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Terrell Lorin Arnold

Terrell Lorin Arnold

Oct 31, 2013

Terrell Lorin Arnold, 88 of Rexburg died Thursday, October 31, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born February 28, 1925 in Rexburg, Idaho to Elbert (Abb) Arnold and Eva Smith Arnold. Summers were spent at the family farm in Felt, Idaho. He attended school in Rexburg and graduated from Madison High school where he excelled in...

Gail Woolstenhulme

Gail Woolstenhulme

Oct 27, 2013

Beloved husband, father grandfather and friend, Gail Delbert Woolstenhulme, 83 of St. Anthony, died Sunday, October 27, 2013. He was born March 5, 1930 in Victor, Idaho to Delbert George and Velma Johnson Woolstenhulme. Gail Spent his early years in the heart of the Teton Valley with 2 sisters and 3 brothers. He attended Teton Valley Schools. He was baptized...

Afton Ruth Wasden

Afton Ruth Wasden

Oct 23, 2013

Afton Ruth Neibaur Wasden was born Nov. 22, 1928, to Daryl and Sophie Neibaur in Newdale, Idaho. She passed away peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, in Idaho Falls. Afton was born and raised in Newdale and on the dry farm at Canyon Creek. They worked hard, but also had lots of fun. She played high school basketball and liked to...

Karen Jensen Bell

Karen Jensen Bell

Oct 20, 2013

After struggling with cancer, Karen Jensen Bell passed away in the early morning hours at her home in Hibbard on Sunday, October 20, 2013. Karen was born on November 8, 1935, to Edna Berger Jensen, and Lavon Jensen in Hibbard, Idaho. Karen survived many health problems during her life, scarlet fever when she two months old and a ruptured gall...

Tamara Davies

Tamara Davies

Oct 17, 2013

Kay Tamara King Davies, 53, of Idaho Falls, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Tamara was born April 7, 1960, in Porterville, California to LeRoy and LaRae Pickett King. She was the fourth of four children. She attended elementary school in California, Hawaii and Massachusetts. She was a graduate from Madison...

Bob Kauer

Bob Kauer

Oct 13, 2013

Robert Lorin "Bob" Kauer, age 67, of Rexburg, Idaho and Nome, Alaska, died October 13, 2013, in Rexburg. He was born September 21, 1946, in Rexburg. He was the first child of Lorin B. and Erma Siepert Kauer. He was followed by four brothers and two sisters. In 1949, the family moved to Leadore, Idaho. It was a child's paradise...

Nancy Ball Simmons

Nancy Ball Simmons

Oct 10, 2013

Nancy Ball Simmons, died Thursday, October 10, 2013 at her home in Rexburg, ID. She was born June 14, 1971, at Idaho Falls, ID, the third child of Gary and JoAnn Westergard Ball. She grew up in Rexburg, and in 1989 graduated from Madison High School where she participated in Volleyball, orchestra and the Bobcadettes. She graduated from Utah State...

Lee Hubbard

Lee Hubbard

Oct 10, 2013

Lee W. Hubbard, 90, of Rexburg, passed away from natural causes at his home on Thursday, October 10, 2013. He was born May 24, 1923, the eldest child of Wm. Roland and Margaret Irene Ard Hubbard, in Rexburg, Idaho. Except for serving in World War II in the Army, and attending college in San Francisco, California, Lee lived his entire...

Carol Mortensen

Carol Mortensen

Oct 6, 2013

Carol Alice Mortensen, 70, of Idaho Falls, died Sunday, October 6, 2013 at her home. She was born December 29, 1942 in Salem, Idaho to Annes G. and Maud Mortimer Mortensen. She graduated from Sugar Salem High School and received her Associate degree from Ricks College. Carol was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and...

Jim Hancock

Jim Hancock

Oct 6, 2013

Jim Agee Hancock, 95, of Rexburg, passed away Sunday night Oct 6, 2013, at his home surrounded by family. Jim was born April 19, 1918, in a small town, Mahaska, Iowa, to Frank Dean Hancock and Ethel Mae Agee Hancock. On Oct 22, 1945, Jim married Barbara Louise McCullar. They were blessed with two wonderful daughters Deborah and Barbara. On...

John Eugene Gaume

John Eugene Gaume

Oct 5, 2013

John Eugene Gaume was born December 6, 1934 in ElPaso, Texas to John Walker and Mona Lucille Graham Gaume. He worked in real estate. He died October 5, 2013 in Idaho Falls. He married Elizabeth Jolene Summers and they had three children; Pamela Sue, Deborah Lyn, and Kit. They divorced in 1962. He married Mary Lee Switzer and they had...

Bill Klingler

Bill Klingler

Oct 2, 2013

William Blair "Bill" Klingler, 84, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013. Bill was born on March 31, 1929 in Rexburg, Idaho to Alma and Henrietta Klingler. He grew up and attended schools in Rexburg. Following his mission to northern California, he studied at University of Utah, graduating in Electrical Engineering. While living in Utah, he met and...

Flossie Nipko

Flossie Nipko

Sep 25, 2013

Flossie Mae Alley Nipko was born May 25, 1917 in Blue Rapids, Kansas, daughter of Ruth Fisher Brooks & Noah Corwin Alley, and passed away September 25, 2013 in Rexburg, Idaho. Raised in Colorado Springs, CO - graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Home Economics, married Roy Albert Nipko DVM May 25, 1940. They raised their family...

Kevin Jack Mcminn

Kevin Jack Mcminn

Sep 20, 2013

Kevin Jack McMinn, 54 of Rexburg, died Friday, September 20, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on March 21, 1959 in Idaho Falls, ID to Jack and Elizabeth Kaye Jenkins McMinn. He was raised in Plano. He attended schools in Sugar City and the Eastern Idaho VoTec. He married Marcie Lloyd and they were later...

Anna Belle Jackson

Anna Belle Jackson

Sep 20, 2013

Anna Belle Jackson, 90 years old, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of September 20, 2013. Anna Belle was born in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado on April 6, 1923, to Virginia Heath Gilmore, and was somewhat of a miracle baby, weighing only two pounds at birth. Her nursery was a small grape basket kept in the warming oven...

Colleen Graham

Colleen Graham

Sep 19, 2013

Laura Colleen Saurey Graham, 83, of Moody Creek died Thursday, September 19, 2013, at her home. She was born April 28, 1930 at the family home in Hibbard, Idaho, to Heber Charles Saurey and Sophy Ricks Saurey. She was the youngest of eight children. Colleen attended elementary school in Hibbard and graduate from Madison High School. She married W. Dean...

Homer Taylor

Homer Taylor

Sep 19, 2013

Homer Reuben Taylor, long -time resident of Rexburg, Idaho returned to his Heavenly Father on September 19, 2013 at the age of 92. He was surrounded by his family who dearly love him. Homer was born in Preston, Idaho on July 31, 1921 to Reuben Davis Taylor and Olga Mary Jensen Taylor. He was the third child of eight children....

Morrell Allred

Morrell Allred

Sep 18, 2013

Elden Morrell Allred, 96 of Rexburg, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. He was born Jun 20, 1917 at Fairview, Wyoming to Elden and Leola White Allred. Morrell served in the US Army Air Corp during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Memories of this experience influenced him the remainder of his...

Donald Gorton

Donald Gorton

Sep 10, 2013

Donald Allen Gorton, 73, passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013, following a long, courageous, fight with cancer. Don was born March 5, 1940, at home, in Squirrel, Idaho to Floyd W. and Renee C. House Gorton. He grew up in Lamont where his family farmed. He graduated from North Fremont High School in 1958. Don enlisted in the U. S....

Don J. Rasmussen

Don J. Rasmussen

Sep 6, 2013

Don J. Rasmussen, 77, passed away on September 6, 2013, in Ashton, Idaho. Don was born on April 25, 1936, to John and Sylvia Peterson Rasmussen in Coltman, Idaho. Don grew up in Mud Lake and attended school in Roberts, Idaho. On October 21, 1955, Don married his eternal companion Thora Marlene French in the Idaho Falls Temple. Don and...

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