Edward Murk
Feb 15, 2016
Ed Murk, 73, of Rigby, died February 15, 2016 of natural causes. Grave side services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, February 19 at the Burton Cemetery.
Don Siepert
Feb 15, 2016
Don Lorenzo Siepert, 75, of Rexburg, formerly of Kilgore, unexpectedly passed away on February 15, 2016, at his home of natural causes. He was born May 31, 1940, in Independence, Idaho to Earl and Afton Siepert. He was raised in Kilgore and then attended and graduated high school in Sugar City in 1958. After graduation, he went to work for...
Rex Verl Anderton
Feb 13, 2016
Rex Verl Anderton passed away at age 68 on February 13, 2016 at his home in Rexburg, Idaho. He was born in Roosevelt, Utah September 20, 1947 to Thomas Herbert and Mildred Mitchell Anderton. Rex grew up in Duchesne county Utah and graduated from Duchesne High School. As a young man Rex served as a Navy hospital corpsman with the...
Clyde Lusk
Feb 12, 2016
John "Clyde" Lusk, 88, of Idaho Falls (formerly of Menan) passed away peacefully on February 12th 2016, after a brief illness, surrounded by his loving family at MorningStar Senior Living. Clyde was born September 1st 1927, to John D. and Lucy Pieper Lusk in Pocatello. He spent his childhood in Sugar City. After high school, he joined the U.S. Navy...
Vern Pincock
Feb 5, 2016
Vern Douglas Pincock, 89, of Meridian, formerly of Monteview, passed away peacefully February 5, 2016, surrounded by his family. He was born January 15, 1927, on the family homestead in Sugar City, to Douglas Pincock and Reah Dalling Pincock. He was raised and attended school in Sugar City. In 1945, he enlisted in the US Navy as a Pharmacist Mate....
Lavon Clinton
Feb 4, 2016
LaVon Forbush Clinton, 90, of Rexburg, quietly passed away on February 4, 2016, at the Rexburg Nursing Home. She was born May 2, 1925, in Bates, Idaho to Charles Elmer Forbush and Blanche Mackley Forbush. She grew up in Bates, later moving to Salem, Idaho where she attended school at Sugar-Salem. She met Ralph DeWitt Clinton in Pocatello, Idaho. They...
J'Lene Rudd
Feb 2, 2016
J'Lene Siepert Rudd of Rexburg passed away at her home on Tuesday, February 2nd after a lifetime of loving family, friends and neighbors. She was born June 24, 1938 to Mark and Ruby Richman Siepert in Rexburg, Idaho. She was the oldest of seven children: Jerry (Carolyn) of Rexburg, Idaho; Blair (Chris) of Preston, Idaho; Linda Ricks (Paul) of Rexburg;...
Debbie Leatham Lopez
Jan 31, 2016
Debbie Kay Leatham Lopez, 58 of Ammon, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2016 at her daughter's home , surrounded by her family. Debbie was born June 10,1957 to Spence and Joy Leatham in Rexburg, Idaho. She married Kim Cureton on August 17,1973. They were blessed with three wonderful children; Jeremey, Trevor, and Tangi. They later divorced. She married Andy...
Jt Hitesman
Jan 29, 2016
On Friday, January 29, 2016, J True "JT" Hitesman passed away in his home in Teton, Idaho. JT was born in Rexburg, Idaho on April 7, 1965 to Justan and Elnora Hitesman. JT grew up and attended school in Parker and St. Anthony, Idaho. He graduated from South Fremont High School, in 1983. He later moved to West Valley, Utah,...
Bernice Tanner
Jan 27, 2016
Bernice Effie Jones Tanner, 92 of St. Anthony, passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2016. She was born on December 12, 1923 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Louis and Ruth Oswald Jones. Her parents and grandparents had multiple bands of sheep and during the summer months the family would move to Henry's Lake. The sheep would graze on Two Top and...
Debbie Beattie
Jan 26, 2016
Debbie Beattie, 62, of Rexburg, passed away in her home, surrounded by her family, after an extended illness, near midnight on January 26, 2016. Debbie was born on June 2, 1953 to Melvin and Faye Schwendiman. She grew up in the farming community of Newdale, Idaho. Because of that farming upbringing, she always loved the smell of freshly tilled earth...
Irma Hill
Jan 22, 2016
Irma Clements Hill, 93, of Sunnydell, passed away Friday, January 22, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from natural causes. Irma was born February 27, 1922 to Cecil Thomas Clements and Minnie Irene Anderson in Hibbard, Idaho, growing up with eleven brothers and sisters on the family farm. She attended schools in the area, graduating from Madison High School....
Glenda Robertson
Jan 20, 2016
Glenda Lou Robertson, 78, of Salem, died Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at her home. She was born December 7, 1937 the fourth child of seven, to Earl and Afton Anderson of Salem. She grew up on the family farm where she learned to care for the livestock and plant and harvest the crops. In her youth she worked at the...
Ernie Brown
Jan 20, 2016
Ernest (Ernie) Arthur Brown, 81, of Rexburg, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg, Idaho, of natural causes. He was born June 18, 1934 in Reno, Nevada, to Lester Ellis Brown and Dolores Marie Brewster. He was their only child. He was raised in Sparks, Nevada, during the Great Depression and the second...
Donald Stevens
Jan 19, 2016
Donald Alvin Stevens, age 69, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 surrounded by loved ones. Donald was born September 9, 1946 in Portland, Oregon to Frederick Alvin Stevens and Marie Pearl Rhodes and raised in multiple foster homes. He married Sandra Ottesen Stevens on February 14, 1980 and thirty-two years later, on February 14, 2012, they were sealed in...
Louis Steel
Jan 13, 2016
Louis O Steel, 90, of West Haven, Utah, formerly of Plano, Idaho, died January 13, 2016, of natural causes. He was born April 6, 1925, in Plano, to James H and Myrtle Oakey Steel. He met his sweetheart, Edna Dalley at Ricks College and they were married on April 10, 1946, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They became the...
Daniel Mcgrew
Jan 11, 2016
Major Daniel R. McGrew passed away peacefully January 11, 2016 at his home in Edmonds, WA. He was born January 21, 1921 and was raised by his wonderful parents Guy and Grace (Adams) McGrew. He enjoyed a happy childhood in Port Townsend, WA working side by side with his father in their auto repair shop and they enjoyed countless hours...
Merlin Hobbs
Jan 7, 2016
Merlin Myrtillo Hobbs, 72, of Ashton Idaho returned to his Heavenly home on January 7, 2016. Merlin was born March 17, 1943 in Chester Idaho to Mary Jennetta Hobbs and Leroy Daniel Hobbs. He grew up and attended schools in Chester and St. Anthony. He loved the land and spent many of his years farming, and working various jobs through...
Neal Southwick
Jan 6, 2016
Neal Shupe Southwick, 74, passed away peacefully at his home in Meridian, Idaho on Wednesday January 6, 2016 at 5:35pm after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Neal was born on Dec 13, 1941 in Ogden, Utah. When he was 6 years old, his family moved their sawmill business to Willits, California. This is where Neal's childhood years were spent...
Renee Powell
Dec 31, 2015
Faye Renee Scott Powell, 88, of Rexburg, died January 31, 2015, at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg. She was born November 4, 1927, in American Fork, Utah to Netie Faye Clarke and John L. Clarke. Renee married her high school sweetheart, Richard G. Scott. To this union was born a son, Robert Chris Scott, who died at the age of...
