This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Esterholdt, Cheney, Weston Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.idaho.counties.bearlake/1985/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Herald Journal, 01/14/07 LAKETOWN, Utah - Gretta Cheney Esterholdt, 97, passed away at the Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility on Jan. 11, 2007, with her family at her side. She was born July 30, 1909, in Laketown, Utah to Clarence Elijah Cheney and Emma Sarah Weston. She was their second child of three and their only daughter. She was raised with her two brothers, Vara George and Harmon Weston Cheney in Laketown. At the age of 17 Gretta enrolled in Utah State Agricultural College. After her graduation, she returned to teach her first year in the Laketown School. She excelled in math and was a teacher of math classes throughout her teaching experiences. She acquired a teaching position in the Idaho School District at Pegram, Idaho, and it was there she met her husband, Raymond Esterholdt. They were married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple Sept. 3, 1936. To this union, four children were born, Mona (Wilson) Wahlstrom, Lorna (Allan) Wahlstrom, Doyle Cheney (Lois) Esterholdt, and June (Terry) Kimball. Their first years of marriage were spent in Paris, Idaho, and Garden City, Utah, as operators of service stations and stores in those areas. In the spring of 1950 they moved to Laketown and purchased the ranch her father had owned. Gretta was her husband's partner in the ranching business and she was a very proficient truck driver for him as he did the combining for most of the Laketown area gra! in farmers. She also periodically spent years teaching in the schools in Laketown, St. Charles, Idaho, Montpelier, Idaho, and Kemmerer, Wyo. After Raymond's passing in 1996, she lived alone until four years ago. She became a resident of the Bear Lake Manor until one month ago, as she needed more care and was moved to the Nursing Facility. Gretta was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Vara George and Harmon Cheney; and by her husband, Raymond. She is survived by her three daughters; one son; 18 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; one sister and brother-in-law, Mary Lowe and Berdean Black of Montpelier, Idaho; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, in the Laketown Ward Chapel with a viewing one hour prior to the services. Interment will be in the Laketown Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Bear Lake Manor and the Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility in Montpelier. Published in the Logan Herald Journal on 1/14/2007.