Richard Martin Lesher, 86, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2024.

Richard was raised on a dairy farm in Thermopolis, Wyoming, which developed his love for running equipment and the love of being a professional truck driver for 44 years

He met and married Barbara Jean Allred in 1963.  They moved around from Price, Utah to Montana, to Wyoming and settled in Malad, Idaho.  Together they raised 4 children, Lloyd, Mary, Jon & Suzann. 

He and Barbara served 2 missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, first in Nigeria, and then in Alabama.  

He is survived by his wife Barbara of 61 years, two children Jon Douglas of Aurora, Colorado, and Suzann Eileen Martin of Waldorf, Maryland, 11 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his parents Lloyd Hale Lesher, and Anna Lillian Fliehmann, a sister Carolyn Rose Sand, and three of his children. Lloyd Richard, Janice Lillian, and
Mary Louise.  

Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 12 noon at the Malad Stake Center, 1250 North 1100 West, Malad, Idaho.  A viewing will be held prior to the service from 10:30-11:30AM. Burial will follow in the Malad City Cemetery.