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Malad City & Marsh Valley Obituaries

Leo Peter Cornia

Leo Peter Cornia

Apr 6, 2017

Leo Peter Cornia (1923, 2017) died April 6, 2017 in Bountiful, Utah. He was born October 26, 1923 in Woodruff, Utah to Peter Carlos Cornia and Mary Ann Longhurst. He married Joy Adair Kiddy, October 1, 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Together, they had 5 children including sons, Richard (Lynette), Neil (Sherrie), Lynn (Judy) and daughters, Patsy (Robert) and...

Elbert Sweeten Sr.

Elbert Sweeten Sr.

Mar 30, 2017

Elbert James Sweeten Sr. (92) loving husband, father, grandfather and dear friend passed away peacefully at his home in Malad in the early morning hours of March 30, 2017. Dad was born February 18, 1925 in Holbrook, Idaho to Colen Hagle and Mary Ann Casper Sweeten. He was the 5th of 11 children. He attended school in Holbrook and Malad...

Elaine Reisner

Elaine Reisner

Mar 28, 2017

Elaine Greenwell Reisner September 28, 1926 - March 28, 2017 Elaine was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. She earned her BS degree at Utah State University and went on to teach school for about 32 years. She was an expert homemaker, and looked for ways to serve others. She was earnestly engaged in doing good and looking for the...

Dwight Daniel Sheridan

Dwight Daniel Sheridan

Mar 28, 2017

Dwight Daniel Sheridan, 92 passed away peacefully in Brea, California on March 28, 2017. Dan was born on August 19, 1924, in Sheridan, Wyoming to Daniel and Gladys (Colby) Sheridan. He graduated from Clearmont High School, Clearmont, Wyoming in 1943. Eight days after his graduation he joined the U.S. Navy on May 28, 1943 and was released with an Honorable...

Gary Linn Romel

Gary Linn Romel

Mar 20, 2017

Preston, Idaho...Gary Linn Romel, 61, passed away on Monday, March 20, 2017, following a recent illness and heart attack. Gary was born on August 16, 1955, in Sacramento, California, son of Joseph and Bertha Romel. He was raised in California and Utah and was a graduate of South High School in Salt Lake City. Gary married Dianne Lynne Schoneman on...

Seherzada Shumway

Seherzada Shumway

Mar 19, 2017

American Fork...Seherzada Zulic Shumway, 26, passed away unexpectedly, March 19. 2017 in Lava Hot Springs. Burial took place in the Crescent Cemetery in Sandy Utah.

Jeannine "Jeannie" Warkentin

Jeannine "Jeannie" Warkentin

Mar 15, 2017

Jeannie passed away peacefully in her own home on the 15th of March 2017 at the age of 59. She was born on the 8th of July 1957 to Doyle Videt Wilson and Sharon Eleanor Leigh in Alameda, CA. Throughout her life she lived in California, Texas, Florida, Colorado, Ohio and 10 years ago permanently relocated to Idaho. She loved...

James Dean Bowlin

James Dean Bowlin

Mar 14, 2017

James Dean Bowlin, 83, passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Graveside services will be held at a later date.

Howard Palmer Jones

Howard Palmer Jones

Feb 19, 2017

Howard Palmer Jones, 82, passed away after a short battle with kidney failure on Sunday, February 19, 2017 in Salt Lake City, UT. Howard was born January 21, 1935 in Ogden, UT to Henry and Phyllis Jones. Howard grew up in Malad, ID and graduated from Malad High School in 1953. He graduated from Brigham Young University with his bachelor's...

Bernetta Marie Bybee

Bernetta Marie Bybee

Feb 12, 2017

Bernetta M Bybee of Meridian, Idaho past away on Sunday Feburary 12, 2017 at home per her wishes. She was born on November 13, 1922 near St. Joseph, Kansas. The only daughter of John and Josephine Heitz. Survived by her brother Alfred Heitz of Mesa, AZ, children Mary Wood, of Meridian ID., Nancy Young, of Staunton, VA., Donald Hammond, of...

Joseph Clyde Jenson

Joseph Clyde Jenson

Feb 9, 2017

Joseph Clyde Jenson, 81, passed away peacefully, February 9, 2017, surrounded by his loving family, at Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital, in Logan, Utah. Joseph was born on March 17, 1935, in Malad, Idaho. He was the eldest son of Clyde and Zella Buehler Jenson. He was raised in Logan, Utah and spent his summers helping his father run the family...

Fontella O. Sorensen

Fontella O. Sorensen

Feb 6, 2017

Fontella Olson Sorensen 1920 – 2017 Preston – Fontella Olson Sorensen, our beloved mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother completed her earthly journey on February 6, 2017 at age 96. Fontella was born on April 23, 1920 in Virginia, Idaho, to Emil Alvin Olson and Anna Meria Gooch. On the family farm in Virginia, she learned to work and loved to...

Galen Bart Thomas

Galen Bart Thomas

Feb 3, 2017

Galen Bart Thomas, son of Ina Jane Sperry and David W. Thomas, brother to Brent D. Thomas, and eternal companion of Wilma (Hepworth) Thomas; finished his mortal life on February 3, 2017 after 80 years of faithful church service (a highlight being his LDS California Mission), preeminent educational pursuits (including earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from BYU in 1960),...

Camille Jean Fox Bytendorp

Camille Jean Fox Bytendorp

Feb 1, 2017

Camille Jean Fox Bytendorp, 54, a long-time resident of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, passed away suddenly at home on Wednesday, February 1, 2017, of natural causes. Camille was born April 2, 1962, to LaVar Clemon Fox and Betty Jean Robinson in Salt Lake City where she grew up. Camille married Jeffrey L. Hancock which ended in divorce. She later married...

Alice Marie Higley

Alice Marie Higley

Jan 29, 2017

Alice Marie Higley 80, passed away on Jan 29, 2017 at Oneida County Hospital in Malad, Idaho. Marie was born on Easter Sunday April 5, 1936, in Malad Idaho. She was the second child born to Ralph and Alice Hughes. She grew up on a ranch in Samaria, Idaho. She attended schools in Samaria and Malad. She married Dave G....

Dorothy Williams Stayner

Dorothy Williams Stayner

Jan 27, 2017

Dorothy Williams Stayner age 91 passed away Friday, January 27, 2017 in Malad, Idaho. Dorothy was born March 2, 1925 in Malad, Idaho to Ernest Morse Williams and Ada Jenkins Williams. She was the second of three daughters. Dorothy spent her entire life in Malad. Dorothy attended schools in Malad and graduated from Malad High School in 1943. Following her...

Gerald Brent Thomas

Gerald Brent Thomas

Jan 24, 2017

Gerald Brent Thomas, age 66, a native of Malad City, Idaho and long-time resident of Riverton, Utah, died following a battle with cancer. Brent was born on August 3, 1950 in Malad City, Idaho, a son of Gerald and Helen Thomas. He was raised in Malad along with four other brothers, graduating from Malad High School, while contributing to the...

Larue Daniels Gunter

Larue Daniels Gunter

Jan 18, 2017

LaRue Daniels Gunter, 82, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at the home of her daughter in Blackfoot, Idaho. Born August 28, 1934 in Pocatello, Idaho to Thomas C. and Ora Curtis Daniels. She spent the first years of her life in Arbon, Idaho, prior to moving with her ailing father first to Arizona and eventually Boise. Much to LaRue's...

Deborah Ann Torrez

Deborah Ann Torrez

Jan 17, 2017

Deborah Ann Torrez, 67 longtime Pocatello resident passed away on January 17, 2017 following a long illness. Deborah was born April 27, 1949 in Fresno, California to LeRoy and EuLita Plaskett. She was raised and educated in Fresno, California. She married Carlos Garcia Torrez August 19, 1971 in Madera, California. Together they lived in California, Oklahoma and finally settled in...

Neil Lamon Cottam

Neil Lamon Cottam

Jan 14, 2017

Beloved father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother and friend passed away at the Idaho State Veteran's Home in Pocatello Idaho on January 14, 2017 at the age of 76. He was born March 17, 1940 to William Ross Cottam and Clara Tippetts Cottam in Malad Idaho. He graduated high school in Malad and attended college in Oregon where he majored in...

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