Gregory Alan Francom unexpectedly passed away March 17, 2023, at the age of 65 from natural causes in Malad, Idaho.  He was born on October 15, 1957 in Pasadena, California to Sherel and Lawrence Ray Francom.  He was the 2nd of 5 children.  

Greg grew up in Saratoga, California and Orem, Utah.  Although school wasn’t his favorite, he enjoyed taking aviation classes and auto shop in high school.  He graduated from Orem High School in 1976.  Later in life, he also lived in Hollister and Santa Cruz, California and in Price, Utah, and eventually to Malad.  Santa Cruz was probably his favorite place to live.

In the 8th grade, he took Scuba and became certified.  He enjoyed scuba diving with his dad in Monterey Bay, California, before they moved to Utah.

Greg always had a love of cars. His first car was a 71 'Cuda that he bought from his brother Larry. Not long after painting it bright yellow, the Cuda had a small fuel fire under the hood that damaged the new paint. Rather than repainting the hood and trying to color match it, he added bright red flames to cover the damaged area.  He did a lot of work improving the car and assured us that it was the fastest car in Orem!

A master mechanic, Greg worked on a wide variety of cars, including Ferraris, Maseratis, Alfa Romeos, and other exotic Italian sports cars. He also worked on many of his friend's and family's cars. We always knew how bad it was by how much he was cussing and banging around his tools!

He worked for a time as an electrician in California and also did plenty of construction with his dad.  He did everything from framing, cement work, sheetrock, electrical, plumbing and even digging ditches!

His hobbies included watching Nascar and listening to music.  His favorite genres were 70’s punk and classic rock, like the Ramones and Frank Zappa and The Who.  He loved old cars and over the years he has owned many, including a Porsche 914, a ‘59 Mercedes and a cool Fiat.  He also had an ‘68 Willies Jeep station wagon and ‘61 Willies truck.  He had several dogs, Ramone, Grizzly and Dude, but his favorite was Sky, his blue weimaraner.  She was very smart and obedient, and he thought she was just like a person.  

Greg is survived by his mother, Sherel Jeanette Francom and his siblings, Larry (Karen) Francom, Debbie (Speros) Barbas, Jennifer (Joseph) Lenaghen and Jeff (Stephanie) Francom, all of Malad and many nieces, nephews and grand-nieces and grand-nephews.  He was preceded in death by his father, Lawrence Ray Francom.

A celebration of his life and a luncheon will be held on Thursday, March 30th at 11 a.m. in the Scout room at the old Stake Center at 400 North 200 West, Malad, Idaho.  The family would like to invite anyone who knew Greg to the luncheon between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.