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
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
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
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
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
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...
Katherine Bell Duffin
Jun 26, 2013
Katherine Bell Duffin passed away June 26, 2013 at her daughter's home in Rexburg from renal failure. She was born November 21, 1942 the third child to Lewis Glen Kington and Myrtle Mae Gravely in Dillon Montana. She attended schools in Dillon, Helena, graduated high school from Glendive, a year at BYU-Hawaii and in 1975 received her teaching degree from...
Maxine White
Jun 26, 2013
Maxine Liebert White, 87 of Egin, died Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at Madison Memorial Hospital of causes' incident to age. She was born July 23, 1925 in Egin, Idaho to William Edward and Clara Rhodehouse Liebert. Later she was joined by two brothers, Ralph and Henry. Maxine spent her childhood on the family farm, attending schools in Egin, Sugar City...
Bobby Mcrae
Jun 18, 2013
Glen Robert "Bobby" McRae, Jr., 23, of Rexburg, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Salmon, Idaho from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born March 2, 1990, in Rexburg, Idaho to Glen Robert and LaNita Peterson McRae. He attended elementary school in Burton and graduated from Madison High School in 2008. He was engaged to Michelle Versluys and...
Zoe Austin
Jun 18, 2013
Zoe Ladean Shuey Austin, 86, of Idaho Falls, died June 18, 2013 while residing at the Monticello Assisted Living Center. She was born February 24, 1927, in Gresham, Oregon to Bert Roy and Lila Diona Shuey, and was greeted by an older brother and sister. During her youth her family moved several times and finally settled in Flathead Lake, Montana...
Lois Grover
Jun 18, 2013
Lois Grover, 86, devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Gresham, Oregon from natural causes. She had been visiting her daughter, Beverly. Lois Mabel Walker was born on 9 May 1927, the first child born to Ray Willis Walker and Mabel Ovard Walker. Lois grew up helping her father on the farm and had a...
Dean Richard Sorensen
Jun 16, 2013
Dean Richard Sorensen, devoted husband, father and grandfather, passed away at home on June 16, 2013. He fought cancer with courage, dignity and his trademark sense of humor. Dean was born on May 24, 1938 in Malad, Idaho, the fourth of six children born to Joseph Elver Sorensen and LeeEtta Jean Dustin. He graduated from Pocatello High School, served in...
Blanche Kirkham
Jun 11, 2013
Blanche Marie Grover Kirkham, 88, of Sunnydale passed away peacefully at her daughter's home in Rexburg, Idaho, on June 11, 2013. She was born on March 5, 1925 and was the fourth child of John Orr Grover and Elnorah Ann Homer of Archer. She attended school in Archer and graduated from Madison High School. She married Cleo (Chip) Kirkham on...
Neal Alma Rose
Jun 10, 2013
Neal Alma Rose was born January 12, 1927 and died June 10, 2013. He is survived by his wife Bonnie Rose and children; Steve Rose, Robert Rose, Teresa Mason, Cindy Kriese and his grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 17, 2013 at the Rexburg Cemetery
Dallas Myers
Jun 5, 2013
Dallas Jay Myers, 74, of Rexburg passed away Thursday, June 5, 2013 at his home after a lingering illness. He was born in Pocatello, Idaho on June 6, 1938 to James Charles and Thelma May Hawkins Myers. The family was living in Arimo and moved to Pocatello when he was 14 years old. He attended schools in Marsh Valley and...
Ann Davenport
Jun 4, 2013
Ann Ward Davenport, 78, of Rexburg, passed away June 4, 2013 due to complications from surgery. She was born March 2, 1935, in Bloomington, Idaho to Peter Erastus and Ida Ann Ward, the eighth of nine children. She attended schools in Bloomington and Paris Idaho, and went on to receive a secretarial certificate from Idaho Falls Business College. On March...
Wayne Holladay
Jun 2, 2013
It was a joyous day on December 1, 1944 when Earl Wayne Holladay burst forth on the stage of life. He was the 4th child and only son of Earl Parnell "Jack" and Mary Regina "Jean" Harris Holladay. On Sunday morning, June 2, 2013, Wayne, surrounded by members of his family, left this earth life to continue his eternal quest...
Candy Chapple
Jun 1, 2013
Candice "Candy" Patricia Chapple, 57, of Rexburg, passed away of natural causes, peacefully in the arms of her family on June 1, 2013. She was born November 18, 1955, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Edgar and Dorothy Holden. She was raised in Rexburg where she met the love of her life, Brad Chapple. They were married in 1972 and shared 40...
Leslie "Les" Kelton Merrill
May 26, 2013
Leslie "Les" Kelton Merrill, 69, of Salem died peacefully Sunday morning, May 26, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family after a long battle with pneumonia. Les was born February 15, 1944 in Preston, Idaho to Kelton and Helen Merrill. He graduated from Preston High in the spring of 1962. That fall he started school at Ricks College where...
Viola Porter
May 23, 2013
Viola Porter passed away May 23, 2013 at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. Viola was born on May 12, 1920 at Parker, Idaho, to Leona Workman and Emmit Hunter. She spent the early years of her life in the Egin and Parker areas west of St. Anthony where her father farmed. She graduated from South Fremont High School...
