This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Best, Staley, Beckstead Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/597 Message Board Post: Idaho State Journal, 10/15/02 SPOKANE, Wash. — Gladys Best Beckstead Wilson, 87, former Preston, Idaho resident, passed away Friday, Oct. 11, 2002, in Spokane. She was born Dec. 15, 1914, in Milan, Washington, the daughter of Clarence Leslie and Luzema Staley Best. She married Ken Beckstead on Feb. 12, 1933, in Colfax, Washington. He preceded her in death in Oct. of 1983. She married Robert J. Wilson on Sept. 27, 1986, in Richland, Washington. She owned and operated the Preston A&W Restaurant for 25 years. She graduated as valedictorian from high school in Clark Fork, Idaho. She attended the University of Idaho. She also ran the Spudnut Shop in Preston by the Jefferson School. She was a loving wife and mother. She is survived by her husband, Robert J. Wilson, Spokane; two sons and one daughter, Steven (Mary) Beckstead, Henderson, Nevada, Alan Beckstead, Modesto, California, Sondra (Bart) Layne, Modesto, California; 15 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; two stepdaughters, Julie (Jim) Benson, Santarem, Brazil, Elsie (Bob) Hausman, Deer Park, Washington; Rob (Carol) Wilson, Seattle/Spokane, Washington; two brothers and two sisters, Kenny (Millie) Best, Paradise, Montana, Frances Meyers, Libby, Montana, John (Kate) Best, Sandpoint, Idaho, and Betty Stockdale, Mesa, Arizona. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ken Beckstead, by two grandsons, Jeffrey Layne and John Beckstead, and by two sisters and three brothers. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Oct. 18, 2002, at 10 a.m. at Webb Funeral Home, 109 E. Oneida, Preston. Friends may call Thursday, Oct. 17 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Webb Funeral Home and Friday from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., also at the mortuary. Interment will be in the Whitney Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to the Arbor House, 1110 E. Westview Court, Spokane, Wash. 99218.