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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...

Merlin Wallace Bird

Merlin Wallace Bird

Sep 6, 2013

Merlin Wallace Bird, 83, of Rexburg died Friday, September 6, 2013 at his home from nature causes. He was born September 15, 1929 in Teton City, Idaho to Hilda Emily Peterson and Wallace Bird. He grew up in Teton. The first school Merlin went to was the old Teton Rock School. School was held in the old seed house too....

Renee Katherine Wood

Renee Katherine Wood

Aug 27, 2013

Renee Katherine Huether Wood, 40, of Newdale passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at her home. Her passing was sudden and unexpected. She was born June 3, 1973 to Ewald and Rox Anna Huether in Phillip, South Dakota. She attended schools in Douglas, Wyoming. She attended the University of Wyoming, while there she met Heath Wood. They were married on...

Alan Blair Withers

Alan Blair Withers

Aug 27, 2013

Alan Blair Withers of Mud Lake, Idaho passed away Tuesday, August 27th at the age of 57 from complications due to cancer. He was born July 3, 1956 in Rexburg, Idaho to Blair and Vesta Withers. Alan grew up in Rexburg on his family's dairy farm, which he fully took over after his father retired. He attended grade school in...

Mary Gayl Cox

Mary Gayl Cox

Aug 21, 2013

Mary Gayl Cox, 50, of Rexburg, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Madison Memorial Hospital. She was born December 19, 1962 to Larry and Phylis Talley of Mexico, Missouri. She was raised in Rush Hill Missouri and graduated form Mexico High School in 1979. Her son Tye was born in 1987 in Missouri. She married Mark Cox and moved to...

Devin Singleton

Devin Singleton

Aug 19, 2013

Devin Eric Singleton died Aug 19, 2013 in a one vehicle accident near Dubois, Idaho. He was born July 24, 1984 to V. Britt Singleton and J. Laree Singleton, of Salem, in Rexburg. He grew up living in Salem and attending schools at Sugar-Salem graduating in 2002. After graduation he worked at Ray's Car Wash earning money to serve a...

Gene Kennedy

Gene Kennedy

Aug 15, 2013

Gene Allen Kennedy, 64 of St. Anthony, died Thursday, August 15, 2013 at his home. He was born January 12, 1949 in Boise, ID to Francis Harry and Edith Byars Kennedy. He was raised in Island Park and wilford. He attended school in Fremont county and graduated from South Fremont High School in 1967. He served his country in the...

Diane Wolfe

Diane Wolfe

Aug 7, 2013

Elizabeth Diane Wolfe of Rexburg, Idaho, suddenly, yet peacefully passed from this life in her home Wednesday afternoon August 7, 2013. Diane was born in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1954. She spent a few early years in New Orleans while her father completed his internship as a physician and then onto Sherman Oaks California and later Paradise, California where...

Joyce Furness Luke

Joyce Furness Luke

Jul 23, 2013

Joyce Furness Luke, 91, passed away on July 23, 2013 at her home in Sugar City, Idaho. Joyce was born in Sugar City on April 9, 1922 to Tobias Furness and Lucy Ricks Furness. She attended school in Sugar City and graduated from Sugar-Salem High School, where she participated in orchestra, choir, pep band and pep club. Joyce attended Ricks...

Donna Camphouse

Donna Camphouse

Jul 20, 2013

On Saturday, July 20, 2013 Donna Dee Camphouse of Rexburg passed from this life. She escaped the shell that had held her prisoner for so long. Donna received excellent care from Solace-Hospice and the Gardens of Rigby Assisted-Living. Donna was born at Teton, ID, the oldest child of Harold Monroe Fritch and Mattie Rae Clark. In her early life her...

Irja Maj-Lis Ogata

Irja Maj-Lis Ogata

Jul 18, 2013

Our beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Irja Maj-Lis Malila Ogata, 79, passed away peacefully at The Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg on July 18, 2013. She was born June 17, 1934, in Helsinki, Finland, to Ragnar Wilhelm and Lempi Sanelma Simon-Aho Malila. Irja's early life was shaped by the Second World War in Helsinki, running to bomb shelters and missing...

Trent L. Thompson

Trent L. Thompson

Jul 11, 2013

Trent L. Thompson, age 44, of Rexburg, died July 11, 2013 at home following a brief illness of esophageal cancer. He submitted to his challenge like an obedient child and fought like a brave and valiant warrior. He is now running like the wind and not looking back. Trent was born Dec. 22, 1968 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to R....

Nancy Lee Jones

Nancy Lee Jones

Jul 11, 2013

Nancy Lee Jones, 66, of Hibbard, passed away July 10, 2013. She was born January 30, 1947, in Rexburg, to Miles Robert and Helen Marie Christopherson Jones. She attended school in Madison County and graduated from Madison High School. She also attended an airline stewardess school in Florida and Henniger's Business College in Ogden. Her employment included working at a...

Donna Abegglen

Donna Abegglen

Jul 9, 2013

Donna Willyne Abegglen, 82 of Wilford, died Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born April 26, 1931 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Francis R and Venla Cooper Wright. She attended school in Madison County and graduated from Madison High School. She met and married Gene Abegglen and raised 8 wonderful children. She was a...

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