Rocky Mecham

Rocky Lee Mecham, age 61, of Mountain Home, was killed in a tragic accidental shooting on February 23, 2016.
He was born June 22, 1954, in Roosevelt, to Glenn B. and Nelda Irene Beal Mecham and graduated from Altamont High School in 1972. He married the love of his life and best friend, Kim Caldwell, on April 5, 1975, in Elko, NV.
Rocky was an avid outdoors man and hunter who worked in the oilfield in his spare time. He began his career in the hot oil industry in 1975 and worked for Shell, UTEX, Coastal, and El Paso all without ever leaving the same building. He then worked for Barry Petroleum and finally Newfield - he was just starting to embrace his forced "retirement." Even though hunting was his passion, fishing was NOT - he had no patience for it because fish couldn't be tracked and he had to take someone else's word that they were in there. He was a basketball and baseball coach at one time or another to most of the kids in the Upper Country area - sometimes from the bench, sometimes from the sidelines. In his younger years, snowmobile racing was a favorite pastime and he was very successful at it. He cleared the ridge on his property so he could care for and watch the wildlife that frequented that area.
Other than his wife, there really was nothing he loved more than his children and grandchildren, and being with them (even if it was for just 5 or 10 minutes at a time). He'd follow them wherever their various competitions and performances took them. He also never met a stranger - he had new best friends everywhere!
Rocky is survived by his wife of over 40 years, Kim; children, Kristy Lee (Thad) Nalder, Syracuse; Zakry B (Stephanie) Mecham, Roosevelt; Mikki Ann (Dustin) Mecham-McLaughlin, Roosevelt; Michelle (Wes) Casper, Roosevelt; 8 grandchildren; mother, Nelda Mecham, Neola; mother-in-law, JoAnne Caldwell, Vernal; sisters, Gail (Shane) Gardner, Neola; Sherry (Gary) Stringham, Tabiona; and a brother, Rodney Glenn Mecham, Tooele.
He was preceded in death by his father, Glenn and father-in-law, Mick Caldwell.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 29, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at the Mountain Home LDS Chapel. There will be a viewing on Sunday from 6-8 p.m. at the Hullinger Mortuary and on Monday from 10-10:45 a.m. at the church.
Burial will be in the Mountain Home - Boneta Cemetery.