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Gloy Messick

Gloy Messick

Jul 8, 2015

Gloy Serilla Albertson Messick, 85, of Rexburg, died Wednesday July 8, 2015 at Rexburg Care & Rehabilitation of a sudden illness. Gloy was born July 8, 1930, in Osgood, Idaho, to Francise Annis Albertson and Margaret Elizabeth Robinson. She attended school in Osgood and Idaho Falls. She grew up in the Osgood area. She was the 8th child of 12...

Mary Barney

Mary Barney

Jul 4, 2015

Mary Collum Barney, 65 of Chester, died Saturday, July 4, 2015 at her home after a battle with cancer since last October. She was born April 29, 1950 in Williams, Arizona to James William and Lela Fay Hickman Collum. She received her education in several Arizona schools and received her teaching degree while living in Reno, Nevada. She taught special...

Harold Stoddard

Harold Stoddard

Jul 2, 2015

Harold DeLynn Stoddard, 88, of Midway Utah, formerly of Rexburg Idaho, passed away peacefully at home on July 2, 2015. Harold was born in Egin, ID on Sept. 4, 1926 to Lucille Ingram and Leslie Marion Stoddard. He was the 7th of 10 children. Harold graduated from South Fremont High School. Immediately following graduation he enlisted in the US Marine...

Faye Wilcox

Faye Wilcox

Jul 2, 2015

Faye Meyers Wilcox, 91, died Thursday, July 2, 2015 at her home in Plano, Idaho. She was born July 3,1923 at Plano, the third of four children born to Henry and Della Meyers. Her siblings were Lea Stoddard, Keith Meyers, and Melva Baker. She married David F. Wilcox at Reno, Nevada on December 3,1954. They lived at Plano where she...

Stuart Henderson

Stuart Henderson

Jun 29, 2015

Stuart Noal Henderson, 78, of Rexburg, died June 29, 2015. He was born November 9, 1936, in Rexburg, Idaho to Noal R. and Verna Smith Henderson. He attended school in Rexburg and graduated from Madison High School in 1955. He served honorably in the US Navy from 1956 to 1959. He married Shirley Jensen on May 12, 1961. Two children...

Connor Wilson

Connor Wilson

Jun 27, 2015

Connor Dean Wilson was born May 13, 1981 in Rexburg, Idaho to Barry and Marlene Wilson and lived most of his 34 years in Rexburg and Rigby. He was active in Scouting and became an Eagle Scout. He was active and athletic and enjoyed the outdoors. His mortal life ended at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2015. He...

Kay Lynn Statham

Kay Lynn Statham

Jun 24, 2015

Kay Lynn Statham, 64, of Rexburg, died June 24, 2015 at EIRMC in Idaho Falls. He was born September 15, 1950 in Rexburg, Idaho to Gale and Lucille Statham. He was the second son out of five brothers. He attended school in Rexburg and graduated form Madison High School in 1970. He then attended Billings Automotive School in Billings Montana....

Brenda Sutton

Brenda Sutton

Jun 23, 2015

Brenda Orr Sutton, 69, of Rexburg, Idaho passed away on Tuesday June 23, 2015 from a lingering illness. She was born December 28, 1945 in Rexburg, Idaho to Ernest and Luella Orr. She grew up in Egin, Idaho and graduated from South Fremont High School. She married Steve Sutton April 2nd 1965, and they had seven children. They were later...

Ashley Koloa

Ashley Koloa

Jun 21, 2015

Ashley Marie Freeman Koloa, 31, passed early Sunday morning, June 21, 2015, from heart complications. Ashley was born April 18, 1984, in Rexburg, Idaho. She completed grades K-12 in Rexburg, Idaho then attended BYU-Idaho where she completed her undergraduate degree in Child Development. She was currently in the process of obtaining a graduate degree in Social Work and Substance Abuse...

Cleo Johnson

Cleo Johnson

Jun 19, 2015

Cleo Jones Johnson, 92, of Rexburg, died June 19, 2015 of natural causes. She was born August 3, 1922 to Joseph Thomas "Jody" and Verna Randall Jones. Her early years were spent in the Lorenzo area, before the family moved to Rexburg. In 1933, her father completed the basement of a new home, in the southwest corner of Rexburg, into...

Seth Grover

Seth Grover

Jun 12, 2015

Seth DeRoy Grover passed from his earthly probation on June 12, 2015 after a year long battle with pancreatic cancer at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho. He was surrounded by his wife and children. DeRoy was born to Seth Bennett Grover, Jr. and Margaret Emma Wright Grover on November 2, 1939 in Rexburg, Idaho. He joined his...

Hal Ferguson

Hal Ferguson

Jun 10, 2015

Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and educator, Hal George Ferguson, 87, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away in his sleep on the early morning of June 10, 2015. He was the eldest son of George Kenneth Ferguson and Millicent Stewart, and a generous big brother to his seven younger siblings, Beverly, Myrna, Dallas, Richard, Joseph, Ellen, and Shelley. Like many of his...

Anita Boyle

Anita Boyle

Jun 8, 2015

Our dear sister, daughter, mother, aunt and friend, Anita Boyle, of Sugar City, died unexpectedly on June 8, 2015, at Madison Memorial Hospital. She was born July 5, 1964, to Lee B. and Lola Dalley Boyle. Anita was blessed with a daughter and best friend, Elizabeth Ann Boyle, whom she treasured more than life itself. Anita was a 1982 graduate...

Shirley Arnold

Shirley Arnold

Jun 6, 2015

Shirley Ricks Arnold, 83, of Rexburg, passed away at Carriage Cove in Rexburg, on June 6, 2015. Shirley was born January 29, 1932, to Theodore and Beulah Bunnell Ricks. She was the youngest of eight children. Shirley attended schools in Rexburg. She married her high school sweetheart, Verl Arnold, on July 22 1948, in Rexburg. They made their home and...

Abram Scott Kissell

Abram Scott Kissell

Jun 5, 2015

Abram Scott Kissell, 28, of Rexburg Idaho, passed away on June 5, 2015 as a result of a car accident. He was born on January 4, 1987, in Washington, Utah. He served an LDS mission in the Mexico Torreon Mission. Abram returned home, continued school at BYU-Idaho, and was just about to graduate in International Studies. He met and then...

Ludean Grover

Ludean Grover

Jun 4, 2015

Just eleven days short of her 101st birthday, LuDean Marie Anderson Grover passed away peacefully in her home in Archer on June 4, 2015. She was the fifth child of Andrew Christian Anderson and Maria Jensen Anderson of Independence. She was born June 15,1914. Her father died when she was two so she was raised by her mother on a...

Michael Powell

Michael Powell

Jun 3, 2015

Michael James Powell, 56, of Newdale, was called back home to our Heavenly Father June 3rd, 2015. He passed away from complications of a Heart Attack, at EIRMC. He was surrounded by his loving family. Mike was born October 29th, 1958, in Vancouver Washington, to Francis "Fritz" James Powell and Grace Ann Logoteta. He was the 4th of 6 children....

Blaine Ralph Bake

Blaine Ralph Bake

Jun 1, 2015

Blaine Ralph Bake, 71, died Monday, June 1, 2015 at home in Rexburg after a long illness. He was born February 26, 1944 in Burley, Idaho to Eural and Nila (Gruwell) Bake. Blaine's father was a genuine cowboy and Blaine lived on ranches in Nevada, Florida and Prescott, Arizona. Blaine learned to work hard and always loved the outdoors despite...

Louise Kelsheimer

Louise Kelsheimer

May 31, 2015

Louise Kelsheimer Jessie Louise Kelsheimer, 94, of Newdale, Idaho, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2015 at her home of natural causes. Louise was born August 9, 1920 in Turnner, Idaho to George and Jessie Albiston. She was raised in the mining town of Conda, Idaho which no longer exists. She had many fond memories of growing up there with her...

Margaret Bean

Margaret Bean

May 31, 2015

Margaret Mary Phillipp Bean, 85, passed away Sunday May 31, 2015 with her family at her side. She was born on May 10, 1930 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Joseph A. Phillipp and Frances Sieger Phillipp. She had five older siblings, Genevieve, Catherine, Angela, Blanche and Herman,and four younger siblings Pauline, Paul, Joe and Rosalie. Margaret spent her early years...

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