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Mary Lou Bell
Oct 14, 2011
Mary Lou Bell Mary Lou Bell, 75, passed away peacefully in the Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center with her husband at her side, on Friday, October 14, 2011. Mary Lou was born March 1, 1936 in Rexburg, Idaho to Wain and Bertie Garner Davis. She was the second of three children. They were a loving and happy LDS family. Mary...
Ronald Kinghorn
Oct 13, 2011
Ronald J Kinghorn, 95, of Sugar City, passed away peacefully October 13, 2011, at Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg, from natural causes incident to age. Ron was born September 15, 1916, in Lewisville, Idaho to Ray and Myrtle Jensen Kinghorn. He grew up on a farm in Bybee and attended schools in Lewisville. His father was killed in an...
Tracy Blair Hall
Oct 11, 2011
Tracy Blair Hall, 47 of Rexburg, died Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at Medicine Lodge, Idaho. He was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1963 in Rexburg, Idaho to Blaine and Sharon Daniel Hall. He attended Burton elementary school, Madison Jr. High and Madison High School and Eastern Idaho Technical College, earning a degree in diesel mechanics. Tracy farmed with his...
Irene Asenath Park
Oct 8, 2011
Irene Asenath Robertson Park was born October 16,1924, in Plano, Idaho to Orville Joseph and Sarah Hendricks Robertson. She passed away at her home on October 8,2011. She attended Edmunds Grade School and Edmunds High School. She married Wilbur Lewis Park on January 19, 1942 in Dillon, Montana. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on...
Merlin Grant Liljenquist
Oct 6, 2011
Merlin Grant Liljenquist, 89, passed away peacefully on October 6, 2011. Merlin was born to George Edwin and Nellie Marguerite Johnson Liljenquist on December 23, 1921 in Rexburg. He attended local schools and enjoyed tending the family cows and exploring, hiking and fishing in his youth. He graduated from Madison High School and delivered telegrams for the Western Union telegraph...
Lyle Spencer Briggs
Oct 4, 2011
Lyle Spencer Briggs was born in Archer, Idaho January 31,1936 to Leah Margaret Hansen and Raymond George Briggs. He passed away at EIRMC in Idaho Falls on Tuesday October 4, 2011. Lyle graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg and received his mechanical engineering degree Cal Poly-Pomona. Lyle was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and...
Donna Louise Mayes
Sep 30, 2011
Donna Louise Mayes passed away peacefully at her home in Rexburg, Idaho on Friday, September 30, 2011. She was 86. "Donie" as her family called her was born in Waco, Texas on May 12, 1925 to Winfred Olive Horan and Emma Valentine Nichols, the first of seven children. Their home was a busy one and Donie had chores at an...
Bernice Moon
Sep 30, 2011
Bernice Moon finished her canning her last box of pears on September 30, 2011. Bernice Louise O'Nele Moon was born December 1, 1916 in Grand Island, Nebraska a daughter of Walter E. and Anna Louise Whistler O'Nele. She grew up on a farm outside of Central City, Nebraska and attended school in the Lone Tree District 28 in Central City,...
David Lane Rasmussen
Sep 29, 2011
David Lane Rasmussen, 62, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away during the night Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, at his home from a brain aneurysm. David was born March 31, 1949, in Driggs, Idaho, to E. Hal and LeIsle Greene Rasmussen. David grew up the fifth oldest of 12 siblings born to Hal and LeIsle. From an early beginning, David learned the...
Gwendolyn Gannaway
Sep 25, 2011
Gwendolyn Phyllis Munroe Gannaway, 90, peacefully passed away Sunday, September 25, surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 23, 1921. Gwen joins her loving husband of 66 years, RLee Gannaway. Left to mourn their mother's passing are six children: Eilene Laymance of Kirkland, Washington; Kathryn Mahan (Glen) of Mt. Vernon, Washington; Beverly Douglas (Gary Struthers) of Oak Harbor,...
John Chee
Sep 25, 2011
John C. Chee, 72, formerly of St. Anthony, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona, peacefully in his sleep. John was born on October 30,1938 to Ethel Manygoats and Destheenie Chischilly in Chinle, Arizona. He was an only child. He moved to Idaho in his early years to attend schools and learned farming in eastern Idaho. He learned...
John Porter
Sep 23, 2011
John Child Porter of Rexburg, who served as mayor of Rexburg for 16 years and publisher of The Rexburg Standard Journal newspapers for more than 40 years, died Friday. He was 99 years old and suffered a heart attack at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. He was born May 28, 1912, in Rexburg, a son of Arthur Porter Jr. and...
Dorothy Hutson
Sep 20, 2011
On the peaceful afternoon of September 20, 2011, Dorothy May Hutson beloved wife, mother, and grandmother was reunited with her son, parents and brothers at the age of 74, due to diabetic complications. Dorothy was born in Bowmansville, Pennsylvania on October 30, 1936, to Elmer and Margie Bauman. During her childhood, Dorothy attended an Menonite school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. As...
Raymond Hawkes
Sep 14, 2011
Our dear husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, Raymond Higginbotham Hawkes, 95 of Sugar City, passed peacefully at his home Sept. 14, 2011 of natural causes. He was born Dec 15, 1915 in Farnum, Idaho to Acil Smart and Francis Marion Hawkes. He grew up on the family dry farm near Drummond, Idaho. He is the second of five children....
Jerry Arthur Dixon
Sep 10, 2011
Jerry Arthur Dixon, 75 of Rexburg, died Saturday, September 10, 2011. He was born January 6, 1936 at Sarilda, Idaho to Lester Ervin and Frances Drucillia Wright Dixon. He married Carolyn Kay Mayers on August 31,1963 in Rexburg, Idaho. Jerry attended school to the tenth grade in Fremont County. He lived in West Yellowstone, Montana and Terreton, Idaho then in...
Grant Neilson
Sep 7, 2011
Oscar Grant Neilson, 86 a long time resident of Archer and Rexburg, died Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg. He was born August 14, 1925 in Heman, ID to Carl Albert and Edna Mildred Farley Neilson. He was the fifth of eight children. At the age of four he sustained a serious head injury which affected...
Dennis Lee Tuckett
Sep 2, 2011
Dennis Lee Tuckett, 56, passed away September 2, 2011 at the Easter Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Dennis was born to Wallace Lee and Bernece Illa Ball Tuckett on November 20, 1954 in Rexburg, Idaho. Dennis grew up with three sisters, Judy, Patty and Vicky in the Rexburg area before moving to Monteview with his family. Dennis graduated...
Fredie K. Beard
Sep 2, 2011
Fredrick "Fredie" Kenneth Beard, 83 of Rexburg, died Friday, September 2, 2011 at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rexburg. He was born December 12, 1928 at Sharpsburg, Ohio to Sarah Eppine Hogue and James Vernon Beard. He had seven brothers and four sisters. He married Catherine Nelson October 5, 1989 in Rexburg. Fredie came to Rexburg in 1961...
Roger Allen
Aug 31, 2011
Roger D. Allen, 80, of Monteview, died Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at his home. He was born March 3, 1931 in Le Grand, IA to Lester Eugene and Anna Marion Allen. He attended grade school in Le Grand and graduated from high school in Marshalltown, IA. He served 20 years in the U.S. Navy. During his Naval service he spent...
Rachel Young Wilding
Aug 31, 2011
Rachel Young Wilding, 52, of Lacey, Washington, formerly of Rexburg, died Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, September 6 in Lacey. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 8, at the Rexburg Cemetery under the direction of Flamm Funeral Home.
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