Donald Jay Huntsman

Donald Jay Huntsman, 79, died Sept. 30, 2005 in Salt Lake City.

He was born May 14, 1926, in Woodville, Idaho. The son of Evon Wesley Huntsman and Martha Elnora Gifford, he was raised in the Woodville area, having attended High School in Shelley, Idaho. At age 18, he was drafted and served in the U.S. Army
(1944-1946) during WWII. He then lived and farmed in the Woodville and Moses Lake, Wash. areas for 20 years with his wife, June Olga Elg. He lived and worked in the Moses Lake area for another 15 years. Since 1979, he had lived in Ogden, Utah; Idaho Falls, Idaho; and the Salt Lake City area with his surviving wife, Esther Elaine Holden.

Survivors also include his brother, Max Odell Huntsman of Idaho Falls; sons, Stephen Huntsman of Honolulu, Monte Huntsman of Spokane, Wash., Farrel Huntsman of Moses Lake, Wash.; grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, 4 sisters and 4 brothers. He will be missed by all.

Funeral services will be held Friday, October 7, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Union Park 3rd Ward, 8060 So. 615 E., Sandy, UT. Friends and family may call from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 So. State St., and from 10:00-10:45 a.m. on Friday prior to services. Additional funeral services will be held Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at the Woodville LDS Chapel, 1555 N. 700 E., Woodville, ID, where friends and family may call from 12:00-12:45 p.m. Interment will follow Saturday services at the Hillcrest Cemetery, Shelley, ID.