This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Matthews, Stucki, Peterson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hd.2ADI/1533 Message Board Post: The Herald Journal, 09/11/05 PARIS, Idaho -- Jane Stucki Matthews, 77, died Sept. 7, 2005, at her home in Paris due to an adverse reaction to medication. She was born in Moroni, Utah, on March 22, 1928, to E. W. and Rhea Peterson Stucki. When she was a child they moved back to Paris, and she lived in Bear Lake County the rest of her life. After attending schools in Paris, she married her high school sweetheart, Sharp King Matthews. To this union was born David (Maxine) Matthews of Paris, Howard (Glenda) Matthews of Paris, Kenneth Matthews and Shauna Matthews of Blackfoot, Idaho, McKay (Adele) Matthews of Orem, Utah, Marge (Gene) Knutti of Montpelier, Idaho, Jeanna Matthews of Paris; and also a foster daughter, Avallon Beaks of New Town, N.D. Jane was active in the LDS Church where she served in various callings, but Primary was by far her first love. She was also proud of the ward choir she conducted. Jane and Sharp served for a year on a mission in the Chicago Temple and worked in the Logan Temple for many years. She worked as a mother, grandmother and especially as a helpmate for her husband working with the family sheep farm. She spent many years teaching piano and accordion lessons and directed plays for the Paris, Idaho Stake. She is preceded in death by two sons, Howard and Kenneth; one brother, Willard; and sister, Adella. She is survived by her husband and remaining children, 22 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. She had just spent the Labor Day weekend with 54 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her brothers, Eugene of Paris and Wallace of Clearfield, Utah; and her sister, Afton Bartlett of Kearns, Utah. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the Paris Idaho Stake Center. Friends may visit with family from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday at Matthews Mortuary and from 11 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday at the church in Paris. Burial will be in the Paris Cemetery.