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Mitchell Medcalf

Mitchell Medcalf

Mar 1, 2015

Mitchell "Mitch" Milo Medcalf, 54, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 at home due to health complications. He was born August 3, 1960 in Kankakee, Illinois. He graduated from Madison High School in 1978. He worked avidly as an explosives expert before becoming disabled due to health complications. He was a free spirited individual who enjoyed being...

Lorin E. Papworth

Lorin E. Papworth

Feb 28, 2015

Lorin Ellis Papworth, died February 28, 2015, in Rexburg, Idaho, six days before his 85th birthday. Lorin was born March 5, 1930, in Challis, Idaho, to James Ellis and Leota Kelley Papworth. Lorin spent his life working. He began mowing lawns and chopping kindling when he was twelve, and at thirteen he was hired to work for the Tri State...

Deon Davenport

Deon Davenport

Feb 26, 2015

Deon Clair Davenport, 65, of Parker, Idaho, passed away peacefully at his home of natural causes on Thursday, February 26, 2015. He was born on May 7, 1949, in Shelley, Idaho, to Clair Davenport and Mathel Roos Davenport. He was educated in the Salt Lake Valley, attending Union and Midvalley Elementary Schools, Midvale Jr. High School, and Hillcrest High School....

Paddy Mulkay

Paddy Mulkay

Feb 22, 2015

Paddy Mary Hall Mulkay died peacefully in The Homestead, assisted living center, Rexburg, Idaho on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the age of 81. Paddy and her twin sister, Peggy, were born on July 27, 1933 in Roberts, ID to Frank and Jenile (Young) Hall. She grew up in Annis, ID and graduated from Rigby High School in 1951. She...

Shirley Rice

Shirley Rice

Feb 14, 2015

On February 14,2015, Valentine's Day, Shirley Marie Henderson Rice was rejoined with her sweetheart of over 70 years, Donald C Rice. She was born January 8, 1927 in St. Anthony Idaho to Orville (Grandpa Pete) and Arvilla (Grandma Bobby) Henderson. She married Donald Rice July 12, 1944 in the Logan Utah LDS Temple. Hers was a life of service to...

Betty Louise Steele

Betty Louise Steele

Feb 5, 2015

Betty Louise Steele, 76, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015. She was born in Palm Springs, California on June 14,1938 to Dennis and Anna May Gray Abernathy. Betty married Robert Steele on November 21,1956. Betty and Bob lived in California until 1992 when they moved to Idaho. She enjoyed golfing in the ladies league in Rexburg and she made a...

Ray Walker

Ray Walker

Feb 5, 2015

In the early hours of February 5, 2015, a heart of gold gave out, and Ray Willis Walker, Jr. joined the ranks of the Angels. Left in gratitude for his life and example are his wife of 63 loving years, Sylvia Therese Eberth Walker, his children, Bruce Walker (Susan Walker), Kent Walker (DeRue Walker), Glenn Walker (Jody Walker), Douglas Walker...

Kevin Riley Rogers

Kevin Riley Rogers

Feb 3, 2015

Kevin Riley Rogers, 37, formerly of Rexburg, Idaho passed away on February 3, 2015, in Kodiak, Alaska. Kevin was born June 28, 1977 in Boise, Idaho. He grew up and attended schools in Rexburg, Idaho. Following his graduation from Madison High School in 1995, he moved with his mother and brother to Sitka, Alaska where he worked as a carpenter,...

Lawrence Grover

Lawrence Grover

Feb 1, 2015

Lawrence R Grover, 93, of Sugar City died February 1, 2015. He was born September 28, 1921 to Daniel Wells Grover and Martha May Ricks Grover in Rexburg Idaho. Lawrence was the youngest, having 6 brothers and 2 sisters. His father owned and operated a dairy, where he worked from a very young age. He recounted the times of delivering...

Alta Peterson

Alta Peterson

Jan 31, 2015

Alta Hillman Peterson, 93, of Lyman passed away Jan 31, 2015, at the home of her son Larry in Centerville, Utah where she had been living for just over a year. Alta was born the second of three children on October 27, 1921 to Ben Ira Hillman and Helen Brunson at the farm home in Sunnydell, Idaho. She attended school...

Laree Casper

Laree Casper

Jan 28, 2015

Janice LaRee Casper, 78, of Felt, Idaho passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by those who love her. She was born September 22, 1936, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to William Earl and Hazel Pauline Walton Brower. She was the youngest of ten children. She grew up in Driggs, Idaho, attending elementary school in...

Brigham Forbush

Brigham Forbush

Jan 28, 2015

Brigham Lee Forbush, 35, of Sugar City, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, of natural causes. He was born September 12, 1979, in Rexburg, Idaho to Bruce and Holly Stone Forbush. He grew up in Sugar City and graduated from Sugar Salem High School. He later earned an Associate Degree from Ricks College and a Bachelor's Degree from...

Arthur Paul

Arthur Paul

Jan 27, 2015

Arthur Joseph Paul, 77 of Rexburg, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born August 20,1937 at Clayton, Idaho to Margaret Jean Speers and John Burroughs Paul. Arthur graduated from Challis High School in 1957. He lived a short while in California and then moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was...

Geri Morford

Geri Morford

Jan 25, 2015

Geraldine "Geri" Schwab Morford of Plano passed away Sunday, January 25 at Madison Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born on January 4, 1964 in Afton, Wyoming. She grew up in Star Valley and Rexburg, Idaho where she graduated from Madison High School and attended Ricks College. She lived for several years in Okinawa and The Netherlands where...

Richard Loomis

Richard Loomis

Jan 22, 2015

Richard Charles Loomis, 45, of Rexburg, died Thursday January 22, 2015. He was born July 12, 1969 to Ron and Peggy Loomis in Palm Springs, California. Richard joined the military straight out of high school. After his time in the United States Army he joined the National Guard. He loved his years of service and his family always enjoyed his...

Louella Percy

Louella Percy

Jan 13, 2015

Louella Percy, 102, known by most of us as Gram or Dorty, passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at her daughter's home in Rexburg. The family would like to express appreciation for the kindness and tender care she was given from Solace. She loved all the nurses and aides from Solace who came to assist her and comfort her....

Mary Brown

Mary Brown

Jan 10, 2015

Our angel wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, Mary Angeline Bush Ricks Brown, age 79, passed peacefully in to the arms of her Heavenly Father on Saturday, January 10th 2015. She will be missed by all who knew her. Mary Angeline Bush was born on January 9th, 1936 in Rexburg, ID. She was the ninth of eleven children born to Charles...

Marilyn Schofield

Marilyn Schofield

Jan 10, 2015

Marilyn Forsyth Schofield, 69, of Sugar City, suddenly passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on January 10, 2015 after suffering a stroke the day before. At the time of her passing, she was surrounded by many of her family members. Marilyn was the third daughter of seven children born to Marion G. and Grace Gallup Forsyth. She grew...

Treagan Douglas Powell

Treagan Douglas Powell

Jan 4, 2015

The infant son of Glade Jeffery and Makale Lorraine Hanks Powell, Treagan Douglas Powell, passed away a short time after birth on January 4, 2015 at Madison Memorial Hospital. Services for Treagan were held on Saturday, January 10, 2015 in the Parker LDS Chapel and were followed by burial in the Parker Cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Jeff...

Marva Lee Tucker

Marva Lee Tucker

Dec 31, 2014

Marva Lee Allgood Tucker, was born on June 4, 1927 in Teton City, Idaho. She was the first of five children born to Neva Maude Harris and Ernest E. Allgood. She passed away at the Ashton Nursing Home in Ashton, Idaho on December 31, 2014 at the age of 87. She spent her entire life in Teton City. When she...

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