Grant Ashcraft, of Sugar City, Idaho, passed away on November 20, 2021, in Rexburg Idaho, surrounded by loved ones, just two days before his 92 ^nd birthday. Grant was born November 22, 1929, in Moody, Idaho. He was the sixth child and third boy born to Vern and Verna Bingham Ashcraft. He grew up on the farm in Moody and loved being with his dad, learning all he could about farming.  He went to elementary school in the city of Teton and graduated from South Fremont High School.

After High School he served a mission to the Northern States.  When he returned from his mission, he was drafted into the army.  He served in the 101 ^st Airborne Division, where he enjoyed learning to parachute from an airplane.

Grant attended BYU in Provo, where he met Dorothy Stowell.  They both graduated from BYU and were married in the Idaho Falls Temple on June 11, 1957.  They were blessed with nine children, six boys and three girls:  Sid (Jana), Hamer, ID; Brent (Teri), Rexburg, ID; Ellen White (Don), Terreton, ID; Debra Ashcraft, Sugar City, ID; Ryan (Cosette), Hamer, ID; Dale (Tammi), Santaquin, UT; Amy Eckman (Chance), St. Anthony, ID; Ben Ashcraft, Hurricane, UT; Ivan (Stephanie), Salem, UT.

He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many church callings, including Stake Sunday School President, Primary teacher, Librarian, High Priest teacher and others.  They lived in the Rexburg 1 ^st Ward for 10 years.  They then moved to Moody where they lived for over 50 years.  He and Dorothy served in the Idaho Falls and Rexburg Temples for a total of 12 years.  He loved serving in the temple.

Grant taught Industrial Arts classes in the Idaho Falls School District until he turned to full time farming.  He farmed in Moody and later bought a farm in the Medicine Lodge area that he named Indian Creek, which he turned from sage brush into beautiful fields of grain and hay.  He also raised cows for many years.  He loved to farm. Grant also enjoyed building things out of wood and making pottery.

He was a hard worker and taught his family how to work.  He had a quick wit, and a twinkle in his eye when he talked.  You could never be sure what he would say next.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Glenn, Don and Boyd, sisters Kathryn and Leara and infant sister, Verla Mae, brothers-in-law Ervin Higley and Cecil Billings, sisters-in-law Helen Ashcraft and Nancy Ashcraft, and his wife, Dorothy, just two months ago.

He is survived by his brothers Reed, and Lawrence, and sister Lucille Higley, his nine children, 43 grandchildren, and 66 great-grandchildren.

We would like to thank Homestead for the superior care he received there.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at the Sugar City Stake Center. The family will receive friends on Friday, November 26 ^th from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg and from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the Sugar City Stake Center. Interment will be in the Teton-Newdale Cemetery.

Link to funeral service: https://byui.zoom.us/j/98658202854

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