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Brad Birch

Brad Birch

Jun 29, 2014

Brad Birch Bradley Otteson Birch, 55, passed away Sunday June 29, 2014 at his home in the loving care of his daughter, Tiffany Dillon and his wife Carrie after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born February 23, 1959 to Paul Albert and Joyce Otteson Birch. His parents divorced and he and his mother lived with her parents at...

Elizabeth Bossard

Elizabeth Bossard

Jun 24, 2014

Elizabeth Ann Oldroyd Bossard, 71, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away on June 24, 2014. She was born April 25, 1943, in Richfield, Utah, to Glenys Carling Oldroyd and Milan Todd Oldroyd. She graduated from Richfield High School and received a Bachelor Degree from Brigham Young University. Elizabeth married Alan Sterling Bossard June 29, 1962, in the Manti LDS temple. They...

Marjorie Bates

Marjorie Bates

Jun 21, 2014

Rita Marjorie Watson Bates passed away in her sleep on June 21, 2014. She was born on June 29, 1920 in Dubois, Idaho to Robert Watson and Mary Rozelia Meservey Watson. Marjorie went to schools in Idaho Falls, and graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg. She attended school at Ricks College and the University of Utah, and obtained a...

Neil Schroeder

Neil Schroeder

Jun 20, 2014

Neil Lamoine Schroeder, 78 of Rexburg, passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 20, 2014. Neil was born July 10, 1935 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to Elgert Henry Schroeder and Luella Markham Schroeder. Neil was born the third of eight children – seven boys and one girl. He moved to Rexburg after graduation from high school to attend Ricks...

Wanda Jeppesen

Wanda Jeppesen

Jun 19, 2014

Wanda Ard Jeppsen, 92, of Rexburg, died Thursday, June 19, 2014 of natural causes. She was born September 2, 1921, in Tetonia, Idaho, to Joseph Napoleon and Myrtle Elizabeth Ard. Wanda had eight wonderful siblings to support her throughout her life. Her sisters are Eva Furniss, Anona Hansen, Nadean Wilding and Nelda Ricks. Her brothers are Donald Ard, Cleon Ard,...

Rodney Donald Bain

Rodney Donald Bain

Jun 18, 2014

Dr. Rodney Donald Bain, 63 of Rexburg, died Thursday, June 18, 2014 in Rexburg. He was born April 12, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts to Ivy Adams and William Walter Bain, Jr. He was raised along the eastern seaboard, graduating from Englewood High School in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969. He received his Bachelors and Masters degree and PhD. in Aero Space...

Dennis Pope

Dennis Pope

Jun 16, 2014

Surrounded by his family at his home, William Dennis Pope returned to his Heavenly Father on June 16, 2014, after fighting a valiant battle against an extended illness. Dennis was born in Park City, Utah on April 2, 1944 to Max Arlo Pope and Margaret Wanda Felton. He was the oldest of 7 children. He graduated from Marsh Valley High...

Milton S Wilding

Milton S Wilding

Jun 14, 2014

Milton S Wilding, 87, of Sugar City, died peacefully at his home on June 14, 2014. He was born May 25, 1927 to David Rawlin and Venna Leavitt Wilding in Teton City, Idaho. He was the youngest of 6 children and had much responsibility as his father died when he was 13 and his mother was severely disabled. At age...

Jim Morris

Jim Morris

Jun 12, 2014

James "Jim" Gust Morris, 77, of Rexburg, died June 12, 2014, at Madison Memorial Hospital of natural causes. He was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on September 11, 1936 to the union of Gust K. Morris and Constance Lagos Morris. Jim was a fun loving child known for his pranks and great love of the outdoors. Jim graduated from Blackfoot...

Kathleen Pugh

Kathleen Pugh

Jun 11, 2014

Kathleen Jeppesen Pugh, age 55, of Rexburg Idaho, passed away on June 11, 2014 in Rexburg, Idaho, after a long struggle with an intestinal illness. Kathy was born Oct. 7th, 1958 in Rexburg Idaho to Jack and Elva Jeppesen. She grew up on 5th South in Rexburg, where she was the youngest of five daughters and dreamed of being a...

Donald Rice

Donald Rice

Jun 10, 2014

Donald C Rice passed away peacefully Tuesday June 10, 2014 just six days short of his ninetieth birthday and one month short of his 70th wedding anniversary. He was born June 16th 1924 in Parker Idaho to Eva Archibald and Rawl Rice. He married Shirley Henderson July 12, 1944 in the Logan Utah temple. A gentle 5'4" giant with a...

Rodger Dearing

Rodger Dearing

Jun 6, 2014

Rodger Klayton Dearing passed away at his residence in Boise, Idaho Thursday evening, June 5th. Rodger had the capacity to exhibit a great degree of caring in his life. During his career he worked as a nurse primarily with critically ill or advanced age patients. He was very familiar with providing care for the terminally ill and befriended many in...

Norma Jean "Jennie" Glover

Norma Jean "Jennie" Glover

Jun 5, 2014

Jennie Glover (Norma Jean Smith Glover) September 9, 1953 – June 5, 2014 On Thursday June 5th, 2014 Jennie Glover passed away in the company of her family. Born in Rexburg, Idaho; daughter of Jack Warren Smith Sr. and Fern Beattie Smith, sister to Ruth Ann Hills (Richard), Jack Warren Smith Jr. (Barbara), Caryn Gail Smith, Mark Dwain Smith and...

Gay Tucker

Gay Tucker

Jun 5, 2014

Gay Tucker, 82 of Teton,Died June 5, 2014 at her home surrounded by family. Another angel received her wings as our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend Gay Tucker transcended to the other side. She was born in St. Anthony, Idaho on December 30, 1931 to Al and Bea Fausett. St. Anthony is where she spent the majority of her...

Maxine Bateman

Maxine Bateman

Jun 3, 2014

Maxine Richman Bateman, 94, of Fremont, North Carolina, formerly of Eastern Idaho, died Tuesday, June 3, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center surrounded by her family. Maxine was born in Teton City, Idaho on July 19, 1919 to the late John Henry Richman and Lucy Luella Baker Richman. In 1965, she married Eldon Theo Bateman. After his death in 2001, she...

Ladean Hill

Ladean Hill

Jun 2, 2014

LaDean Jones Hill, 86, passed away peacefully on June 2, 2014 in her home in Rexburg, Idaho, after a full and rewarding life, surrounded by loving family members. Born June 17, 1927 in Blanding, Utah, to Thomas DeAlton Jones and Anna Mackelprang Jones, she was the youngest of five children. She was proud of her pioneer grandparents who came through...

Bonnie Jo Thomason

Bonnie Jo Thomason

May 31, 2014

Bonnie Jo Thomason, age 67, passed away at her home with her family surrounding her, in Rexburg Idaho on May 31, 2014 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born March 14, 1947 in Rigby Idaho to Connald and Marion Hymas Carlsen, where she grew up on a farm and learned the value of hard work, the love...

Ivel Burrell

Ivel Burrell

May 30, 2014

Ivel Nield Izatt Burrell, of Teton City, returned to her loving Heavenly Father on Friday, May 30, 2014, after a valiant battle with cancer. Ivel was born August 19, 1946, to Mary LaRee Nield and Rawla Izatt in Afton, Wyoming. Her family moved to Emmett, Idaho when she was 13 and she finished school there, graduating from Emmett High School....

Betty Tibbitts

Betty Tibbitts

May 30, 2014

Betty Lou Davi,s Tibbitts April 10, 1924 – May 30, 2014 Betty D. Tibbitts passed away peacefully, incident to aging, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on May 30, 2014, surrounded by her children. Betty Lou Davis was born on April 10, 1924 in the family home in Heman, Idaho. She was the third daughter of Lew Wallace Davis and Ethelyn Rice...

Reta Fletcher

Reta Fletcher

May 27, 2014

Reta Fletcher, 76 of Shelley, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 2, 2014 at the Mountain View Ward Building, in Shelley. Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery.

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