, Idaho. She was the 4th of 7 children. (Stanley, D.J., Opal, Jean, Donna, Lawanna, Connie and Gerry).

Donna married Jess Wayne Criddle in January of 1950.  To this union 3 children were born. Scott, Susan and Sandy. Donna and Jess were...