Stanley L. Forest June 14, 1926 – October 9, 2016

Stanley L. Forest, Royal Slope farming pioneer, passed away on Oct. 9 at his home in Mesa, Ariz. Born on June 14, 1926, in Colorado, he moved with his family to southern Idaho as a child and started farming with his dad. As he got older he began to farm himself. In the early ’50s he joined the army and served during the Korean conflict. After his tour of duty, he settled in the Columbia Basin and resumed farming and land-leveling in Eltopia and Royal City.

He amazed his friends and neighbors with his engineering feats, innovative ideas, and hard-working ethics. His most noteworthy creations were one of the first automated hay stacking machines, several corn toppers and of course UP, the mechanical bull. He and many other local farmers put their talents together to build the Royal City Golf Course in the early ’80s.

After he retired from farming, he set out traveling in his RV with his bride. They traveled coast to coast from Alaska to the Florida Keys visiting nearly every state in the continental U.S. He was preceded in death by his lovely wife, Geraldine (Gean), parents, brother and granddaughter. He is survived by four children John Forest, Royal City, Wash., Linda Forest (Gary Greenleaf), Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Douglas Forest and Cindy Elder (Mark), Rock Springs, Wyo.; two stepsons Monty Armstrong (Patty), Bellevue, Wash. and Marty Armstrong (Joyce) Gardner, Nevada and several grand- and great-grandchildren.

He was truly one of a kind, who set the bar for living life to the fullest. Everyone who knew him will certainly miss him and his jokes.

A memorial service will be held at the Royal City Methodist Church on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. A reception will immediately follow at the Royal City Moose Lodge. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Royal City, Wash. Chapter of the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge #2147.