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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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