Obituaries
Malad City & Marsh Valley Obituaries
Mary Louise Ward Cheney
Aug 20, 2025
Mary Louise Ward Cheney
(February 21, 1945 – August 20, 2025)
Pocatello, Idaho – Mary Louise Ward Cheney, 80, passed away peacefully August 20, 2025 at the Caring Hearts Assisted Living Facility in Pocatello, Idaho.  She went by her first and middle name, Mary Louise, for most of her life.
Mary Louise was...
Patricia Howe Simpson
Aug 19, 2025
Patricia (Patti) Howe Simpson, 73, longtime Downey resident, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Â Patti was born on March 11, 1952 in Ft. Monroe, Virgina, the daughter of Wallace Abbott Howe and Audrey Bringle Howe. Â She was the 3rd of 4 children born to her parents. Â She was raised and educated in Rancho Cordova, California, graduating from...
Roger L Yoder
Aug 17, 2025
Roger L. Yoder
(Rog)
December 5th, 1958 – August 17th, 2025
Roger L. Yoder, 66, passed away in his sleep on August 17th at his home in Malad Idaho. He was born on December 5th, 1958, to Harvey and Beverly Yoder in Ogden, Utah. He worked in construction until he moved to Malad...
Parley Odell Davis
Aug 10, 2025
Parley Odell Davis was born on May 17, 1943, in Malad City, Â Idaho. Â His entrance was hastened because of a bumpy car ride and a deep rut in the road. Â He was the third child born to Dale and Afton Davis of St John, Idaho.
As a young boy, Parley loved spending time with his paternal grandparents,...
William Alva Egan
Aug 5, 2025
William Alva Egan made his grand entrance into the world on March 19th, 1942—strategically timed between calving season and planting, like a proper farm boy should. He was the oldest of five born to Sarah Louise Allen and Alva Howard Egan, which meant he got the privilege of learning everything first, including how to dodge cows, wrangle siblings, and...
Mary Kay Williams
Jul 24, 2025
Mary Kay Williams
August 7, 1941 – July 24, 2025
Mary Kay Williams, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away peacefully on the evening of July 24, 2025, at 8:00 p.m., surrounded by her loving family as fireworks lit up the sky outside—a fitting tribute to a life filled with light, laughter, and...
Karl Theodore Nicholson
Jul 23, 2025
Karl Theodore Nicholson, age 88, passed away peacefully at home on July 23, 2025, in Cottonwood Heights, Utah from complications of Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Karl was born October 15, 1936, to Virginia Temple and Harry Parker Nicholson in Melrose, Massachusetts. Karl grew up moving between family homes in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and Freedom, New Hampshire. He joined the Air...
Elda Mae Price
Jul 9, 2025
Early on the morning of July 9, 2025, surrounded by her loving second family at Neil J. Redfield nursing home, Elda Mae Price was reunited with her husband who had passed 16 years before. How sweet the reunion. On October 27, 1936, Elda Mae Williams was born to Samuel Verlin and Mary Elizabeth Williams in Malad, Idaho. She was...
Allen Reed Smith
Jul 9, 2025
Malad, Idaho... Allen (Fast Al) Smith, 70, long time Malad resident passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
Allen was born in Malad City, Idaho on May 4, 1955, to Peggy Smith and Arthur (Doc) Smith. He was raised and educated in Oneida County, Idaho.
He worked on the family farm in his younger years,...
Steven Richard Mills
Jul 4, 2025
Steven Richard Mills 02.12.51-07.04.25 Age 74
Steve was born in Coos Bay, Oregon on February 12, 1951, to Dorothy and Richard Mills. He spent his childhood in Orovile, California. He graduated from Las Plumas High School and attended Butte College where he played and loved softball. In March of 1972, Steve joined the 132d Engineer Battalion in...
Dennis Theron Larson
Jun 12, 2025
Dennis Theron Larson January 31, 1950 – June 12, 2025
Dennis Theron Larson, age 75, passed away peacefully at home on June 12, 2025, in Mesquite, Nevada, with his beloved wife Debbie by his side.
Dennis was born on January 31, 1950, in Ogden, Utah, to Theron Henry Larson and Beverle Reed Chapelle (Larson). He...
Laretta Williams Davis
Jun 6, 2025
Gone riding… LaRetta Williams Davis age 83. Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away on June 6, 2025.
She was born April 29, 1942, to Arthur LaVen and Hazel Davis Williams in Malad City, Idaho. She was the fifth of seven children. On May 27, 1960, she married her high...
David Allen Thurber
May 28, 2025
David Allen Thurber passed away on May 28, 2025. David was born September 19th, 1944, to Thomas Thurber and Lucrecia Ward.
David was in Pensacola, Florida in the Navy when he met Darla. After dating a couple years, they were married. They traveled a lot with David being in the navy. After being in Guam for 2...
Arthur Joseph Camire
May 18, 2025
Arthur Joseph Camire August 6,1949–May 18,2025
Son of Rene Josephat Camire and Marie Camire.
Arthur Joseph Camire, a proud Vietnam veteran and dedicated big rig truck driver, passed away peacefully in Malad, Idaho, with his wife Vi at his side.
Born in New Jersey, Art moved to California and grew up in Lakewood...
Joseph Clair Olsen
May 17, 2025
Joesph Clair Olsen, a loving brother, husband, father and grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away peacefully in his home in Weston, Idaho, on May 17, 2025. He was born in Paradise, Utah on June 20, 1944, to Frank to Frank Price Olsen and Alice Louise Newbrand Olsen, the third of seven sons.
Clair grew up in Paradise, working...
Horace Wayne Higbee
May 17, 2025
Horace Wayne Higbee, 86, returned to his Heavenly Father, May 17, 2025, at the Franklin County Medical Center TCU in the presence of family.
Wayne was born June 1, 1938, in Cedar City, Utah to Edward Thurman and Thelma Miller Higbee. He was the youngest of three children.
Wayne attended schools in Cedar City and...
Rhea Ann Smith
May 16, 2025
Rhea Ann Smith, age 78, passed away unexpectedly at her home on May 16, 2025, in Malad, Idaho after many years of endured health trials and pain.
Rhea was born on February 22, 1947, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Walton and Evelyn Wolfe. She was the oldest daughter of 6 children and loved helping her parents care for...
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