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Elaine Withers

Elaine Withers

Jun 3, 2026

Elaine S. Withers of Mud Lake, Idaho passed away peacefully at home, on Wednesday, June 3rd, at the age of 70.

Elaine was born on February 1, 1956, in Payson, UT to Wilber and Blanche Shaw. She was the youngest of 5 children. Elaine grew up in Santaquin, UT where she enjoyed helping her dad on the family orchard, going hunting...

Gayland Erikson

Gayland Erikson

Jun 1, 2026

Gayland M Erikson was born on October 3, 1940, in Rexburg, Idaho, the second child of Robert Alexander Erikson and Elma McEntire Erikson. He was the second of six children and was welcomed by his older brother, Glen, and was later joined by Ted, Wayne, Roger, and Sandy.

He was raised in Rexburg where he attended local schools and graduated from...

George Jensen

George Jensen

May 28, 2026

George “Conard” Jensen, 83, of Rexburg, Idaho passed away on May 28, 2026 of complications of pulmonary fibrosis.

Conard was born November 24, 1942 in Rexburg, Idaho to George Ephriam and Evegeline Hennrie Jensen, He grew up in beautiful Driggs, Idaho where he attended elementary school and graduated from Teton High School in 1960. He played football and earned his Eagle...

Ivan Gerdes

Ivan Gerdes

May 28, 2026

Ivan Everett Gerdes, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on May 28, 2026. He was 76 years old.

Ivan was born on September 29, 1949, to Everett and Relda Gerdes in Idaho Falls, Idaho. A rowdy kid at heart, he grew up with a deep love for the farm and a natural gift for fixing anything with an engine...

Gordon Timothy

Gordon Timothy

May 27, 2026

Gordon Leo Timothy was welcomed home May 27th, 2026, by his Savior, joyfully reunited with his mom and dad and all his siblings.

Gordon was born June 1st, 1944, to Elmer Timothy and Delsa Lenore Jacobs in Price, Utah. The sixth of seven children.

His family moved to Sugar City, Idaho when Gordon was two. He spent his formative years in Sugar,...

Trevor Clements

Trevor Clements

May 26, 2026

Trevor Armstrong Clements, beloved father, son, uncle and friend, passed away at his home in Nashville, TN on May 26, 2026 at the age of 39.

Born on April 22, 1987 in Rexburg ID, to Bart and Tami Clements, Trevor was their fourth child, joining two older brothers and one sister. Later being a big brother to two sisters and three...

Gayle Sorensen

Gayle Sorensen

May 25, 2026

Gayle Sorensen, 81, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 25, 2026.

Gayle was born on January 4, 1945, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Ray and Fern Sorensen. She was raised in Tetonia and graduated from Teton High School in 1963. She went on to get her cosmetology license in 1964.

On September 18, 2003, she received her Endowments in the...

Kent Butikofer

Kent Butikofer

May 25, 2026

Kent Hulse Butikofer, 85, passed away on May 25, 2026, at his home in Teton, Idaho.

He was born on October 22, 1940, in the Idaho Falls LDS hospital, to Sam and Naomi Butikofer. He grew up in Rigby, Idaho on the family farm where he learned the value of hard work - milking cows and tending the crops - and...

Donna Baldwin

Donna Baldwin

May 23, 2026

On Saturday evening, May 23, 2026, at 7:12pm Donna Baldwin took her last breath, surrounded by loved ones. Right up until that last breath, Donna was full of stubborn determination, quick comebacks, stern warnings and polite thank yous. Her final moments were much like her life.

Born in October of 1942, her life held many trials and successes.

Donna was number 4 in...

Leo Holdaway

Leo Holdaway

May 23, 2026

Leo Sumsion Holdaway was born on October 26, 1929 to Elmer Harold Holdaway and Norma Sumsion. He was born in Nuku ‘alofa Tonga where his parents were serving a 3 year LDS mission. Surrounded by family and his loving wife, he passed from this life on May 23, 2026 in St. George Utah of causes incident to age.

Leo was the...

Blaine Fife

Blaine Fife

May 23, 2026

The family of Floyd Blaine Fife announce his passing on May 23, 2026. Blaine, 82, of Parker Idaho, passed away of natural causes.

Blaine was born September 9, 1943 in Nyssa, Oregon to Leo John Fife and Eliza Gertrude Lloyd. He was the fourth of seven children.

Blaine graduated from Nyssa High School in 1961. He played in the high school band...

Ned Zollinger

Ned Zollinger

May 23, 2026

Ned A. Zollinger, 74, of Rexburg (Salem), Idaho, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, May 23, 2026 with his wife Renae by his side following a courageous 9 ½ year battle with brain cancer (glioblastoma). He was under the care of Rexburg Hospice.

Ned was born September 1, 1951, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Dean Walters and Glenna Inez Archibald...

Nancy Quarez

Nancy Quarez

May 20, 2026

Nancy Ellen Burns Quarez, 87, of Stansbury Park, UT and Rexburg, ID passed away peacefully on May 20, 2026.

Nancy was born in Los Angeles, CA to Georgia Alice Lacey and James Edwin Burns on August 2, 1938. She attended schools in the Huntington Park area of Los Angeles before going to the University of Utah where she graduated from their...

Carlo Erickson

Carlo Erickson

May 15, 2026

Nance Carlo Erickson, 86, of Archer, Idaho, passed away on May 15, 2026, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, of natural causes. 

Carlo was born on April 16, 1940, in the families log home in Archer, Idaho, to Bernarr and Mattie Jackson Erickson. A lifelong resident of Archer, he spent his childhood attending schools in Madison County, playing...

Judy Steiner

Judy Steiner

May 11, 2026

Judy Steiner, 77, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away peacefully Monday, May 11, 2026, surrounded by family.

Judy was born September 4, 1948, in Rigby, Idaho, to Milan and Laura Casper. She was raised in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School in 1967. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Brigham Young University and later a Master’s degree in...

Stacy Burton

Stacy Burton

May 8, 2026

Stacy was born December 11, 1959 in Stockton, California to E. W. LeSourd and Ferol Vivian Kunz where they lived for several years. Her older sister, Sandra, lived with them occasionally while they were in Stockton. When she was in junior high school, her parents retired and left the craziness in California and took Stacy and her brother Kehl to...

Deborah Curtis

Deborah Curtis

May 7, 2026

Deborah Kay Meredith Curtis, (74), passed away peacefully on May 7, 2026, at her home in Rexburg, Idaho, surrounded by her family.

Deborah was born on a warm spring day on May 30, 1951, in Coffee County, TN. She was the sixth of 12 children born to Walter and Henrietta Meredith. She had a lively and indomitable spirit from the get...

Seta D Hammer

Seta D Hammer

May 7, 2026

Seta D Hammer was born June 1, 1942 in Aleppo, Syria to Dickran Selvian(aka Sevlian) and Izabel Papazian.

As a female growing up as a devout Armenian Christian in a male dominated Muslim country she had to fight hard to have the success she did her life.

She endured severe poverty in a communist country that had a lot of violence towards...

Duane Hutson

Duane Hutson

May 6, 2026

On the evening of May 6th, 2026, Fay Duane Hutson was called home at the age of 82. Wipe the tears from your eyes and fill your hearts with joy, as this calling has lent Duane the opportunity to be reunited with his wife, son, parents and many other loved ones.

Duane was born in Muskegon, Michigan on September 6th, 1943...

Colleen Audis

Colleen Audis

May 4, 2026

Colleen Audis, 82, of St. Anthony, passed away May 4, 2026 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Leaving behind a family who loved her deeply and will miss her every day.

Colleen was born December 31, 1943, in Chester, Idaho, Earl and Eula Barney. She grew up in Idaho, Arizona, and California. She married Robert Ernest Audis in Yavapai, Arizona on...

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