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Del Var Petersen

Del Var Petersen

Aug 19, 2011

Hyrum Del Var Petersen, 77, of Bryan, Texas passed peacefully away on Aug. 19, 2011, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was the third of four boys born to H. Lester and Mary LuSeba Petersen on July 25, 1934, in Idaho Falls. He grew up in Rexburg, where he worked on the family farm. He enjoyed participating...

Marilyn Lehmann

Marilyn Lehmann

Aug 19, 2011

Marilyn Ruth Lehmann, 81 of St. Anthony, passed away Friday, August 19, 2011 in Idaho Falls. She was born December 17, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, a daughter of Carlton Anold and Estella Ruth Miller Miksch. She raised in California and it was in Glendale, California that she married Richard G. Lehmann III on October 27, 1957. Their marriage was...

Blaine R. Hall

Blaine R. Hall

Aug 10, 2011

Blaine R. Hall, 70, of Rexburg, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at Madison Memorial Hospital. He was born May 3, 1941 to Lamont and Ruth Saurey Hall in Rexburg, Idaho. Growing up he attended Burton Elementary, Madison Jr. High, Madison High School and one semester at Ricks College. He married Sharon Daniel June 1, 1960 in Rexburg, Idaho. He...

Konie Pipes

Konie Pipes

Aug 8, 2011

Konie Pipes Our beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, Konie Sue Gardner Pipes, passed away Monday, August 8, 2011 in Idaho Falls, ID. Konie was born to John Anthony Gardner and Crystal Dean Josephson Gardner, on October 15, 1955, in St. Anthony, ID. She attended local elementary schools and graduated from South Fremont High School in 1974. While in High...

Gary Royce Seamons

Gary Royce Seamons

Aug 7, 2011

Gary Royce Seamons of Rexburg, Idaho passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, August 7, 2011. He was living in the Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center, where he had been leaving this life little by little, day by day, for the last seven years through his decline with Alzheimer's Disease. Born November 30, 1936 in Logan, Utah, Gary was the fourth...

Merle Cleon Parkinson

Merle Cleon Parkinson

Aug 6, 2011

Merle Cleon Parkinson, 86, passed peacefully on August 6, 2011 in Rexburg at the Homestead Assisted Living Center surrounded by loved ones. He was born in Plano on February 21,1925 to Clarence Cleon Parkinson and Charlotte LaVera Weatherston. He graduated from Edmunds high School in 1943, playing on the basketball team all four years. He continued to enjoy sports all...

Byron Ward

Byron Ward

Aug 6, 2011

Byron Charles Ward, 84 died Saturday, August 6, 2011 in Rexburg, Idaho. He was born October 22, 1926 to Charles Clements and Gertrude Stallings Ward. Siblings are: Lila (Joe) Covington; LuDene (Clyde) Lowdy; Glen Ward; Yvonne (Sylvan) Taggart; Wayne (Sandy) Ward; Veda (Bud) Leavitt; Beth Pocock (Wade) Shirley. He married Norma Siddoway on June 4, 1948; sealed in the Idaho...

John Freeman

John Freeman

Aug 3, 2011

John Henry Freeman, 93, of Rexburg, passed away peacefully on August 3, 2011, at his home surrounded by loved ones. He was born January 12, 1918, in Chicago, Illinois to Edward David and Nellie Mae Freeman. He graduated from York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois and attended two years of college. He was enlisted in the United States Army as...

Geneva Nell Sanders

Geneva Nell Sanders

Jul 31, 2011

Geneva Nell Brown Sanders, 93, of Rexburg, died Sunday, July 31, 2011, at her daughter's home of natural causes. She was born December 10, 1917 in Plano, Idaho to Sidney Earl and Rachel Rebecca Lucas Brown. She attended school in Camas and Hamer and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She married David Ray Sanders on October 1, 1936, in...

Merlin J. Keele

Merlin J. Keele

Jul 29, 2011

Merlin J. Keele, 79, resident of St. George, Utah , formerly of Rexburg, Idaho died Friday, July 29, 2011, after a battle with cancer at his summer home in Palisades, Idaho. He was born August 30,1932, in Independence, Idaho, to Henry Jefferson Keele and Ida Margaret Hansen Keele. He was raised and attended school in Independence and Rexburg. He married...

Marie Siepert

Marie Siepert

Jul 26, 2011

Maida Marie Siepert, 83, of Rexburg, died Tuesday July 26, 2011 at home. She was born September 25, 1927 in Shelley, Idaho to Axel and Lena Anderson. She attended school in Roberts and one year in Idaho Falls. After high school she attended Ricks College. She married Terrell Siepert on May 16, 1948, they made their home in Rexburg. She...

Darrell Billy Ard

Darrell Billy Ard

Jul 25, 2011

Darrell Billy Ard, 97, a long time resident of Teton and Madison Counties died Monday July 25, 2011. He was born October 11, 1913 in Elsmore Kansas to J.D. and Lily Ard. He moved to Idaho at the age of 4 and farmed in Clementsville for over 70 years. He married Olive Irene Umphrey in 1936 they had a son...

Bert Junior Adair

Bert Junior Adair

Jul 23, 2011

Bert Junior Adair, 85, beloved husband, father, son, brother and friend, slipped away from us peacefully early Saturday morning, July 23, 2011 while living in the Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center. Bert has been leaving us little by little, day by day for the last eight years through his decline with Alzheimers. Born July 31, 1925 in San Bernardino, California...

Reed Hansen

Reed Hansen

Jul 20, 2011

Reed Oliver Hansen was born on Jan. 23, 1931 in Teton Basin, the youngest of nine children born to Hans Norman and Sarah Selina Porter Hansen. He died July 20, 2011 at the age of 80 at his home in St. Anthony. He married Marlene A Marshall November 14, 1959. She died May 19, 1987. Reed grew up on his...

Brenda Withers

Brenda Withers

Jul 17, 2011

Brenda Withers, 54, of Beaverton, Ore., formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2011, at her home. She is the daughter of Bart and Carol Withers of Portland, Ore., formerly of Idaho Falls. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 23, 2011 at the LDS Church on Sunnyside and Holmes. The family will receive friends from...

Marian "Billy" Brog

Marian "Billy" Brog

Jul 14, 2011

Marian "Billy" Christensen Brog, 91, passed away July 14, 2011, in Rexburg, Idaho. Billy was born January 23, 1920, in Arco, Idaho. She was the daughter of Marion Martin "Chris" and Wilda Stone Christensen. She lived the first six years of her life in several places in Idaho and in Bend, Oregon. When Billy was six, her parents moved to...

Stanley Jay Baker

Stanley Jay Baker

Jul 11, 2011

Stanley Baker Stanley Jay Baker, 87, died July 11, 2011 in Rexburg, Idaho. He was born May 5, 1924, in Salt Lake City to Allan and Ecil Western Baker. Stan graduated from the University of Utah in civil engineering. The Bureau of Reclamation hired him to do irrigation and water projects, which were more to his liking, and later to...

Ermile Dansie

Ermile Dansie

Jul 4, 2011

Thelma Ermile Dansie, 86 died Monday, July 4, 2011 in Rexburg, Idaho at the home on her daughter Mindy Jeppson. She was born on March 15, 1925 in Salt Lake City, UT to Frank Park and Thelma Dalton. She married Wallace Lavar Dansie on June 5, 1948 in Salt Lake City. She was raised in Sandy, Utah and enjoyed dancing,...

Colleen White Johnson

Colleen White Johnson

Jul 2, 2011

Colleen White Johnson, 84 of Teton, died Saturday, July 2, 2011 at Heritage Homes in Rexburg. She was born November 5, 1927 at Teton City, Idaho to Ila L. Clark and James Harold White. She married David Blackburn Johnson at Teton on September 9,1947. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS temple. He died August 14,...

Afton Anderson Siepert

Afton Anderson Siepert

Jun 30, 2011

Afton Andersen Siepert, 98 of Rexburg, died Thursday June 30, 2011 at the Idaho Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born May 29,1913 at Independence, Idaho to Luella Irene Waldram and Charles P Andersen. She married Earl Lorenzo Siepert on September 30,1933 at Rexburg, Idaho and the marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake City Utah LDS temple on June...

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