Mother, sister, aunt and grandma passed away May 16, 2014 in Pocatello, Idaho. Laurel was born July 4, 1929 to William Harmon Adkins and Linnie Lee Pennington. She got her schooling in American Falls, Idaho. She is the eleventh of…
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Good Guys Always Win
by Preston Crompton Last week I went to the movies while staying in American Falls for a couple of days working at The Press. It was The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Watching the movie I felt unsatisfied because everyone knows that…
Gary Thornley Hawes
The great Enthusiasm, Love of Life, Excitement and Vitality that was Gary can never die. He still abounds. He is as real today as he was yesterday. We, who are left behind, will just have a harder time accessing his…
Under His Wing
by Preston Crompton Growing up I always read my father’s columns in the paper. Coming from a newspaper family I was probably a little rebellious by not reading through the whole thing but just going straight to his columns. I…
Paul Tod Woods
Paul Tod Woods, 72, of Springfield Idaho, passed away Friday, May 2, 2014, due to complications of Parkinson’s disease. He peacefully passed away while surrounded by his family. Paul was born September 21, 1941, in Fremont, MI, to Melville Tod…
Richard H. Brucks
Richard H. Brucks, 73, of Bellevue, WA, went home to be with Jesus after a long battle with cancer on Monday, April 28, 2014, surrounded by his family at his home. Richard was born January 22, 1941, to Emmanuel and…
Orlando M. Dalke
Orlando M. Dalke, 90, died Thursday, April 10, 2014 in Meridian. He was born Oct. 28, 1923 in Aberdeen to Henry and Anna Dalke. Memorial services were held Tuesday, April 29, at 1 p.m. at Idaho State Veteran’s Cemetery, Horseshoe…
Sydney Collings Peterson
Sydney Collings Peterson was born to J.R. (Russ) and Myrom Collings in American Falls, ID, on July 2, 1942, and passed away in Bozeman, MT, on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Her life was full of laughs and her million dollar…
Floraine Nielsen
Floraine Nielsen was called home to her Lord and family on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. She was the last living member of the Charles and Lydia Nielsen family. The third of six children, she was born Nov. 22, 1922 at…
J. F. Foster
J. F. Foster was born to James Fern Foster and Margaret Joy Rathjens Foster on April 21, 1950. Due to a farming accident in December of 1949, J never met his father. Lynn Freeman later married Joy and became J’s…