February 21, 1945 – August 20, 2025 (age 80)

Mary Louise Ward Cheney, 80, passed away peacefully August 20, 2025 at the Caring Hearts Assisted Living Facility in Pocatello, Idaho. She went by her first and middle name, Mary Louise, for most of her life.

Mary Louise was born February 21, 1945 to Golden Clifford and Emma Louise Spencer Ward in Malad City, Idaho. She was educated in the Malad City, Idaho public schools where she graduated from Malad High School in 1963. She played the clarinet in the Malad High School Band.

She then enrolled in and graduated from Utah State University, Logan Utah in 1970 with a major in Elementary Education. She worked in the Utah State University cafeteria to pay for her college education.

Between her Sophomore and Junior years at Utah State Universi

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