Obituaries
Malad City & Marsh Valley Obituaries
Richard Steven Simpson
Oct 17, 2024
Richard Steven Simpson, 75, longtime, Downey resident, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2024, as a result of many lingering health issues. Steve was born on November 7, 1948, in Charlotte, North Carolina, the son of David and Myrtle Helms Simpson. He was the 11th of 11 children born to his parents. He was raised and educated in Charlotte,...
Michael Allen Clark
Oct 15, 2024
Michael Allen Clark (72) passed away on October 15, 2024. Hewas the son of John Michael Clark and Katherine Elaine Beardand brother of Scott Joseph Clark.
In his youth, Mike would often wet a hook and bring a fish home for dinner. Mike's first fish was from the waters of Hardscrabble Creek, Utah. Mike's teenaged years were...
Joan K Stoddard
Oct 12, 2024
Beloved Mother, Grandmother, and friend, Joan K. Stoddard, 81, long time Malad resident, passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2024, following a long illness. Joan was born July 29, 1943 in Brigham City, Utah, the youngest of three sisters to Leonard Walker and Alta B. Lewis. She was raised and educated in Brigham City, Utah.
She married...
Lana Lynn Schulte
Oct 12, 2024
Lana Lynn Sombrero Schulte, Beloved Mother, Grand Mother and Great Grand Mother, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on October 12, 2024 from health complications.
Lana was born on April 12, 1948 in Tonalea, Arizona to Robert Sombrero Sr. and Susie Fatt. She was the 8th child out of 14 children.
She met George...
Edna Catherine Ekstrom
Oct 7, 2024
Edna Catherine (Hill) Ekstrom peacefully passed away on October 7, 2024, at the age of 89, surrounded by her family in Providence, Utah. Born on October 25, 1934, in St. John, Oneida, Idaho, she was the youngest of six children born to Thomas Nelson Hill and Helen Turner Hill. Edna attended school in Malad, Idaho, where she graduated from...
June Kellaway Benson
Sep 30, 2024
June Kellaway Benson, aged 96, a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother passed away peacefully on September 30th, 2024, in Spokane Valley, WA. Born on June 10th, 1928, in Burwell, Cambridge, England she was lovingly raised by her maternal grandparents Eliza and Harry Parr and had acherished relationship with her Aunt Elsie and Uncle Reginald Turner.
June met...
Rhonda W. Barfuss
Sep 26, 2024
Rhonda W. Barfuss passed away peacefully on September 26, 2024 at Huntsman Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was surrounded by her family as she returned to her Heavenly Father.
She was born August 11, 1950 in Preston, Idaho to Joseph and Zilla Winger. Â She was the third child and their only daughter. Â She was...
Rickie Dean Bloxham
Sep 20, 2024
Rickie Dean Bloxham, 74, of Chubbuck, Idaho, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 20, 2024, surrounded by family. Rickie was born November 27, 1949 to Dean (Joe) and Melba Bloxham in Malad, Idaho. Rick was an avid sports fan; where he loved to play golf. He enjoyed going to the Pressbox on Saturday evenings for steak, shrimp, and a...
Don James Larson
Sep 19, 2024
Don James Larson, 84, passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2024.
Don James Larson was born April 23, 1940. He was born to Paul Stewart Larson and Ethel May James. Don had one brother, David Paul Larson, and three sisters: Jean Larson Munk, Lara Larson Noren, and Julie Larson.
Don loved the outdoors from the...
Phyllis Woodruff Stayner
Sep 17, 2024
Phyllis Woodruff Stayner, age 91, passed away peacefully in her home on September 17, 2024.
She was born on March 7, 1933, in Tremonton Utah to Elmer and Lila Woodruff. She spent her growing up years working in the fields and the home alongside her sisters and cousins on the family farm in Tremonton. It was there...
Alexia Ann Wittman
Sep 17, 2024
Surrounded by her loving family, Alexia Ann Wittman returned to her Heavenly Father Tuesday, September 17, 2024 after having experienced a catastrophic medical event. Alexia was born to John Paul Wittman and Grace Marlene Hill Wittman on April 14, 1960 in Pocatello Idaho. She was raised in Tremonton, Utah and attended High School at Bear River High. The family...
Arves Lealand Lloyd
Sep 17, 2024
Arves Lealand Lloyd
October 19, 1938 – September 17, 2024
Arves Lealand Lloyd, age 85, of Malad, Idaho, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on September 17, 2024, at 11:42 AM. Born on October 19, 1938, in Downey, Idaho, to William Earl Lloyd and Eva Weeks Lloyd, Arves was the seventh of eight children in...
Teri Louise Boyer Peterson
Sep 8, 2024
Pocatello, Idaho
Teri Louise Boyer Peterson, 82, of Pocatello, Idaho passed away quietly at home on September 8th, 2024. She passed away on her and Curtis's 59th wedding anniversary, just to make sure Curtis would always remember her.
Teri was the daughter of Carl and Lola and sister to David. She was excited to begin...
Betty Jo Hatch Lowry
Sep 6, 2024
Betty Jo Hatch Lowry, 88 passed away Friday, September 6, 2024. She was born June 11, 1936, in Pocatello, Idaho to Simmons Franklin Hatch and Mable Mulherin Hatch. She was the beloved favorite child of two families, Sim Hatch family and Mable Brady family. Betty Jo grew up in Arimo, Idaho where she attended grade school and high school....
Byron Frank Knutsen
Aug 31, 2024
Byron passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on August 31 just one day before the date he started chemo 4 years ago. He was born on 13 May 1938 in St. Clairsville, Ohio. He was the first child for Frank and Evelyn Knutsen and later there were two sisters and one brother. His early school years were in...
Gene Edwards
Aug 29, 2024
David Eugene Edwards passed away peacefully on August 29, 2024 at the age of 96 in Malad, Idaho. Â Gene was born on a cold winter night to David Monson Edwards and Elizabeth Wight Edwards in the home where he resided until his death. He was the seventh of 9 children and is the last living member of his family....
Elizabeth Shafer Sweeten
Aug 29, 2024
Elizabeth Shafer Sweeten was born January 4th, 1935, to John Merlin Shafer and Elizabeth Wight Shafer in Lethbridge, Alberta Canada, the eldest of 7 children.
Beth's early life was spent in Lethbridge and Calgary and the family would move between Ordbend, California where her father would work as sweat labor on a farm for bees, which he...
Linda Ray Avondet Griggs
Aug 26, 2024
Linda Ray Avondet Griggs
Malad, Idaho. Linda Ray Avondet Griggs, 77 long time resident of Oneida county, passed away Monday August 26th, 2024. Linda was born October 29th, 1946, in Ogden, Utah, daughter of Twila May Rakes and Lyman John Avondet. She was raised in Huntsville, Utah. She attended Valley elementary and junior high, then attended Ogden...
Joseph Kropf Smout
Aug 23, 2024
Joseph Kropf Smout, 85, passed away on August 23, 2024, in Ogden, Utah after a difficult battle with a rare form of Ecoli. Joseph was born on July 19, 1939, in Preston, Idaho, he was a dedicated servant of his Savior Jesus Christ and enjoyed serving in his faith, serving his family and community, embodying the principles of love,...
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