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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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Russel Robert Beebe
Jun 28, 2011
Bob Beebe Russel Robert Beebe, 83 of Rexburg, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at his home of natural causes. He was born November 27, 1927 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Harry Phillip and Hazel Melissa Bronson Beebe. He spent his earliest years in Sterling Idaho, ridding horses on his grandfather's ranch. When he was eight the family moved to Swan Valley...
Wilbert Rogers Atwood
Jun 27, 2011
Wilbert Rogers Atwood, 95, of Sugar City, died Monday, June 27, 2011 at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg, of causes incident to age. He was born November 19, 1915, in Spanish fork, UT, to Wilbert Atwood and Blanche Agnes Rogers. He attended schools in Pingree and Thomas. However, the depression caused the Thomas School District to shut down for financial...
Grant X. Moedl
Jun 26, 2011
Grant Moedl found June 26,2011: Grant was a gentle, kind, understated man with a great love of family, friends and the outdoors. Grant was an accomplished climber and skilled outdoorsman. He possessed a passionate love for the mountains of Idaho, especially the Teton Range. He climbed the Grand Teton 38 times during his lifetime, plus one near-fatal ascent on a...
Aldean Smith
Jun 18, 2011
Aldean Smith, 85, of Rexburg, died Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg of natural causes. She was born March 10, 1926 in Lyman, Idaho to Isaac Earl and Emma Arnold Smith. She was the seventh of seven children. She attended Cedar Point Grade School in Lyman and graduated from Madison High School. She attended business college...
Bessy Bartholomew. Howard
Jun 10, 2011
Bessy Bartholomew Howard, 84 of Rexburg, passed away peacefully June 10, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 6, 1927, with her twin sister and best friend, Betty, in Fayette, Sanpete County, Utah, to Ray C. Bartholomew and Martha L. Wintsch Bartholomew. She graduated from Gunnison High School and earned her Education Degree at Brigham Young University....
Theda Neville
Jun 6, 2011
Theda Fern Neville Theda Fern Neville, 86, of Rexburg died Monday, June 6, 2011 at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg. She was born January 18, 1925 in Rexburg to Charles and Fern Spaulding Cook. She was raised and attended school in Rexburg. She graduated from Madison High School in 1943. She married Darrell Neville on June 2, 1943 in the...
Lyle Jones
Jun 6, 2011
Sidney Lyle Jones, 77, died Monday, June 6, 2011 at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born April 12, 1934 to Ben and Fern McCord Jones in Shelby, MT. When Lyle was three, his father passed away and the family moved to Nebraska and later to Ashton, Idaho. When he was 17 his Mother married Emerson Hill Wilcox....
Patricia Sorenson
Jun 4, 2011
Patricia Lou Bagley Sorenson , 69, of St. Anthony, Idaho passed away in her home on June 4, 2011 following a long and courageous battle with Parkinson's Disease. Patricia was born October 31, 1941 in Montpelier Idaho to Cleone and Lewis Ward Bagley. She graduated from Montpelier High School as Valedictorian and Graduated from Utah State University with High Honors...
John A. Butts
Jun 3, 2011
John A. Butts, 67, of St. Anthony, died June 3, 2011 at Madison Memorial Hospital from congestive heart failure. Johnny was born May 20, 1944 in Rexburg to Alma "Tink" Butts and Valeria Harries Butts. He grew up in Teton and graduated from South Fremont High School where he was an avid football player. He joined the Air Force in...
Dale Rice Kunz
Jun 2, 2011
Dale Rice Kunz, 87, of Rexburg, died peacefully at his home on June 2, 2011. He was born Jun 9,1923 in Bates, Idaho to James H. and Arleigh Drake Kunz. He was raised in Victor, Idaho. Dale married Betty Cooper on September 3,1944 in Benton, Arkansas. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple in 1955. They lived in...
Sylvia Pearson Carter
May 26, 2011
Sylvia Pearson Carter, 99, passed away May 26, 2011 at the Fair Winds Retirement Center in Idaho Falls from natural causes. Sylvia was born April 27,1912 at Burton, Idaho to Annie McCulloch and Otto Pearson, she being the fourth of six children. Sylvia spent her childhood living in Rexburg, where she attended grade school and Madison High school. In the...
Mark Olson Gehmlich
May 24, 2011
Mark Olson Gehmlich, 70, of Rexburg, died peacefully Tuesday, May 24, after a battle with cancer, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born May 2, 1941, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to Fritz Rudolph and Edna Olson Gehmlich. He was raised and attended school in Picture Butte, Canada. He attended Ricks College, University of Utah, Brigham Young University, and...
Earl Lee Beck
May 22, 2011
Earl Lee Beck, 83, of Sunnydell, died May 22, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of kidney failure. Earl was born November 25,1927 in Labelle, Idaho to Clarence Lee Beck and Elsie Pauline Miller. When Earl was three years old, his family moved to the Archer-Sunnydell area where he lived, farmed, raised his family and retired. Earl served in...
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