Anderson Family Funeral Home

78, passed on November 28, 2024. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, December 7th at 11:00 a.m. at Anderson Funeral Home. Viewing for one hour prior to service. Interment in Mackay Cemetery

Logan Edward Williams, 86 passed away peacefully at his home in Mackay, Idaho on November 10, 2024. He was born August 15, 1938, in Arco, Idaho to Edward and Elvera Stacy Williams. Logan was a lifetime resident in the Lost River Valley. On May 28, 1960, he married Linda Hayworth. They resided in Mackay, Idaho where they worked side by side to provide for their family on the ranch. They raised 4 children. He was a member of the Masons, Wildhorse Cattle Association, member of the Livestock Association, and Wool Growers Association. Logan enjoyed tying flies, salmon fishing, hunting, horn hunting and trapping. Logan is survived by his son Dusty Williams (Sharon Stern); his daughters...

Carl Leonard Wall, 90, lifetime resident of Mackay, ID, passed away peacefully at his son's home on Monday, October 21, 2024. He was born on May 11, 1934, in Mackay, Idaho to Carl Eugene and Mabel Wilson Wall. Leonard was raised and lived his entire life in the town that he loved, Mackay, Idaho. After graduating from Mackay High School, Leonard began his long career of delivering fuel to all parts of central and eastern Idaho. A career that lasted for 71 years and over 2 million miles. In November of 1954 he married Anna Jeanette Morris, and they were later divorced. On September 27, 1974, he married Patricia Newbern. They lived in Mackay where Leonard owned and operated Leonard Wall...

Robert Garcia Gonzales, 87, of Arco, Idaho passed from this earth into our Savior's hands, on Sunday, August 4th, 2024. Robert, known to some as Trine, was born in Menard, Texas on May 23,1937 to Nasario Celso Gonzales and Margarita Garcia. Robert was the youngest child of six boys. He grew up with Emiliano, James, Rigoberto, Ruben, Nolberto and his cousin Mayo. Robert grew up and attended school in Menard. He was a very active and ambitious boy who could often be found running through pastures with bare feet. Beginning at an early age, Robert worked alongside his father and his brothers following the crops. This work would usually take them outside Menard. Together they harvested potatoes...

On October 27th 1972 Willie Toby Shields made his appearance and in addition to his older sister Denise completed the family of Jim and Shirley Shields.It was mining that brought this little family from Utah to Custer County, first living at Saturday Mountain before settling in Pahsimeroi valley. Growing up Toby experienced all the freedom which country kids do.A chance wrestling match in grade school resulted in one of many "bromances" that ended the "newbie" status. It also brought many other such matches that Tobe rarely lost. His knack for wrestling continued all through his school years ending with placing at state, despite being reprimanded for showering in the girls locker room...

Ivan G. May passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of December 13, 2023, in Chubbuck, Idaho at the age of 88. Ivan was born February 18, 1935 to Beulah May (Miller) and Benjamin May in Mackay, Idaho. He graduated from Mackay High School in 1953 and in 1960 married the love of his life, Patricia Hocking. Ivan spent a short time as a reservist for the Army and later moved to Pocatello, Idaho where he worked and retired as a land surveyor for the State of Idaho. Ivan and Patricia became parents to a son, Greg, in 1968 and a daughter, Stephanie, in 1972. Ivan was friendly and kind and could put a smile on the face of everyone he talked to. He enjoyed sports, especially...

Keith Lorin Nickerson, 93, of Howe, Idaho passed away peacefully on November 8, 2023, surrounded by his 3 children in Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho. Keith was born September 24, 1930, in Ogden, Utah to Lorin Nickerson & Leora Crezee Nickerson. After two weeks they returned to their cabin in Palisades. Three years later his sister Phyllis was born. Five years after that his brother Brent joined the family. After living in Palisades, their family moved to Goshen, Idaho. They then moved to Richfield, Ogden, Ririe and eventually settled on a farm in Firth, Idaho. Keith graduated from Firth High School in 1948. After high school he enlisted in the Navy and served for the next...

On June 1st Jewell Reed Gilchrist left Earth to be with her Heavenly Father after a long illness. She spent her final days in the company of her beloved friends and family. Jewell was born March 19, 1955 to Franklin Neil and Clysta June Reed in Rigby, Idaho. She attended elementary and middle school in the one-room schoolhouse in Clyde, Idaho. She graduated from Challis High School in 1973 where she was also crowned Homecoming Queen. She married Kim J. Gilchrist November 22, 1974, and they made their first home in Howe, Idaho where they welcomed their first two children Travis and Heather. They then moved to Bellevue, Idaho and welcomed Crissi and Tell to the family. The family moved to...

Our family is saddened to announce the passing of Margaret "Marty" Eulale McKelvey, surrounded by her husband and children May 30, 2023 at her home in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Marty was born August 4, 1967 in Englewood, Colorado to Marx and Darla Hintze, joining sisters Karan and Shauna, later to be followed by her brother Matt. In 1977 her family moved to Mackay, Idaho. It is there she attended school, participated in basketball and track and field, and raised various 4-H projects. She graduated from Mackay High School in 1985, and attended Idaho State University, completing her degree in Elementary Education in 1989. On July 26, 1986 she married Jack McKelvey, and they started their family in...

Norma Louise Perkes, age 73, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in her home in Lost River. She was born on June 30, 1949, in Blackfoot, Idaho to the late Lamar Willard Hult and Betty Belle Walker. She was the oldest of a family of three girls. She was a 1967 graduate of Butte County High School. She married Marshal Todd Perkes on August 11, 1967. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 25, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Moore Stake Center, 3100 N. 3350 W., Moore, ID. A viewing will be held Friday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Anderson Family Funeral Home, 2555 N. Highway 93, Arco, ID, and Saturday morning from 9:30 to...

Theodore Russell "Ted" Strickler was born in Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania on November 28, 1934, to Kenneth Ralph Strickler and Pearl Irene Russell Strickler Summers. He went to be with his Lord on March 8, 2023, in Ketchum, Idaho. Ted grew up and attended school in White Horse, Pennsylvania in the heart of the Amish country, and worked on various farms. Four days after graduation, he left for the west and went to work for his father on Eddie Creek and Myers Cove ranches in the Challis area. He met Myra Jean Mecham during this time and he made many trips from Myers Cove to Challis to date her. They eloped on March 20, 1953, and married in Salmon, Idaho. Myra's mother never forgave him for...