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Billie Gayle Farnes

Billie Gayle Farnes

Dec 5, 2013

Billie Gayle Whitmore Farnes, 70, of Rigby died Thursday, December 5, 2013 in the comfort of her home after battling an illness. Billie was born to the late James Albert Whitmore and Reva Grace Whitmore on July 22, 1943 in Ashton, Idaho. She was the 6th born of 9 children. She attended Ashton Elementary and North Fremont High School. She...

Ted Nelson Hill

Ted Nelson Hill

Dec 2, 2013

Ted Nelson Hill passed away peacefully of natural causes, at Madison Memorial Hospital on December 2, 2013, surrounded by his family. He was born March 18, 1941, in Logan, Utah to Albert Francis Hill and Melna Nelson Hill. He started his life as a premature baby weighing only 3 lbs and spent the first 5 weeks of his life in...

Bonnie Mortensen

Bonnie Mortensen

Nov 27, 2013

Bonnie Jean Schwendiman Mortensen passed away peacefully at the home of her son, Steve, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, November 27, 2013. She was born September 5, 1927 in Newdale, Idaho to Harvey and Gladys Rush Schwendiman. She claims to have been a tomboy as a child, playing ball, swimming in canal behind their home, and working for her father in...

Reva Hill

Reva Hill

Nov 27, 2013

Reva Ritchie Hill, age 89, of Rexburg, died November 27, 2013. She was born March 14, 1924, in Ucon, Idaho to Clarence James and Mary Robinson Ritchie. She attended grade school in Ucon and graduated from Ucon High School in 1942. She graduated from Ricks College and Utah State University. She taught school in Pocatello, Idaho while her husband attended...

Lynn Christensen

Lynn Christensen

Nov 25, 2013

James Lynn Christensen (Jim, Lynn, Pappy or Chris) was born in St. Anthony, Idaho June 7, 1945 to Marvin Reginald and Espy Ellis Christensen. He died Monday, November 25, 2013 at his home surrounded by family. Lynn Joined the army national guard in 1963 and served our country until 1968. On March 30, 1965 he married Ivie Marie Wright in...

Lyle Ray Shupe

Lyle Ray Shupe

Nov 21, 2013

Lyle Ray Shupe, " Cork", 79 of Hamer, Idaho, died Tuesday, November 21, 2013 at his home. Lyle was born September 28, 1934, in Hamer, Idaho to William "Bill" and Alice Shupe. He attended the University of Idaho in Moscow and he served in the US Army, stationed in Japan, during the Korean War. He married Karlene Stoddard on March...

Phyllis Nef

Phyllis Nef

Nov 20, 2013

Phyllis Allgood Nef, 88, of Rexburg, passed away Wednesday November 20, 2013, in St. Anthony surrounded by family. Phyllis was born March 6, 1925 to Arthur and Geneva Jensen Allgood in Hibbard, Idaho. When her parents divorced her family eventually moved to Rexburg to live with her grandmother Jensen. She loved her Grandma Jensen and told many loving stories of...

Tressa May Pearson

Tressa May Pearson

Nov 18, 2013

Tressa May Munro was born on October 7, 1918, to James Albert Munro and Myrtle Calista Maxwell. In Shoshone, Idaho.She passed away November 18, 2013. In Tonasket WA. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband John Theo Pearson, a son J Dale Pearson, daughters Carol Pearson, Leah Gardner and LaRue Madsen. She is survived by a son...

Zenda Sharp

Zenda Sharp

Nov 16, 2013

Zenda Eileen Grover Sharp, 80, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at her home from her third battle with cancer. Zenda was born on April 16, 1933 in Archer, Idaho, the daughter of Wesley Lavern Grover and Thelma Lucille Carlson Grover. She grew up in Archer where she attend elementary school and graduated from Madison High School . She...

Jan Taylor

Jan Taylor

Nov 14, 2013

Jan Karen Kunz, 67, died Thursday at her home in Rexburg of complications from congestive obstructive pulmonary disease. Jan was born July 11, 1946, in Driggs, a daughter of Burton Wallace Kunz and Leatha Moffat Kunz. She was the fifth of six children. She grew up on the family farm in the community of Cedron just west of Victor. Jan...

Richard Clark

Richard Clark

Nov 13, 2013

Richard LeRoy (Dick) Clark, 73, passed away Wednesday, November 13, in St. Anthony, Idaho, where he had been saying farewell to friends and family. Dick was born July 1, 1940, in St. Anthony, Idaho, son of Vern and Damaris Clark. He attended South Fremont High School, participating in team sports, and editing his senior yearbook. He majored in biology at...

Wilma Brown

Wilma Brown

Nov 11, 2013

Wilma Bethea Muir Brown, 87, of Rexburg, died November 11, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. She was born September 11, 1926, in Rexburg, Idaho to Walter Bassett and Mary Ann Virgin Muir, the youngest of 11 children. She attended Madison schools and graduated from high school and LDS Seminary in 1944. She grew up on...

David Leroy Mcgary

David Leroy Mcgary

Nov 3, 2013

David LeRoy McGary, 92, of Rexburg, died Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Ashton Living Center surrounded by his family. He was born June 16, 1921 in Shelly Idaho to David McGary and Esther Louise Staples McGary. He grew up in a large family in Shelly Idaho where he attended school until he joined the U.S. Marine Corps Jan. 2, 1942....

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...

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