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Ruby Zweifel Shaw

Ruby Zweifel Shaw

Jan 23, 2012

Ruby J. Zweifel Shaw a loving mother, and grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away on January 23, 2012 surrounded by her family and loved ones. Ruby was born August 8, 1938 in Rexburg, Idaho to Ruth Hensley and Jon J Zweifel. On September 20, 1956 she married Michel L. O'Neil they had four children Micheal D. (Pam) O'Neil, Danny G....

Bonnie Lake

Bonnie Lake

Jan 19, 2012

Bonnie Colleen Hill Lake, 70, passed away at her home, after six years of being bedridden, in Sunnydell, Idaho on January 19, 2012. She was born October 5, 1941 in Rexburg to Jessie Ronald and Edna Viola Wilcox Hill. Bonnie's family lived in a small, one bedroom house that her father had moved onto a basement. When she was one...

Ellis Wilson Miller

Ellis Wilson Miller

Jan 16, 2012

Ellis Wilson Miller, 72, of Rexburg, Idaho passed away January 16, 2012 at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt lake City, Utah with his wife and children at his side. Born to George and Sylvia Miller in Twin Falls, Idaho June 27, 1939, he grew up in Twin Falls and graduated from Twin Falls High School. He then received his...

Arlene Martin Klingler

Arlene Martin Klingler

Jan 12, 2012

Arlene Martin Klingler, 76, of Rexburg, our beloved mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunt peacefully passed away on January 12, 2012, in the comfort of her home. She was surrounded by her family who adore her. She was born in Salt Lake City on April 15, 1935 to Dale and Elinor Young Martin. She enjoyed a lively and adventurous...

Rhonda Murray

Rhonda Murray

Jan 11, 2012

Rhonda Elaine Barney Murray, 42, died January 11, 2012 at her home in Chester. She was born December 10, 1969 in Los Angles, CA, the daughter of Royal Barney and Ginger Elaine Barney. She grew up in Chino Valley, Arizona. She was married and had 3 boys, Cody Ray, Justin and Westley Welker and then divorced.. She then had 2...

Barry D. Roberts

Barry D. Roberts

Jan 10, 2012

Barry D. Roberts, 70 of Teton, ID, died Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Teton City at home on December 17, 1941 to Marion Davis and Earl Roberts. He grew up in Teton and attended school at South Fremont. He married Joann A. Nelson, January 26, 1962 in Teton,...

Verna Shirley

Verna Shirley

Jan 8, 2012

Verna Browning Shirley, 89, passed away peacefully at Madison Memorial Hospital Sunday, January 8, 2012 from a stroke. She was born July 1, 1922, in Lewisville, Idaho, to Archie William and Neona Kinghorn Browning. She always felt blessed to go through life with her twin sister and best friend, Verla (Clark). She also had an older brother, Archie Basil, and...

Sara Ann Weber

Sara Ann Weber

Jan 7, 2012

Sara Ann Stewart Weber, age 94, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 7, 2011 at the home of her daughter in South Jordan Utah. She was born June 26, 1917 in Teton, Idaho to Sarah Ann Godfrey and Joseph William Stewart. She attended school in both Teton and Rexburg, graduating from Madison High School in 1935. She married John Rice Weber...

Candelario D. Garcia

Candelario D. Garcia

Jan 3, 2012

Candelario D. Garcia, Sr., 88 of Rexburg, died Tuesday, January 3, 2012 in Rexburg. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2011 at the Rexburg Cemetery.

Keith Alvin Lusk

Keith Alvin Lusk

Jan 1, 2012

Keith Alvin Lusk, 82, of North Salem, died Sunday, January 1, 2012 at his home of natural causes. He was born July 11, 1929, in Sugar City, Idaho to Alvin D and Minnie Mortimer Lusk. He grew up in the Hibbard and Sugar City areas. He attended grade school in Hibbard, graduated from Madison High School and attended Ricks College....

Norman Blackburn Erickson

Norman Blackburn Erickson

Dec 31, 2011

Norman Blackburn Erickson, 96 of Archer Idaho returned to his Heavenly Father after having a great breakfast on Saturday morning, December 31st, in his own home with his family by his side; his passing was quick and peaceful. Norman was born December 15, 1915 at Archer to Herman and Gladys Erickson. He grew up on a large farm with a...

Keiko Yamato

Keiko Yamato

Dec 30, 2011

Keiko Yamato, 84, of Sugar City, passed away on December 30, 2011 at her home in Sugar City of natural causes. Keiko was born on April 17, 1927 to Sauburou and Kikue Sugihara in Kagawa-ken, Japan. Her mother died in 1932. Keiko was then raised by her maternal grandparents, Ichijirou and Hisa Murai. Keiko grew up on her grandparents farm...

George Daniels Rammell

George Daniels Rammell

Dec 29, 2011

George Daniels Rammell, 76 of Tetonia, Idaho passed away on Thursday December 29, 2011, at his home of causes incident to age. George was born on April 15, 1935 in Idaho Falls, Idaho and was the fourth and final child of Arthur Leon Rammell and Julia Pearl Daniels. George had three older sisters, Marjorie and Ora Pearl who died in...

James K. Bissette

James K. Bissette

Dec 28, 2011

James Kay Bissette, 67, of Rexburg, died December 28, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls of natural causes. He was born October 25, 1944, in Rexburg to James Rudolph and Wanda Marie Jensen Bissette. After high school, he served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. When he returned from the war, he met and...

William Cragun

William Cragun

Dec 27, 2011

William Arthur Cragun, Jr. was born August 1,1944 in Ogden, Utah to Mamie Elvira Miller and William Arthur Cragun. Bill graduated from Ben Lomond High School after which he joined the Ogden Weber County Fire Department. He had a large hand in forming the emergency medical services into the Ogden Weber County Area at the fire district. He drove the...

Warren C. Porter

Warren C. Porter

Dec 22, 2011

Warren Child Porter, 91, of Rexburg, died December 22, 2011, at The Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. He was born March 15, 1920, to Arthur Porter, Jr. and Nell Child Porter, the eighth child in a family of eleven children. He grew up in Rexburg, graduated from Madison High School in 1938, and later Ricks College with a two-year...

John Howard Allen

John Howard Allen

Dec 22, 2011

John Howard Allen passed away December 22, 2011, at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was born June 25, 1932, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Howard and Ethel Buckland Allen. John graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg, ID in 1950, and then attended the University of Idaho in Moscow. In 1952, he entered the U.S. Army and service...

Sharon Diane Daniels

Sharon Diane Daniels

Dec 20, 2011

Sharon Diane Daniels passed away in her home in Rexburg on December 20, 2011. She was born in Los Angeles California, January 10, 1941 to Carl and Mae Bagshaw Jesperson. Her family moved to Idaho Falls where she attended school. When she was nineteen she met the love of her life, Frank Daniels and on August 7, 1961 they were...

Ivan Richard Miller

Ivan Richard Miller

Dec 18, 2011

Ivan Richard Miller, 92, of Rexburg, passed away December 18, 2011 at his home of natural causes. He was born November 13, 1919 in Parker, Idaho to Charles Henry and Olive Mary Orgill Miller. He married Helen Davenport on November 8, 1943, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They are the parents of five children. He served his country valiantly,...

Eleanor Sakota

Eleanor Sakota

Dec 15, 2011

Eleanor Sakota Chiyemi "Eleanor" Sakota, 88 of Rexburg, passed away on December 15, 2011 at her home in Rexburg of natural causes. Eleanor was born on June 7, 1923 to Kazuo and Masano Sasai in Seattle, Washington. The family soon moved to Los Angeles, California. Her mother died in 1936 when Eleanor was only 14. As Eleanor was the oldest,...

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