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Edna Cross
Nov 10, 2011
Edna Darlene McFarlane Mills Cross, 84, of Rexburg, passed away November 10, 2011 in Idaho Falls. She was born February 12, 1927 in Bear River, CO to William Floyd and Mary Smith McFarlane. She was one of seven children. She moved to Idaho in 1988 from Mesa, AZ, to live in a cooler place. She is survived by her daughters,...
Steve Murphy
Nov 6, 2011
Steven Daniel Murphy, of Rexburg, passed away November 6, 2011 at ERMIC of extended illness. Steve was born November 7, 1954 in Portsmouth, Virginia to Samuel Frank Murphy and Mary Frances Murphy (Biggers). He attended elementary school in Knights Ferry California and Graduated from East Stanislaus in Oakland California. He chose a career as a waste management operator where he...
Larry Smith
Nov 4, 2011
Our loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother, Larry Leonard Smith, passed away with family by his side Friday, November 4, 2011 at his home, from complications of a stroke. He was born in Burton, Idaho on January 15, 1932 to Thomas Leonard and Grace Marie Hertzig Smith the second of three children. He grew up and attended elementary school in...
Ruth Elizabeth Flint
Nov 3, 2011
Ruth Elizabeth Putney Snyder Flint passed away on November 3, 2011, at the Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center in Rexburg, Idaho. Ruth moved to Rexburg in 2009 to be near family, Christopher and Barbara Mann. Ruth was born October 19, 1918, in Los Angeles, California, to Ralph Bryant Putney and Elsie Josephine Carlson Putney. Three weeks later, her mother died...
Nedra Keppner
Oct 30, 2011
Nedra Blair Keppner, 92 of Rexburg, died Sunday, October 30, 2011 at the Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born April 7, 1919 in Lewiston, Utah to Karren Jerald and Velva Glover Blair, the first of two children. Her life was full of trials from a young age. When eight years old she lost her father to heart failure...
Kevin Read Drussel
Oct 29, 2011
Kevin Read Drussel, 53, of Rexburg, died October 29, 2011 at is home. He was born November 15, 1957 at Burley, Idaho to Donald read Drussel and JoAnn Harper Drussel. At the age of eight, the family moved to Idaho Falls and then to Archer, Idaho. Kevin attended school in Archer and Rexburg, graduating from Madison High School in 1976....
Pamela Lynn
Oct 27, 2011
On October 27, 2011 Pamela Kay Packer Lynn, beloved wife, mother, daughter and sister slipped peacefully away at her home, from complications of the treatment of leukemia, surrounded by her loving family. Pamela was born September 19, 1962 to Clair and Lynda Wheeler Packer in Brigham City, Utah. She was the second of four children. Pamela was a bright ray...
Dean Walters Zollinger
Oct 20, 2011
Dean Walters Zollinger, 89 of Rexburg, died Thursday, October 20, 2011 at his home. He was born November 16,1921 at Rexburg to Charles Joseph Zollinger and Mable Stoddard Walters. He attended Adams and Washington grade schools, Madison High School and Ricks College. He married Glenna I Archibald on February 10, 1942. She died in 1996. He married Larena Palmer Brower...
Robert Scott Williams
Oct 17, 2011
Robert Scott Williams, 50 formerly of North Carolina, died October 17, 2011 in Rexburg, Idaho of a heart attack. He was born June 9,1961 in Montabeloo, California to William Scott Williams and Katherine Marie Nightingale. He attended Roanoke High School in North Carolina. He married Lynda Ann Williamson June 3, 1993. Robert was a carpenter in general construction. He enjoyed...
Coleman M Steel
Oct 17, 2011
Coleman M. Steel, 72, of Burton passed away October 17, 2011, in Ashton surrounded by family. He was born July 13, 1939, in Plano, Idaho, to Moroni Job Steel and Beulah Ursula Coleman. He was third of five children. He attended school in the Sugar-Salem School District and Ricks College. He married Laretta Hansen in the Idaho Falls LDS temple...
Pauline Jardine
Oct 16, 2011
Pauline Jardine has gone home. Her funeral will be Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in the Sixteenth Ward Chapel at 612 South Hidden Valley Road. She passed from this life October 16 surrounded by her loved ones. Now she is withy her dear husband Fred again. Pauline is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Mary Lou Bell
Oct 14, 2011
Mary Lou Bell Mary Lou Bell, 75, passed away peacefully in the Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center with her husband at her side, on Friday, October 14, 2011. Mary Lou was born March 1, 1936 in Rexburg, Idaho to Wain and Bertie Garner Davis. She was the second of three children. They were a loving and happy LDS family. Mary...
Ronald Kinghorn
Oct 13, 2011
Ronald J Kinghorn, 95, of Sugar City, passed away peacefully October 13, 2011, at Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg, from natural causes incident to age. Ron was born September 15, 1916, in Lewisville, Idaho to Ray and Myrtle Jensen Kinghorn. He grew up on a farm in Bybee and attended schools in Lewisville. His father was killed in an...
Tracy Blair Hall
Oct 11, 2011
Tracy Blair Hall, 47 of Rexburg, died Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at Medicine Lodge, Idaho. He was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1963 in Rexburg, Idaho to Blaine and Sharon Daniel Hall. He attended Burton elementary school, Madison Jr. High and Madison High School and Eastern Idaho Technical College, earning a degree in diesel mechanics. Tracy farmed with his...
Irene Asenath Park
Oct 8, 2011
Irene Asenath Robertson Park was born October 16,1924, in Plano, Idaho to Orville Joseph and Sarah Hendricks Robertson. She passed away at her home on October 8,2011. She attended Edmunds Grade School and Edmunds High School. She married Wilbur Lewis Park on January 19, 1942 in Dillon, Montana. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on...
Merlin Grant Liljenquist
Oct 6, 2011
Merlin Grant Liljenquist, 89, passed away peacefully on October 6, 2011. Merlin was born to George Edwin and Nellie Marguerite Johnson Liljenquist on December 23, 1921 in Rexburg. He attended local schools and enjoyed tending the family cows and exploring, hiking and fishing in his youth. He graduated from Madison High School and delivered telegrams for the Western Union telegraph...
Lyle Spencer Briggs
Oct 4, 2011
Lyle Spencer Briggs was born in Archer, Idaho January 31,1936 to Leah Margaret Hansen and Raymond George Briggs. He passed away at EIRMC in Idaho Falls on Tuesday October 4, 2011. Lyle graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg and received his mechanical engineering degree Cal Poly-Pomona. Lyle was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and...
Donna Louise Mayes
Sep 30, 2011
Donna Louise Mayes passed away peacefully at her home in Rexburg, Idaho on Friday, September 30, 2011. She was 86. "Donie" as her family called her was born in Waco, Texas on May 12, 1925 to Winfred Olive Horan and Emma Valentine Nichols, the first of seven children. Their home was a busy one and Donie had chores at an...
Gwendolyn Gannaway
Sep 25, 2011
Gwendolyn Phyllis Munroe Gannaway, 90, peacefully passed away Sunday, September 25, surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 23, 1921. Gwen joins her loving husband of 66 years, RLee Gannaway. Left to mourn their mother's passing are six children: Eilene Laymance of Kirkland, Washington; Kathryn Mahan (Glen) of Mt. Vernon, Washington; Beverly Douglas (Gary Struthers) of Oak Harbor,...
John Chee
Sep 25, 2011
John C. Chee, 72, formerly of St. Anthony, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona, peacefully in his sleep. John was born on October 30,1938 to Ethel Manygoats and Destheenie Chischilly in Chinle, Arizona. He was an only child. He moved to Idaho in his early years to attend schools and learned farming in eastern Idaho. He learned...
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