This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Minor, Peterson, Benson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hd.2ADI/1534 Message Board Post: Idaho State Journal, 09/12/05 POCATELLO - Estella Johannah Peterson Minor, 84, passed away Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005, at Portneuf Care Center. She was born to Alvin Ole and Bertha Benson Peterson on Oct. 14, 1920, in St. Charles, Idaho. She spent her first 23 years in St. Charles and graduated from Fielding High School in Paris, Idaho. She married Robert Pugmire Minor on Dec. 24, 1943, in Montpelier. They made their home in Pocatello where she lived the rest of her life. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on July 17, 1965. Robert passed away on Dec. 11, 1989. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, attending the Pocatello 14th and Mink Creek Wards. She served faithfully in many callings and served as a temple worker in the Idaho Falls Temple. She was the "Chief Hug Giver" in her Mink Creek Ward. Estella loved her family, and they were her life. She is survived by four children Kenneth R, (Linda) Minor, Westhaven, Conn.; Ginger (Dale) Lusk; Bill K. (Marcile) Minor; and Charles P. (Rochelle) Minor, all of Pocatello. She is also survived by 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Enid (Jack) Taylor of Pocatello; and Ilene Rich of Paris, Idaho. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Mink Creek LDS Ward Chapel at 8200 Portneuf Road, Pocatello. The family will receive friends Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Downnard Hansen Funeral Home at 241 N. Garfield, Pocatello, and from 11 to 11:45 a.m. at the church prior to services on Wednesday. Burial will follow at the St. Charles Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. The family suggests donations be made to the LDS Humanitarian Aid Fund or Red Cross.