Couple died on first day alone Final child of Plain City parents had moved out a day earlier BY VICTORIA JOHNSON Standard-Examiner staff vjohnson@standard.net Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 See Obituary

PLAIN CITY — The children of a Plain City couple killed in a car accident on Tuesday said that was the couple’s first day without any kids at home.
With eight children and 11 grandchildren, Douglas Post, 61, and Randall “Randy” Post, 57, were accustomed to having kids around at all times.
Their daughter Samantha, 26, and her husband had just moved out Monday, and their youngest son, Tony, 19, left six weeks ago for a mission in Charlotte, N.C., for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Their second-oldest son, Zeke Post, of Grantsville, 33, said Wednesday, “I just talked to her last (Tuesday) night, right before it happened. … She just called to see how we were doing, and I just got the impression she was bored. They were so used to having family around.”
In fact, Zeke and his siblings think the couple might have been on their way to visit their daughter Jordan, 28, who lives in Pleasant View near 2700 North and U.S. 89, where the couple collided head-on with an SUV around 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The couple died on impact.
“Her (Randy’s) pride and joy were her children,” said daughter-in-law Shellie Post.
Police are no closer to understanding why Andre Christensen, who was still being treated Wednesday at Ogden Regional Hospital Center, lost consciousness and drifted into oncoming traffic, hitting the 2005 Toyota Prius head-on.
“There was no indication of alcohol or drugs,” said Pleasant View Police Chief Scott Jackson. “We’re just looking at any medical issues that might have arisen.”
Christensen does not have a history of fainting, Jackson said.
The 18-year-old was given toxicology tests as a matter of course, but is primarily being tested for medical conditions that might have caused him to lose consciousness, Jackson said.
Meanwhile, the Posts’ children are hoping for answers as they reel from the sudden loss of their parents.
“It’s a huge shock,” said oldest son, Zachary, 34. “One minute, they were here. The next, they were gone.”
Doug and Randy Post were married in 1970. They met while they were both working at a bank in the Ogden area. They both grew up in Ogden and moved to their Plain City home in 1974.
Doug Post worked as a technical sergeant at Hill Air Force Base, which employed him for more than 35 years.
Randy Post was a job coach in the Ogden City School District, a position she’d held for 10 years.
Both also worked off and on for many years in the circulation department of the Standard-Examiner, and their niece is a correspondent for the newspaper.
The couple celebrated the marriage of their secondyoungest son, Simon, 23, a little over a month ago. They also had two more grandchildren on the way.
They were active members of the LDS Church.
Their funerals are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday at the Plain City Stake Center.