By Max & Adele Thomas Harker We’re going to write our memories of Samaria, Idaho, and its people in the form of a letter. Max C. Harker and I spent two years (1942 to 1944) teaching in my hometown of Samaria. As the years come and go we remember those years as choice years and two of …
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I was born to Alfred Harker and Mary Edna Osguthorpe Harker on October 26, 1917. The sixth of seven children. My youngest brother was born on my birthday in 1919 but died the following spring so I do not remember him. My parents had built a new home on their farm which was three miles east of …
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(Picture of Adele Thomas Harker) (Picture of Max Clinton Harker) Max and Adele were married 12 April 1939 in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. It was a happy day when Max came into my life. Max has been a kind and loving husband. I have never met a more gentle, loving individual in all my life. He’s slow to …
by Betty Jean Jones Richards 6 June 1965 Introduction: GRAY’S LAKE–GRAY’S LAKE. The words kept coming back into my memory like the half forgotten melody of a once heard song. We had just opened our shoe repair shop in Soda Springs, Idaho, and one of our first customers said he would be in town for the afternoon, …
Lorna HillMay 7, 1941 — July 25, 2025DuchesneLorna Willie Hill, age 84, passed away at her home in Duchesne on July 25, 2025.Lorna was born on May 7, 1941, in Malad, Idaho—just seven minutes before her twin sister, Lynda. She was the third of four children born to Arthur Golden Willie and Selina Fern Atkinson, …
Donald Robert North Donald Robert North, age 81, passed away on Monday morning, July 14, 2025, at his home in Tooele, Utah. Don was born December 23, 1943, in Malad, Idaho to Amy Catherine Robbins and Arnold Ray North. He was raised in Stone, Idaho and graduated from Malad High School. He served in the …
Mark Daniel MurpheyOctober 20, 1963 — August 2, 2025Malad, IDEmblemMark Daniel Murphey, aged 61, peacefully returned to his creator on August 2, 2025, at his home in Malad, with his devoted wife, Bonnie, by his side. Born on October 20, 1963, in Davenport, Iowa, Mark began his journey in the United States Air Force before …
Parley Odell DavisMay 17, 1943 – August 10, 2025 Parley Odell Davis was born on May 17, 1943, in Malad City, Idaho. His entrance was hastened because of a bumpy car ride and a deep rut in the road. He was the third child born to Dale and Afton Davis of St John, Idaho. As …
The mother that was left behind. My great-great-grandfather Titus Davis emigrated with part of his family to the United States in 1863. He was born in 1806 in Llandysul, Wales, and was raised by his grandfather. Titus was the choirmaster at the church. He fell in love with Mary Bowen who was 21, Titus was …
